Learn to Appreciate

Once upon a time, there was a man who was very helpful, kindhearted, and generous. He was a man who will help someone without asking anything to pay him back. He will help someone because he wants to and he loves to. One day while walking into a dusty road, this man saw a purse, so he picked it up and noticed that the purse was empty. Suddenly a woman with a policeman shows up and gets him arrested.

The woman kept on asking where did he hide her money but the man replied, "It was empty when I found it, Mam." The woman yelled at him, "Please give it back, It's for my son's school fees." The man noticed that the woman really felt sad, so he handed all his money. He could say that the woman was a single mother. The man said, "Take these, sorry for the inconvenience." The woman left and policeman held he man for further questioning.

The woman was very happy but when she counted her money later on, it was doubled, she was shocked. One day while woman was going to pay her son's school fees towards the school, she noticed that some skinny man was walking behind her. She thought that he may rob her, so she approached a policeman standing nearby. He was the same policeman, who she took along to inquire about her purse. The woman told him about the man following her, but suddenly they saw that man collapsing. They ran at him, and saw that he was the same man whom they arrested few days back for stealing a purse.

He looked very weak and woman was confused. The policeman said to the woman, "He didn't return your money, he gave you his money that day. He wasn't the thief but hearing about you son's school fees, he felt sad and gave you his money." Later, they helped man stand up, and man told the woman, "Please go ahead and pay your son's school fees, I saw you and followed you to be sure that no one steals your son's school fees." The woman was speechless.

Moral: Life gives you strange experiences, sometime it shocks you and sometimes it may surprise you. We end up making wrong judgments or mistakes in our anger, desperation and frustration. However, when you get a second chance, correct your mistakes and return the favor. Be Kind and Generous. Learn to Appreciate what you are given.

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A video, which remains unverified, appearing to show Coote making derogatory comments about #Liverpool and their former manager Jurgen Klopp was widely circulated on social media today.

A PGMOL statement read: "David Coote has been suspended with immediate effect pending a full investigation.

"PGMOL will be making no further comment until that process is complete."

Temperament: a tapestry of traits divine,
Unique to each, a personality shrine.
Emotions, energy, and interactions entwine,
Forming a canvas, intricately designed.

No two alike, yet united we stand,
As Christians, bound by a common hand.
God's love shed abroad, a beacon bright,
In every heart, a guiding light.

Diverse temperaments, yet one in faith,
The Body of Christ, a harmonious weave.
Choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic, sanguine too,
Each thread distinct, yet together anew.

Introvert, extrovert, or blend,
His love transcends.
The Big Five Traits, or Four Temperaments' sway,
Faith unites, come what may.

In Christ, our differences fade,
As love, obedience, and prayer are displayed.
A beautiful mosaic, diverse yet one,
The Church, the home of love.

Abide in Him, the command we share,
Love's call resounds, beyond compare.
Prayer's gentle whisper, a constant refrain,
Obedience's path, where faith sustains...

Don't know if it's making any sense, still working on it sha.

(Spoken Word)

"Dear @GIGMobility, I hope you can accept this and take me back to Jos, Plateau State, from the Southwest?" - Youth corps member receives ₦3,600 transport allowance, humorously asks GIG Motors to accept it for Jos-bound journey from Southwest.

Don't understand what it means?

...Rewane disclosed this during his monthly Lagos Business
Executive Breakfast Session presentation.
Mixed fortunes for the naira as reserves rise
The Nigerian currency has experienced mixed performance
across all foreign exchange market segments in the past
week.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the FX reserves
hit record levels in 33 months, advancing 68 points
weekly to settle at $40 billion.
Data from the FMDQ Exchange shows that the naira
depreciated by 70 basis points against the dollar to settle
at N1,678.87 per dollar.
However, the naira strengthened at the parallel market by
30 basis points against the dollar to close at N1,720 per
dollar.
Rewane asks CBN to auction more dollars
Rewane disclosed that there is no economic basis for the
naira to trade at less than 30% of its fair value in less
than one year.
He expressed strong optimism that the naira would
recover some of its losses in January.
CBN hikes exchange rates for importers as dollar
strengthens amid Donald Trump’s win
According to him, the difference between the black market
and the official window has disappeared.
He said the development was responsible for the 30%
value depreciation due to speculative round-tripping.
The FDC boss said the CBN should announce a dollar
sales programme similar to the T-Bill auction to help
reduce market uncertainty.
Nigeria’s FX reserves Hit $40 Billion
Legit.ng earlier reported that the governor of CBN,
Olayemi Cardoso, has announced that Nigeria’s FX
reserves have reached more than $40 billion, the highest
in 33 months.
During a symposium in Abuja, the CBN boss disclosed
that the apex bank has achieved significant milestones
under his leadership.
He disclosed that inflationary trends are now pointing
downwards, showing the effectiveness of the bank’s
interventions.

