JEALOUSY IN RELATIONSHIPS

Does jealousy in relationships really mean that your partner loves you? Or does it mean something more? I'll be debunking the myth but feel free to agree or oppose my opinion and of cos drop your own opinions  via the comment section. Ready? Alright then, let's do this...

    In relationships, jealousy tends to slip in every once in a while. Well depending on the relationship it could go from slipping in every once in a while to actually being the everyday challenge that the couple faces. Mostly people tend to attribute their jealous to the fact that they love their partner so it makes them possessive of them. People say that without jealousy, then you can't exactly say that you truly love your partner. While this is true, I believe this isn't the whole truth. The thing is that this, jealousy could be a sign of love and it could also be something far from love. Let me explain more...

Now when jealousy comes only once in a while due to the feeling of neglect and other reasons close to that, you can relate that to love. Especially if the reasons are of minor origins and have little to no effect on the relationship. It is only natural that a person feels jealousy if they feel at a point that the attention and love that is meant for them isn't being given to them or that it's being given to other people. But when jealousy is built due to things like relationship issues, lack of trust in the relationship or just out of habit then there might be a problem.

If you start getting that feeling of jealousy frequently then you might want to take some time to look at your relationship. Take some time to also look at yourself and find out if your reason for jealousy is really called for or if you just tend to over react to minor issues. Yes jealousy can mean that you love and want to protect your partner but it could also mean that their are deeper issues that you have to work through in your relationship.

We will leave it at this in today's topic so you all can discuss more on it. Jealousy isn't always born from love. However these above points remains my opinion due to general knowledge and personal experience. I would still love to hear what you all think?

Once again the question is this. Does jealous show love or are there other meanings to jealousy? Feel free to comment below...

ARE OMISSIONS ALSO LIES?

Good morning everyone, how's you all doing today. Something actually crossed my mind out of who knows where and I decided to talk about it this morning and of cos as usual get your own opinions on the matter. So the topic is on Lies and Omissions in relationships.

So let's say you're in a relationship now and probably doing something that you know that is wrong or that would cause an issue between you and your partner. It could be something that you both just don't agree on, it mustn't be morally wrong but that isn't an exception either. Very few people are able to keep tackling the issue head on until an understanding or conclusion is reached. While a whole lot of people either fall back to Lies or Omissions. Now I know you all know the meaning but let me still explain a little still.





Lies: This is when you openly tell a lie to your partner for reasons best known to you. Either to protect yourself, the information you refuse to release, deceive your partner into believing something else or protect the relationship form any harm that the truth might cause.


Omissions:  This is when you knowingly leave out an information or a particular detail of an event that might or will put you in trouble in your relationship.

So now let me paint a picture for you guys...


Take for instance, you go out with friends and amongst those friends there is a certain someone that your partner normally wouldn't approve you to go out with.Not like you invited the person to the hang out but the person is there. Now your partner asks how your day was and you simply say "fine". Your partner asks, "did you go anywhere " and you reply with "yes, I went out with friends and it was fun". Your partner asks after your friends that you were to hang out with one by one and you respond. Now your partner didn't ask about that particular friend and so you didn't tell...right? Yet deep inside you, you know that you weren't meant to go anywhere with that person and that it was only right to let your partner know what you did. However since he didn't ask anything, you didn't say anything. So to you, you believe that "you didn't tell a lie"
   Now also picture when mistakenly, something goes wrong and you just somehow happen have a fall out with this person that you've been warned against. Your partner still doesn't come out to ask "Did you have a fall out with Me. A or Mrs. B?" so as usual you still won't have to say anything.  So right now, "you still didn't tell a lie" Right? Alright cool. However remember that bringing technicalities into a relationship and trying to play mind games is one of the sneakiest ways to quickly destroy your relationship. Relationships aren't like businesses that you can use technicalities and details of contract to bend the rules in order for them to suit you. Turning your relationship into a game, a mind game can wreck things for you and your partner.

I believe that even though an omission doesn't technically mean a lie, it is still a lie of some sort. It is callled a 'lie of omission'. Now of cos "technically" you didn't come out straight and deceive your partner with the wrong information but I also believe that the fact that you know right from wrong, and still chose to do wrong tells a lot.
           I read a meme online saying that cheating doesn't mean that you went to sleep with someone outside your relationship, that as long as you have found yourself hiding your text messages, then you are already cheating. This is exactly the same thing that applies when it comes to lies of omission. Simply because you left out an information doesn't justify anything.

Another thing about omissions is that even if you do it for the sake of peace, it could lead you into temptation. For example, picture the scenario I painted above about you going out with someone and with time you start having an affair with the person while 'omitting it from conversations'. I strongly believe that it's because you gave room for the so called omissions, that is the reason why with time you have become comfortable with the mind state of "What they don't know wouldn't hurt them". Through that mind state you are now able to do whatever you like with no boundaries while giving yourself the excuse of 'omitting the details'.

The lie of omission starts out as a very little lie that you can classify as not being a lie at all but could lead you into many different things. Always remember that playing games in your relationship is very dangerous. Try to be honest and build trust. Even if you keep fighting with your partner over issues, it's best to fight it out than to destroy trust through lies. A relationship built on lies is just fiction in my own opinion.


Now my question here is this...

To you, whether you are the one being omitted to (if their is such English) or the one doing the omission. Do you consider an omission as a lie? Have you ever done this in your relationship? What would be your reaction if your partner were to do this?

MYTH, WEDDING RINGS ARE HANDCUFFS.

Have you ever come across this saying.... "A wedding ring is the small handcuff ever...so choose your cell mate wisely and sentence yourself carefully". Yeah I bet if you have been on any social media for the past year or so then you must have seen it once or twice. Well this isn't the truth. We are going to be debunking this one today.




In all honesty, their are restrictions that will apply once you get married but it depends on a lot of things. Not everything you used to do would be easy to back to. This is mostly because of different reasons that range from personal choices, responsibility, growth and maturity, change in character and of cos restriction from your spouse. Yes even though I am debunking the myth I won't lie and say that there aren't spouses that might cause you to change a couple of things.

Here is the thing, you always have a choice in life. You can choose to be happy, you can choose to be sad, you can choose to be married or to be single. And just the same way you have these choices, so do you get to choose the person you are going to be with. Marriage won't feel like a prison to you if you get married to someone that you truly understand and that truly understands you. Yes! look at what I said, someone that you understand and that truly understands you. A common mistake people make these days is getting too caught up in trying to please themselves that they forget their partner. People tend to forget that for things to move smoothly, there has to be consideration from the both parties. Now if you find someone that has a good understanding towards you and vice-versa, even though duties and responsibilities might come up and restrict you from doing a couple of things once in a whil, you are hardly going to feel it because you will be happy.

