The five balls of life

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family,health, friends and spirit,
and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same.
You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How? Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as they would be your life, for without them, life is meaningless. Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life. Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going. Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless,a treasure you can always carry easily. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift: that's why we call it 'The Present' .

Where is your bus stop?

If you get aboard a Lagos bus and after a while you hear the conductor call out “under!”, “Killer!”, ” Masha!” don’t panic, it is not the beginning of madness, he is just calling out bus- stops; so where is your bus stop?
There are so many humorous things that take place while traveling on a Lagos commercial
bus, certain things that happen or that are said, are just enough to keep you laughing if you take
a second thought at them.
For me the bus-stops in Lagos and the way these conductors call them out, gets me laughing always. So you have bus-stop like
“Westminster” pronounced as “West Minister” and you can’t but laugh to tears. There are many more bus-stops which I find funny, either in their pronunciation or in the meaning
of their names as it were.
Perhaps I should give you some heads-up, every major landmark in Lagos eventually is used as a
bus-stop, and in the case of no major building/ edifice; then the nearest Iroko tree becomes
the bus-stop for the area.
This theory holds majorly for residents in the mainland, as the Lagos-Island tends to have a
good number bus-stops with straight names.
Without spoiling the fun, here are some of the craziest and funniest names I have found of the lot that exist around the Lagos megalopolis.
Come “along”, yes, ‘along’ is yet another bus- stop’s name.
CEMETERY BUS STOP
There are so many cemetery bus-stops across Lagos. The simple rationale for the bus-stop
name, being that the cemetery located around the corner is about the most popular place to
reckon with within the area. Seriously, I mean,
how can you say you live at “Cemetery bus stop”?
MOSHALASHI
Moshalashi means mosque, and there are major
mosques in virtually every part of Lagos. You
can rarely go to on any Local government are
which doesn’t have a MOSHALASHI - BUS STOP .
MECHANIC BUS STOP
There is one just after Okokomaiko and like the
other bus-stops, just for the mere fact that a
group of automobile mechanics make one spot
their workshop, it automatically becomes a bus-
stop. Tell me, what can be easier to describe
than a group of men with shirts soiled with so
much grease.
ABATTOIR
I asked someone recently, where do you live
and he said “abattoir” and I could not hold back
my laughter, apparently he was referring to the
popular bus-stop around the Abule Egba area of
Lagos, where the Lagos abattoir is located.
CHURCH BUS STOP - Along Mile 2
The name says it all, you can already guess
what inspired this bus-stop located along
AGBOJU MILE 2 (Badagry expressway).
COCONUT BUS STOP - Along Mile 2
The presence of a long row of coconut trees
gave rise to the name of this bus-stop located
on your way to Mile 2. Infact, you will hear the
conductors call out “Mile-2 Coconut!”, on their
trips from Oshodi through iyana-isolo and down
past Cele-bus stop.
CELE BUS STOP - Along Mile 2
Lagosians have an abbreviation for the Celestial
churches, and that is “Cele” and that is the
concept behind naming this bus-stop after some
celestial church within.
TAKUTI JESU - Ajah
It remains somewhat unclear to me why this
bus-stop was named “Taku ti Jesu”, a name
which basically means never letting go of
Jesus. Perhaps some new form of admonition,
so don’t let go till you get what you want.
Somebody, must have read Jacob’s story.
MONGORO - Along Oshodi- Egbeda road
Now this is one very funny one. Just like
coconut, this is supposed to be Mango bus- stop, but the conductors never fail to call it
“mongoro”, I can’t forget how much i laughed
the first time I deciphered it.
ILE-EPO - Along EJIGBO-IKOTUN road
Just along the Ejigbo-Ikotun road, is this bus-
stop whose name is derived from the mere fact
that a “filling-station” ( fuel station) is sited
there. Ile-epo literally mean, house-of-oil (a gas
station).
7/8- ALONG AIRPORT ROAD
For as long as I have known this bus-stop, it
has fascinated me, as I have tried tirelessly to
solve the maths behind its name. Please if you
have a clue, then let us know. Same goes for
the bus-stop named 23-24.
ONIGBONGBO - Maryland
In all honesty, I can tell you for real what the
name entail. However, I am more concerned
with the way it sounds when pronounced. Go
on, try it, O-ni-gbon-gbo. Don’t bite your tongue.
ONIPANU - Along Yaba-Ikorodu road
Unlike Onigbongo, I think Onipanu means some
one who trades in aluminum and building
materials. So you can be sure that there is/was
a popular “onipanu” to earn it a place as a
popular bus-stop in Lagos.
ALAKARA BUS STOP
If you understand yoruba well enough, then you
will understand that this bus-stop was named
after someone, who most likely is a woman that
sells “bean-cakes” locally called “akara”.

