tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post2940747611690805478..comments2017-01-10T07:16:48.840-08:00Comments on Dare to be different: The Desire and the Sacrifice (of our generation)Mary Ogungbolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680336994061041272noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-48156623877777405562012-06-25T05:12:01.404-07:002012-06-25T05:12:01.404-07:00Thanks Rasak! Let's keep spreading this gospel...Thanks Rasak! Let's keep spreading this gospelMary Ogungbolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680336994061041272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-5579395475148625482012-06-25T05:11:13.519-07:002012-06-25T05:11:13.519-07:00Please share and share Ellen. We need many sleepin...Please share and share Ellen. We need many sleeping people to wake up and join in the crusade.<br />Thanks!Mary Ogungbolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680336994061041272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-16295840113831122072012-06-25T02:35:09.627-07:002012-06-25T02:35:09.627-07:00This sisSTAR, is indeed a thought provoking one, i...This sisSTAR, is indeed a thought provoking one, i hope it reaches as many as possible because our ''siddon look'' syndrome is terrible,Kudos!I will definitely share.Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-61200640870719173502011-12-22T06:48:42.724-08:002011-12-22T06:48:42.724-08:00Thought provoking really gave much insight into ou...Thought provoking really gave much insight into our modern day reality....<br />Thx mam for this food for thought im graciaPrince Rasakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020134573817981670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-51873160139752738122011-12-15T12:39:32.425-08:002011-12-15T12:39:32.425-08:00Thanks Apostle Prince! Though hope is frail, we wi...Thanks Apostle Prince! Though hope is frail, we will hold on to it still, we shall overcome!Mary Ogungbolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-65586417176803829702011-12-02T13:49:35.929-08:002011-12-02T13:49:35.929-08:00May God richly bless you Mary. I have a lot to say...May God richly bless you Mary. I have a lot to say but for the purpose of response to this wake up call, I will be very succinct. I want to address everyone who will have the privilege of reading the whole write up and of course this response. National transformation starts from you! Yes. You. I mean YOU. <br /><br />1. Do you see and feel the enormous quagmire Nigeria is in? <br /><br />2. Do you believe Nigeria can be transformed? <br /><br />3. Are you ready to pay the price? <br /><br />4. Are you ready to start now by adjusting some of your lifestyle, mindset and activities? <br /><br />5. Will you join the crusade today by passionately inspiring others towards change? <br /><br />6. Will you contribute your time, talents and treasures in support of National Transformation Programs? <br /><br />7. Are you ready to pray, fast and speak out for righteousness and godliness in Nigeria? <br /><br />If YES welcome to the network of a new breed of Nigerian change agents who will nurture Nigeria back to life and up to transformation. <br /><br />Shalom. Together we shall redeem and rebuild Nigeria in this decade of Jubilee.Apostle Princehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659668844558123461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-25976912305158124062011-12-02T11:03:48.272-08:002011-12-02T11:03:48.272-08:00Thanks Rev. George! Brick by brick...Thanks Rev. George! Brick by brick...Mary Ogungbolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-67595299634144271232011-12-01T09:53:58.248-08:002011-12-01T09:53:58.248-08:00Food for thought...and I m thinking. Bless you Mar...Food for thought...and I m thinking. Bless you Mary.<br /><br />www.manofcontrasts.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826018734095287033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-33305034435723862432011-12-01T08:42:56.170-08:002011-12-01T08:42:56.170-08:00Nelson, the bigger question that we should ask is ...Nelson, the bigger question that we should ask is "how badly do we want change from what currently obtains - insecurity, fears, robberies (night and day), large scale unemployment, kidnapping, hunger, poverty, maternal and child mortality, etc -? Or don't you think so?<br />We can learn to do the needful when we get tired of status quo except like I said in the post we are the people behind the bad leadership or perhaps members of our family are.<br />Let's invest (save) some time, resources to develop others and even ourselves to think away from selfishness, over-inflated superiority complexes, show-offs (unnecessary) and leave aside all the sentiments (religious, ethnic, tribal) which have kept us down all these years.<br />i indulge u to join in htis campaign in your area today. The new Nigeria is possible and whether anyone likes it or not, the change is pervading our space brick-by-brick.