Finally I'll like to tell you guys this....Remember what I keep telling you guys about mind state? Most things you do in this life especially how you feel towards certain things are all based on your mind state. If you have in your mind that marriage is going to be like prison. Yes, you might feel like you are bracing yourself and preparing yourself for marriage and everything it has to offer and I admit, depending on who you are with, you might be right. However by keeping that mind state, you would have already sentenced yourself to a restricted and frustrating marriage even before you get into it. The dangerous part of this is that people who think like this often end up unhappy and feeling caged in even when they aren't being restricted by their partner. You should learn to keep a positive mind because a negative one would have a negative impact on your emotions regardless of any positive action your spouse might take.

Learn to open your heart and mind to positivity, learn to choose happiness, I can honestly tell you that marriage isn't as bad as people paint it to be. Choose your partner well, there might be bad days but hey! who doesn't have bad days even on their own. Marriage is bound to have it's bad days but conditioning your mind that marriage is going to be like  prison is going to make it feel just like that for you. In the long run you are going to end up frustrated and frustrate your spouse out of the marriage.

YOUR BACKGROUND IS NOT AN EXCUSE FIR YOUR BACK TO REMAIN ON THE GROUND.

If you do not like your present background for any reason or where you are in life, then do not let it affect you or determine the outcome of your life. It should be the more reason why your should fight it instead of settle for it. It is easy to give in and allow your present location in life or where you come from determine the way you make your journey and your destination. But you have to learn to put up a fight in this life, a fight against circumstances, a fight against outcomes. If you do not like where you are, then why let it determine your destination and lead your way for you. You should be fighting to make a change and not giving in. Stop telling yourself that your situation is helpless and that because of who you are or how your family is or whatever other excuse you have made up in your head, that you cannot be in a certain place. Life is a constant struggle, an everyday struggle to make the next day a better one. If you do not like where you are right now then your struggle should be to change it.





There are lots of people out there who come from poor homes, abusive backgrounds and all sorts of other roots. But if there is one thing I believe in this life, it's that every single person is capable of making a change. It just depends on if you believe it yourself. You see your beliefs place limits on you in this life. If your belief is that you can never make it out of where you are and that you would always end up somehow living a similar lifestyle to the one that you detest because that is the only way you saw how to live while growing. Or that it just simply is your root, then you would surely end up like that. But if you believe that no matter where you might be coming from or that no matter what the world throws at you, that you alone gets to shape your own life, then you can become whatever you want to be. Negative thoughts give rise to negative outcomes just like limiting beliefs place barriers to the height which you can rise to or above.

In this life we all have a choice and the way our life turns out depends on the decisions we make. The path you take today would determine where and how you might end up.

 Just take a look at the world today, you'll see people from different places, families, the projects, the slums and the ghettos. If you walk the streets you would see all kinds of people. People out there grinding and hustling as hard as they can everyday in any way they know to make it out of the lifestyle they were born into. They turn to different trades like, acting, music, art and other crafts. Just for a shot at a better life. Now if you still look again, in fact you wouldn't need to look too hard because this other set dominate the population. Am talking of the set of people that have accepted what they have around them and believe they would never be able to make it out of the system they live in. So they give up and face the life they already know, the only life that they are used to. They turn to robbery, gang banging, murder and other social vices. At the end of the day it always makes them feel better when they turn and point fingers at the government for creating "the system". But if you look closer you will find out that if only they believed a little more like some others, they would have had a better chance. Look at the different big names you have around you, from musicians to Engineers, from actors to Scientists, people of different trades and businesses. If you look very deep into the origin of some of them if not most, you would be shocked at how similar their conditions where to yours today. These people never gave up, they never gave in. They believed and because of that, they are where they are today.
    
As I have said before, it all depends on what you choose to believe. Do you believe that because you come from an abusive home that you can never raise a happy family? Or that because your dad hits your mum that you would end up hitting your wife so you accept that it's the way your life should be. Or maybe you believe as girl that because your mum didn't exactly make her living through the most respectable means that you would have to result to such things to get to wherever you might be going. Let me tell you now that this life is what you make it to be. You alone have the power to determine how things are going to be for you. You alone have the power to choose the outcome of your life and if you choose change, then you will have change. If you choose a certain life style, you cannot blame it on your background, you would be the one to answer for it. Not the government, not your parents, not your friends, not the system, but you! If it's a good lifestyle then fine you will have your rewards but if it's a lifestyle you wouldn't be proud of then you alone made that decision and the consequences would be yours alone to bear.

But if you are reading this and you believe you have already made a wrong turn at a certain point. Do not have any fear, you still have a choice and you can choose to make another turn right now, to make the right turn this time. So which is it going to be? Are you going to let your background choose your life for you? Or are you going to choose your life for yourself.

I know you are out there reading this right now and you might be fighting this message and telling yourself how our faith is already set for you. How change is for certain people. Well I want you to know that it's okay to give into this message, it's okay to let go and make a good change. This is your life, you get only one shot in this life. We aren't sure if there is an after life, so make sure you make the best of this one. Make the right decision towards change!

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS GUY, "BORIS KODJOE

Today I want to share something about someone most of us know from
what we have seen on our screens, from the movies and the
adverts he has starred in. Boris Kodjoe is a talented actor that
has appeared in many different movies but we would mostly
remember him from the 2000 movie titled "Love and
Basketball". I'm sure most of you have seen that movie. A real
classic and for some reason I can't even believe that it's as
recent as 15 years ago.
What we didn't know was what he was doing before he got to
acting and modelling.
You see before he got to be know for modelling, starring in tyler
perry movies, Kevin Hart's "Real Husbands of Hollywood",
addicted and many more roles he has played in movies and T.V
series, Boris was one heck of a sportsman. Yeap...how do you
think he got the edge on keeping that good looking body.
This man right here was one of the best in his country in
Tennis and it won him a scholarship to Virginia Commonwealth
University. However everything came crashing down when he
suffered a terrible injury to the back and was told by doctors
that he couldn't carry on playing the game. He had to quit the
game he loved and was so good at. Although he still plays it but
not professionally and a little more lightly to avoid any further
injuries. When the news that he couldn't play the game anymore
came to him, he sank into depression for a while but evidently
that didn't last forever.
Today he is a big name in Hollywood and is popular as a model
and an actor. He didn't know his luck was coming when he went
to visit his sister in New York. He first started with the modelling
and furthered his career into acting when he appeared in the
movie "Love and Basketball.
I think Boris's life is an inspiration and a message to all of us. A
message to everyone hustling to make it out there to not worry.
His life literally says "Be patient, everything will be okay". I
have to say I totally agree with him. You see, things might not
be working out the way you have planned them. Your life might
not be steering you towards the direction you want but do not
beat yourself up. Sometimes you just have to sit back, let life
take the wheel, find out where it leads you then take the lead
from there. When things are going the other way do not let that
depression take over you. That mind state is dangerous and
could lead you to dangerous decisions. Learn to wait it out.
That contract that you missed, that job you got fired from or any
kind of disappointment that you are experiencing doesn't spell
the end of the road for you. Instead look at it as an opportunity
to explore another path. If you are working hard towards one
direction and it's almost as if everything you are doing is
pushing you away from that path then you might want to think
of looking at another path. It doesn't mean giving up, it means
taking correction and embracing your destiny. You never know,
you might make it more in this new path than you would have
ever made it in the one you planned for yourself. So learn to let
go, try something new, panic less and most of all..."Be patient".
Train yourself to be patient enough to wait for your opportunity
but observant enough to grab it before it passes you
by...Success is yours!
Do have a fulfilled week.

