Moments of Inspiration: Every professional artist was first an amateur, and every story has a beginning.

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One thing you can never avoid through a journey is the beginning- Uju .C

Hello lovelies. how are we doing today?

Today I will be dropping a few lines on giving a thumbs up to those already in the field and an advice to that one who is living in fear of starting.

Your beginning never defines your end -Uju .C.

Your beginning never defines an end but you can only have an end with a beginning. Like I said earlier I will be giving reference to two sets of people and I know most of us fall into either of the categories.

To you out there scared of starting your dream, living with the fear of will I ever get known or that sector is too occupied, no one will notice me or if I start what is the possibility of not failing. The people you are scared of getting into to be better than (little do you know that is who you are designed to be) are people who definitely had a beginning.  People who never knew what the journey would be like but decided to take a step and yeah, how amazing for them to be at the top of what they do today. Have you ever thought in this light? Have you ever seen the picture of the journey the way they saw it before they took that step. If NO, it is never too late for you to take that step today. "Fear of Failure" its inevitable, but the secret to conquering fear is by taking action and having faith, because truly faith without work is dead.

So when you feel like you are not worth it, remember that Every professional you see today was once an Amateur and even professionals still make mistakes.


To you out there already taking your journey and you feel things are not telling off the way they should, I must say congratulations to you because you have achieved one step, which is the beginning of the journey, but then when the road is rough what is the way out, do you end the journey or do you turn back or better still do you think of how important the end of this journey is and believe that there are ways for  a solution?. If I were you I will choose the latter and what is this solution if I must ask? The solution is taking Stock, YES I said it. Taking STOCK of what you have done thus far, how far in this journey have you come and what ways did you ride through.

Our ability to take stock of the beginning till today therein lies the solution you seek.

For God has given us wisdom and a sound mind.

Take Stock, draw up a solution, Take Action and work in faith.

The secret of starting and continuing is simple. TAKING ACTION with FAITH.

ARE WE READY TO START NOW? if yes..then lets make this happen, write out that dream and make it plain, then take action and run with it, with your application of faith.

Take stock, draw up a solution , take action with faith...


I believe you too can be that PROFESSIONAL.

If you have something you want us to talk about, please do not fail to contact me via mail and I will be glad to journey with you.

Monday Inspiration: Make a Push for Yourself

Hello lovelies. how was the weekend?, It is a new week, an amazing one to look forward to.

Today I will be giving us a quote for the week to keep us going through this week, one you should not just read and ignore but read and act on it because in your actions lies your result.

I know you have heard a lot concerning your situation but then you are limited to a change because you do not take action.

So the quote from me to you this week is:

If you do not PUSH yourself, you will keep being PUSHED around - Uju .C

The person in you wants to come out but it is waiting for that push, go ahead and make that happen today and this week, stop the procrastination, stop being told what to do at all times when you actually know what to do.

Sometimes you should have your own rules, live and walk by them, it is a new week of possibility,
Ask yourself AM I PUSHING MYSELF ENOUGH OR AM I LETTING PEOPLE PUSH ME AROUND?

Have an amazing and productive week.

I have forgiven you, let's have a hug of friendship . The mystery of Forgiveness.

Hello loveliessss.....Its friday again, oh yeaaahhhh! I am happy. Weekend is here again. A few of us get really excited about mondays but a larger number get excited about fridays (TGIF) and for those of us that work on Saturdays....oh well!!! What can we do?

So yeah, here's to the weekend and to the week that just passed, we are grateful for the awesomeness, even though things didn't go as expected, step out with all joy and stay grateful and hope you made people feel loved..who do you love?

So so so today we will be chit-chatting about forgiveness. Wondering where this topic came from? Before you ask I will tell you.

