A Rather Sad Story

A Rather sad story.

Yesterday at about 5pm, at Asokoro, I saw, by Ecowas building, a young woman of about 26 years roaming the streets and speaking to herself. She was obviously mad, newly mad. Her clothes were just dirty, not torn yet, she had an afro hairdo, and she had a bag.

In that girl, a saw a soul crying for help. She could be my sister, your sister or even anyone's daughter. So I approached her. She spoke well, an evidence of good breeding. But then after being initially friendly, she became very hostile when I began to probe her. My intention was to see if i could get info to enable me reach her people. She wouldn't or couldn't tell. All she would say is that she is from London and her name, Chika. Of course, this information from her, may or may not be true.

So I left her, as it was getting late. This early morning I mobilised my staff and we got cracking. Some went in search of her on the streets of while I went online in search of a psychiatric hospital or unit. We drew a blank. But luckily after physical visits to all government hospitals in Abuja, we finally found one at Karu.

Meanwhile those searching the streets for her could only locate her at about 4pm in the evening being that she is mobile and ambulatory.

To cut a long story short, I can now report that the lady in this pix is now safely admitted in the psychiatric hospital. It wasn't easy but she has been admitted with me registered as her next of kin. And she is responding to treatment. She is simply suffering from treatable mental illness and no one should be abandoned the way our society seems to abandon the mentally ill. Sure, it cost me time and money, but it is worth every bit of it.

We still have not been able to get any information from her regarding her family or her people. So please, contact me via inbox if you know her.

Meanwhile, can we all share very widely until someone can identify her and come for her. It is very likely that her people are also searching for her.

~ Ray Ugba Morphy

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MANNERS IN PUBLIC LIFE

*MANNERS IN PUBLIC LIFE*

GOOD MANNERS IN A CELEBRATION WITH BUFFET (SERVE YOURSELF)

*1. Do Not Be Wasteful:*

Take what you can finish, while considering others so that it could reach them.

*2. Stay In Turn:*

Making use of turns means that you should wait till it gets to your turn before you go to dish out your food. While taking your turn, try to fast about it to avoid people waiting for you.

*3. Eat Your Food In A Sitting Position Maintaining Your Table Manners:*

After dishing out your food, gently locate your seat, be seated before you start eating what you have collected.

*4. Observe A Personal Hygiene:*

Do not presume that all is washed. Make sure you wash your hands and rinse the cutleries.

*5. Do Not Take Away:*

No need of taking things away. Eat what you can eat, but always  maintaining a good eating habits. Do not eat or drink to excess. Exercise your freedom responsibly in a party with buffet.

THE TRUTH YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR PEACE AND HAPPINESS

*THE TRUTH YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR PEACE AND HAPPINESS*

We're all beautiful human beings here in this world trying to find our way.

Every day we seek to better understand the meaning of our lives. We long to discover our gifts and release them fully into the world, and we hope to find happiness and peace along the way.

For some of us these desires ring loud and clear, driving what we do and how we do it.

For others, these deep seeded needs are buried below the noise of daily life, below ego, below fear, below the pressures and norms that we face in society… and thus, they are rarely addressed.

In all cases, the peace and happiness they discover and gradually develop internally is seeded by the realization of certain fundamental truths.

It seems we are all here to realize these truths, in our own way, in our own time. And once they resonate fully, not just intellectually, but emotionally and spiritually, we are then able to find the peace and happiness we seek, no matter what…

*1. It’s Impossible For Anyone Else To Define YOU:*

You are indefinable. You are the only one in this world who gets to say who you are. Circumstances and the opinions of others can only define you if you allow them to. Do not give away your power and the magic of your essence by putting weight on negative situations in your life or the negative words of other people.

*2. You Were Born With Everything You Need:*

There is nothing you are missing. There is no need to frantically become more, be more, do more, or get more. You are whole and complete, and were gifted every talent and insight you needed to thrive in this world in the moment you were born. Your only job is to accept this truth and then allow it to unfold. Some gifts don’t become apparent until later in life. Some insights only become clear to you once you have life experiences that unlock such wisdom from within you. Trust in this and relax.