RESPECT!

"Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners." - Laurence Sterne

I will always remember this one girl that was in my class in College. (Grace Odonye) She was very quiet, didn't back-talk anyone, always greeted the staff at our school, never interrupted the teachers like other children in the school. My friends thought she was just weird, but I watched her for a while and she was always so polite. I finally had the guts to ask her why she wasn't like the rest of us,"If you ever want to be respected in life, you'll have to respect others and by others I mean not just your friends. Everyone." it paid off for her as she later became our Head Girl.

Respect is appreciating people’s differences, not making them feel uncomfortable. Respect is an important way of being kind and good to other people, it means not making fun of them. Respect puts into consideration how people feel, and treating them the way you’d want to be treated yourself! It’s important to give respect to everyone. Do you think it would feel good if someone made fun of you in public for your differing ideas? No way! Everyone deserves your respect. It is reciprocal! We have a responsibility to be the best we can be in all situations, even when dealing with unpleasant people. The Golden Rule - do unto others as you would have them do unto you - nicely illustrates the Pillar of Respect. It reflects notions such as civility, courtesy, decency, dignity, tolerance and acceptance!
 God created all people, and created them differently for reasons and purposes we may not understand. Regardless of how we perceive them to be, they are God's creations, and it is God's will for us to show respect to everyone. A general attitude of respect also accepts the dignity of others, even when their ideas or values are different from ours.
Always remember to treat others as you would want them to treat you.

TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.

"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of." - Jim Rohn

If you want more control over your life all you have to do is be responsible - be accountable for others. Stop transferring blame. Do what you are supposed to do, and be accountable for your words, actions, and attitudes. The line between childhood and adulthood is crossed when we move from saying, "It got lost" to "I lost it." Indeed, being accountable - and understanding and accepting the role our choices play in the things that happen - are crucial signs of all forms of maturity. That's why responsibility is one of the main pillars of good character. It's obvious that, responsibility requires us to do things - some of which might be unpleasant. It asks us to carry our own weight, and sometimes the weight of others. It's interesting to note that, the benefits of accepting responsibility far outweighs the refusal to do so. No one can make their lives better by avoiding responsibility. Responsible people show others, by their actions, that they can be depended on and this breeds trust: trust is a key that sure unlocks many doors.
Being responsible or learning to take responsibility is a requirement for advancement in any direction or dimension: physically, or spiritually, even financially. If you've been a child all your life, it's time to grow up and take responsibility. Remember, Responsibility is your " RESPONSE  to your ABILITY "

SEE HOW THEY MARKED THEIR BIRTHDAY IN A GRAND STYLE.

Last week Saturday 14th March to be precise. My friend Olabode Williams Afolabi marked his birthday in a grand style. By grand style I don't mean lots of wines to drink, partying or paparazzi.
We started off the day by 10a.m by going to one of the Medical Centers in a satellite town close to Abuja where he ministered Christ to an HIV AIDS patient who have been abandoned with the son in the hospital there and afterwards he paid a part of their Hospital bill and left them with something to keep her going. He also went back the following Monday to do same to another patient.
We left the hospital for Karu Home for the less privileged where we celebrated with the kids in the home showering them with all manner of gifts ranging from food stuffs to toiletries and even a football. We sang melodiously with them then one of the young boys in the home prayed for him prophetically.
Later that same day I saw on the Facebook page of another wonderful sister Bisola or "Sister B" as we usually call her, she did same in company of other friends. Marked her Birthday with kids in an orphanage showering them with lots of gifts.
What a way to mark ones birthday. Reaching out and touching the lives of the less privileged.
I pray for this two of a kind, May celebrations never seize in your lives in Jesus name.

CORRUPTED PASSION OR DREAM.

Once you find something you love doing, hold on to it and keep doing it, never let it go and never let your love for it die down. The pleasure in turning something you love into a career is not easily described but it does feel very good. Especially when people around you appreciate it for what it is. You find a sense of fulfillment through it.

We have heard the above mentioned advice over and over again but the truth that people hardly mention or recognize is this. The flame of that passion can still burn low or even die out completely. It all depends on how you handle it and how much you attach to it.

   
    Picture waking up everyday and going out to do that thing you say you love doing so much. Let's say for example that your passion is singing and you just started your career as a singer. You release your first solo and it's a major hit. It's a big hit regardless of the fact that you did it purely out of love for music and you made the kind of music you love making. Somehow people seemed to like it and it feels really good to know that. Your second solo is another hit and before you know it you are receiving endorsements and different offers and contracts. The money is rolling in and it just seems like you cannot be stopped at that point, everything seems to be working out. You release your first album and regardless of what critics say, you prove them and your enemies wrong, it's a platinum hit and you are balling. You are making music that you love making, touching people with your lyrics and you just can't imagine a better life.

Alright, now a while after your first album you are back in the studio. You are recording a new solo and after a while it's completed and released to the public. It's not much of a success like the first ones but you decide to give it another shot, the second one is also a miss. You compile and release your second album regardless and it's a big disappointment in the market. From there it's a nose dive and the money is coming in but not as much as it used to. Frustration begins to set it and you get desperate. What happens next, you start looking to "give the crowd what they want". But you also forget that there is a reason why you got into this in the first place and that your first success was purely out of luck. You have already let the fame and fortune corrupt your love for music and from there you change your pattern. You start making music to please the crowd, but let me tell you what's most likely to happen. Since you aren't exactly good at making the kind of music that everyone likes, the other artists that are good at doing just that, make more wave than you and you are left at the bottom of the fame train. At the same time you loose your few true fans who truly related to the message you sent in the lyrics of your first song or those who really understood your music the way you wanted it to be understood. You loose out on both side.

