IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!

Yes, I said it and I'll say it again, It is none of your business! Have you ever been downcast or felt lowly about yourself because of people's opinion about you? Do you crave, reckon or become bothered about what people say or do not say about you? Do you live on people's assessment or depend on others' approval of you? friends, it is none of your business! People will always talk as long as they have a mouth and you will always hear (from rumours to pure fabrication to distorted lies to fiction to untruth) so long as you have ears! When people still discuss the dead, how much more the living? The truth is that people's perspective, opinion, views and ideologies are greatly influenced by their background, culture and belief, so, don't let it affect you. I remember what a friend's Grandmother who came to visit him in Kogi State (Lokoja) said: "I don't think I want to come back to this city, its not fine, there are too many 'uncompleted' buildings! None of the houses are painted! Why don't you people 'complete' (finish building) your houses?". Every house in Kogi is built with granite (like in many parts of Nigeria and the western world) and as such requires no painting, but because the Mama was used to painted brick houses in Port Harcourt, she felt they were 'uncompleted' buildings! That is the power of perspective! This is the reason why someone will tell you you look slim, sickly, 'unfed' and emaciated like a weak skipping rope in the morning only for another to say that you have added weight like an inflated tyre or look obese like a drunk toad in the afternoon! The same you! You are seen by people who are used to fat people as slim whilst slender people will consider you 'fat' If you are fatter than them or If they are used to being with fat people! Do not reckon with people's views, they are almost always tainted! Rely on God's verdict, chew praises, don't swallow them, sieve counsel, don't embrace them all, smile at criticisms; don't let them weigh you down. You are unique! You are beautiful in the eyes of those that love you! You will always be ugly in the estimation of your detractors as the horse of the enemy is always black and weak! You are truly exceptional! No one can know you more than you and your maker! You are under construction, let no man mock you! Let no one make you feel bad about yourself! In any case, what people say is none of your business! Keep on succeeding. Charles celebrates you!