SERVICOM! (THE PLEDGE)

I am here today, for I chose
I am here today, for to serve
In strength, in faithfulness, in patriotism
In wisdom, in faith, in courage
If there be a hurricane, I will stand the tide
For all I believe; God first and Man trails
From this circuit streaming to the nation

Because I am SERVICOM
If I can see in the dark
A Lion I must be
If I can soar the skies
An Eagle I must be
If I can cross countries in the deep
A whale I must be

If you must fly, come to me
If you must see, take my sights
If you are drowning, hold on to my fins
Yet! I will be your voice
Yet! I will be your servant
Yet! We are entwined
This is me, I am ‘’SERVICOM’’. 

 AB/06A/238

A conversation between ‘Q’ and his ‘Blind Date’ (BD). From the movie: “If You Are the One.”

Q:           Pardon me
BD:         Hm!?
Q:           I’ve got two dates. Please don’t mind my efficiency
BD:         No problem. I’m a stock trader
                A real bear market lately
                Using my spare time to find a husband
                Once the market turns around, I won’t have time
                Do you play the stock market?
Q:           No
                Don’t understand it
BD:         Seeking a marriage partner is like trading stocks
                You have to make your decisions based on a rational analysis of performance
For instance, the candidate’s looks or body figure, or, his personality and education, or, his finances and family background or…
Q:           So,
                If I were a stock, how would I rate?
BD:         Judging from your age and looks
                You’ve sunk below your offer price
Q:           So, I’m in danger of being delisted?
BD:         Not necessarily
                In-experience traders often buy high
                But that’s very risky
                It’s very easy to get trapped
                More experienced traders buy low
                A stock like you with bad performance, most won’t touch you
                Few would show interest
                Thus, you’re a low risk
                You’re already at the bottom
                Can’t go any lower
Q:           So, for a stock like me bought low
                Would you invest long-term; or just ‘Pump-and-dump’?
BD:         Pump-and-dump?
                Do you have explosive potential?
                I’d buy long-term and hold it
Q:           what if you held it for a while, but found its performance lacking?
BD:         “Don’t worry
                I’m not stupid
                I’d diversify
                They can’t all underperform right?
                No one’s that unlucky”
‘Q’ got on the phone:
                “Hello!
                You’re here?
                I’m here
                I see you
                Wait for me
                Order whatever you like. It’s on me.”
‘Q” turned to ‘BD’.
Q:           I feel obligated to warn you
                I’m very risky
                Best to keep your distance
                If you get stuck with me
                I’d be useless and unsightly
                Might never be able to get rid of me
                As an investment
                I’d be subprime
                Only a criminal will sell me to you
                Let’s stop trading for today
BD:         I also have another stock to see at six O’clock
                Go ahead and chat with her
                The whole market is down right now
                But don’t jump in blindly
Q:           Don’t rush it
                Wait and see.

The Snake, Chameleon and the Camel:

     

    Once upon a time: There lived a man called Mezuzah that had a wonderful son named Ed.

Ed. was all Mezuzah had as in children. When he was about to die, he sent for his son

Now, Ed. was at the farm working while the father sent, but before he could arrive, the father died.

     Ed. was so grieved because the father had three things to tell him, and he couldn’t get to hear them. So he wondered back into the forest. While on his way, he met Mr. Snake.

    Mr. Snake had never seen him like that. So he asked: “What is wrong that you look so sad like this Ed.?” He answered and said: “My father sent for me, but before I could reach home he died, and he’d always told me that before he die, there are three things he was going to tell me. Now that he is dead and I don’t know these things I cannot rest.” Mr. Snake laughed, and said: “I know one of those three things he was going to tell you. Hear now; do you see how beautiful I am, how my skin glitters? Everybody would desire to touch and even cuddle me. But because of my mouth, no one will dear touch me, and thus avoid me or kill me. Your father meant to tell you about me.”

       Ed. thanked him and proceeded. Yet! Unsatisfied because of the two he knows not. As he pondered and walked, he met Mr. Chameleon.

Mr. Chameleon quickly noticed his mood too! Because they are not used to seeing Ed. like that, he asked the same questions and Ed. repeated all he told Mr. Snake. Mr. Chameleon now said: “I   know one of the things your father meant to tell you. You see; I am slow, my feet looks feeble, but I know where to place them as I walk, no matter how far I always get there unexhausted. When am around, you may not even notice because I take the color of my environment, and nobody seem to notice me, then I don’t get in anybody’s ways.”