I got home on thursday night (yesterday) and I joined my sister to watch DAYSTAR channel and yeah my favourite lady and mentor Joyce Meyer was teaching on forgiveness and as usual, it was an amazing sermon, (you should try watching ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE with Joyce Meyer by 8am and 8pm Mon.-Fri.). That's a little advert. *winks* And when she was done Marcus Lamb came up and spoke about forgiveness too and I started wondering why these sermons about forgiveness today? Could it be for me? But since I didn't feel I had anyone in heart, *still thinking though*, then I thought I could actually talk about forgiveness with my next family ( you, my amazing reader)

What is forgiveness?

Forgiveness is the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense, lets go of negative emotions such as vengefulness, with an increased ability to wish the offender well.

I love this definition It simply says to forgive is an intentional act. You have to make the decision to let go of that offense and in turn wish the offender well.

It did not just say let go of the offense, it also goes further to say YOU WISH THE OFFENDER WELL.

The ability to let go of an offense is a step to tiding up the heart and giving room for more love and kindness to step in.

I actually was a victim of when I am offended by someone I do not take anything from that person or eat from that person.

I can recall a day I was out with my sister and she got me food, after getting me that food, she said a word to me that I did not like and so in turn I told myself I was not going to eat the food she got me to prove a point. lol. She apologised and apologised, but then I found it so hard to forgive, guess because I wanted to prove a point, of which I didn't just prove a point, I became an offender as well by offending my stomach in the long run as I did not eat and I went to bed soooo hungry. But then she ate and I'm sure she went to bed with a satisfied stomach. So what point exactly did I prove?

Here's to couples, your partner offends you and you decide you won't talk to him/her that night and you won't let them touch you, so you sleep towards the end of the bed almost falling off, why your partner is there having a nice time on the bed, imagine if the room is now cold, you coil up on the bed in anger and your partner says, I am sorry dear, but in anger you won't even reply because you are trying to prove a point. (My fellow ladies we are always guilty of this), covers him/herself and says goodnight. So what point are you trying to prove? Cold will almost finish you and you and the floor are dragging for space.

Why not just let it go.

I always say,

If you are going to forgive tomorrow, why not make it now....

Why make forgiveness a thing of procrastination.

Speak about it, tell him/her you offended me and then let it go. Is it that easy, you will ask, YES it is, the other things we do are the things I call trying to prove a point or the drama involved so that Oga/madam will pet you.

We all feel we are trying to prove a point when we get angry and stay away from the offender but then, do you know you cause more harm to yourself than the offense that was committed?

I learnt one trick. If someone offends me, I intentionally show an act of kindness to the offender. Then it keeps the offender wandering. I will obviously tell you how you offended me, but then that will not stop me from showing an act of kindness to you if necessary and asking for something if I need it (still learning though).

You would not want to be like me that had to starve myself  all in the name of trying to prove a point, or the couple who almost falls off the bed just to prove a point or freezes in the bedroom just to prove a point.

If you must prove a point, prove it by showing an act of kindness to the offender and freeing yourself.

Unforgiveness is a chain and you decide when to break out, those chains of unforgiveness ain't for you.

Make an intentional effort to let go of that offense and every negative thought and above all WISH THE OFFENDER WELL.

Is it difficult? Oh yeah I know it might be.. But is it possible? YES.

So its up to you, are you ready to free your heart of that person's wrong? Are you ready to show an act of kindness to that offender? To the married people, will you now tell yourself, it's not worth falling off the bed? It's not worth freezing in the cold room?

Will love to see your responses below.

And yeah I need a feedback on how you went through the week making people feel loved and how it turned out. If you haven't done yours read it here and today is not too late...

Have an amazing weekend. I love you all.

Moments of Inspiration: PRACTICE IT with Onyinye Etoniru

Most people have a profile; speakers, real estate agents, life coaches, strategists, authors and the list goes on. One question I have for you is this ‘’the titles and profession you identify yourself with, are they mere decorative words or actual words in practice?’’  My video director Oma Ejims and I worked on a video-script, stage design and recording for a presentation I did for Global Changers Forum last year for about five hours after which I edited it for about an hour. I thought about the experience after the session, I thought within myself ‘’I shouldn’t have taken that long to produce the video’’. I later did an evaluation and came up with some truth about the importance of practice and its link with performance.

