Today

Smile today. Not because you have to but because you are love and light.
Love today. Because others are love and light but might be tainted with shadows. Love them and see through a streak of light they have.
Give today. Not because you have so much to part with but because someone out there just needs to feel an act of kindness.
Forgive today. For this is your true bliss and not for anyone. Forgiveness means you accept a situation and are willing to look past it. Do this for yourself.
Appreciate today. We all have our busy days. And nobody is too busy to write or call for a few seconds. Appreciate where you are. Reflect on the past and smile because you are a moving light filled with love. And today you will give because you want someone to feel good so that they can also forgive some situations and let them appreciate themselves :)

03/23/2013

Love and be loved they say
Love and be happy
I've sampled forms & shades of love
And right here right now I'm as happy as I could ever be.
Love and you can progress
Can love sit in my silence I ask?
Can love be a friend and lover as well
Or I just gotta choose one?
Does love come with serenity
Or I gotta choose days to be happy?
Love will cherish and protect you they say.
But I cherish & protect me
Love is beautiful they say
And I agree because my heart might wander around for a while before it returns back to me

WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD!?

If you know me you know how passionate I am about human rights and it's violations. I'm against violence and abuse of any form. Physical, verbal or emotional. Nobody should be violated. Man or woman, boy or girl, as well as animals. And I definitely will never ever tolerate any of such violations for myself or for anybody because it is horrible. I am not a feminist. I do not need to tell anyone I am equal to them or prove I can do what they do. I was never raised like that and it's definitely not my nature. Instead my personality is more of a doing that saying kind. I will do what I can do without telling the world. I am not against men nor bitter. The men in my life who happen to be family and friends are all respectable. And I'm against any violence against men by the same sex or the opposite sex. With that said. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD!? What is the new trend with rape? Why will you sit and think oh there goes a woman lets rape her? Do YOU not have prostitutes to satisfy your needs? Do you not have wives and girlfriends? Do you not have religions? Ethics? Sense of morality? Do you not have a family? Women Around you? And most importantly DO YOU NOT HAVE LOVE in your life for you to commit such horrendous acts. How do you gang rape a woman? How do you hear her scream and not stop? How do you keep going? Does NO mean yes to you? Sometimes they say a woman takes herself to be raped based on what she wears or acts. And to an extent I agree that a woman's actions can lead to rape. But I'm still asking does no sound like yes? It is just sad. Sad that anybody can have such dark evil and energy in them. Sad that cute baby boys might turn into monsters. Sad that there is no respect whatsoever for a woman before and after she is raped. I guess she must be an animal or a sex object at that time. How do we put love into the heart of boys and men? How do we make them realize in this year and age rape is not necessary. How do we educate them that such negative energy should be cast away? Yes we make mistakes, lord knows and we all try but then men end up behind bars while animals get put down. May God and the positive forces protect everyone. Man, Woman, boy and girl from having their freedom and rights stripped of them.

WHAT IS LOVE by Moses Jiya

It is a feeling, state, attitude, pleasure that lies in the mindset of every individual. We cannot love others until we learn to love ourselves ( Daroda, F 2012). It is that natural inbuilt passion that encompasses strong affection and personal attachment like the Romeo and Juliet type of love which is said to be romantic and emotional. Weather single or in a relationship, Love is meant to be shared on St Valentines day amongst loved ones, couples, friends, family et al. There is the Agape type of love which is passionate to humanity " Love is God and God is Love". Love is Chemistry to the scientists Love is blind Love is unconditional Love conquers all Love is free and not for sale or discounted Love is all of the above. Happy St Valentines Day. By Moses Anderson Jiya

Mali and Nigeria: The new 'Afghanistan of West Africa'?

This is indeed a sad day for me. And it should be for other Nigerians as well. But I am still not ashamed to call myself a Nigerian and a northerner. Boko Haram fighters trained in Mali. One of 8 suspects caught in Mali a Nigerian.I will like to use use this opportunity to say this is not the time for tribalism or time to be judgmental. I think it is safe to say and agree that Boko Haram members aren't just Muslims or Northerners. We have seen them on TV on so many occasions and read incidents where non Muslims and non northerners try to do silly things. It's a mix of all religions and tribes. People need to stop acting like sheep's who do not have a mind of their own and stop with allegations of the north and extreme Islamists. I mean they are killing other Muslims, kids and adults out north. So how is that a " Northern thing" Boko Haram has got to go! This is the time Nigerians need to come together and put aside their differences of religion and tribes even if its for a while and look for ways to eliminate these criminals and cheap thugs who fancy themselves as terrorists. Terrorists always have an agenda but they don't which makes them plain criminals. They are neither freedom fighters. Who are they fighting for? Definitely not for other Muslims in Nigeria. Muslims who they have slayed and burned mercilessly. Yes, this is far from religion. As I suggested earlier put aside your pro separation for Nigeria. Put aside whatever problems you have with other religions and tribes. Put aside whatever angers you and keep an open mind. The next attack might injure or take away lives of people you love. And maybe you as well. Safety and love above anything. Do you think uprooting Boko Haram in Mali will halt Boko Haram members in Nigeria? Do you think it is political? Politicians and those who have the power to pull such string playing a sick game on Nigerians.

Let's all share ideas with BBC Media Action :)

Hello everyone! Hope the New year is treating you all good and if not it's still the beginning of the year so hold on. I recently started working with BBC Media Action in Abuja, Nigeria and we will like to share amazing opportunities with you all. I'm not going to go into details of our country's misfortunes on this article or complain about the government, corruption etc. I will rather discuss ways to help find solutions and interactiveness together. Communication is crucial in every situation, be it family, business, or personal relationships. I know a lot of you use Facebook and Twitter to cry out in dismay. It is always one thing or another and most times I literally stop myself from lashing out on Twitter or Facebook and this is mainly because I feel my opinion does not matter. I feel the only people that will read my tweets or status updates are my followers and Facebook friends and frankly there isn't much they can do which is why I hardly put up my opinions on any social site. But now with these BBC Media Action forums I am also excited to freely talk about problems and inconveniences I face. So many times I read comments and opinion and go hey! this should be heard or read by the government.BBC Media Action has a number of Drama shows and Radio shows that are written and shot over a period of time for both entertainment and for information. It also encourages debate and interactiveness between citizens and residents across the globe. That way we can all discuss politics, ethnicity, religion ans safety in the society and country as one because Lord knows most of what divides us in Nigeria from the oneness and unity it deserves is simply miscommunication and stereotypes. Please do not just read and ignore but rather read and like the Facebook pages and write down anything you will like to be addressed and maybe we can investigate some of the topics you have. Please feel free to discuss anything that you will like light to be shed on and also ways for improvements. We are here reading and hoping to help find solutions to our problems together. Facebook pages that BBC Media Action Abuja, Nigeria works closely with are : Story Story Voices- http://www.facebook.com/storystory.voices?fref=ts Talk Your Own-Make Naija Better- http://www.facebook.com/TalkYourOwnMakeNaijaBetter Gatanan Gatanan Ku- http://www.facebook.com/GatananGatananKu READ AND SHARE Warm regards