Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Come off that stage...Sire? Ma'am?






A lot of hand-pointing has been happening around; it leaves me confused each time.

Thousands of people have strutted through the sidewalks of life, pointing fingers of accusation in every direction. Telling everyone else how to live, meanwhile there is the proverbial plank sticking out their own eyes.

We like to take pompous stands behind our own pulpits and point fingers at what we label “the sin-choked world”. We condemn them and command them to live right, talk correctly, write accurately...

I learnt and I’m still learning a very profound lesson in a hard way – To accept people for who they are. We all are dissimilar unique beings; no two people will ever be the same. Even if we have the same experiences, we will never pick the same lessons from them. This is the real world; people have different opinions, different perceptions, different fingerprints. No one should be tagged evil because they don’t share your belief. I am as entitled to my opinion as you are to yours. You shouldn’t force your doctrines down anyone’s throat.  No one should be mobbed for airing HIS/HER own opinion…

A lot of times we stand on the platform of hypocrisy – a platform that I hope will crumble soon. Stop pointing your damn fingers and lead your own life. 


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  1. my thoughts, people just don't get the term 'individual'...well said sister..

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    1. Abi on, I think we Should all strive to "get" it . The. World might juSt be a better place

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  2. Bravo for saying it so simply and clearly. As someone who is often on the fringes, I wish more people respected our individuality as unique gifts rather than as something to be rooted out so everyone is uniform.

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    2. Thank you Myne. Respect for individuality is so lacking in our society

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  3. 100000000000000000% percent on point. wish i could add more Exclamation marks.. Happy New Year :)

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    1. Loool. Thanks Didi. Wish u a beautiful 2013 too

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  5. You are right D1. Everyone is entitled to their believe. Even God has given us all the power to choose. He said, "choose ye this day, who you will serve". Somewhere else, He said, "behold I have set before you life and death; choose".

    Blessings Sis. Happy New Year.

    - LDP

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    2. Abi o, even God recognises our right to choose.

      Blessings aNd I wish u a beautiful 2013 too

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  6. Hahaha Preach!!!! Can't even say anything else to add to or take from

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    1. Lool, I just had to let it out jare

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  7. it certainly will help us dedicate time to doing more fulfilling things.Lol!

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    1. Yea, I think so too. We are just too busy having a say in other people's life.

      Happy New year Sis

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  8. Simples. Why would God give each individual his own brain and right to choose/make decisions if there is a uniform way of doing things?

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  9. Preach it sister.
    we should learn to worry less about what other people think, do or say

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    1. I totally agree. We should learn to be our own person irrespective

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    1. sure u shouldn't add something? Lol

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  12. People are different, and we should learn to appreciate diversity, rather than condemn it.

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    1. True...it was one of the points you made that day. I'm going to put up our picture when I use a PC :D. Some people are "jealux"

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  13. Preach on sister...post 100% on point.

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    1. Thank you Lara. Happy new year to you

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    1. Word from heaven to earth ni o. Happy new year babes

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  15. You certainly dished this one hot . True word jare. Live and let live is the key, we all can't be the same , think same way or have same faith. We should learn to respect and accommodate other people's views and beliefs.

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    1. "Learning" is the key world. Yea, we should learn to accomodate other people's view and beliefs

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  16. Dayor on point!
    *tamie take note!

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    2. I love that response Tamie. I also love to apply everything I read to myself and see how it can help me prune where I need to. Yes, definitely looking inward.

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  18. This is so true but so hard to abide by. Like I constantly have to keep reminding myself that the world is diverse.

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    1. Yea, its hard o. I'm learning too, I decided to be deliberate about it

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  19. I love this "You shouldn’t force your doctrines down anyone’s throat".The truth is,if you have something very good,you won't have to force people to take it,they'll willingly take it.People should learn to respect other people's views.

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    1. True!