100 funniest words in English

Abibliophobia- The fear of running out of reading material.

Absquatulate - To leave or abscond with something.

Allegator- Some who alleges.

Anencephalous- Lacking a brain.

Argle-bargle - A loud row or quarrel.

Batrachomyomachy- Making a mountain out of a molehill.

Billingsgate- Loud, raucous profanity.

Bloviate- To speak pompously or brag.

Blunderbuss- A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized
activity.

Borborygm-A rumbling of the stomach.

Boustrophedon-A back and forth pattern.

Bowyang-A strap that holds the pants legs in place.

Brouhaha- An uproar.

Bumbershoot- An umbrella.

Callipygian- Having an attractive rear end or nice buns.

Canoodle- To hug and kiss.

Cantankerous- Testy, grumpy.

Catercornered Diagonal(ly).

Cockalorum- A small, haughty man.

Cockamamie- Absurd, outlandish.

Codswallop- Nonsense, balderdash.

Collop- A slice of meat or fold of flab.

Collywobbles- Butterflies in the stomach.

Comeuppance- Just reward, just deserts.

Crapulence- Discomfort from eating or drinking too much.

Crudivore- An eater of raw food.

Discombobulate- To confuse.

Donnybrook- An melee, a riot.

Doozy- Something really great.

Dudgeon- A bad mood, a huff.

Ecdysiast- An exotic dancer, a stripper.

Eructation- A burp, belch.

Fard- Face-paint, makeup.

Fartlek- An athletic training regime.

Fatuous- Unconsciously foolish.

Filibuster- Refusal to give up the floor in a debate to prevent a vote.

Firkin- A quarter barrel or small cask.

Flibbertigibbet- Nonsense, balderdash.

Flummox- To exasperate.

Folderol- Nonsense.

Formication- The sense of ants crawling on your skin.

Fuddy-duddy- An old-fashioned, mild-mannered person.

Furbelow- A fringe or ruffle.

Furphy- A portable water container.

Gaberlunzie- A wandering beggar.

Gardyloo- A warning shouted before throwing water from
above.

Gastromancy- Telling fortune from the rumblings of the
stomach.

Gazump- To buy something already promised to someone
else.

Gobbledygook- Nonsense, balderdash.

Gobemouche- A highly gullible person.

Godwottery- Nonsense, balderdash.

Gongoozle- To stare at, kibitz.

Gonzo Far-out journalism.

Goombah- An older friend who protects you.

Hemidemisemiquaver- A musical timing of 1/64.

Hobbledehoy- An awkward or ill-mannered young boy.

Hocus-pocus- Deceitful sleight of hand.

Hoosegow- A jail or prison.

Hootenanny- A country or folk music get-together.

Jackanapes- A rapscallion, hooligan.

Kerfuffle- Nonsense, balderdash.

Klutz- An awkward, stupid person.

La-di-da- An interjection indicating that something is
pretentious.

Lagopodous- Like a rabbit's foot.

Lickety-split- As fast as possible.

Lickspittle- A servile person, a toady.

Logorrhea- Loquaciousness, talkativeness.

Lollygag- To move slowly, fall behind.

Malarkey- Nonsense, balderdash.

Maverick- A loner, someone outside the box.

Mollycoddle- To treat too leniently.

Mugwump- An independent politician who does not follow
any party.

Mumpsimus- An outdated and unreasonable position on an
issue.

Namby-pamby- Weak, with no backbone.

Nincompoop- A foolish person.

Oocephalus- An egghead.

Ornery- Mean, nasty, grumpy.