Preparation is key in achieving one’s dreams no doubt but practice also has its own place. You can prepare but if you don’t practice, you can’t test the value, validity and vitality of your preparation. When I talk about practice, I am not just focusing on someone into athletics, but everyone who intends to master a skill or any knowledge area. I’ve discovered that you don’t get better by preparation but by practice. If you have prepared well, it will show in your practice. It’s better to PRACTICE the LITTLE that you KNOW, than for you to PREPARE to KNOW EVERYTHING and NEVER PRACTICE A BIT OF ANYTHING.

 “Mastery comes from your PRACTICE. Anyone who is not willing to PRACTICE, is not willing to gain MASTERY”- Onyinye Etoniru.

Do you wonder why Jesus said that it is not those that hear that are blessed but those that DO the will of His FATHER? There are a lot of SAYERS in this generation, but the world does not need sayers but DOERS. It’s the DOERS that make a difference, not the SAYERS. Think about any area of your life, you have just done a lot of SAYING; it’s time for you to quit saying and start DOING. This reminds me of my devotion today. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. You can have all the faith, without a PROOF of works you may faith it all the way and never get to your destination.

When you PRACTICE, you are ENGAGING knowledge and in the process you are GROWING YOUR ABILITY. People run away from PRATICE, it’s like exams…you’ve spent time preparing and learning, now it’s time to test yourself. But PRACTICE, no matter how hard and strenuous, is the part that’s important. 

“Without PRACTICE, there can’t be IMPROVEMENT”-Onyinye Etoniru. 

“The way anything is developed is through practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice and more practice”-Joyce Meyer. Don’t let your RESULTS deter you from PRACTISING MORE, get feedback, learn and keep doing it again and again, until you…no until. 

“Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.”

-Ann Voskamp. 

As long as you are clear about God’s dreams for you and you are certain about what you intend to do, PREPARE and PRACTICE MORE. If you want to be a writer and author, you should be writing every day. In the process you’ll learn and get better at writing. I usually write my script at the beginning when I started my show; but now I don’t write scripts any longer, I just do my show.

My point is that if you are a coach, coach people; in the process you are practising your craft. If you are a marketing consultant, social media consultant or producer or pastor or speaker, practice what you say you do. Don’t wait for opportunities, go create the opportunities. Seek for opportunities to express your craft, paid or unpaid. They may not be paying you, but you are paying yourself in ways they don’t know. You want to gain MASTERY and have a proof of RESULTS, so ENLARGE your CAPACITY with PRACTICE. I got my first paid job in United Kingdom practising. I wanted to help a retail business and ended up consulting for them and getting paid. You can do the INTERNAL PRACTICE MORE and then the EXTERNAL PRACTICE MUCH MORE. My point is that whatever skill you want to learn or whatever you want to be, you can only BECOME BY DOING, not wishing or thinking. I hope you are challenged to live a life PRACTISING YOUR CRAFT and not JUST PROCLAIMING YOUR CRAFT. 

“You are what you practice most.- ”Richard Carlson. 

If you care about your dreams, if you are serious about making a difference with this one life you’ve got, then LIVE BY DOING. 

If you love God’s dreams for you. You love designing, love building businesses, love helping people, love painting, prove your love. You don’t need to justify your love, you don’t need to explain your love, you just need to practice your love. If you have to start somewhere, why not HERE, where you are. If you have to start sometime, why not NOW. Start practising your craft. Most skills I have learnt throughout my lifetime, I have learnt by DOING not by going through any paid TRAINING. So you CAN. 

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”-Aristotle.

There is SOMETHING DIFFERENT about those that PRACTICE their DREAMS, they eventually LIVE THEIR DREAMS. It’s being worth it sharing with you. A big thanks to a rare jewel and an inspiration to this generation, CHUKWU UJU for the opportunity to share on her platform. Please don’t forget to leave your comments, I would love to hear from you.

