Monthly Focus: A Giving Heart

      Hello and good morning everyone, hope you all had a wonderful night. I woke up this morning and my usually oily and bright face felt very dry. I rushed to get ready for work because I kind of slept late due to some extra work I had to do. When I got out of the house to get into my car I discovered why my face felt as dry as it did. The air was filled with thick fog and it only meant one thing, The Harmattan was here to claim it's territory. Well apart from the fog in the air there was something else out there that I noticed, it took me a while to notice but after a while I caught it, it was a scent in the dry breeze. You know that smell of Christmas that gives you the nostalgic feeling of what true Christmas is meant to be like. You know the type that reminds you of how it used to be when you were younger? Yes! Exactly that scent was what I caught in the air. Everyone has been announcing how close Christmas is but it was just this morning I truly felt and perceived the season.




Now it's the holiday season. A lot is going to be happening this period. A lot of events, occasions, unions and reunions. You are going to meet with old friends and you are going to meet new friends. A lot of drinking, eating, partying, fun, outing and many more is going to go down this season. Now it isn't bad for you to go out there and participate in the festive seasons however you or the people around you choose to celebrate it this year but I want you to also remember something. I need you to do something this Xmas season. You see one thing that the nostalgic feeling that I caught in the air reminded me of is that Xmas is a season of giving. So that's what we are going to focus on this month...

I want to urge you all to give this month. Give to your friends, give to your family, give to your relations, give to your lover or lovers (lol). Give to yourself and give to your enemies. However most importantly, I want you to also give to those who truly need it. Take a trip to the motherless babies home and give a little. Give to the homeless and give to anyone who isn't able to enjoy the luxury of a descent meal, cloth or shelter.

Finally I want to give you all a challenge this season. Most times we hear people say that "you should give so that you will receive". I personally think  that this is very wrong. I do not believe that we should give in order to receive, No! that clause "so that" ruins it all for me. I believe that if you must give you should give simply because you just want to give and not because you are expecting a favor from God or the person in return. Expectations like that kill the spirit of giving when nothing comes back to you in return and most times when the favor does come back to you it doesn't meet up to your expectations so you fail to realize that you have reaped what you sowed. So my challenge for you all this Xmas season is that you Give.... Give.....and Give..... Do not do it because you want something in return, do not do it to impress anybody, do not do it to win an award or appear in the news. Do it quietly and out of the sincerity of your heart with no extra expectation attached.

Have a lovely Month everyone....!