Now I'm using music as an example maybe because am a music person myself but try to envision yourself in this situation, just put yourself in this shoe. Picture whatever you love doing and substitute it with the music that I mentioned. Be it football, medicine, engineering, film making,  art or any other thing you love. Done? Alright let's keep going...


So how do you keep your cool, stop yourself from getting frustrated and keep the flame of your passion burning? It's easy, do not let any other thing corrupt your reason for doing what you do. Always, I repeat, ALWAYS, remember the first and original joy you got from doing what you loved initially. Remember that you didn't care if it touched only two or three people out there. But that as long as a few people liked and appreciated it for the right reason, you were satisfied. Remember the reason you do what you do.
    Do not let the original success or the monetary gains of previous projects corrupt something you love. Your previous endeavors, though done purely out of true love for your passion, they got you somewhere, they gave you fame and fortune, yes. But never forget that it was just out of luck and that it might have been a one time thing.  If you allow yourself to give into frustration, there is a chance that you would contemplate following the path every other person takes to make a big name for themselves and of cos gather riches. You then stand the risk of losing out on two ends. Think about it, there is a reason you do what you do. And the reason why you do it as well as you do. is because of your pure love for it. Now if you allow that pressure to push you to do what others do, you might not be able to do it as well as they do it. Therefore you stand the risk of losing out on the joy and love of doing what you love doing and also losing out on what other are doing.

How to balance this out? We already have artists that know how to do this and practice it everyday. Not just to the artists and upcoming artist, I am talking to anyone out there with something they truly love. Learn to blend it, give them what they want but still and always maintain your love for what you do. That way, when things don't work out very well at a point, you aren't driven to corrupt your passion because of desperation

Even if it's a few people that understand what you do, do it for the best reason know to you. If you need the fame and fortune desperately then look for another means

to acquire that. But for your own good, to keep your sanity and still have something pure and genuine to fall back to in this world. For those days when you just want to get away from the madness that the world put you through everyday. Never let your true passion get corrupted, never let the flame of that passion die.

 Now all I can hope for is that one celebrith will just see this and be inspired then tweet with my web link. Chai! Heartrendings.blogspot.com will be everywhere.  No wahala sha, Hope dey!. 2015 must not pass us. Lol

Genevieve Nnaji has got her eyes on this 18-year old actor…

Genevieve Nnaji has announced the winner of the ‘Act the Part’ online contest, which kicked off three weeks ago as 18-year-old aspiring actress, Bola Suru.

Suru, a university admission seeker is said to have exhibited ‘undeniable acting skills’ beating thousands of contestants who sent in short videos of themselves re-enacting a role from a Nollywood movie of their choice.

‘I have practically been praying about this since I emerged one of the three finalists. My sister actually found out about the competition and encouraged me to be a part of it. I am so excited about this’, a very excited Suru says.

‘Genevieve inspires me so much and I really can’t wait to meet her and ask all the many questions I need answers to as it concerns acting as a career’, she adds excitedly

As winner of the competition, Bola will spend a fun filled day with the superstar actress and also win a fab makeover courtesy of Amstel Malta.

CHRISTIANITY IS NOT ABOUT HITTING BIG!!!

Nathaniel Bassey...
I came across an article online with the caption, "7 secular musicians that made it big after leaving church choir"

I wasn't surprised. Because indeed the figure is much more than than that. The fact is that most of the people, the younger generation that is, in the secular music industry at the moment have their roots in church. It is worrisome no doubt but if we read the scriptures, we'll realize such things have been aforementioned.

We have discussed some of the issues we face as Christian musicians, and I remember speaking about honour a few weeks back. The need to honour and support our own. You may source that out, I'm sure it would bless you.

However, what is rather disturbing is the fact that our own people, in church, seem to envy the "success" of the secular musicians and justify their switch to the secular industry. And this speaks volumes. It shows we are yet to truly grasp what Christianity is all about. More so, what being a gospel musician, or more appropriately, a music minister like I choose to call it, entails.

Christianity is not about hitting it big oooooooo ! (Emphasis on the oooo). Neither is gospel music. It's not about using the name of Jesus to have hits, fame, cars, land, houses, endorsements, women, awards etc. it is about TAKING UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOWING JESUS !!! Where did this "hitting it big Christianity come from"? Yes ! We can hit it big, we serve a God of breakthroughs, and as New Testament believers we are armed with the knowledge of Christ's finished work on the cross, and know it's his will that we prosper as our souls prospers. And you may have seen from my previous posts that I'm a firm believer in the prosperity of God's people. But those are mere benefits. Christianity is about living the life of God. After dying to flesh and things of this world.
So If your sole aim and ambition is to hit it big as a gospel musician, you better SWITCH NOW ! Because I serve a God that disappoints the devices of the crafty. And You may just be frustrated.

Satan in his temptation of Jesus offered him the whole world in exchange for worship. What do you think is happening now??? The devil won't come physically with horns on his head and blood dripping from is tongue to say that? He comes in subtle ways, nicely packaged in the form of platforms and opportunities to lure many away. That's why I'm not a fan of music reality shows, because i see them as baits and hooks. Indeed that article justifies this. Many who have "hit it big" go in as Christians, a lot of them singing christian songs during the auditions and competition, and as soon as they win, switch, or are compelled to do so by the record labels or show organizers as the case may be. That's why I have declined being a judge or umpire when invited. But I know a number of you may not agree with this particular point, but it's okay. No wahala.

We have seen recent pictures of Coptic Christians from Egypt who were beheaded just because of their faith in Christ. They chose to die gruesomely in the hands of the terror group, Isis, than deny Christ, while some of us are already denying Him (or planning to deny him) just for material things, pleasures and transient riches. The same was the case with the great apostles we read about in scripture. Many of them after performing great signs, wonders and miracles suffered untold hardship and died painfully, for Christ.

We are not even talking about dying "sef" (colloquial Naija expression), and we are already denying the cross of Jesus. Honestly, if people really knew what it meant to be born again, they would seriously consider before responding to an altar call. There is a life that is beyond food, cloths and shelter. It is the life of the Spirit. And no matter what you own and have in this present world ,without Christ you are empty. Ever heard of the expression JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY? It has nothing to do with material things. It's a joy that the HolyGhost gives. Exclusive to those in Christ Jesus. Money can't buy it.

By Gods grace I've been privileged to meet one or two secular guys, and also know and met one that switched, and switched back to the kingdom. They tell me CLEARLY, all that life is NOTHING. EMPTINESS AND VANITY. And I hear things like, " I admire you". That's because deep in their hearts they know where they ought to be. And that's why we must pray for them, and if led, reach out to them in love. ( Not by collaborating with them though, because our people now use "the reaching out" excuse to explain their musical collaborations with them) .

