“The Meaning of all life and existence is found in the almost painful, almost undeniable reality of God.”
~ By Sandra C. Obiora
Life’s Meaning
Category Archives: Thoughts
The Last Day of 2012
By Sandra C. Obiora ~ Written 31.12.12 (6 years ago)
It is the last day of 2012. A day many believed will not occur.
The World With No Sound
By Sandra C. Obiora. Written 6.3.13
Imagine with me for a second a world without sound.
The ocean without the lapping and flapping of the waves,
Utopic Dystopia
By Sandra C. Obiora. Written 28.12.2013
This morning it felt as though I woke up into twilight.
At some point, twilight became dawn, and dawn was no where to be found.
Unsure
Written 24.11.2012
You are beautiful yet you ask
How beautiful am I?
You are strong yet you look in the mirror thinking.
Am I strong enough? Continue reading Unsure
Staircases
“Going up and down staircases is metaphorical for life. Continue reading Staircases
Something-ness
“There is a something ness in the nothingness of space.
Something loud and noisy in the silence of emptiness.
A loud exclamation and proclamation telling us each time that in this nothingness is a something ness that has existed even before time itself.
A nothingness full of something-ness.”
~ By Sandra C. Obiora
The Loudest Voices of Discouragement
Sometimes, we cannot expect those in our lives to be encouraging of our daily endeavours.
Sometimes, the loudest voices of derogation, or the most demotivating of expressions do not come from without, but from within. Continue reading The Loudest Voices of Discouragement
The Right Skin
“Many years ago, I came into a profound realization that God brought me into this world to my parents with this gender, this skin, this hair, these eyes, this mind, this physique for a reason. Continue reading The Right Skin
Silent Fighter
Featured work by Krystal (Gypsy) Orellano
When I look at old pictures of you,
I see God’s girl Legacy.
I often wonder if you remember me.
I really don’t want to bother you,
so please save your energy.
We haven’t talked in a while.
Funny how distance blends time together.
Salt & Ashes
Featured Piece by Tribes of Asaph
I feared no end.
A joyful will, I penned it down.
Years went by, faces changed.
The Sun remained the same. Continue reading Salt & Ashes
Hidden Intentions
Featured piece by Edidiong James. Written 27.06.18
How well can you trust a person ?
How much are you willing to risk? Continue reading Hidden Intentions
My Brain @ 100%
Written 4.11.2011 (7 years ago)
If I could use 100% of my brain’s capacity and not be limited to just about 10%, I would…
I would think of why I am on earth, and actually answer it. Continue reading My Brain @ 100%
One Day of Hardwork
“If attaining a bright and successful future required just one full day of focus and purposefulness, everyone would be wildly successful.
However, the sad truth is that success requires and involves multiple, and sometimes miserable moments of little yet correct choices.
Success is really just the sum of usually small but mighty decisions made and then executed.”
~ Sandra C. Obiora
ABUSE & MANIPULATION
A Write-up by Humphery Adun
Humans are relational beings; and thus, we owe our existence to the ability to cultivate relationships that sustain our mental, physical, emotional and psychological tranquility. In every relationship, there are roles played by each correspondence, and these roles are defined by several factors; age, position, class, family, culture, spirituality, and tradition. This plays out in such a way that it creates dominant and subordinate(dependent) individuals in the relationships. Interestingly, as adults we play both roles of being both dependent and dominant at the same time, across different relationships, and thus there is a diffusion of a learned trait from a relationship circle to another one; and this goes on and on, creating a tangle of relationship traits. Continue reading ABUSE & MANIPULATION
Pondering Reality
“One day, I caught myself pondering upon my entity and existence.
I decided to remove the God factor and think through all other explanations.
I still wind up with the conclusion that there is surely a God.
Everything suddenly fell into place the moment I acknowledged this new reality.”
~ Sandra C. Obiora
Her Beauty
“Every lady has her own appeal…
Her beauty lies in the details.
Only those who have genuinely searched for it can find it.