      He thanked Mr. Chameleon and proceeded. Yet! Unsatisfied because of the last he knows not. As he pondered and walked, he met Mr. Camel.

Mr. Camel hailed him and they exchanged pleasantries. He went further and enquired why Ed. was gloomy. Ed. repeated all he told Mr. Snake and Chameleon. Mr. Camel looked at Ed. and smiled, and said: “I know one of the things your father meant to tell you. Do you see how tall I am? But even a child can take hold of my leash and I’d follow anywhere he cared to lead me. I really don’t fight it. I just follow.”

The Color of Truth:

Truth,
It reflects every other color
Black can not comprehend, she rejects her and flee
When forcefully mixed with another, will it remain?
Such a vesture she is
The color of truth is white

Men hate to wear upon them, for it reveals the dirt
When  they do, they hide it beneath the dark
Choking it with a rope
Stained, if washed with others
To fade by and by
The color of truth is white

She stands and works alone
Yet! Not sweet to the taste, nor pleasant to the ears
She needs no explaining
When vexed sore in your hiding, she burst open like a new wine in an old vessel
Hide her not, she can’t be hidden.
The color of truth is still white

WHO IS MAD?

   

  This morning as I was going to work, I saw this “mad” woman. She was so hungry that she walked up to a tea man (Mai Shayi) and gave him ten naira (#10) for a piece of bread. He looked at her at a glance and tried to shu! her away forever. She stood her ground with the money in her hand unshaken. When he could not bear the embarrassment any more, he gave her a piece of bread then. She received the bread and presented him the money, but he refused to take it. She got frustrated I guess and dropped the money on a concrete slab beside his service hut. Then his reasoning came alive to prompt his empathy…I couldn’t picture the rest of the drama because I advanced in my strides.

              As I walked on, I pondered deeply about the whole event that transpired. Then I asked myself: “Who is actually a mad man or woman?” Look at it; this “mad” woman knew that money is to be spent in the acquisition of needs and wants, if you should add, and instead of exhibiting the characteristics of a certified mad fella by going to the tea man and grab a loaf of bread from the table, she used some money she recognized as ten naira to get her need lawfully.

              I have come across ‘mad’ people in my life that truthfully did not sound mad at all. I conversed with them, and would swear they were not mad at all. I was giving one money some years back when I served in the east, at least once a month. One day I brought her the money like I was used to and she stopped and asked me, “Why do you give me money?” She said. I was like: Wow! This woman is not mad after all. So I said: “because I want you to buy things”. And she said: “Thank you” and I answered, “You are welcome”. I was moved to start helping them when one day still in the east, I went to the market to buy stuffs, and I saw this “mad” fella at the market buying stuffs too! I tell you, the trader took the cash without hesitation. Then I figured out how much right they have like we the “not mads”.  Countless experiences have I had with “mad” people that convinced me that it must have another definition of what they exhibit than be called madness. Thus, I have come to learn that as you see people in your eyes, so did you place them in your heart. Our actions stems from our hearts.

               Who is truly a mad fella then, is it not that fella that has lost his/her conscience? I am so sure that a mad fella is a thief; a robber, that one that divert funds put under his care to care for the masses; he that do no justice; he that has no truth upon his lips; he that curses; he that trouble others; he that does countless evil; he that’s got love for no one, and it is  also that man that does not fear and respect God – Yes, that is a mad fella. 

COME, THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING. Lyrics

COME, THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING

“Samuel took a stone and…named it Ebenezer, saying ‘Thus far has the Lord helped us.’” 1 Samuel 7:12

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

Sorrowing I shall be in spirit,
Till released from flesh and sin,
Yet from what I do inherit,
Here Thy praises I’ll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood;
How His kindness yet pursues me
Mortal tongue can never tell,
Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me
I cannot proclaim it well.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.

  John Wyeth (1770-1858)

Words: Ro­bert Ro­bin­son, 1758; ap­peared in his A Col­lect­ion of Hymns Used by the Church of Christ in Angel Al­ley, Bi­shop­gate, 1759.