So friends and fellow music ministers, let's wake up and discern. You are the one living the "good life". Because the God-life is the good life. Don't wait till you loose the joy of your salvation, anointing and glory before you realize what precious thing you had. It is not worth it.

May we all find grace to stand till the very end, in Jesus' name. Amen.

God bless you.

Don Jazzy's journey to stardom.

Don Jazzy was born in Umuahia the capital of Abia state, south
east Nigeria, Don Jazzy’s first signing was D’banj who was also
the Vice-President of Mo’ Hits record label.
Don Jazzy’s first full successful and recognizable production
work was in 2004 as he helped produce D’banj’s first single
“Tongolo”. Don Jazzy went on to produce the album that
followed titled “No Long Thing” as was released in 2005.
Don Jazzy has successfully produced songs for his signees
such as Dr SID, D’Prince, Wande Coal and even other artist who
are not under his label, like Darey art, Naeto C, Sauce Kid,
Olakunle Excel et Zanga, Ikechukwu and then Tiwa Savage. He
co produced the Jay-Z and Kanye West song “Lift Off” that also
featured Beyoncé on the album “Watch The Throne” which was
released 8th of August 2011.
Forbes recently rated Don Jazzy as the 36th “Most powerful
celebrity in Africa”.
Early Days Of Don Jazzy’s life
Michael Collins Ajereh AKA Don Jazzy was born in Umuahia, but
he hails from Delta state. He and his family relocated to Lagos
state and to Ajegunle city precisely where he grew up, and he
eventually schooled and graduated from Federal Government
College Lagos. He first fell in love with act of playing the drums
and also singing at age four.
Don Jazzy……. Mama’s boy
He got introduced to bass guitar at the age of 12 as he
developed a passion for it, Jazzy studied Business Management
at Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma, Edo state. He then moved
to the United Kingdom in the year 2000 when his uncle invited
him over to come play drums for their neighborhood Church.
To make ends meet, Don Jazzy did some odd jobs like working
at McDonalds and as “may Guard” security guard. He further
developed his musical skills having teamed up with fellow
kindred likes Solek, Kas, JJC, The 419 squad and then D’Banj.
Jazzy’s appetite for success in music made him and former
partner move down to Nigeria to begin a full time career in
music and in 2004, he partnered with D’Banj and they
established the Mo’ Hits label. It only took hi, two year to
become a prolific music producer having wrapped up the
following two albums “No Long Thing” and “Rundown/Funk You
Up”. By this time Don Jazzy had already become a household
name and had trademark song intro “It’s Don Jazzy Again”.
He got the production credits for “best selling album of that
year” in 2008 for D’banj’s “The Entertainer”, he did the same
with Wande Coal’s debut album “Mushin 2 MoHits”, an album
that has been described as one of the best albums ever
produced in Nigeria.
Don Jazzy’s Voice texture, His fashion and also social
networking
Though he is not recognized as a recording artist, he is
however, responsible for most Background Vocals in the songs
he produces for his artist and most times you’ll get a complete
verse from him. This could be heard through his beats and vocal
assists to the likes of D’Banj, Dr SID, Sauce Kid, Kween,
D’Prince, Ikechukwu and for even Jay-Z and Kanye West on the
track Lift Off that also features Beyoncé.
Don Jazzy is a constant social network user with Twitter being
his top site where he expresses himself the most. He has over
200K followers on twitter, Don Jazzy barely talk much on
interviews but he does know how to give birthday shout outs to
fans, he also gives out airtime recharge cards and iPads,
sometimes he goes as far as giving out money via Twitter. And
of cause this type of connection to his fans, has endeared him to
his fans as they send special birthday messages and also sing
him praises and also wishing him long-life.