Only those who have found it can try to comprehend the beauty that is her creation.Only those desperate to shelter it are deserving enough to grab onto the gold that holds the power to decorate one’s destiny.”
~ Sandra C. Obiora
Lover, Savior
Feature post: Write up by Reynard
Now, I don’t only get to call HIM savior. I get to call HIM lover. I get to call HIM my very best friend.
I know a lot of people may look at this post and wonder what I smoked to get me this high. Truth is it’s HIS presence-
It’s a whole different kind of oxygen.
The type that comes when GOD himself draws you so near to HIM you can practically breath HIM in.
So close to the point HE feels like HE’s closer than your skin.
A place where HIS love for you echoes so loud it drowns out all the noise and opinions this world scream and that voice of condemnation-hahaha
It’s silenced completely to the point where you know beyond a shadow of doubt that with HIM is where you belong.
I’ve found my home in the heart of God.
And if you’ve ever wondered what the walls look like, just know it has your face, my face and the faces of the whole world tattooed throughout its entire parameter.
You may be one of those people who has always looked for a home in places you were never meant to fit in.
….. come as you are. GOD’s heart remains as open as the arms of JESUS the Christ that died for you on that cross……
Peace.
By Reynard
Falling in …
“With you, I just fell.
Sandy Randoms #1
“It is neither my wish to keep you waiting nor to wait for you.
It is obviously a better option for us to meet somewhere in the middle.”
~ By Sandra Obiora (08.2014)
Father Mine
Fathers are a little more than a gift from God.
Blessed is that lady whose father has shown her how a man should be.
Blessed is she whose father hugs and kisses her daily.
The one whose father said to her:
“you shall be great”. “Greatness is your name.”
Blessed is that one whose father taught her to clean, to cook, to make the bed, to be organized, to keep to time, to be kind, to be giving, to be humble, to be respectful.
Blessed is that lady whose dad calls her ‘my princess‘. Who tells her ‘you are beautiful’. ‘You are a gift from God to me’.
Whose father never challenged her gender. Whose father said to her ‘blessed are you among men’. Whose father prays over her life.
Blessed is that woman whose husband is loved by her father.
Blessed is she whose father is a lover of her mother.
Blessed is she who learns what a home should be.
For she will be great. ‘She will not stand before mean men’.
So blessed am I for the divine gift of a father. Blessed be God for this great man in my life. One so irreplaceable. So kind, so loving, so blessed, so gifted, such a gift.
Happy Father’s day my darling father.
I love you daddy. You are more than an enigma.
Grey Skies
I love grey skies. I celebrate the melancholy of them.
I know that many may count this a fault.
How can you love something so depressing?
How do you not feel blue at the sight of so much grey? I am asked.
So I respond.
Mental Boost
“If anyone makes you feel less than you actually are, less important, less cool, less awesome.
If in any way they make you question your value in life at the innermost part of your being, or when you are alone,
then they need to go. Simple.
You need every mental second you have to think of amazing things and dwell on amazing people.”
~ By Sandra C. Obiora (23.11.17)
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~Perspective Shift~
Woman! Oh Woman! thou art precious!
Everywhere and anywhere
In different shapes and shades,
Nevertheless, the most unique living creature on this planet!
Everywhere and anywhere
In different shapes and shades,
Nevertheless, the most unique living creature on this planet!
Some see her as an object
While some see her as a life force.
For she lays seamlessly at the heart of existence;
The world itself will be null and void without her.
Your perspective about her is directly proportional to your experience
She is a life giver yet deadly,
Pleasure giver yet a pressurizer,
It all depends on you.
She is a life giver yet deadly,
Pleasure giver yet a pressurizer,
It all depends on you.
Man! Oh Man! It is time for your perspective to shift.
It is time to behold not just her physical beauty, but the workings of her very being.
It is time to see the potential, creativity, and gifts.
The uniqueness, the greatness and the brilliance within her that shines like the sun.
It is time to behold not just her physical beauty, but the workings of her very being.
It is time to see the potential, creativity, and gifts.
The uniqueness, the greatness and the brilliance within her that shines like the sun.