Pandiculation- A full body stretch.

Panjandrum- Someone who thinks himself high and mighty.

Pettifogger- A person who tries to befuddle others with his
speech.

Pratfall- A fall on one's rear.

Quean- A disreputable woman.

Rambunctious- Aggressive, hard to control.

Ranivorous- Frog-eating
Rigmarole Nonsense, unnecessary complexity.

Shenanigan- A prank, mischief.

Sialoquent- Spitting while speaking.

Skedaddle- To hurry somewhere.

Skullduggery- No good, underhanded dealing.

Slangwhanger- A loud abusive speaker or obnoxious writer.

Smellfungus- A perpetual pessimist.

Snickersnee- A long knife.

Snollygoster- A person who can't be trusted.

Snool- A servile person.

Tatterdemalion- A child in rags.

Troglodyte- Someone or something that lives in a cave.

Turdiform- Having the form of a lark.

Unremacadamized- Having not been repaved with macadam.

Vomitory- An exit or outlet.

Wabbit- Exhausted, tired, worn out.

Widdershins- In a contrary or counterclockwise direction.

Yahoo- A rube, a country bumpkin.

@- The "at" sign.

Truth about relationship

If somebody tells you, I'll love you for ever, will you believe it? I don't think there's any reason not to. We are ready to believe such commitment at the moment, whatever change may happen afterwards. As for the belief in an everlasting love, that's another thing. Then you may be asked whether there is such a thing as an everlasting love. I'd answer I believe in it, but an everlasting love is not immutable.
You may unswervingly love or be loved by a person. But love will change its composition with the passage of time. It will not remain the same. In the course of your growth and as a result of your increased experience, love will become something different to you. In the beginning you believed a fervent love for a person could last definitely. By and by, however, fervent gave way to prosaic. Precisely because of this change it became possible for love to last. Then what was meant by an everlasting love would eventually end up in a sort of interdependence. We used to insist on the difference between love and liking. The former seemed much more beautiful than the latter. One day, however, it turns out there's really no need to make such difference. Liking is actually a sort of love. By the same token, the everlasting interdependence is actually an everlasting love. I wish I could believe there was somebody who would love me for ever. That's, as we all know, too romantic to be true. Instead, it will more often than not be a case of lasting relationship.

Chicken soar with Eagles?

Just thought of sharing this with you. Culled from Joel Osteen words.

Who you spend your time with will have a great impact on what kind of life you live. There are people that are already ordained to come across our path to help us fulfil our destiny. People that inspire us, challenge us make us better. If you are spending time with the wrong people, you'll never meet the right ones. If you are hanging around people that are not going any place, people that are dragging you down, causing you to compromise, draining your energy, then you are going to get stuck. You can't hang out with chickens and expect to soar with Eagles. You're going to become like people you consistently associate with. You want to know what you'll be like in the next five years, look at your friends. If your friends are going places, having a spirit of excellence, kind, generous, curious, then these qualities are going to rub up on you.

WHY GO CHURCH?

If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."
This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: "I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked
some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of
those meals. But I do know this... They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"
When you are DOWN to nothing, God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment! When Satan is knocking at your door, simply
say, "Jesus is here"
I think everyone should read this! Don't you? If so, please share it with others. Hit the "Share"
button and pass it on.
Have a joyful Sunday.

WHY GO CHURCH?

If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."
This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: "I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this... They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not
gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"
When you are DOWN to nothing, God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!
When Satan is knocking at your door, simply say, "Jesus is here"
I think everyone should read this! Don't you? If so, please share it with others. Hit the "Share" button and pass it on.
Have a joyful Sunday.

THE WINDOW THROUGH WHICH WE LOOK

THE WINDOW THROUGH WHICH WE LOOK

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning

while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor

hanging the wash outside. That laundry is not very clean, she said.

She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better

laundry soap. Her husband looked on, but remained silent.



Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young

woman would make the same comments.



About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean

wash on the line and said to her husband...Look she has learned

how to wash correctly...I wonder who taught her this?



The husband said...I got up early this morning and cleaned our

windows.



And so it is with life...what we see when watching others depends

on the purity of the window through which we look.