My Mom once told me that she walked into a room where a couple of friends were discussing her, they didn’t know she was there.

She shook her head, smiled and walked away.

My Mom also told me that she had a friend who talked bad about her, she never knew that Mom found out, Mom never mentioned it.

She smiled and walked away from this friendship.

She told me she had family who chose to shift her out of their life because she stood up for herself for a change.

And because she stopped crossing oceans for them when they would not even help her cross a bridge.

She smiled, shook her head and walked away.

So I asked her how she could just walk away from people that betrayed her while pretending to be her friends or family.

She answered that every time she came to a crossroad like that, she had to decide who will be going forward on her journey with her.

This showed her who she cannot take along with her.

So she explained to me that you should never get mad at a person who betrays you, even in the name of friendship or family.

Just gracefully bow out and enjoy your journey with all the new people you’ll meet along the way.~

 

A high-ranking and respected official of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) came to me see this weekend and expressed concern about my disposition towards a Muslim/Muslim ticket.

 

 

He informed me about CAN’s vehement opposition to such a ticket and said that the leadership of the organisation watched my interview on Channels Television where it appeared that I was not on all fours with them.

 

They felt this was very unlike me because they know how much I rever my faith and how much I respect CAN and its leadership and how I am usually in agreement with them on all issues.

 

It was a mark of honor to me that they thought me worthy of sending someone to get an explanation and after thanking him for that we spoke for no less than two hours.

 

At the end of it all I believe the person understood my position better and promised to convey it to the leadership of CAN.