Vickie's Vibes

Complacency which could be a result of the praise of men is the real chain tying so many people to a spot. The voice of men is one of the channels through which God CONFIRMS one's purpose but not the main channel. How then, many people are misled by the voice of men having failed to discover their purpose existence, personally. The society has misled so many people with words such as these; "You are very good at singing; don't you think it is time to produce your own album?" "You have the gift of prophecy, don't you think God is calling you into ministry?" "You have the gift of leadership, don't you think God wants you to found your own church?" "Your love for children is so amazing, have you considered having a school?" "Oh! My brother, you are very funny, have you seen yourself being a comedian?". These words are true, most of the time. Just that one must be sure of the purpose of every of his poten...

The past is a chain! I mean a very strong fetters that can tie a man to a spot for the rest of his life. There are three major seasons of life, the past, the present and the future. The past holds the highest power to either push a man forward or limit him. Whichever of these dispensed on a man is dependent on his decision. Meaning, you can either allow your past (experiences) to progress or limit you. Experiences in the past are always in two folds, good and bad experiences. Beautiful and successful experiences of the past wreck more havoc on people's progress than even the negative experiences. Why? Because, it is easier to let go of the failures and negative experiences of the past than the successful and positive ones. The positive experiences always make one feel good. It makes one feel, oh! I have achieved! Hmm... The truth is, there is always much more to achieve than all you have achieved in the past. While people pray this popular prayer point- ...

A man who does not know himself is flexible to any kind of identity. You do not have a name or possibly you do not know your name if you answer every name you are called by everyone. So, the question is, WHO ARE YOU? If your answer to this question is based on the opinions of men about you, then, you do not know who you are. If your answer to this question is tied to your  mistakes, failures, background, past,  struggles, weaknesses, and strengths, I want to tell you, you have not known yourself. Do  not confuse your identity with flexible things. A man can be successful now and a failure in the next minute, does it mean who he is is flexible? No. In as much as it is not possible to change your name every day or week or year, your identity is unchangeable. Human beings truly attach situations around a person to his personality , this is an unbalance approach to identity placement. Because someone fails does not make him a failure, "to fail" is just an actio...

Unless he is mad, no man smiles when bond with chains. How be it, multitudes of people giggle and laugh in chains.  Chain! The Advanced Learners Dictionary defines chain to be “a bond, fetter, confinement or captivity- a thing which prevents freedom of action”.  Though, chain is a multi-contextual word, we will be dealing with the ‘confinement context’ of it. When one is chained, movement is restrained. Then, such is said to be confined.  According to the law of nature, every living thing moves. Movement is one of those things that confirms a thing has life. This does not only have to do with physical movement but internal and in all wise. We have various types of movements, it is possible for a man to be in chains and still be able to move, but definitely not forward or as fast as he should move. Many people are confined to one spot on the journey of purpose(though you see them moving physically), not because of  lack of wisdom nor the knowledge of God b...

I got into a physical argument with someone, sometime ago and the next I would see was a glare darkness! She hit me on the face, and everything went blank and dark, it was almost like my eyes were plucked out of my kinky head. Chai! It wasn't a great day for me that day, I couldn't get my clear sight and balance until a few hours after the incidence. Stories like that are better told than experienced. Howbeit, life throws us blows on every side and at every time. When one is hit by the blow of this life, the experience is not always like honey to the taste bud. The experience is best as not palatable. Blows from life are the challenges we encounter at every stage of our lives. Challenges are inevitable in life and so it is a must for us to get out of it to get our goals. Challenges most of the times are not traceable to our faults or weaknesses, things just happen. Finding your balance after blow is parallel to the importance of your existence. You can't shut down your ...

Children are a product of intercourse and so, are the rich and the poor, in wisdom and in wealth. What is Intercourse? Mariam Webster English Dictionary defines Intercourse as the "exchange, especially of thoughts or feelings". The word intercourse originated from the Latin word intercurrere meaning "to run between, intervene, mediate".  Running through the years of its specific usage; Intercourse in the 1540s referred to "frequent and habitual meeting and contact, social communication between persons". In the 1560s, it referred to "mental or spiritual exchange or intercommunication". In 1798, the word was interpreted as "sexual relations"- which is the most common usage of the word. The usage of intercourse revolves mostly around communication than in other contexts. In my own words, I will define Intercourse as "a mingling of ideas at various levels of communication".  That is, ideas are mingled through the p...

  It is pertinent to understand that, no human can survive without interacting with other human beings. Here, many people think their survival is hinged on the relationship with a particular person or set of people, which is not supposed to be so. The kind of interaction we are talking about is not an attachment with a particular person. Truly in our societies, we find ourselves in social gatherings, and there we mingle with people, we meet and get along with friends. We meet friends, we relate with people on an interpersonal level, we talk about life, we share love, and become intimate during the process. During that process we realize that friendship is one of the best relationship in the society, even though, it is not every relationship that matters. We need to draw the line, every relationship can not benefit a man no matter how, unless such person does not have values that guide his life. Friendship as on of the relationships in the society that build people, makes one strong...