N/B: This is an excerpt from the #Trueinspire show hosted by Onyinye Etoniru on twitter

@trueonyinye themed PRACTICE IT.

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About Onyinye Etoniru

A young bizadventurous entrepreneur, author of the popular book THE JOURNEY OF A HIGHER LIFE, brand owner of Virginites; a lifestyle brand inspired by symphony and art and host of #Trueinspire show. She is an Associate at a real estate finance company, advices on brand and strategy at Joe Etoniru & Associates, a leading real estate firm and consults on organizational design and development for startups, SMEs and big corporations. She has a Master degree in International Management from Henley Business School, UK, a first class degree in Estate Management from the University Of Lagos. She is an advocate of true living, passionate about helping people especially young women to realize the most fulfilling life they have always dreamt of and making a difference in her generation.

Monday Inspiration: Who do you love? What are you doing about it?

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Hello lovelies, sure the weekend went well. It was quite occupied for me but then my checklist was completed, sure you completed yours.

It is a new week and today I will be speaking about spreading love even in the busiest of times.

The question goes, who do you love and what are you doing about it? Most it be christmas or valentine's day for you to show  how much you love someone?

Take some time to show people you love them this week. Go out of your way a little, call your loved ones, call your mum who feels my son/daughter doesn't call me by  this time of the week, call at a very odd hour and make her know you called to check on her and so on. Surprise them.

Make your loved ones and those whom you love smile. For some of us who are not used to it, its a conscious effort and decision. I have to do this too.

I know you are busy, you have your task so full, you have your desk full with sheets of papers, all calling your name, but then you have that loved one out there who you can make last longer with a call that will make the person smile.

Send a gift across, if necessary. Give a surprise lunch, get lunch for a colleague or a friend.

Show people you love them and that they can be loved.

Extend this arm of love to the people on the street. The act of love/kindness to those on the street always goes with a prayer *GOD BLESS YOU* this prayer seems random but said from the heart goes a long way.

Share a smile, c'mon life is not that serious. :)

And to those who you love from your heart never forget to tell them how much you love them all through this week. An additional smile you bring to the face of one can increase their lifespan.


From me to you: I love you my amazing reader. You are a blessing to me.

Have an amazing week.

A Date with Boldness

It has been an amazing week, I must say. Work, play, laugh, smiles and blessings. Above all the week was productive I assume for all of us right? I pray I am not wrong.

Yeah as the week comes to a close it's time for weekend hangout, weekend fun, parties, owambe and the likes. As you go on these journeys never forget to go on a date with Boldness.

What does it mean to be Bold?

Not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger be courageous and daring.

 “If ever you feel like an animal among men, be a lion.”
― Criss Jami 

Do not let others influence your thoughts or actions in the wrong way.

Speak out when necessary and do not let anyone make you say what you ought not to or do what you do not want to.

A date with boldness will be very necessary because boldness will tell you how to be who you are and not what others want you to be.

It is your decision to be the best of yourself and then you get to be appreciated, loved for being who you are.

No one except God has the ability to make you fail or make you succeed. Do not compromise your person for the exchange of promises.

It is up to you and me to stay bold and stay positive because the life we live is the secret to the joy we express.

Above all be bold in Christ, because in Christ you are solidified and nothing, I mean nothing can harm you.

2 Timothy 1:7 - For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

The weekend is beautiful that I can see and please any Owambe/occasion around you please do not forget to invite me. :)

Have an amazing weekend and thank God it's Friday.

Moments of Inspiration: Sit back and Relax, Its a Long ride to Success

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”
– Bill Cosby

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Thank you all for your support thus far, your comments, your mails, it has been awesome having you all here, I couldn't feel any more blessed than knowing I make some people see reasons to keep forging ahead.

Most times people wonder about my topics, but then I try to relate it with life as much as I can. Sit back, relax, it is a long ride through to success.

This topic says it all, do not panic. In the journey of life and the stages we go through in life we find out that we somehow somewhere have had to make a stop, think back and for some of us continue the journey and for a few give up. Oh yeah! It keeps happening.

