This book is dedicated first to the Almighty God for inspiration, grace and strength , to my Mum Tamarabrakemi Ekrika for her endless love, prayers and support all through my life and especially during the writing of this book, finally to you the reader this Book is Gift in hope that after you read you will also be a GIFT to mankind and to God.
- ELLINGTON BAKUMOR
Chapter one-
WHY YOU WERE BORN
one of the basic or major reasons why problems keeps rising here and there in Africa and the world is simple, majority of people have mixed or confused feeling as to their reason for being on earth, of why they were born. they cannot fathom the reason why they are born, even till they get to an advance age and that’s why there’s increase in suicide and in many other vices facing the continent and the world at large, and because of this many of them become useless, or become a nuisance to or deviance to themselves, their family, community, country and eventually their world. Because we don’t know the reason for our existence, we don’t see anything good in ourselves and in others and because of this a deep rooted hate is born inside the individual, hence they develop gangster theories “ like he who loves nothing fears nothing”.
And because of this there is violence here and there in the disguise of politics and religious fanaticism, campus cultism, and overall gangsterism and all kinds of devilish acts, the list goes on and on.There is a special reason why you were born, a wise man said that your life is a gift from god but the outcome of it is your gift to god, so what gift do you intend to give God your maker who has made you in his own image and likesness,amongst all the many creations of God, uncountable and amongst all he says you were the one that he created this world for to be his child and have dominion, he has created all things and made you this master of it, in this chapter I will quickly introduce you to yourself.
Scriptural study, research, and inquiry from those who have been around before I have revealed that man or you are a spirit being, having a mind and residing or living in a physical body. meaning that God our father and creator is a spirit having all greatness of omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence, and we as his children have this gene in us, the gene to co-create to be the best, to achieve success, and he gave us one duty to be fruitful and multiply meaning that we are created for something more than just given birth, God breathed his spirit into you and you became a living soul, God didn’t just create you just to make babies, he created you to continue his already perfect work, he created you to bless the world with your talents and potentials he has invested in you, to positively affect the world, to be the change we have been looking for, to be the scientific inventor Africa has always wanted, to be the doctor, lawyer or the entrepreneur and not just sit and expect everything to be perfect, remember that with or without you the universe will still be in perfection, why not play your role?
REFLECTIONS
2) Next ask yourself what value can I add to this world, how can I use this talent to impact my generation, make my family, my state or region, country and continent most importantly myself and God proud?3) Next you ask yourself what’s my worth, how do I market my God given talents and potentials use them to generate income for myself and at the same time blessing and affecting lives positively with it?4) what do I need to make all these a reality, what do I need to start, asking yourself this questions and answering them by writing in solitude will aid you on the path to true self realization, the hidden potentials in you that haven’t been tapped and how to achieve this.