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Food for Living: The Wisdom of Life
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By Henry Ukazu
Dear Destiny Friends
The journey of life is filled with complexities. Sometimes, one wonders about the essence and meaning of life because at the end of the day, all will die and return to our maker or wherever one feels he originated from. To fully understand life therefore, one needs wisdom.
When you understand the dynamics and wisdom of life, you will find it easy to succeed in life. Wisdom is the key to answered prayers. It will counsel you on how to relate with people, how to answer questions, how to engage people in business, how to negotiate with potentials clients and already established clients, how to relate with strangers, mentors/mentees, family members, your children, wife/husband, and high-profile people.
The proper application helps you to manage your health, beauty, strength, character, temperament, intelligence, education, and finance. It’s quite unfortunate a lot of people confuse wisdom with academic intelligence, but they don’t realize that someone with common sense is more valuable than someone with academic intelligence. Isn’t it true that common sense is not common?
What’s the difference between intelligence and wisdom? According to Steve Mueller, “Personally, I associate intelligence not only with the utilization of knowledge to find solutions to tricky problems, but also with the capacity for abstract thought or the comprehension of complex issues. Wisdom, on the other hand, appears to be entirely different from everything intelligence stands for. It is much more intuitive, rather than based on pure logic as intelligence mostly is”.
Per Wikipedia “wisdom has to deal with a deep understanding which has the capacity to capture and apply perceptions, judgments, and actions in keeping with this understanding. It often requires control, control of one’s emotional reactions so that universal principles, reason, and knowledge prevail to determine one’s actions. Wisdom is also the comprehension of what is true or right coupled with optimum judgment as to action”.
According to Solomon Gabriel, the first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second is listening and the third is memory, the fourth is practice and the fifth is teaching others.
Per William Barclay, there are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why. When you discover the reason or the purpose of creation, the proper application of wisdom helps you to manage all the vicissitudes of life. Wisdom helps you to manage fame and honour. The blessings of wisdom are priceless. According to Pastor Reno Omokri, “A loyal friend is better than a royal friend. A loving wife is better than a beautiful wife. A healthy life is preferable to a wealthy life. A tiny house you own is better than a massive mansion you rent. It’s instructive to note that it is only with the proper application of wisdom that you will be able to get it right otherwise you will only be existing as opposed to living.
If you have wisdom you will be able to manage your life. Life is unpredictable. This is because nothing is guaranteed, just like education is the greatest leveler, death is one of the most devastating loss one can have, but the greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live. That is why Benjamin Franklin said, it’s not the years in your life that count. It is the life in your years.
You can hardly sustain success without wisdom because success is not only about taking the first position in class, having financial stability, but being able to maintain the first position or the money. Life has not given us a guarantee of anything, rather, it has given us the wisdom to live through the challenges. Wisdom helps you to manage success and failure. According to Maxime Lagace “challenges, failures, defeats and ultimately, progress, are what make your life worthwhile.
Many don’t really understand how to navigate the wisdom of life. This set of people go out of their way to please their friends, employers, or even boss to the detriment of their family and personal self. They don’t know the moment they die, it won’t take their employer more than 24hours to replace them. According to Naval Raviak “When you have wisdom, you will know to manage three things in your life: your health, your mission, and the people you love. Moral: You shouldn’t be too busy for your family and friends.
The secret to having peace of mind, happiness, and wealth lies in being content with what you have. Isn’t it true that contentment makes a poor man rich, and greed makes a rich man poor? You can’t be fulfilled in life if you think money and fame will make you happy. Money can get your friends to make you laugh, but that’s a temporary sensation. Wisdom tells you when to practice solitude.
You cannot underestimate the value of wisdom. When you have wisdom, you’ll not only be respected, you will be revered. According to the Book of life, “my people perish for lack of knowledge”
Wisdom helps you know what to say and when to say it, and when to participate or bow out of situations.Wisdom teaches you to help yourself, serve yourself, serve your family and community before you can offer your service your country as a nationalist. Wisdom extends to how to respond when someone cuts you off on the road, making wise choices to stay inside your budget when out shopping, and the conversation you have with the lady in front of you while you wait in line.
In conclusion, in all your undertaking in life, get wisdom.
Henry Ukazu writes from New York. He’s a mindset coach and public speaker. He works with the New York City Department of Correction as the Legal Coordinator. He’s the author of the acclaimed book Design Your Destiny – Actualizing Your Birthright To Success and President of gloemi.com. He can be reached via info@gloemi.com
Arsenal Fans Club Nigeria is set to be officially unveiled in Abuja this weekend, as the organisation prepares to strengthen the club’s fan base and promote community development through football.
Amongst the high profile personalities lined up for the unveiling ceremony include, business leaders, celebrities and notable Arsenal supporters like former Gunner, Kanu Nwankwo, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Senator Dino Melaye amongst others.