Love your woman and you will find true joy.
Speak life into her and see life in yourself.
Give her all your attention and enjoy a life of undiluted peace.
Bless her and enjoy a blissful home.
Speak life into her and see life in yourself.
Give her all your attention and enjoy a life of undiluted peace.
Bless her and enjoy a blissful home.
One man said ‘But variety is the spice of life’.
Yet, he has failed to realize that real variety is in one woman
For a woman can be likened to this planet,
Your location determines your experience and allocation.
Yet, he has failed to realize that real variety is in one woman
For a woman can be likened to this planet,
Your location determines your experience and allocation.
Have you toured the world of your woman?
Have you enjoyed the variety she has to offer?
Have you been through her skies, seas, and dry lands?
Before you make your conclusion about her, travel the length and breadth of her planet.
Have you enjoyed the variety she has to offer?
Have you been through her skies, seas, and dry lands?
Before you make your conclusion about her, travel the length and breadth of her planet.
Featured Poem by Olusola Olorunfemi Bamisile (B.B).
BB is an Energy Engineer, a lecturer, a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and Audio Technician among other things. His aim is to empower the youth, especially men, to see and approach things differently. Above all, he is a lover of God.
World Peace
“The grandiose notion of achieving world peace is a phenomenon highly dependent not on societies, but rather on each individual’s actions and reactions to their everyday realities.”
~ Sandra C. Obiora
In Twenty Days
“In twenty days, the crowded Earth became as empty as Mars.
In this time, the moon became blood, and the sand became red.
For the one I knew so well, became the one I know no more.
The thoughts I used to daily think, are now the thoughts I think no more.
The feelings I used to dwell on, are now the things I feel no more.
The plans we then did make, are plans I have no more.
For in just twenty days, the population of earth was traded for the wild storms of Mars.
The false comfort of ‘friendship’ turned into the
Magnificent brilliance and hum of a truly silent planet.”
~By Sandra C. Obiora (Written 23.10.17)
Ego My Dear
Many are the mental struggles of mankind.
Daily we fight wars for and against our fragile egos.
For if we will just accept that we feel what we feel, and we feel it how we feel it,
without first putting up an act or pretense,
We can therefore begin the game of loose and keep.
We can then dispose of that we must dispose of, and build on that which must be built.
We can then correct that which needs be corrected,
and discard that silly thing called ego and pride.
Life Stages
~ Poem by Sandra C. Obiora (28.05.2018) ~
Today, I wished dearly for time to pause.
I yearned earnestly for just this cause.
That I may simply hold onto this quickly passing moment.
If only to make it slower, to grab a hold of it and shout, Pause!
~Hope and Despair~
~ Featured work by Muhammad Shehzad Hanif~
The days go restless, the nights sleepless.
I seek for you around but fail to guess,
My heart skipped a beat or two.
But my anxious eyes still have no clue….
The wind goes wild and rough on my face.
Autumn leaves come down falling apace.
All the birds have gone past long before.
They will not come to the nests for sure.
When the rays of hope turn to despair,
and the night of sadness prevailing everywhere.
The heart melts down my eyes through,
How much I miss you; I can’t tell you..!!
Gazing on to the sky, I caught a shooting star
I thought of you being so so far
Down, it calms; at a whispering sound.
“Your love will soon be coming around”
Muhammad Shehzad Hanif is a PhD student of Management. A Telecom Engineer, a Network and Management Consultant, a Writer, and a Published Poet.
Human and Spirit
Did you know that you are Spirit that lives in flesh?
If you follow the flesh, and simply follow the humanity you feel, it is risky.
For the human you are seated within is proud and always wanting.
The human never stops needing.
It never gives up on its pleasures. The human you are in is truly ‘only human’.
Yet, the spirit that you are has great control.
It possesses self discipline. It is ruled by conscience.
It knows morale and it is eternal. The spirit you are will continue after time.
The spirit you are can step over the human and become superhuman, supernatural!
Be the spirit, not the flesh.
~ By Sandra C. Obiora (Written May 24. 2012)
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