Work Pressures

Every now and then I get up from my desk after lunch and go for a walk in the hot Nigerian sun, dust and rugged roads, pausing every now and then to cool down under a tree and watch Lagos life go by.

I do this because I have to remind myself that I am a human being and not a Central Processing Unit in a computer. I also do it to remind myself that there is a greater life beyond the four walls of my office.

I am grateful I have a job but I want more...

God bless

A little happiness from lifes little pleasures

I love my jogging. This Saturday morning, nice and early about 7.15am, I put on my jogging stuff, limbered up and jogged out the gate and up the road heading for the club (only about a 15 minute jog). I love to jog because it clears my head, I leave my weekday work pressures behind and I get all kinds of ideas in my head that connect the important dots in my life together.

When I got to the club all nice and sweaty, I changed to my trunks, had a shower, stood by the deep end of the empty pool and dived in. Sheer blisssssss

As I swam slowly on my back through the water, admiring the early morning blue sky and thanking God for my life (always very important) I realized that there are certain things in life that however much money you may or may not make, you will not want to change. For me, whatever else may or may not change going forward in my life, I pray that there will always be a place for my jog and swim. Truly a blessing consisting of good health, availability of time and the means to enjoy it all (not everyone has the legs for a jog or the water to drink, not to mention swim in or even the good health to do either).

I think that If you can pick out the things in your life that give you happiness, things that will not change in your life even if you become a billionaire (for me, playing with the kids, time with my wife, my jog and a swim, thorntons toffee, a good cup of coffee, reading a good book, travel etc etc etc) and if you can do these things a bit more often and do a bit less of the things that remove happiness from your life then you won’t need to be a billionaire because you will already have the richness and blessings of life. Now that is the true meaning of happiness.

That’s my word of wisdom for the month.

Thanks for the comments, keep them coming

I am touched that I still have loyal readers even though I haven't been at all regular in my postings.

Thanks for the comments all, and keep them coming

Munachi