CHASING YOUR DREAMS!

When the world turns its back, You don't give up!

Don't worry, I ain't Pumba, who turns its back. Lol 😄😄😄

Hey guys,

You see, lately I have been doing a lot of things that I love. Just picked up gardening too. It is very relaxing and fulfilling. The beauty that comes from ones labour is unfathomable. 

The thing is I wanted a dog but with all I have going on, I was advised against it. At least not for now. So anyway, this gardening stuff has been so helpful. Started about 6 months ago with a friend of mine who also has a garden. In fact she is a horticulturist. She's been doing it for a long time, so playfully I call her my consultant.

Anyway, my little garden is doing pretty well for a beginner, but after a while I noticed a specific plant withering. Didn't know why because I thought I was giving it the same attention I was giving others. The rest were blooming beautifully, just not this particular one.

Strangely , it is my favorite and therefore was heart broken. My friend, who is also my consultant told me to do a lot of things and if they don't work , I might have to uproot and replant that same specie again.Oh how it broke my heart, when she said that.

Anyway, to cut the long story short, I ended up doing exactly what I feared and that was uproot my favorite plant. But I am someone who doesn't give up easily on anything. Failure drives me nuts and so doing I keep trying and trying and trying again. I'm trying to figure out why I do that, still trying to....

I couldn't just let go of the plant and that, I told my consultant. Thinking I was just being stupid and stubborn, she let me be.

So I did what I know how to do best, NEVER GIVING UP, even when all hope look lost. I refuse to accept that the plant was totally dead. I decided to transfer it into a small pot, ensuring that all dead parts were removed. What I had left was a very tiny brownish looking plant. Throughout, I didn't give in to doubt but hoped that something miraculous would happen. And it did. 

Few days later, I noticed a little stem finding its way out from the soil, a new life had just started. The tiny brownish plant I had re-planted was beginning to look healthy. 

And till this very day,  that plant is the most beautiful plant in my garden, even my friend is surprised and jealous.

Moral of this story: Giving up isn't an option. Things may not be going the way you want doesn't mean it won't. Give it time. May all you need is to reorganize the way you are doing things. And starting over, doesn't mean you failed or you are a failure...NOPE!  On the contrary, it simply means you are smart and strong enough to know better.

Conviction goes a long way in chasing your dreams. You have to have personal conviction in order to chase your dreams, cos baby, you will meet people who will talk you down, people whom you love saying that you are crazy wasting your time chasing that dream. You've got to believe it, to want it! Even the universe won't have a choice than to fail in line to help you achieve your dream. 

Keeping at it set you apart from the rest! 

Trust me, you can do anything if you first believe. 

So get up and stay up, until your dreams become reality! The world is waiting.

Yours truly

Your gal, Real Gentlehawk! 

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Okay guys, 

How are we all doing? Lots of things going on right now. The good, the bad and the ugly.

I had better point out the obvious just in case you fail to see or just not into it.

I'm sure a lot of you know what's up around the world...these famous terrorist attacks, killings every where, war, famine and all. Be it in Africa, Europe, America, Middle East, well...Now Asia has joined the endless list...which by the way is sicken.

And there is also the senseless killings of black people, senseless and baseless wars, Kidnapping, Child prostitution and pornography and all the other madness.

The terror and craziness these extremists on leach on the world, is freaky scary and worrisome, which makes you imagine what must have happened during world war 1 & 2 (I'm so sure whatever is depict is nothing compared to what really happened).

Have you noticed that even the so called 'head of nations' don't have any real answers to these terrors raging everywhere. Everyone seem to be confused and powerless. The more we speak of peace, the more the war rages. The more we speak of love, the more we see hate related crimes.

So this got me thinking, that if indeed the stories told about rapture is indeed true, then my friends, I believe it is high time we need to re-evaluate a lot of stuff. 

I'm sure for some of you, you don't know what the heck I'm talking about.

So for those of you who are clueless about what I'm talking about! Let me give you a quick run down. And please don't row those eyes at me, just open your mind. You need to just hear me out, I mean Seriously! Now we are talking theoretically here. "If" is the key word now, okay?

So, according to bible scholars, after rapture happens, a lot of things will kinda look the same but really it isn't. But prior to that event, people will become meaner, more selfish, harsher and lot of other crazy stuff (Which I believe is what we are now experiencing). 