Production discography
Albums
D'banj – ' No Long Thing' (2005)
D'banj – Rundown/Funk You Up (2006)
D'banj – The Entertainer (2008)
Mo' Hits All Stars – Curriculum Vitae (2007)
1. Anaconda 3:34
2. Booty Call 5:13
3. Close To You 3:43
4. Hey Girl 5:08
5. Igbe Mi 5:40
6. Masqurade 4:02
7. No Long Thing 3:15
8. Ololufe (Club Mix) 4:21
9. Stop The Violence 6:37
10. Why Me (Remix) 5:16
11. Jasi 2:50
Wande Coal – Mushin2Mohits (2008)
1. I Know U Like It 3:10
2. You Bad 4:05
3. Se Na Like This 4:12
4. Kiss Ur Hands 3:54
5. Confused 4:20
6. Se Ope 3:22
7. Now It's All Gone 4:24
8. Bumper 2 Bumper 3:44
9. Who Born The Maga 3:04
10. That's Wots Up 4:42
11. Bananas 3:59
12. Taboo 4:24
13. Jehovah 4:02
14. Ololufe 4:56
15. Ten Ten 3:47
16. My Grind 4:48
17. Been long you saw me
18. Private trips
19. Go low 3:50
20. The kick 3:10
21. Rotate 3:20
Dr SID Turning Point (2010)
1. When This Song Comes On
2. Over the Moon (feat. K-Switch)
3. Something About You
4. Winchi Winchi (feat. Wande Coal)
5. Pop something (feat. D'Banj )
6. Ba Mi Jo (feat. Ikechukwu, M.I & eLDee
7. Baby
8. E Je Ka Jo (feat. D'Banj )
9. Pillow
10. Something About You (Silva Stone Remix)
11. Winchi Winchi (feat. Wande Coal, Sway DaSafo & Dotstar)
MAVINS – Solar Plexus "MAVIN Records" (2012)
1. Intro by MAVINS (Michael Ajereh, Sidney Esiri)
2. I'm A MAVIN by MAVINS (Michael Ajereh, Tiwatope
Savage, Sidney Esiri, Wande Ojosipe, Charles Enebeli)
3. Oma Ga by Tiwa Savage (Michael Ajereh, Tiwatope
Savage, Sidney Esiri, Wande Ojosipe)
4. YOLO by Dr SID (Michael Ajereh, Sidney Esiri)
5. See Me Ri by Wande Coal (Michael Ajereh, Sidney Esiri,
Wande Ojisipe, Towa Ojosipe)
6. Take Banana by D'PRINCE (Michael Ajereh, Charles
Enebeli)
7. CPR by Dr SID (Michael Ajereh, Sidney Esiri)
8. Forever by Wande Coal (Michael Ajereh, Sidney Esiri,
Wande Ojosipe, Towa Ojosipe)
9. Why You Over There by D'PRINCE (Michael Ajereh, Charles
Enebeli)
10. Chocolate by Dr SID (Michael Ajereh, Sidney Esiri, Charles
Enebeli)
11. Pretty Girls by Wande Coal (Michael Ajereh, Wande
Ojosipe)
12. Amarachi by D'PRINCE (Michael Ajereh, Charles Enebeli)
13. Outro by MAVINS (Michael Ajereh, Sidney Esiri)
Singles
Mo' Hits Artists
D'Prince
1. Omoba
1. I like What I See (feat. Wande Coal )
2. Ooze (feat. D'Banj )
3. Give It To me (feat. D'Banj )
D'banj
1. Tongolo (2005)
2. Soko (2005)
3. Mobolowowon (2005)
4. Why Me (2006)
5. Run Down (2006)
6. Kimon (2008)
7. Olorun Maje (2008)
8. Gbono Feli (2008)
9. Entertainer (2008)
10. Suddenly (2008)
11. Fall in Love (2008)
12. Igwe (2008)
13. Mr Endowed (2010)
14. I do This
15. Scape Goat (2010)
16. ashanti (2010)
17. Mr Endowed (Remix) (feat. Snoop Dogg) (2010)
18. Oliver Twist (2011)
Wande Coal
1. Bumper 2 Bumper
2. You Bad
3. Kiss Your Hand
4. Who Born the Maga
5. Been Long You Saw Me (feat. Don Jazzy) (2011)
6. Go Low (2011)
Dr SID
1. Something About You (2009)
2. Winchi winchi (2009)
3. Pop Something(feat. D'Banj )
4. Over The Moon (2010)
5. Chocolate
6. Y.O.L.O
7. C.P.R
8. Afefe
9. Chocolate West African Remix (ft Ice Prince Sarkodie Elom
Adablah Lynxxx )
10. Chocolate East African Remix (ft Musik Maestro)
11. Lady Don Dada
12. Love Mine
13. Talented
14. Baby Tornado
15. Baby Tornado Remix (ft Alexandra burke)
16. Surulere (ft Don Jazzy)
Mo'Hits Allstars
1. Ten Ten
Non–Mo' Hits Artists
Darey – Escalade part 2
Darey – Stroke Me
Shank – Never Felt
Naeto C – Asewo
Ikechukwu – Like You (feat. Wande Coal)
Ikechukwu – Wind am well (feat. Don Jazzy and D'Banj )
Ikechukwu – Do (feat. D'Banj )
Ikechukwu – All on Me
Ikechukwu – Critical (feat. D'Banj
Ikechukwu – Now is the time (feat. Don Jazzy)
Sauce Kid – Under G
Kanye West & Jay-Z – Lift Off (feat. Beyoncé)
Weird MC – Ijoya
Awards
Nigerian Music Awards (NMA) 2006 Producer of the Year
Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2007 Music Producer of the
Year
The HEADIES (2011) – PRODUCER OF THE YEAR [5]
The HEADIES (2014) – PRODUCER OF THE YEAR [6]
References
1. ^ Federal Government College Lagos , Federal Government
College Lagos.
2. ^ Ambrose Alli University , Ambrose Alli University.
3. ^ "Hip Hop World Magazine interview" .
4. ^ View Nigeria (21 September 2014). "The Mavins – Arise
Ft. Don Jazzy, Reekado Banks & Di’Ja"
. View Nigeria. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
5. ^ "The Headies" .
6. ^ http://hiphopworldmagazine.com/full-list-of-the-
headies-2014-winners/

MEET THE OLDEST PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPIL

Amazing: meet the oldest primary school pupil in the world.......Hmmmn

"It is good for a man to bear his cross when he is young"
This woman is said to be the oldest primary school pupil in the world.
The 90 year old kenyan woman  has enrolled for primary school education with the aim of being able to read and write so  she would be able to read her bible.

Priscilla Sitienei is a local midwife in Kenya,she is determined to even participate in all activities in the school e.g P.E,dance class.

Her head teacher confessed that she is possibly the oldest pupil in the world.

The 90 year old priscilla is determined to achieve her goals no matter what....


What are your excuses?

 If this old woman did what she did for what she believes,then what say you?

THE LEGENDARY MOHAMMAD ALI- How he fought through the deadly Parkinson's disease to defeat the world outside

Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. He became a professional boxer after winning an Olympic gold medal in 1960. In 1964 he defeated Sonny Liston earning the world heavyweight championship. He twice defended his title, defeating both Liston and Floyd Patterson.

Ali was stripped of his title in 1967 for his resistance of the draft on religious ground. In 1970 he was re-granted a license to box and in 1971 the Supreme Court upheld his draft appeal. In the same year, he lost a fight to Joe Frazier, his first fight of his comeback.

He regained the championship in 1974, at the age of 32 after defeating George Foreman in Zaire.

Considered the greatest boxer of all time, Ali retired in 1980. although a victim of Parkinson’s disease, he is today the inspiration to millions of disabled people.

In 1999, he was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.

God got me here for something. I can feel it. I was born for everything that I am doing now.

I am the greatest; I said that even before I knew I was.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

Muhammad Ali

HIS BACKGROUND NEVER KEPT HIM ON THE GROUND.

Good morning family, today I want to take a break from the usual motivational life stories of international or western stars to Celebrate a living legend.

He is Pastor Barr. Simon O. Oweazim.
A a pastor, a practising Barrister, a one time lecturer at the university of Abuja, a public speaker,an Author of books, gifted in the married and singles ministry, a dedicated father of three wonderful kids, loving husband, a true mentor and a whole lot of good things time might not permit me to list now.

What you don't know about my mentor is that he was born on January 30, 1970 to a humble family somewhere in Onisha Olona, Delta State. He had the same primary and secondary education every other normal village child had, his stay in the village was not just for western education but also for matrimonial issues. He became a pro in settling matrimonial disputes at a very early age because it was almost part of the daily routine of his parents. And the experience gave birth to one of his books, Conflict in Marriage... Taming the ugly monster.

He left the village after his secondary education and moved to Benin City with hopes that he could get a higher education. He picked up some part time jobs to keep him busy while he was awaiting admission. He learnt his first lesson that life isn't a bed of roses after he missed out of his first admission despite having done wonderfully well in both his GCE and Jamb and his uncle's connection.

One of his greatest challenge growing up was fear, fear of failure majorly because of his background but his major breakthrough came in when he realised that his background was not a reason for his back to be on the ground and from that moment he decided to settle for nothing but the best.

A year past and he enrolled for another Jamb and this time he chose Law against the previous Business Admin despite the advice from friends and family that Law was a difficult course to study and expensive too. He studied hard for his exams and ofcus was crowned with success when he gained admission to Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma.

He was popular in school because of his athleticism and his funny and friendly nature "Owemz" (Oweasim for short) as he was fondly called. Graduated amongst the best in his department and went to Lagos for his Law school.

