Le Dynamique Professeur

These days, I look forward to a new day. While licking a peppermint or two, I walk out of the house with a tune on my lips and rhythm on my feet. I am a teller of the stories of those who may not be able to speak for themselves. On the last day of each project, I feel like I have achieved all my goals until I come across one more child who could do with my help. Sometimes, I feel like retreating - they call it retiring- but since my abilities have not failed me, I must keep my dreams alive and achieve them. For each finished song, each finished story, there is one more to be told and so on. So, I never really finish until I answer The Call. And if I were something else but a teller, I would think the same too. If I were a doctor, there will be one more cure to find, if I were a farmer, there will be one more mouth to feed. So, since I have pledged my loyalty to the arts, there's one more soul to find and one more story to tell. That's exactly what's next.

- NakedSha
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This post was fueled by a conversation that ensued between I and a colleague recently. If you caught NakedSha's short script, you probably would know by now, where I am going. But should you still be caught in the web, here is one for you. He (my colleague) shared with me how life had suddenly become boring. In his words, "nowadays, it's like I no longer have any drive to do things anymore. I feel like I have already achieved all I have set out to achieve". He had set some goals for himself and gladly, he has met all the goals but life has now become so boring for him as it now appears as though, no more battles to fight, no more victories to expect and perhaps nothing more to live for other than his usual daily routine.

It is no lie that a life with no challenges is a life soon gone. What more? If you have already conquer all that is to be conquered, I guess what's next is death. It reminds me of the story of that man in the bible that had just harvested his crops and said to himself, "you have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." - Luke 12:19 (NIV). If I recall very well, God responded to him the same minute, "'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you." Listen to me, when there is nothing more to live for, death will start finding its way to your door. Life is meant to be lived with purpose. Someone said, the purpose of life is to live a life of purpose. How do you live a life of purpose? How do you ensure you are living a life worthy of living? How do you ensure you are not just awaiting your grave while you live?

Listen, life should be about victory after victory. When it seem you have met your set goals, it should not end there; the question you must continue asking is "so, what's next?" Bring on more challenges for yourself; dream more dreams; set higher goals; put your imagination to work. What more can you do to make life more meaningful for others and yourself? Hear this, a life that is full of routine is one that tends to failure and mediocrity. Such people become average in all they do. You know what being average means - it means, you are the best of the worst and the worst of the best. You are not born to be average. You are born to reign, shine and win.

On that note; have you been doing that same job (that abusive relationship; that position; that same spot) now for 5 years and you are neither moving upwards nor downwards, its time to take on a new challenge. It's time to move on to something new. Take new risks. Apply for that part time course. Go on that training programme. Write that professional examination. Get out of that bondage you call your 'comfort zone'! Do that thing you have been anxious about. Set at it right away. Stop living a life of mediocrity. It'd get you nowhere. Yes you heard me, it won't get you anywhere! Continue asking yourself, "So, what next?" What next after you graduate from school? What next after you get that job? What next now that you are married; now that you have just finished service? What next now that you've just got promoted? WHAT NEXT?!!!

I hope you have been blessed by this post. God bless you and thanks for taking time to read.
Hearty appreciation goes to NakedSha for another wonderful partnership. I am loving this. God bless your heart.
What out for my next's post with Jaycee!!!!!!!! Wooohooo!

Guys, two of my friends recently started their blogs and I must say, their contents are just awesome. You should check them out: Omoregee and Successkatalyst

- Le Dynamique Professeur

I was opportune to be a finalist in an international public speaking competition, just about two years ago in Singapore. Just like the American Idol music contest, we had been trimmed from several of us to just eight of us that night. I looked at the rest of the finalist with me in that room filled with hundreds of spectators who have come to listen to us. I was the only black man in the room. None of the judges had my kind of accent nor the colour of my skin. I feared they might even have troubles understanding what I had to say. As if that was not enough, as soon as the first speaker got up to speak, I had conceded defeat on my inside. Then came the second, third and fourth speaker before my turn came to speak. I just stood up because I was present. I allowed inferiority complex to dabble into my thoughts. Did it affect my speech? I'd leave that to your imaginations. [If you care, you may ask. lol]

I learnt one lesson that night and it was that no matter where I am, who I am before or the situation I am in, I am not permitted to feel inferior. I am not sure if you read that correctly, I did not say, "I will try not to feel inferior, rather I said, "I AM NOT PERMITTED TO FEEL INFERIOR", and you too. You are not permitted to feel inferior to anyone or amongst any group of people, come what may! God created man out of dust and breathe into every man the same breath. I am sure no man was made out of a special type of dust. For this reason, you are not permitted to feel inferior to anybody! I know some people mistake inferiority complex for humility. Permit me to do a compare and contrast of the two.

Humility Vs Inferiority Complex

Humility comes from the word 'humble' meaning "not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive" Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Inferiority complex on the other hand is "a persistent sense of inadequacy or a tendency to self-diminishment" - The Free Dictionary.

I am sure you notice the contrast yourself without me talking too much. By ensuring you are not emanating a sense of inadequacy within a group of people does not mean you are proud, cocky or haughty. It just means, you are confident of God's deposition on your inside and you are thankful for it. You don't have to talk too much to show you are not inferior to anyone, you just have to be confident in who you are, what you have and be thankful. I've mentioned the word 'thankful' twice because I believe it is the major secret to being confident about your personality and abilities. If you appreciate God's deposition on your inside such that you own it thankfully, nothing you do not have bothers you or make you feel low. In that way, you will not continuously have a feeling of demoting yourself to the seeming 'superiority' of a person or group of people.

Listen,

Because you always get Bs or Cs in those courses does not mean you are inferior to the people that always get As in them; it just means, you haven't learn what you need to learn just yet.

The fact that you are the only black/chinese/indian/white man or woman in your community/school/office does not make you the lowest amongst the group; it just means, you are unique and your ideas will even be more unique and novel.

Peradventure, a part of your body is 'smaller' or appears 'inadequate' compared to others, that is no pointer that you are not a complete human being; it just means, there are other things you have that those ones too lack and they are perhaps envying you for. You just have to be thankful.

A person that always feel inferior about him/herself is likely to achieve little or nothing beyond the ordinary. To reach great heights in life, you must learn to concentrate less on what others have that you don't have and focus more on what you have that others don't. When you receive praise for a job well done, thank God for it. You simply deserve it. You don't have to brag about it but accept it and be thankful for it. Be humble but don't ever feel inferior! YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED!

- Le Dynamique Professeur

A Poem for my Heartthrob on her Birthday

You are my blessing
You will ever remain the reason
For my every season
I pray to always be pleasing
And never abusing
to you my blessing

You are my treasure
To my life you've brought pleasure
And taken away every pressure
Now life has become a leisure
So much that I can't measure
your worth oh my treasure!

You are my love song
One I'll always have on my tongue
Now and all life long
For times when I'm strong
And times when I'm wrong
cos it's you I belong

Happy Birthday Nife mi.

© Le Dynamique Professeur