But then what is the story behind the drive through to success, it's a drive with 3 driving rules involved:

- Do not panic on the trip hence you might just end up having a collision: In the ride through to success, pay close attention to things that matter rather than things that do not really matter.

More often than not we panic about things that do not really matter claiming they are very important. (Pause and think about this). If something is actually important the ability/drive for you to panic will be very low, because you would rather want to find a quiet place to sit and find a solution, but then you panic about things that you feel might be a plus but they might not be so important because we never get to sit back and think about what really matters and what doesn't. One panic leads to a million panics and it leads to a collision. But one solution leads to a million of open doors.

So would you rather panic on an important issue or think of a solution?

Personally I would prefer the latter.

So next time you are about to panic about anything ask yourself is it really important or do I just assume it is important. Never live on assumptions.

-Observe the traffic rules on the road to success;  Let the get ready, move and stop be your guide. Do not move too fast when you are only at the level of get ready. In recent times, start ups tend to fall victims of looking at people who have spent a million years in the field and want to become that in a day. Looking up to one in your field is described as setting a goal for yourself, a goal takes a while to be achieved.
So plan, establish and run. Do not just run, get ready first and then be set to run.

Ask yourself, have you skipped the point of getting ready to a track of running?, maybe that is the reason why you are not getting the result you want, you could slowly use the brake and start the process again.

You wont be called a failure for starting again, you will only be called a failure for giving up completely.

The Last but not the least

- Watch out for Speed bumps: The speed bumps in the ride of success are the factors that come in as a challenge to slow you down just when you thought you had already achieved it all. Most times the speed bumps could come in as a corrective measure to make us retrace our steps but more than 75% face the speed bumps as challenges and difficulties in business. But do you park your vehicle when you see a bump ahead! Obviously No.

It will definitely slow you down but it will never make you stop.

How do you get through these bumps in business, learn the best tactics to drive your brand of car. Do you need to slow down from afar or do you need to slow down close to the bump. That you have to learn.

Study, research, learn how to go through the bumps in the best of ways and remember after every bump there comes the speed drive again.

So are we ready?? Oh yeah, I know we are...

So let's sit back and observe these three factors on the ride to success:

- Never PANIC, rather think SOLUTION so as to avoid COLLISION
- Do not ignore the traffic light during your ride which are GET READY, MOVE and STOP/REFRESH if you have to.
-Do not let the BUMPS hinder you rather study, research and learn to GO THROUGH them.

Indeed it is a long ride, but it will definitely pay off....

YOU ARE A SUCCESS STORY......

Monday Inspiration: Are you irritated?

On our monday morning inspiration we will be discussing a topic that will make us think back and say, is it actually worth the stress?

The Life we live is not one that is supposed to irritate you. I hear people say this person is irritating, (sometimes I actually say those stuff too).  But then we are supposed to learn that taking stuff personally, creating drama over everything will actually slow down your productivity. Life is not meant to irritate you. When you let stuff irritate you it becomes a toxic way of life. You intentionally prevent yourself from enjoying your life and shining bright.

It is difficult to enjoy life and get the best result when you put your energy into things that you are not supposed to, when you take things personally, create drama and become irritated. You will bloom, shine, smile be more productive if you put little energy or no energy into all those, (although it is almost impossible not to get irritated). But when we put little energy into them we get our best self to rise to the surface and be expressed in a much healthier and productive manner.

Everyone, including yourself, benefits from your shining bright light! Happy Shining Bright and Have an amazing week.

Are you deciding to put in much energy where needed?

Are You Still Sad About That Heartbreak? Here Is A Wake Up Call

Stop, listen to me. You are holding onto memories of what was, overlooking the fact that what you have been through has put you in a harmonious position to receive things that could only be available through all of your pain.

How would it be possible to find the right one or right thing if it weren’t for all of the heartbreaks and damage by all the test? Definitely you wouldn’t.

You would have settled for cheap.