Music: Net­tle­ton, Wyeth’s Re­po­si­to­ry of Sac­red Mu­sic, Part Se­cond, by John Wy­ethJohn Wy­eth, 1813

  Robert Robinson (1735-1790)

Annie’s Song – John Denver Lyrics

Annie’s Song – John Denver Lyrics

            You fill up my senses

Like a night in the forest

Like a mountain’s in spring time

Like a walk in the rain

Like a storm in the desert

Like a sleepy blue ocean

You fill up my senses

Come fill me again

            Come let me love you

Let me give my life to you

Let me drown in your laughter

Let me die in your arms

Let me lay down beside you

Let always be with you

Come let me love you

Come love me again

Let me give my life to you

Come let me love you

Come love me again

           You fill up my senses

Like a night in the forest

Like a mountain’s in spring time

Like a walk in the rain

Like a storm in the desert

Like a sleepy blue ocean

You fill up my senses

Come fill me again

Take a Message to Mary – The Everly Brothers Lyrics

Take a Message to Mary – The Everly Brothers Lyrics

            These are the words of a frontier Lad

Who lost his love

When he turned bad...

            Take a message to Mary

But don’t tell her where I am

Take a message to Mary

But don’t say am in a jam

You can tell her I have to see the world

Or tell her that my ship set sail

You can say she better not wait for me

But, don’t tell her am in jail

O! Don’t tell her am in jail

  

                                   Take a message to Mary

But don’t tell her what I’ve done

Please don’t mention the stage coach

And the shot from a careless gun

You can tell her I have to change my plan

And cancel out the wedding day

But, please don’t mention my lonely cell

Where I’m gonna pine away

Until my dying day

            Take a message to Mary

But, don’t tell her all you know

My heart’s achin’ for Mary

Lord knows I miss her so

Just tell her I went to Timbuktu

Tell her am searching for gold

You can say she better find someone new

To cherish and to hold

O! Lord this cell is cold

Ma-a- a-a-a-ary, Ma-a-a-a-a-ary

O! Lord this cell is cold

LET THE REASON BE LOVE:

LET THE REASON BE LOVE:

“If you love me because I am rich

What if the riches fly?

If you love me because I am beautiful

What if I lost my beauty?

If you love me because I am tall

Will you not be tired of looking up?

If you love me for my fame

What if I am no more in the limelight?

If you are sure you need me

You can make me the light in your eyes

True love is unconditional

It has no reason – it is foolish

Yes! It has to be foolish to be true

Yet! You are not a fool for falling in love

If you love me for a reason

What if the reason is gone?

What if you don’t find another reason?

What if this is all that I am?

Will you still love me?

If you are searching for a reason

Because you can not love me for no reason

Let the reason be love.”

I Have Been Searching. Lyrics -

I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING:

1. S –          There was this time

All –       Hmm...

S –         I looked up to the heavens

All –       Hmm...

S –         I heard in my spirit – there’s one above all

All –       One above all

S -          I’ve been to places

  I’ve been to churches

  Searching for Jesus

  All of the earth

All -       All of the earth...

S -          And now I know

   Jesus you’re close by me

   I know from the scriptures

   Lord...my Jesus

All -        Lord...my Jesus

S -           Say it now

                                                “I - have - been - searching

                                                I - have - been - waiting

                                                For - the - man - Jesus

                                                All - of - my - life” 2x

2. S -            I called out to my brothers

All -        Hmm...

S -           I called out to my sisters

All -         Hmm...

S -           I called out to my friends...

    I said, hey! I’ve found Jesus

All -         Hey! I’ve found Jesus

S -           I climbed up to the mountain

All -         Hm!

S -           I sailed out on the waters

All -         Hm!

S -           I flew through the skies

    Proclaiming Jesus

All -         Proclaiming Jesus

S -           Say it now

    (Repeat chorus)

3. S -             Lord! Would you let me down?

   O! Please, stand by me

   In the time of my trails...

   Uh! Jesus

All -        Uh! Jesus

S -          Would you receive me home?

   When all my work is done

   Giving me a crown

   Setting me on high...

All -        Setting me on high

S -           (Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!

(All echo) -          Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!) 3 xs

S -           Uh! Sweet Jesus

(All echo) -          Uh! Sweet Jesus

S -           I had been searching

   (Repeat chorus till fade)

S-            O! I’ve found him 2 xs

S -           Now, I’ve found him – (Slow fade)

THE FOUR SEASONS OF LIFE:

THE FOUR SEASONS OF LIFE:

IT TRICKLES DOWN

IT IS THE REBORN

IT BRINGS FORTH LIFE

GREEN LOVELY WHEN TENDER

DRYNESS IS HISTORY                                  March-May

HM! THE SMELL-SO REFRESHING

YES! THIS IS SPRING AGAIN

TOO COOL

TOO HOT

TOO WET

A PERFECT BLENDING IS ATTAINED

TIME TO TAN UNDER THE WILD SKY                June-August

A RESTRICTION FROM THE DOWN POUR

THIS IS THE STRENGHT OF SUMMER

UNEXPLAINABLE SITUATION REVEALED

NATURE DECORATED TO BEAUTIFICATION

A PERFECT PAINTING VISIBLE

THERE IS THE GREATEST ARTIST               September-November

THE TOOLS ARE WORDS THAT RE-OCCURS

SPOKEN IN TIME IMMEMORIAL

THE REVOLVING OF AUTUMN

BEAUTY IS FALLING TO RISE AGAIN

ALL IS SET TO HIBERNATE

CLOSELY PACKED AND WARMED

LOVERS FIND BLISS                             December-February

SO TORTURING, SO TENDER, SO WARM

A TIME TO FIND LOVE

A TIME TO RETURN A TRUE HEART

THIS IS THE SEASON OF LOVE-WINTER.

WORDS TO A WARRIOR:

WORDS TO A WARRIOR:

• You like things explained, don’t you?
• You think more than you know
• What would you say if I tell you I keep seeing those Shoes in my Dream?
• You are still Sleeping
• We offer SERVICE, there’s no higher PURPOSE
• We offer SERVICE, to others
• You need to start asking better questions
• Slow down, it might Taste something (don’t eat too fast)
• I practice everything
• No TV, no Alcohol and no Sex
• Everyone tells you what to do and what’s good for you, they don’t want you to find your own answers, they want you to believe theirs
• I want you to stop gathering information outside yourself and start from the inside
• People are afraid of what is inside and that is the only place else you can find what you need
• You are scared because everything feels so empty
• You tell me you want to be someone who uses his Mind and his Body and do things most People don’t have courage to do
• I will Train you to be a real Warrior
• The Mind is just a reflex Organ, it ask everything
• Close your Head with a Million Thoughts today, non of those thought reveal anything about you than fragment of the end of your Nose
• Did you notice how the right leverage can be more effective?
• That is part of your Training, even Life is all about developing the Wisdom to apply the right leverage in Time at the right Time
• Take out the Trash in your Head
• That’s first part of  your Lesson
• No need to Throw away everything out, everything you don’t need in here
• If you are in a hurry, empty your Mind
• You are missing out on everything that is going on
• Take out the Trash (the Trash is anything that is keeping you from the only thing that matters this moment), here, now
• You are truly near now, you will be amazed at what you can do and how well you can do
• You have to be Strong if you have to do those things
• Where am gonna take you, some of the things am gonna show you, you gotta need Strength, and you gonna need to trust me
• All you have is right now
• Don’t let your Emotions control you-you’ll be a Jack Ass
• Emotion is a natural thing. Like a passing Weather
• What will you do if you can’t do what you are born to do?
• Everything is in a PURPOSE, even this, and its up to you to find it
• Your Training can now move to the next Arena, an Arena where you find your answers from within
• Anger, Hatred and Violence are just Fear, but Fear then that not Money is just the root of Evil
• The People that are the hardest to Love are usually the one’s that you need the most
• There are never no ordinary moments
• You will never be better, same way you’ll never be less than anybody else
• All you need to do is be conscious about your choices and be responsible for your actions
• Don’t flatter yourself
• YOU CHOSED ME
• How do you know I am not your intuition speaking to you right now?
• Every action has it’s Vice and its Pleasure, recognizing both side would become realistic and responsible for its actions
• Knowledge is not the same as Wisdom - Wisdom is doing…
• DEATH IS A TRANSFORMATION
• The sad thing is that most people don’t live at all
• When you fill Fear, use the Sword, Cut the Mind to readiness, Slash through all the Regrets and Fears, anything else Lives in the Past and Future
• A Warrior does not give up what he loves; he finds the Love in what he does.
• The War is not about perfection or Victory or Vulnerability, it’s about absolute Vulnerability.
• That is the only true courage
• The Accident is your Training. Life is CHOICE, you can choose to be a Victim or anything else you like to be
• A Warrior acts, only a Fool reacts
• There is no starting, no stopping, only doing
• If you don’t get what you want, you Suffer, even when you get what you want you still Suffer, because you can’t hold unto it forever
• You don’t Surrender your Dreams, you Surrender the only thing you never have and Control
• Don’t Live in Fear that you may Fail
• Journey is what brings us Happiness not the Destination

‘SOME WORDS TO A WARRIOR’.

Kogis