Despite all this achiements he was still not satisfied within as he always felt an emptiness inside. These filling became worse when those fear of his early years came back, "The fear of not succeeding ". Because he was struggling to understand his cases.  It went on for a while until one day he made a life changing deal with his life.

That faithful day he entered one of the branches of RCCG in Lagos and he felt the deepest conviction that the hour had come and he went on his kneel and made the deal in this simple words, "Lord, if you will make me come out among the best in Law school, I will forever serve you". He gave his life to God and his desire to know the Lord more grew and God being a faithful God granted him his request. His name was published in the national newspapers as one of the best that year.

He was later posted to Abuja for his youth service and he secured employment in one of the best Law firms in Abuja. Somehow he started filling lonely and the need to settle down but how could this be when he was living in a single room then and his salary could not provide for his immediate needs.

Despite the odds he launched out for the ultimate search for his missing rib and destiny lead him to his old time friend, Miss Bridget. A graduate of fine and creative Arts. (Mummy B)
He lost his job as preparation for his wedding was in top gear but God being a faithful God made it come to pass.
Here he was with a new wife in a single room and no job,as resilient as he was he never gave up but this time decided to start off on his own and with the help of his old time friend they decided to start up Inedia,Oweazim and Co chambers.
Today he is an employer of labour and owner of several landed properties and he owes this success to God almighty and to God be the glory he is a year older today. Happy birthday to a rare gem,
PASTOR BARR. SIMON O. OWEAZIM.

FROM THE STREETS TO STARDOM STOrY OF TYLER PERRY

Tyler Perry’s inspirational journey from the hard streets of New Orleans to the heights of Hollywood’s A-list is the stuff of American legend. Born into poverty and raised in a household scarred by abuse, Tyler fought from a young age to find the strength, faith and perseverance that would later form the foundations of his much-acclaimed plays, films, books and shows.

It was a simple piece of advice from Oprah Winfrey that set Tyler’s career in motion. Encouraged to keep a diary of his daily thoughts and experiences, he began writing a series of soul-searching letters to himself. The letters, full of pain and in time, forgiveness, became a healing catharsis. His writing inspired a musical, I Know I’ve Been Changed, and in 1992, Tyler gathered his life’s savings and set off for Atlanta in hopes of staging it for sold out crowds. He spent all the money but the people never came, and Tyler once again came face to face with the poverty that had plagued his youth. He spent months sleeping in seedy motels and his car but his faith – in God and, in turn, himself – only got stronger. He forged a powerful relationship with the church, and kept writing. In 1998 his perseverance paid off and a promoter booked I Know I’ve Been Changed for a limited run at a local church-turned-theatre. This time, the community came out in droves, and soon the musical moved to Atlanta’s prestigious Fox Theatre. Tyler Perry never looked back.


And so began an incredible run of 13 plays in as many years, including Woman Thou Art Loosed!, a celebrated collaboration with the prominent Dallas pastor T.D. Jakes. In the year 2000, I Can Do Bad All By Myself marked the first appearance of the now-legendary Madea. The God-fearing, gun-toting, pot-smoking, loud-mouthed grandmother, Madea, was played by Perry himself. Madea was such a resounding success, she soon spawned a series of plays – Madea’s Family Reunion (2002), Madea’s Class Reunion (2003), Madea Goes To Jail (2005) – and set the stage for Tyler’s jump to the big screen.


In early 2005, Tyler’s first feature film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, debuted at number one nationwide. His ensuing films, Madea’s Family Reunion, Daddy’s Little Girls, Why Did I Get Married?, Meet The Browns, The Family That Preys, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Why Did I Get Married Too?, For Colored Girls, Madea’s Big Happy Family, Good Deeds and Madea’s Witness Protection have all met with massive critical and commercial success, delighting audiences across America and around the world. Perry also helped release Academy Award-nominated Precious, a movie based on the novel Push by Sapphire, in conjunction with his 34th Street Films banner, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Lionsgate.


2006 saw the publication of Tyler’s first book, Don’t Make A Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea’s Uninhibited Commentaries On Life And Love, which shot to the top of the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list and remained there for eight weeks. It went on to claim Quill Book Awards for both “Humor” and “Book of the Year” (an unheard-of feat for a first-time author), and spread Tyler Perry’s unique brand of inspirational entertainment to a devoted new audience.



It is a brand that quickly became an empire. In 2007, Tyler expanded his reach to television with the TBS series House of Payne, the highest-rated first-run syndicated cable show of all time, which went into syndication after only a year. His follow up effort, Meet the Browns, was the second highest debut ever on cable – after House of Payne. In late 2012, Perry teamed up with Oprah Winfrey in an exclusive deal to bring scripted programming to her cable network, OWN. The hour-long drama, The Haves and The Have Nots and the half hour sitcom, Love Thy Neighbor, will debut on the network in May 2013.




Not one to rest on success, Tyler Perry and his 350 Atlanta-based employees have been hard at work. His latest film, Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor was released in March 2013 and will be followed by a production from his 34th Street Films banner, Peeples. Tyler was most recently seen in the title role in the Rob Cohen-directed Alex Cross, and will next be seen in A Madea Christmas, adapted from his stage play by the same name, in late 2013. In 2014, he will star in Single Moms Club, which he also wrote and directed.

In the fall of 2008, Perry opened his 200,000 square foot Studio in Atlanta, situated on the former Delta Airlines campus of more than 30 acres. The Studio consists of five sound stages, a post-production facility, a pond, a back lot, a 400-seat theater, a private screening room, and designated areas for entertaining and hosting events.


But listen to Tyler Perry and you’ll hear a man who hasn’t forgotten about the people that have helped him reach the top of a mountain he could once only dream of climbing. He has been intimately involved in civil rights cases, including the trial of the Jena 6 in his home state of Louisiana. He has donated generously to charities that focus on helping the homeless, such as Feeding America, Covenant House, Hosea Feed the Hungry, Project Adventure, and Perry Place – a 20-home community that Tyler built for survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. In July 2009, Tyler sponsored a trip to Walt Disney World for 65 children after learning that a suburban swim club had turned them away because of the color of their skin. Tyler Perry has also built two churches and has donated generously to the NAACP.



In January 2010, Perry pledged $1,000,000 via The Tyler Perry Foundation to help rebuild the lives of those affected by the recent earthquakes in Haiti.



Tyler Perry practices what he preaches, and what he preaches has endeared him to millions of fans drawn by that unique blend of spiritual hope and down-home humor that continues to shape his inspiring life story and extraordinary body of work.