      Respect each other's view is all I'm saying

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  20. That was some straight shooting Dayor! Good one

    I have a feeling, 2013 is gonna be a good year....:)

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    1. *wink*

      2013 is "that" year. Woot woot!

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  22. I loved this, "Even if we have the same experiences, we will never pick the same lessons from them." This is very true. Everyone has a right to their opinion.

    However I want to ask a question, if someone is clearly in the wrong and you are in a position to give advise to correct the wrong behavior, when does it become judging the other person noting that God loves the wrongdoer, but hates the wrong? Just thinking deeply on this. Thanks for sharing this girl. It definitely ministers. Cheers.

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    1. I think giving a piece of advice when you know u are right is okay. The person u are giving the advise has a right to heed or not heed. Its not in our place to force our opinioin of something eventhough we are right.

      And I don't see that as judging. Its just "your" opinioin.

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    2. Thanks for the response. I asked because the lınes between gıvıng advıse to correct wrong behavıour/judgıng someone can be very blurred. To judge someone ın my understandıng, ıs an outrıght condemnatıon of not only the ındıvıdual, but the behavıour as well, meanwhıle, the judge ıs doıng worse. There are certaın behavıours/acts that have been adjudged sın ın the Bıble and we cannot sugarcoat ıt away; as chrıstıans, we should forbıd that whıch God forbıds, but not ın a spırıt of condemnatıon. We have no rıght to condemn anybody bc we only overcome sın ın our lıves purely by the grace of God. However, our attıtude towards the other person who ıs doıng wrong should be that of love. The Bıble says we should speak the truth ın love. That ıs ıt. When you rebuke someone from a love angle, ıt doesn't leave the person feelıng depressed/hopeless, as ıf they are the worst sınners on earth. That's the balance I'm referrıng to. Nıce post BTW. God bless you.

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  23. I was just nodding my head like an agama lizard while reading your post lol. On a serious note though, you were right on point. like my grandms would you say, "people pointing fingers at others don't know that there are four other fingers pointing back at them" smh..

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    1. Happy new year sis.

      I so remember that quote in yoruba. It's what I'm trying to say. :D

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  24. where are my manners.. Happy New year dear and thanks for the warm welcome :)

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  25. Happy New Year
    Don't you think it is too early to be giving attention to your haters
    Do you have any goals?
    Focus on them!

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    1. First of all. Happy New year.

      Err...haters? This may have come off strong but ma'am its nothing about me. It was the various twitter-wars that inspired this.

      And part of my goal is to say it "as well" as I can. I just did. Thank you.

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  26. blessings...
    I suppose its because it is always easier to look at someone and judge, criticize, deconstruct and attempt to reconstruct rather that take a look at the SELF and apply said tools of application that is foist upon others.

    "judge not less yea be judged" for the tools by which one uses to judge another will be the same tools used to judge you. well it goes something like that-i am sure you know what i mean and where am going with my paraphrasing.

    "We" all of us, must remember that when we stand on the outside and judge another that we have no privy to what is/has gone on inside, what their woes, trials and tribulations and hence should refrain from judging and speculating.

    stay blessed my friend and have a fabulous weekend.
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  27. yes dayor...ure so right with this post.
    some ppl have nt finished tending their sheep bfr they start pointing to someone's own with faults..its like a 'human thing'
    even Jesus said 'remove the speck from your eye you hypocrite bfr pointing at someone's own..or rather how do u see another man's own wen u have a huge one in ur life?''
    ive read this post a while back...sorry it took me this long to comment
    and thanks fr ur lovely words on my last post sweetheart...am grateful

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  28. And this is what it is for me, at least, to be real. Thank you for sharing. Blessings.

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  31. Rightly put Dayor, let everybody live their own lives without poking into anybody's. What is it about all the hypocrisy, kwa!? Mstchew...

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  34. LIKE!! Buuut... It's good to call people out sometimes. "Answer a fool in his folly or he may think he's wise"

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