ELIZABETH ODUWAIYE LIFESKILLS COUNSEL

Focus on your responsibility towards your children in parenting them. Don't try to compete with other parents through the kind of things you can provide for your children.  Do your best in catering for the children God has blessed you with but don't go out of your way.  Don't buy them things you can't afford just because your neighbour bought gifts for their own children.  No matter how young your children are, note that they are watching you.   Through your parenting, they can learn different lessons like contentment, satisfaction, good attitude and so on.  On the other hand, they can also learn bad lessons like, greed, covetousness, lies, stealing etc.  If you develop the habit of giving your children everything they see with their friends, it will affect them negatively over time.  One, they won't learn independence Two, they won't be contented Three, They will start exhibiting traits of greed and or covetousness.   They may do everything (including stealing)

  I just witnessed something now and my heart broke. A man got a bad news call while driving. The caller told him that his younger brother died. As a result the man driving had an accident.  I have some things to say about this. A moral we can all derive one lesson or two from. This message is to those people who are fond of calling people to relay bad news to them INSENSITIVELY. . .  First and foremost, if you don't have a choice but to give bad news through the phone to someone, ask questions before you do. Questions like "Where are you?" or/and "Are you driving?" or/and "Is someone with you?". The reason why you need to ask all or some of these questions is simple. 👉Your caution can save a life. . .  Don't break a bad news to a person without considering the state of their mind, health or circumstance they are in. Be sensitive. Be empathic. Be intentional. It doesn't take anything to go the extra mile in your relations with others. Please e

 I remember when my youngest child was still one year and some months old. She used to sing to me and say: "Mummy, roll it up, roll it up.  Roll it up and let it go. Excellent! Excellent!  You are the best And your future is bright". Well, I loved the song. That is simply because, though I am an adult, I believe in a bright future. I believe things can be better for me tomorrow even if they look gloomy today.  Just like I wrote in an article 2 years ago, I will say the same thing today.   "You should know what you want to become in the future and then start working towards it now". "THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS A FUTURE FOR YOU AS LONG AS YOU ARE STILL ALIVE". No be only small small children get bright future.  This is the kind of positive mindset that yields results. Beautiful results! Admirable results! The truth is that: a living dog is better than a dead lion. As long as you have life, keep the hope alive. Keep it burning. Yes! That's it! We move!  . .