Awards

2013

Awarded 2 NAACP Image Awards

House of Payne
Cassi Davis – Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Lance Gross – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Received 5 NAACP Image Award Nominations

Alex Cross
Tyler Perry – Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Good Deeds
Outstanding Motion Picture
Phylicia Rashad – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
House of Payne
Cassi Davis – Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Lance Gross – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
2012

Awarded 2 NAACP Image Awards

House of Payne
Outstanding Comedy Series
Keshia Knight Pulliam – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
2011

Received “Best Movie” BET Award for For Colored Girls.

Awarded CinemaCon’s inaugural “Visionary Award.”

Awarded 5 NAACP Image Awards

For Colored Girls
Outstanding Motion Picture
Tyler Perry – Outstanding Director
Kimberly Elise – Outstanding Supporting Actress
Meet the Browns
David Mann – Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
House of Payne
Outstanding Comedy Series
Received 19 NAACP Image Award Nominations

For Colored Girls
Outstanding Motion Picture
Tyler Perry – Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Michael Ealy – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Anika Noni Rose – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Kimberly Elise – Outstanding Supporting Actress
Phylicia Rashad – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Whoopi Goldberg – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Outstanding Motion Picture
Tyler Perry – Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Janet Jackson – Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Jill Scott – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
House of Payne
Outstanding Comedy Series
LaVan Davis – Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Cassi Davis – Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Lance Gross – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Keshia Knight Pulliam – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Meet the Browns
David Mann – Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Lamman Rucker – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Myra J – Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
2010

Awarded the NAACP Chairman’s Award selected by NAACP Board Chairman Julian Bond.

Received NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture for Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009).

Received NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Comedy Series” for Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.

Received Kid’s Choice Blimp Award nomination for Favorite Movie Actor in Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail (2009).

2009

Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail debuted at #1 in the United States.

Honored by BET for his accomplishments in his career at the 2009 Second Annual “BET Honors”.

Honored by the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) with the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award. The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award was created to recognize a select group of television professionals who exhibit extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision in the process of creating television programming.

Received NAACP Image Awards for “Outstanding Comedy Series” for Tyler Perry’s House of Payne

Received NAACP Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) for Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys.

2008

Received NAACP Image Award nominations in both television and film categories for Outstanding Comedy Series Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. Nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Motion Picture for Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?.

Nominated for Black Reel Award Best Screenplay for his films Meet the Browns and The Family That Preys.

Received Movieguild Award for “Most Inspirational Film” for Tyler Perry’s The Family the Preys.

2007

Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? debuted at #1 in the United States.

Two 2007 Image Award nominations for Outstanding Direction in a Feature Film and Outstanding Writing in a Feature Film (Comedy or Drama) for Madea’s Family Reunion.

Honored at BET’s Celebration of Gospel.

Nominated for a Black Reel Award for Best Screenplay for Madea’s Family Reunion.

2006

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion – The Movie debuted at #1 in the United States.

Black Movie Award nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting and Outstanding Motion Picture for Madea’s Family Reunion.

MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Comedic Performance for Madea’s Family Reunion.

Recipient of the Quill Award for Best in Humor and Book of the Year for his book “Don’t Make a Black Woman Take off Her Earrings”

2005

Tyler Perry’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman – The Movie debuted at #1 in the United States.

Winner of the BET Comedy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Theatrical Film and Outstanding Writing for a Theatrical Film for Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Winner of the Black Movie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Also nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture for Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Male for his performance in Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Nominated for Black Reel Award(s) Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Screen Play for his film Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

2004

Recipient of the Black Business Professionals Entrepreneur of the Year.

2001

Helen Hayes Award for Excellence in Theater.

THE SYLVESTER STALLONE ZERO TO HERO STORY.

Not a lot of people know this, but due to complications during labor, the lower left side of Stallone’s face is paralyzed,
including parts of his tongue, lip and chin. This incident at birth is the cause of his trademark snarling look and his
slurred manner of speaking.
For the first five years of his life, Sylvester Stallone lived in an area of New York known as Hell’s Kitchen. He bounced from one foster home to another while his parents fought and squabbled endlessly in a bad marriage.
Although he was eventually reunited with them, his troubled past and his oddly paralyzed face made him an outcast among his classmates. He often received suspensions for his frequent fights, poor grades, and behavior problems.

Below Zero Status
His adult life was just as difficult. Hard times and a lack of income resulted in the actor getting evicted from his apartment. As a result he was forced to live on the streets for close to three weeks.
Eventually he came across a casting call for a soft core pornography film; out of desperation he attended the casting
call. For two days of filming the actor received $200.
According to Stallone “it was either do that movie or rob someone, because I was at the end, the very end of my rope”.
After getting back on his feet he was eventually able to attend college. However, deciding this path was not for him, he
left before graduation and moved to New York to pursue an acting career.
He tried out for nearly each and every casting call he could, and contacted as many casting agents as he could find, with no victory. After numerous failed attempts he made the decision to try his hand at writing various screenplays.
After numerous failed attempts he found himself broke once again. In an act of desperation he waited outside of a local liquor store asking people if they would buy his dog; his closest and best friend. In the end someone bought his dog
for roughly $50. Stallone was extremely devastated that his life had come to that point.
With options few and far between he began to run out of money. By now he was desperate to get a job but he still was not ready to settle on just any job. He wanted to be an actor and that was what he had his mind set on.

The Hero’s Journey to Success
One day as Stallone walked the cold streets of New York City he wandered into the local library to warm up. While he browsed through the many books he discovered some of the best classics by many famous writers which inspired him to work harder on his screenplays and various writings.
In 1975, Stallone saw the Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner fight. That night Stallone went home, and in three days he had written the script for Rocky. He tried to sell the script with the intention of playing the lead role. However,
months passed with enormous rejections from many producers, until eventually someone loved it and they agreed to do the movie.
As poor as he was, Stallone turned down the great sums of money he was offered because he insisted that he must play
the lead role in the film. Studios were not willing to cast him in this role because he was a complete unknown, and they wanted a well known star. They told him he was not an actor but a writer.
There is a story that Stallone had been offered more than a hundred thousand dollars for his script as long as someone else could take the lead role, but he refused. He was so sure in his heart that this part was meant for him, and him
alone. He refused to compromise.
Finally the studio agreed to allow Stallone to proceed with the film, provided that it was made on a shoestring budget.
Stallone accepted the deal and used part of his money to go back to the liquor store and get his dog back.
As you all probably know, Rocky became a worldwide commercial success and Oscar winner. The film was nominated for
ten Academy Awards in all, and went on to win the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Film
Editing.
The sequel, Rocky II was released a few years later and also became a major success. The film series has grossed more
than $1.25 billion at the worldwide box office.

Last Words
Sylvester Stallone achieved his success because he always believed in himself and his vision. He never gave up and kept trying and trying until he made it.
For me, Sylvester Stallone is one of the best demonstrations of how persistence can overcome all manner of obstacles with impossible odds.
Live Your Dreams!