Now after the so called Rapture, people will become worst. Why? According to bible scholars, this due to certain things that will also be raptured. If you really what to know, do your research. Anyways, it's known as "Grace". Seriously, you really need to research this stuff.

Okay guys, I have possibly lost a lot of you. I'm really trying hard not to use all theological jargons. 

Anyways, what got me worried is, if grace is still very much available now and people are inflicting this so much unfathomable pain and horror on each other, I refuse to think of what will happen after rapture? 

I don't want to think of the fact that every Hitler will have the power to unleash the dragon in them. Because evil is now the new normal. Wow, if this doesn't scares you, then nothing will.

The thing is, I love to read all kind of books and I enjoy watching movies...a lot. They take me to places , meet people/characters may never have the chance or means of meeting. They expose me to things that only my dream can and I love it. They also teach me lessons no one has the time to teach me. In view of this, I am going to use movies as illustration to buttress my points.

Movies like "Divergent" or "The Giver", shows how man always want to dominate through lies, half truth and constrains. Now imagine a world like those where we are cajoled into believing that evil is good and necessary, as long as it is for the good of the community. Individuality is not allowed, it is a group thing and anyone who questions authority is the enemy and most be esponged. 

Every nation is saying that ISIL and ISIS is bad and dehumanizing. That's because a few believe in that sick ideology. Now imagine, when majority believe in that kind of ideology as being right? And only a few refuse to be part of the sickness? 

Honestly I really don't want to think about it because it scares me from hell to heaven. 

Just a thought! 

Love and Peace 

Real Gentlehawk!

AFRICA FASHION

Fashion has been with man as long as man can remember...it is an identity, culture, a way of life. Everywhere you look you will see fashion, in the way we wear our hair, the way we build our homes, in our looks, even to the way we cook our meals and eat those meals. Fashion is every thing, it defines who we are , from generation to generation.

Fashion a way of Life and African Fashion, a glamour to associate with. Beautiful, elagant, nourishing, refreshing, soulfull, warm, intricate yet balanced just like its people.
Have you ever wonder, where this idea of fashion came from? If is as old as man then Fashion is man just like language food culture etc.Who was the first designer? Who was the first model to show case the first designed clothes? Fashion in my own option is a necessity just like the air we breathe or the food we eat or the need to sleep.

African Fashion has evolved and still evolving just like its people. A Fashion with a statement, with purpose and reason. From the ancient Egypt to ancient South africa, all the way to Senegal and Mali, one thing hold so sure, hat African Fashion is so diverse and unique and it will take another life time to exhaust its diversity and unquieness.

So the world had better watch out because Africa and African Fashion is here to stay...it is the next big thing.
THE WORLD CAN'T WAIT anymore for this great GIANT to surprise the world with it richness.

Maybe there is a lesson here to be learnt, never ever, look down or underestimate nobody. There is an old adage that says, "Be careful of how you treat people as you climb up the laddar because you may need them on your way down", well, something like that, i think.

Anyways, i'm so glad to be part of this wonderful continent and most importantly, part of the era when the whole world looks to Africa for inspiration.

Be Real, Be True
Gentlehawk
Always with you

CROSS ROADS

So guys,

What do they say about crossroads?
Some say that it is a point where people met and anything may/can happen.
That it is a time bomb waiting, watching and waiting for the right time to explode.
Cross roads are things from the past, where the present meets the future.
It is pain, it is stain yet so, clean, clear and rare.

Many of us have been there and most of us haven't dare.
We all wish for a point on the crossroad.
so we walk, work and play smart to see those who rule
If we would reach the very point that will either make us or break us.
Cross roads come in the T's or the X's.

Whichever way we call it, it is a meeting point for you and me.
"It's nice meeting you." - "So where are you off to?"
"How can i get there?" - "Oh, it's not too far!"
"Don't bother to go there!" - "And what'll i do next?"
A great and disjoined meeting point it is and can be.

I would hate to be cut in that webbly point but it is a great feeling 'cos it will get you there
if you find the right way
But not to worry, even if you miss it this time, retrace it and you will be surprised
that the cross roads are always there and the same.
Atleast now you know where not take... and what not to do.

We all have cross roads, we all stop or pause there - to catch a breathe or retrace a step
Cross roads are important especially if you are willing to find the WAY
whatever way you wish to go.....be sure to know....That, to be REAL and TRUE...will save you alot too.

So, it's Gentlehawk
Hold it up and be REAL