Realize that you are not your past, not what you have been through, but simply- a more ready you, ready and capable of having more….to find the one who stays.

Life might be crumbling beneath you right now, but one day you will wake up it will be 11:00, with the love of your life, the coffee will be hot and the pancakes will be fluffy, and your beautiful heart won’t be full with ice.

This is not fantasy….This is reality. Believe in who you are now, believe in the best of your tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by, I know this post has touched you so please share in the comment box below.

Have a wonderful and blessed Weekend!!

Moments Of Inspiration: Endless Possibilities with Pharm. Onyinye Dumebi

Greetings to everyone that will be reading this, I will like to state that I am not an inspirational speaker but I draw lessons from every single moment I live and I believe strongly in endless possibilities.

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realise. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do. Life is so full of endless possibilities and only those who remain optimistic will get to see and utilize those opportunities. Most times our habituated conception of what reality should be limits our ability to see new possibilities when they arise. Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities. Just like Chimamanda Adichie’s “danger of a single story”, I would also like to say that there is also danger in limiting our thoughts and viewing life from just an angle. The sky is too wide for everybody to fly and every new day is a new opportunity God gives us to explore.

These possibilities are greatly seen when we have a committed relationship with our creator. The bible reminds us in mark 10 vs 27 that with God, All things are possible. My emphasis is on ALL. And the surest thing we know is that heaven and earth will pass away but Gods word will never. When men have said it’s not possible, God has said it is.

Let’s not be shaken by the goliath we see today for we shall see them no more. With God lies all the possibilities, embrace him and our story will never be the same. And also let’s remain optimistic and hopeful as we deal with challenges in life. It’s not easy but with God all things are possible.

Thank you for dropping by to read this piece.

Monday Inspiration: Being Relentless, a drive towards Success

Hello my gorgeous readers, today I will be sharing articles on what others have said on how being relentless in Life's pursuit can make a success out of you.

Have a Successful week ahead.

Who says there are Limits? Kanya Sesser Says, even with NO leg, there are NO LIMITS!!!

Kanya Sesser is one lady that watching her video got me almost in tears. She is a model, a surfer, an actor and lots more. Kanya does not have legs to move but then she does not need support. She learnt how to do things on her own. Without her legs she got herself to be a face model, she got herself to be a surfer and lots more.

So what then is your limit? What have you been told will stop you from moving ahead in life? What is limiting you from living your dreams? Why have you decided to set a limit for yourself when there really are no limits?.

Until you begin to put to use every obstacle you see ahead of you, they will only end up stopping you from completing your journey in life.

The obstacles must come, but you have to learn to sail through them, you have to learn to fly through and you have to learn to drive through them.

Life is like going on a journey either by road, by air or by sea. There are bumps in every ride, but you do not stop when you see a bump, you rather learn to drive through them and head for your destination.

We should apply same principles to our daily life, you are the sailor, pilot and chauffeur (driver) of your life. God is the mastermind behind the creation of your method of transportation and he has trained you to learn how to overcome the bumps on every ride. Do not let the bumps stop you, because you have a destination ahead of you and you must get there.

So say to yourself today, I AM THE DRIVER, PILOT AND SAILOR of my journey and I have to drive well because if I crash, I crash alone and if I stop I will never make it to my destination.

I can only be a co-driver,co-pilot and co-sailor and I sure will be glad to help with that, but you control the wheels, I can only support, so does everyone around you support. Until you start your journey no body will understand that you even have a journey. Do not allow anyone tell you about the obstacles in life and scare the thoughts on your inside because now you know you can go through.

I tell you today, there are no Limits in life. You only get limited to what you feel you cannot handle.

What really has life got that you cannot handle?

Nobody can make you see the best in yourself, only YOU can.

Lets watch Kanya Sesser as she speaks about No Legs, No Limits.

It's up to you. Make that decision today and tell yourself, THERE ARE NO LIMITS.

Are you ready to live a limitless life?

Let's hear from you, what did you ever think you were not able to achieve?