I’ve caught you!

You opened this because of kissing! You’re not serious, oh. When I asked you to join a worship meeting to advocate for the word of Master Jesus and to fight for the saints, you didn’t show up, oh. 

But you saw kissing, and suddenly you’re interested? My friend, will you leave love and touch some Holy Ghost power?

Anyhoo, yes, about the kissing in the rain. That’s actually something I want to experience. I want to look my partner in the eyes and dance in the rain, or like have my partner with a boombox outside my house, playing 90s songs… 

Yes, it happens in Nigeria. Don’t pour sand in my garri.

Someone told me my fantasy is straight out of books and movies, but who the heck cares? I want to live my life, and do the things I actually want to do.

I want to eat sushi and complain about how crappy it is. I want to go to an Enrique Iglesias’s concert and sing along to Bailando out loud. I want to talk about Jesus Christ like he is the only thing I know.

Before you say that I’m chasing worldly things.

But yes, I want to live without any regrets.

Forgive my sudden zest for life; I had a conversation with a friend recently about how short life is, and it really moved me. Life is remarkably short, and we spend so much time worrying about various things that we miss the entire point of living.

God has given us so many blessings and so much to look forward to, but we get so focused on the hard things that we forget the goodness right in front of us. Life is fickle, and anything can happen.

So today, I’m encouraging you to bring a little enthusiasm into your daily walk and enjoy the ride. I’m going to be doing that. No, that doesn’t mean I’m going to rob a bank or go on a blind date with a serial killer, which, by the way, is also a fictional story I wrote (you should definitely check it out!). 

I mean salsa dancing like I’ve always wanted to, going to a comedy show, or telling someone out of the blues they look beautiful (though not a married man, oh, before someone punches me in the teeth!).

No more overthinking, just living. And I urge you to do the same. Find your passion, behave well, enjoy life according to the scriptures, live with zero regrets, and just hold on.

I know there’s always something to worry about or wait for: the next paycheck, the next outing, financial growth, health. But I assure you, God hears it all. Seek Him, give thanks for the little things, and know that my God will come through for you.

But while you wait for His mighty hand, please enjoy life’s little blessings!

I know someone who travels every single quarter with his friends. My friend and I call him Ajala the traveller because he just dey go everywhere; that’s his way of enjoying the little things. Find your own way and do it.

Now, do something for me today: text someone you’ve been meaning to reach out to; whether it’s for a business opportunity, to tell them they look beautiful, to compliment their work, or to pitch yourself.

But whatever you do, leave taken people alone, oh! Married people report directly to God, and God doesn’t play around with His married people. Hmmm, God dey refine, but he also dey consume by fire oh. 

I pray that the love of life overwhelms you, and God does what He wants with you. 

Rooting for you always,

The Life-Lover, Twi-Twi