Source: Legit.ng

Be a smart Christian. Understand market and trends. Don't say I didn't tell you.

RANDOM 206. Lord, save me from a religious spirit.

That castigating, hell-prescribing condemnatory spirit that lacks understanding of the sacredness of life, and therefore cannot love those who don't know you yet.

The spirit of Pharisaism that lacks empathy and compassion. It elevates the letter of the law above the mercy of God.

The spirit that cannot appreciate the concept of the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, but believes that salvation is a co-effort between you and us, and salvation is based on human morality.

The spirit that values the quotation of scriptures above understanding of scriptures.

The spirit that suspends intellect for dogma, cannot be Berean, examining what is taught from the pulpit.

The spirit that does not recognise that spiritual growth takes time. It castigates the crawling young Christian.

The spirit of unforgiveness and self-righteousness. Let me be humble.

The spirit that thrives in the spreading of fear among those that are saved concerning their destiny in Christ.

The spirit that calls down fire at the slightest provocation, demonstrating a lack of understanding of your covenant of grace and mercy, and a temperamental flaw.

The spirit that elevates the word of a spiritual leader above the word of God. The spirit of dogma.

The spirit of a closed mind that puts a blanket ban on understanding of knowledge - be it of science, business, philosophy, and other disciplines. It sees science as counter faith.

The spirit that cannot see good or beauty in others, and cannot rejoice at the success of others. Every beautiful woman has a seducing spirit. Conjectural infamy is used to explain away the success of a fellow Christian in the business world.

Leke Alder

According to a new study, people who accept their negative emotions have better psychological health.
Pressure to feel upbeat can make you feel downbeat, while embracing your darker moods can actually make you feel better in the long run, according to a new study out of UC Berkeley.

“We found that people who habitually accept their negative emotions experience fewer negative emotions, which adds up to better psychological health,” said study senior author Iris Mauss, an associate professor of psychology at UC Berkeley.

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The study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, tested the link between emotional acceptance and psychological health in more than 1,300 adults in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.

The results suggest that people who commonly resist acknowledging their darkest emotions, or judge them harshly, can end up feeling more psychologically stressed.

By contrast, those who generally allow such bleak feelings as sadness, disappointment, and resentment to run their course report fewer mood disorder symptoms than those who critique them or push them away, even after six months.

“It turns out that how we approach our own negative emotional reactions is really important for our overall well-being,” said study lead author Brett Ford, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. “People who accept these emotions without judging or trying to change them are able to cope with their stress more successfully.”

Three separate studies were conducted on various groups both in the lab and online, and factored in age, gender, socioeconomic status, and other demographic variables.

“It’s easier to have an accepting attitude if you lead a pampered life, which is why we ruled out socioeconomic status and major life stressors that could bias the results,” Mauss said.

In the first study, more than 1,000 participants filled out surveys rating how strongly they agreed with such statements as “I tell myself I shouldn’t be feeling the way that I’m feeling.” Those who, as a rule, did not feel bad about feeling bad showed higher levels of well-being than their less-accepting peers.

Then, in a laboratory setting, more than 150 participants were tasked with delivering a three-minute videotaped speech to a panel of judges as part of a mock job application, touting their communication skills and other relevant qualifications. They were given two minutes to prepare.

After completing the task, participants rated their emotions about the ordeal. As expected, the group that typically avoids negative feelings reported more distress than their more-accepting peers.

In the final study, more than 200 people journaled about their most taxing experiences over a two-week period. When surveyed about their psychological health six months later, the diarists who typically avoided negative emotions reported more mood disorder symptoms than their nonjudgmental peers.

At this point, researchers can only speculate on why accepting your joyless emotions can defuse them, like dark clouds passing swiftly in front of the sun and out of sight.

“Maybe if you have an accepting attitude toward negative emotions, you’re not giving them as much attention,” Mauss said. “And perhaps, if you’re constantly judging your emotions, the negativity can pile up.”

Next, researchers plan to look into such factors as culture and upbringing to better understand why some people are more accepting of emotional ups and downs than others.

“By asking parents about their attitudes about their children’s emotions, we may be able to predict how their children feel about their emotions, and how that might affect their children’s mental health,” Mauss said.

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