BASIC INGREDIENTS FOR THE BEST LIFE (EP3LSG)

Aloha folks,

Took few weeks off on vacation, and I gotta tell you it was well deserved and it’s been long desired.

If you are familiar with my write ups, then you must have noticed that I always end it with these eight words; EAT, PRAY, LOVE, LAUGH, LEARN, SHARE and GROW. I’ve been asked many times why I end with these words and what they mean to all of my write ups, so I will be explaining in details these words that make up the basic ingredients for the best life.

Eat: Yes… we all need food, no matter how busy you are, if you want to continue being busy then you must make time to eat but don’t just grub the next edible thing you see, make eating an art form, make a deliberate effort to plan your meals, go shopping for it, create the time, if you don’t have the time, employ services of someone who can, go out and spoil yourself to a nice meal of “amala” and “ewedu” with ”gbigiri” and all sorts of assorted meat. Your body runs on food so give your body the best. If hunger is out of your problems, you are half way there.

Pray: As much as the body needs food, the spirit needs more food, take few minutes every hour, to say few words to God, yes you can start that way, then eventually you get accustomed to God then you take the relationship to the next level, you walk before him and he walks with you, a life that is not devoted to prayer is like drunk driving, it’s stupid, dangerous and you never can tell where you headed. It’s just an existence, a life that is not given to prayer is given to spiritual absence, a display of utter confusion and reliance on incapable men. Make an effort to pray, it doesn’t require much work, all you need is to express yourself to God.

Love: The greatest motivation in life, love for God, love for the people, love for a man, love for a woman, love for money, love for cakes, our ability to emotionally displace our feelings towards another person or thing, four letters that makes men do the craziest things, LOVE… take the risk and offer all you have, love is not just a feeling, it is a choice to be committed to that person or thing, to give someone else a higher preference. So take a leap, give yourself a push, trust yourself to love completely, give unrestrained consideration to others, and make someone’s day just for the smile on their face.

Laugh: life is a tragedy and also a comedy, it’s all a matter of how you look at it, I can fall down a flight of stairs and cry about it or fall down the same flight of stairs and laugh at my sloppiness, it’s all about how you perceive things, develop a sense of humor towards life, see every tragedy as an epic comedy, try as much as possible to find a laugh in every cry, it takes a lot to cry and much less to smile, and you know… if you pretend to be happy by smiling, it has a way of rewiring your mind to make you actually happy for real. So smile friends, put a smile on someone’s face, laugh at yourself, laugh with others and don’t leave a friend unless there’s a smile on his face, making people happy leaves you happy.

Learn: you cannot know it all, even computers learn, so you are not exempted from learning, become a sponge, keep absorbing everything, from ideas, to knowledge to innovations, keep taking it all in, don’t ever think you are on top of any subject matter, rather be submissive to learn, be anxious to discover, be teachable and be flexible, learn, unlearn and learn again… that is the basic process of growth in life.

Share: So reading all the books in the entire universe might make you the most read person in the room but that’s all you’ll be... the guy who read all the books. But you can do more, yes… sharing, don’t be such a reservoir, if others didn’t share what they knew you won’t know half as much as you do, so let it go as soon as it gets to you, teach someone, show someone, give someone…become a pipeline for knowledge and any other thing you can share like your time, money and affection, don’t be a reservoir. Remember, reservoirs stink over time because they lack fresh water.

Grow: this last part from experience is organic, it happens by itself. Eating good meals keeps you healthy, praying elevates your spirit and keeps your spiritually sensitive to your emotions and that of others, it tunes your soul to love the right way and love helps you find humor in life, learn from every experience and share that with as many as you can… that’s growth people…that’s growth.

Need I say more? Now you know why I always with these signature and I hope you would be accommodating enough to let these words find residence in your subconscious and gradually sip through to your conscious as you go through every day of your life as a gift, an opportunity to become. NOW WITH THIS YOU ARE BOUND TO BE A WINNER. START GETTING USED TO WINNING.

Eat, pray, love, laugh, learn, share this post and grow

TheDANIEL.