on your independence day,
silver and gold have I none;
but what I have,
that give I the:
GO AND SIN NO MORE!
It has not been easy being a Nigerian either home or abroad. I
appreciate all contributors who still believe in Nigeria, may our
dreams come true. WE HAVE A LOT TO DO.
On 10/1/11, olakassimmd@aol.com <olakassimmd@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> Fellow Nigerians at home and abroad:
>
> Congratulations on this, our 51st Independence Day Anniversary,
>
> It is he or she who is less discerning and has not traveled nor read widely
> enough who is not aware that
> there are many much less endowed countries in the world that are much more
> prosperous and peaceful
> than Nigeria, our motherland and conversely that there are many more better
> endowed countries in the world
> that have either been torn apart due to civil and religious strive or have
> had their progress stalled
> due to ethnic and other differences compared to Nigeria.
>
> There are three types of Nigerians: the optimists, the pessimists and the
> philosophical ones--to whom the
> following quotes apply:
>
> A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes;
> a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't
> see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. ~Leonard Louis Levinson
>
> A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an
> optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. ~Harry Truman
>
> An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.
> A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan
>
> An optimist is the human personification of spring. ~Susan J. Bissonette
>
> A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an
> optimist is one who makes
> opportunities of his difficulties. ~Harry Truman
>
> An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. ~Irv
> Kupcinet"
>
> For the sake of our children and future generations of Nigerians we cannot
> afford the luxury of being
> pessimistic about Nigeria. Similarly, we cannot afford to be simply
> optimistic about Nigeria without
> working hard to make right what is wrong with Nigeria.
>
> I have nothing more to say except that I fully endorse the message from
> Brother Eshiett in its entirety
> and his recommendations for a more peaceful, progressive and prosperous
> Nigeria as encapsulated in the Quote
> pasted immediately below,
>
>
> Quote:
>
>
> Suggested solution(s)?
>
> 1. Teach and train future generation of Nigerians to take pride in having
> the privilege of belonging to the most populous, talented, resourceful and
> diversely cultural black nation on planet earth;
>
> 2. De-emphasize the differences in our religious lives and instead, teach
> and stress our common belief in one God and in the brotherhood of mankind.
> After all, in the emerging God's Kingdom on earth, there WILL be people
> whose beliefs where based/rooted in Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Shinto,
> etc. All the "other sheep that do not belong to this (Christian) fold" but
> will be brought to the fold, so that at the end, "there will be one fold one
> shepherd", our Lord Christ Jesus!!!
>
> The sooner we learn to live in peace with all human beings, the more likely
> we will be citizens of the emerging Kingdom. And, living in peace with
> anyone in order to qualify for citizenship in God's Kingdom, involves
> practising all the known 13 virtues to the same degree at the least!!!
> Religiosity per se has absolutely nothing to do with it.
>
> Accumulation of wealth, intellectuality and fame, all will not be of any
> help to anyone.
>
> 3. We need to discover what make(s) us uniquely good Nigerian and human
> beings in order to teach/stress them/it to our children/friends and others
> who care for what is good
> and beautiful!!!
>
> Once more, a very happy and great independence anniversary to Nigerians and
> all our friends worldwide.
>
> Remain blessed
>
> Mike Eshiett
> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device.
>
>
>
>
> UnQuote.
>
>
> HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIGERIA!!!!!!!
>
> Bye,
>
> Ola
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NseObot Ette-Umoh <AkwaOdudu@yahoo.com>
> To: akwaibomglobal <akwaibomglobal@yahoogroups.com>; NaijaObserver
> <NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com>; NaijaPolitics
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> annang-forum <annang-forum@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 11:56 am
> Subject: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [AkwaIbomGlobal] Happy 51st Independence
> Anniversary to Nigeria
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Brethren,
> On this day of October 1st, 2011 God is saying to us Nigerians celebrating
> our day of independence: "if My people who are called by My name will humble
> themselves, and pray and seek My Face, and turn from their wicked ways, then
> I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2
> Chronicles 7:14-15 NKJV)
> Happy 51st anniversary!
> Nse, Ann Arbor
>
>
>
> --- On Sat, 10/1/11, Dr MUA Eshiett <eshiett@doctors.org.uk> wrote:
>
>
> From: Dr MUA Eshiett <eshiett@doctors.org.uk>
> Subject: [AkwaIbomGlobal] Happy 51st Independence Anniversary to Nigeria
> To: akwaibomglobal@yahoogroups.com, Annang-forum@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011, 8:25 AM
>
>
> Dear all
>
> While wishing Nigeria and Nigerians all over the world, I wish to stress
> that we are not Nigerians by any accident of nature as some people would
> want us to believe.
>
> Yes, an amalgamation of two apparently incompatible British colonies took
> place in 1914 for, only the administrative convenience of the
> colonialists!!!
>
> But, there is no accident in nature! It is an orderly creation!!
>
> The "forged" union was "obviously engineered" by those far wiser and caring
> than we all are, for our prime purpose, gain and collective benefits!!
>
> Why?
>
> Because it is God's will that we learn:
>
> a) to live in peace with one another, even those perceived as enemies!; and
>
> b) not just learn to tolerate, or accommodate each other; or
>
> b) impose each other's way of life/culture/religion/false sense of
> superiority, etc, on one another; but
>
> c) learn to accept and integrate each other's diverse way of
> life/culture/belief, experience, etc, into one national/cultural
> characteristic that all Nigerians can identify with, be proud of and ready
> to defend/die for if need be!!!
>
> As it is, there are too many diverse nationalities with no unity in
> diversity. There is loose bonding interest between the incompatible strange
> bed fellows in the form of the Niger Delta oil wells that cannot survive the
> test of time, or external and fierce challenges.
>
> Suggested solution(s)?
>
> 1. Teach and train future generation of Nigerians to take pride in having
> the privilege of belonging to the most populous, talented, resourceful and
> diversely cultural black nation on planet earth;
>
> 2. De-emphasise the differences in our religious lives and instead, teach
> and stress our common belief in one God and in the brotherhood of mankind.
> After all, in the emerging God's Kingdom on earth, there WILL be people
> whose beliefs where based/rooted in Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Shintu,
> etc. All the "other sheep that do not belong to this (Christian) fold" but
> will be brought to the fold, so that at the end, "there will be one fold one
> shepherd", our Lord Christ Jesus!!!
>
> The sooner we learn to live in peace with all human beings, the more likely
> we will be citizens of the emerging Kingdom. And, living in peace with
> anyone in order to qualify for citizenship in God's Kingdom, involves
> practising all the known 13 virtues to the same degree at the least!!!
> Religiousity per se has absolutely nothing to do with it.
>
> Accumulation of wealth, intellectuallity and fame, all will not be of any
> help to anyone.
>
> 3. We need to discover what make(s) us uniquely good Nigerian and human
> beings in order to teach/stress them/it to our children/friends and others
> who care for what is good
> and beautiful!!!
>
> Once more, a very happy and great independence anniversary to Nigerians and
> all our friends worldwide.
>
> Remain blessed
>
> Mike Eshiett
> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>
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