You
might be worried why you no longer feel the vibe of going to work, church, gym
or perform those duties that you used to do. It seems like all that energy has
disappeared and it seems your world is crumbling but to tell you the truth,
this world is no good for positivity. Have you ever wondered how negativity
sells so much where they are so many likes and retweets over negative things
like a person robbed rather than the fight to end corruption? There are more
people to celebrate your downfall rather than they are when you succeed and
this has prompted you to slip back into your cocoon and you can’t even try to
do something as you can’t bear of celebrated failure.
You
are just a result of what you are associated with, you speak what you hear, you
see what you watch, you are just what you are always with, hence there is need
to audit what you consume. I know that of late you have heard a call to change
your friends and always associate yourself with positive people, and I will
reaffirm that it is indeed very important to audit whom your spend your time
with. Whilst time is indeed a valuable resource that needs to be properly
managed but some people have managed
that very well, there is one area of life that they have failed to deal with, particularly
because no one has even thought of how serious this could be. I would like to
say to you, that if you do not like what you producing, then watch want you
consuming, If you do not like the output then change your input. This is indeed
is a very powerful life principle that once mastered can transform your life
for the better.
The
media worldwide has actually reconditioned us to think of failure instead of
success, to think of doom instead of hope, to think of setbacks instead of
overcoming, and this is carefully crafted into our subconscious mind where you
are constantly fed with negativity and failure and to my surprise we even use
our hard earned monies to buy the negativity. We even jostle every day for
newspapers, hurry home for television programs, share the content which are all
headlined with negativity, for example a headline will go like “10 killed in
accident” instead of “46 saved in 10 minutes” The first headline instils fear
in us, where we are not bold enough even to travel by the road because we
always feel that we might be the next on the death toll, but however the latter
can gives us hope that in the event of an accident, the emergency services is
ready to save you in the shortest possible time. The first headline will
obviously sale than the latter and this is what the media has mastered, they
have instilled fear in us all in return for money, we have been conditioned to
think that insurance could safe guard your life and investments. The media has
become so obsessed with reporting on divorces and failed marriage that some
people are no longer prepared to marry as they fear the rising divorces. It
does not seem to report on the many successful marriages, because they do not
sale. Our movies are full of terror, violence giving a false impression that it
is now the only way to survival, and we are now even feeling uncomfortable
around our own people and the trust and love is long gone as we fear that the
series might come true. I wanted to highlight to you, how you are just a
replica of what you consume.
Now
I want you to take yourself out of your pit, and you are the one who knows how
deep your pit is, but I will help you with this incredible step. I want you to
do your lifestyle audit, who you spend your time with? What you spend your
time, what music you always listening to? What type of entertainment you always
enjoying? And of great importance what type of media you spend your time on? Dr
Mensa Ontabil in one of sermons on how to survive in bad times, he clearly
advocated that in times where things are bad, you need to watch what you watch,
and he advised that it is even good hat you will not listen to the news, read
the newspaper and clearly vet your media. This is done that you may associate yourself
with positivity, where you see a road when others can’t, where you see
prosperity when economists are suggesting otherwise, where you see love when
the media is preaching hatred, where you see peace when the media is reporting
on war. Guard yourself from all those things that corrupt your mindset, but
rather that which inspire and fuel your mind, giving you the zeal to face each
day with determination. Success is guaranteed to all those who prepare for it
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