*3. You Are NOT Your Thoughts:*

You are the witnessing essence and consciousness behind the noise in your mind. Your mind doesn’t define you, nor does it control you. It is not who you are. As soon as you recognize this, by watching your thoughts like an intrigued third-party observer, you will create instant distance from those thoughts and therefore no longer be identified with or enslaved by them.

*4. Your Beliefs Can Be Modified To Lift You Up:*

Whatever you believe to be true about yourself and life in the long-term becomes your reality. Your beliefs are ingrained patterns of thinking that you build up over a lifetime. They are habitual ways of processing the world around you. If those beliefs don’t work in your favour, you can change them. How? In the very same way the negative beliefs formed in the first place – via repetitive thoughts that you accepted to be the truth.

*5. The Past And Future Don’t Exist:*

Now is the moment. The past is just a memory. The future is a mental projection. You can choose to dwell back in the past for learning and joyous reflection. You can choose to dwell in the future for visualization and practical planning. However, any time your awareness floats away to the past or future frequently for negative purposes, you are suffocating your ability to thrive in the only moment you ever have… the now.

With love, *Omasiri JM* is promising you the continuation of this.

THE IMPACTS OF SIN IN OUR HEARTS

*THE IMPACTS OF SIN IN OUR HEARTS*

Sin is simply defined as "any action, words, or thoughts" that is against the majestic and glorious power of God. We cannot assume the holiness of God in sin, that's why the scripture says, "nothing impure will enter the kingdom of God" (Rev. 21:27). Sin has great negative impact on our spiritual soul. Prophet Isaiah captures this very well "No, the arm of Yahweh is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear, but your guilty deeds have made a gulf between you and your God. Your sins have made him hide his face from you so as not to hear you. (Isaiah 59:1-2).

This seminar will not only lay claim to the negative impacts of sins to our souls, but will move on to discuss on how much a Christian can transcend sin, especially through thoughts, words, action.

We have two kinds of sin,  Original sin and actual sin. Original, because it owes from our first parents Adam and Eve. Their sins had a great impact to his offspring. We were tainted by sin. We received concupiscence (tendency to sin) from them. Humanity learnt disobedience, faithlessness, mistrust, impurity. But thanks be to Jesus, who restored man to righteousness. Jesus reversed what Adam did, because He obeyed even to death, faithful, trusted God and pure. With Baptism, we deal a mortal blow to Original sin. A Christian, even though has been cleansed of original sin has learnt something which is disastrous to his faith. This is why a Christian is encouraged to make effort to unlearn the impacts of original sin. He has the freedom to say "no" to sins. He has a befitting intelligence to deal with sin. As such "actual sin" is the sin committed after baptism of which he had the full knowledge of it, but went on to do it. (freedom and Intelligence).

In Actual sin, the Church further classified them into two; mortal and venial sin. Mortal sin is regarded as a grave sin and it kills the soul and would definitely lead the sinner to hell fire. One mortal sin is enough to lead one into hell. A sin is considered to be "mortal" when its quality is such that it leads to a separation of that person from God's saving grace.   The lists of mortal sin are found in transgressions against the decalogue (10 commandment), The sin against the Holy Ghost and the sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance, 7 capital sins etc. Venial sin does not kill the soul because it does not create strong aversion from God, but when not managed, will lead one to mortal sin.

Some Pentecostals so much repel the idea of sin classified. For them, there is nothing like mortal or venial sin, sin is sin. They quote James 2:10-11 which says "You see, anyone who keeps the whole of the Law but trips up on a single point, is still guilty of breaking it all."

On this we would all agree that every sin is evil before God whether mortal or venial, but this classification would help us to understand stages of spiritual growth. A person who is still struggling with mortal sin is really far away from God's love than the one who is only struggling with venial sins. In fact, St. James was not trying to talk about this distinction but to emphasize more of the deadly nature of mortal sin and how mortal sins are united. Take a look at the example he gave in verse 11, " He who said, 'You must not commit adultery' said also, 'You must not kill.' Now if you commit murder, you need not commit adultery as well to become a breaker of the Law." We can find this distinction well in 1 John 5:17 "Every kind of wickedness is sin, but not all sin leads to death."