<br />Thanks!Mary Ogungbolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-76684316549998659112011-12-01T08:30:25.303-08:002011-12-01T08:30:25.303-08:00Mr. Adeyinka, live apart from who? I think that ha...Mr. Adeyinka, live apart from who? I think that has been our problem, we see ourselves apart from our brothers and sisters and think to ourselves let me just be comfortable and every other person can die for all i care but look at the developed countries, they truly care for the well-being of every of their own not just because they are brothers and sisters from a mother but they see themselves as universal brothers and sisters. We need reorientation in this light. The reason why we are together in this common space is not to live apart but together.Mary Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-1638204725766702512011-12-01T02:20:34.673-08:002011-12-01T02:20:34.673-08:00Mary, this is a well thought-out piece. I quite ag...Mary, this is a well thought-out piece. I quite agree with making collective effort as Nigerians to get us there - where reign of peace and justice exist. However, sacrifice can only thrive in an environment of passionate giving which may be in terms of money or effort. The question now is - How many of us derives pleasure from giving? How many of us don't attach conditions to giving? We need to be passionate about giving (individual or corporate)so as to create an enabling environment for us to achieve our dream of a better Nigeria. Let's lift the various suggestions from the page of this write-up for implementation. <br />Thanks Mary for the effort in driving this dream.Nelson Oyinbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-71618907681995170752011-11-30T16:13:37.752-08:002011-11-30T16:13:37.752-08:00Mary, you spoke the heart of the few who are whole...Mary, you spoke the heart of the few who are wholeheartedly longing to see a new Nigeria. The path way is what you have asserted on. Good job!. One major problem is our pedagogy. The system and strategy by which life instructions are passed from one generation to the other is very egregious. Parents simply teach the young ones to "escape the jungle" of the Nigerian society by making money and living apart. Apart from what? Keep the work going darling.Olumide Adeyinkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-17185460228224921502011-11-30T11:53:41.074-08:002011-11-30T11:53:41.074-08:00Nice one... unfortunately majority of Nigerians do...Nice one... unfortunately majority of Nigerians don't even remeber the national anthem... Hopefully one day, they will. Amen.<br /><br />Thumbs up, Mary.<br /><br />Link Oolodumare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-77001277242359389542011-11-30T11:39:07.578-08:002011-11-30T11:39:07.578-08:00David, thanks! we've got a lot of work to do. ...David, thanks! we've got a lot of work to do. The earlier we get to it, the better.<br /><br />Sis Enny, we are living in perilious times in Nigeria and d earlier a large percentage of us see it, the better. A better Nigeria is possible but it requires a lot of work. Thanks ma'am.Mary Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-12279521841531819762011-11-30T11:23:03.701-08:002011-11-30T11:23:03.701-08:00Thanks kemi! You can imagine that a lot of young p...Thanks kemi! You can imagine that a lot of young people go on vacation outside the shores of Nigeria, if they will realize that they still haveto come back to, 'where things don't work', they might begin to see differently and participate in the cause of making it 'one that works'. It requires sacrificing time, efforts, resources, intellect, goodwill for the benefit of all and more importantly for posterity.Mary Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-30744384605652452562011-11-30T09:59:11.335-08:002011-11-30T09:59:11.335-08:00Great analogy..so well expressed with a depth of e...Great analogy..so well expressed with a depth of emotions so to speak! The situation is very critical! Nigeria is fast becoming endangered!! And we should have seen it long coming!Hardly anything has gotten better, instead the situation has become critically worse in alarming proportions of magnitude!The way out of a seriously complex maze is the same way through which one entered and so we must retrace our steps..go back to the drawing board and get our acts together..the foundation is already weak and so we cannot afford to build on the old, lest it gives in and crumbles, the bottom already rotten and eroded away! A new foundation based on carefully thought about plans, goals, values and ideologies hinging on who we are where we are going and how to get there .. with commitment ..focus..drive..and purpose will begin to set us along the right paths! For too long has UNRIGHTEOUSNESS dwelt in the land..now is the TIME for RIGHT THINKING and RIGHTEOUSNESS to prevail..Ennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-5640611231070302332011-11-30T06:41:02.678-08:002011-11-30T06:41:02.678-08:00Now you open another vista to thought, we ought to...Now you open another vista to thought, we ought to put on our thinking caps in order to make this comparison. but you have put forward a type of critique that we were not thought at school. We have been groomed to seek first the certificate and then the job, and then all the goodies of life would follow. <br /><br />Thanks a lot. Great piece.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06735308701553644289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523471684759323443.post-80678287463508449002011-11-30T03:30:28.293-08:002011-11-30T03:30:28.293-08:00Indeed Mary, you have said it all. We can't af...Indeed Mary, you have said it all. We can't afford to be onlookers, enough of emotional outbursts at every injustice or inappropriateness we witness by our so-called leaders or fellow compatriots. Enough of the prayers and self-pity, enough of the "e go better" slang we all chorus. We all need to take action and start speaking out, because it is only by doing so that we can build a nation where peace and justice shall reign.<br /><br />Well done Mary, keep on speaking up.<br />God bless you.Kemi darabidan oladimejinoreply@blogger.com