Smile while You can.

I just received some very sad news today about a neighbor who slumped and died,(God rest Her soul) and it hit me life was indeed short, we keep saying it without actually realizing that it is. She woke up healthy and thought it was just going to be another day in her life when it was going to be her last. Truth be told we all know we are going to die at some point but we keep believing we will live until we grow old and achieve all that it is to then only we shall die but sadly  that is not how it always works.

Death to most is a scary thought yet it is a path that we and all that we love one day shall depart. I understand why some will think it strange that am writing and on topic such as death in a period like this but the point is if we realize that we can’t help tell when we shall die then I think that alone is reason enough to keep smiling and making the next person smile and break that frown, wall or whatever it may be. My point here is let us all try leaving like each moment was our last  and am thinking no one wants to die crying or frowning for whatever reason.

We live our lives setting for ourselves numerous goals and getting depressed or frustrated when we don’t seem to be reaching them and fail to realize that nothing is promised, perhaps we need to live expecting nothing? My  case here is live while you can appreciate your accomplishments when you need to, show some love to someone, say thank you to the person who does that nice little gesture, express your love to a loved one, when you see someone who seems troubled don’t go pretending all is alright or that you can’t help, stop by and ask what is going on, sometimes a listening ear is all that is needed and they say love just like hate does come back around so show some lots of love and you will sure get plentiful back in return  and finally live your life while you can, do that thing that you so dread to do, take risks, take a break from that hectic job trying to safe all up for retirement and have that dream vacation and when you think life is been unfair to you watch CNN’s life untold stories or better still volunteer at the hospital  and see what it is they call pain. Whatever it is you do keep the smile on, and be thankful that you are here and alive. 

when jungle justice becomes the order of the day.

If recent events are any thing to go by i can rightfully say society instead of pushing forward  is indeed taking a backward shift for the most part. We are beginning to see our selves slowly for significantly falling back into the stone ages where each man made his laws and lived by them instead of agreeing to be governed a live by a set of agreed upon standard law  that governs a particular group of people in within any defined boundaries.

     Can any one imagine us nowimagine living in a world where each one us us took laws in to our hands, where jungle justice was melted down on the streets for anyone who who dared step on any toes or crossed some otherwise stipulated boundaries? Yet such is the order of the day today. We watched keenly on our television sets the Arab spring and the  Libyan revolution  unfold I just like many others wanted justice for the people, the civilians who took the streets asking that the dictatorial governance of forty years be dissolved, for a stable and lawful democracy to have a chance, the movement was gained much applause and sympathy form people the world over until the Dictator and allies where killed in broad day light. call it a mob mentality or whatever you choose but it would have been a better lesson morally or otherwise had the now late Gaddafi not been killed the way he was but instead made to face a lawful court for  the the billion crimes he committed against his people, yes he killed  many children and made many more orphans through  his dysfunctional system and had no plans for a retreat of any sort but did killing Him make the people who did seek for a better system any different from him?

 As much as we sympathize with the Libyans for their many looses and rejoice that the once dictator just got served his own dose of medicine, their is always a right way of doing things and that way only should be followed in seeking justice. 

  Coming from Africa Nigeria to be precise i am seeing a trend on the rise from that part of the world where people are judged and sentenced by what i call the "street assembly", people pronouncing judgement on the streets like they own them.One particular but not peculiar case got my attention where a young lady was beaten and and left naked in the streets to the applause of passerby's all for a stolen phone, the fact that this is one among many videos that are now a reoccurring trend on social networks begs to answer the question that what are the security personnel and law courts for if we are to settle our scores like the untamed animals in the southern African reserves? Should the infamous survival of the fittest that was long forgotten about be reintroduced  to our daily lives, should people be allowed to melt out what ever punishment they seem feet to their offenders, or should any one who does  wrong be dealt with by the people present as they deem fit? these questions and many more must be answered before we go about pouring out the so called street justice on the next victim of this barbaric act.

my apology

I will like to take this time to apologize to you guys out there for the silence on the blog lately, like most of you already know i am a student and things are  getting busy as we approach the end of the semester with lots of assignments, presentations and preparation for the semester's exam and it was for these reasons that i was away for the time  and not for lack of passion for the blog. Though my exams are less than a month away i hope i can keep up with both school and blogging like i have always done, maybe not as frequent like we are used to for the time been but the days of the long dead silence are sure behind us. thanks and i appreciate you for taking time to read through the articles and would like to stress that your subscriptions and feedback in form of comments would be greatly appreciated as always.
                                                                                                    Yours Gilbert .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              NB: remember to keep doing  that  which puts a smile on your face.