The unveiling will form part of a two-day programme beginning on Friday, October 16, with delegates from state and city chapters expected to converge on the nation’s capital for the club’s second Annual General Meeting (AGM).
According to a press release issued on Monday by the organisation, the celebrations will feature sporting activities, a community sanitation initiative and a formal launch event attended by prominent personalities and Arsenal supporters.
National President of Arsenal Fans Club Nigeria, Charles Ojugbana, said the organisation draws inspiration from the achievements of Nigerian-descent footballers, including former Super Eagles striker Kanu Nwankwo and current stars Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze.
The former General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) said the club aims to improve the football fan experience while expanding support for Arsenal across Nigeria.
Activities scheduled for Saturday include aerobic sessions and a novelty football match before members proceed to Wuse Market for a clean-up campaign.
As part of the outreach, the club plans to donate refuse bins and other sanitation materials to the market’s leadership, in line with its commitment to philanthropy and community development.
Arsenal Fans Club Nigeria operates through a governance structure comprising a Board of Trustees, a National Executive Committee and a General Assembly, which serves as the organisation’s highest decision-making body.
The club also disclosed plans to promote awareness of Down syndrome among children in March 2027, as part of activities to commemorate World Down Syndrome Day.
The programme expresses the organisation’s ambition to extend its activities beyond football fandom to charitable causes and support for vulnerable members of the society.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm over a fraudulent publication circulating online concerning governorship candidates in six states ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The commission denied issuing the purported special announcement affecting Zamfara, Gombe, Delta, Plateau, Yobe and Kano states, warning Nigerians against being misled by the document.
In a public notice, INEC described the circulating publication as fake, stressing that it did not originate from the commission.
“The Commission wishes to categorically inform the general public that the publication is FAKE and did not originate from INEC,” the notice stated.
The electoral body urged Nigerians to disregard the publication and avoid sharing it, warning that the circulation of false electoral information could mislead the public.
INEC further clarified that it had not issued any special announcement concerning governorship candidates in the six affected states.
“The Commission further wishes to clarify that any information suggesting that INEC has issued a special announcement concerning governorship candidates in the aforementioned states is false,” it stated.
The commission advised political parties, candidates and members of the public to verify electoral information through its official website, news portal and verified social media accounts.
It also urged Nigerians to remain vigilant against fraudulent publications, particularly as preparations continue for the 2027 elections.
INEC reiterated its commitment to providing accurate electoral information and called on the public to rely exclusively on its official communication channels.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has defended the Federal Government’s decision to divert the Ondo section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, saying the original route crossed terrain with pits more than 100 metres deep and would have significantly increased construction costs.
The minister said he was aware of petitions accusing him of diverting the route in Ondo State but maintained that the decision was justified.
“I am aware of petitions against me saying I diverted the Ondo section. I welcome that. That is how it is supposed to be because we are serving the public. You are subject to public scrutiny.
“But the important thing is whether you are doing the right thing or the wrong thing. We have no regret for decisions taken in Ondo,” he said.
According to Umahi, the original alignment passed through terrain with pits exceeding 100 metres in depth and lacked suitable sharp sand for up to 300 metres, making construction along the corridor considerably more expensive.
“You want me to pass through a terrain that you have over 100 metres of pits deep, and I have no defined sharp sand to 300 metres, and you expect the cost of one kilometre to be the same cost with a road passing through normal terrain?” he asked.
He said the ministry consequently undertook a detour and redesign to avoid the difficult terrain.
“We had to take a very serious engineering decision by making a detour, redesigning it to avoid such route. We are doing filling of over 10 metres, which is 30 feet plus, with sharp sand, and filling is almost concluded,” the minister said.
The diversion affects Sections 4A and 4B of the coastal highway, covering 67 kilometres, comprising 27 kilometres in Ogun State and about 40 kilometres in Ondo State. The section will terminate around the Ondo-Edo axis.
Providing an update on the wider project, Umahi said Section 1, a 47.47-kilometre stretch from Victoria Island, Lagos, had been completed and was ready for commissioning.
He added that the dual pavement on Section 2, which covers 55 kilometres and terminates at the Lagos-Ogun boundary, would be completed next month.
The minister said the flyovers, overpasses and underpasses on Section 2 had required extensive redesign, particularly around the Dangote Refinery and Lekki Deep Seaport.
He explained that an 86-metre-span bridge, with 43-metre counterforts, had been designed to accommodate refinery trucks and resolve a traffic conflict involving the deep-seaport train, the Dangote tax-credit road and the 25-kilometre Seventh Axial Road linking Epe to the Sagamu Expressway.
“We have redesigned a very beautiful flyover to resolve that conflict,” Umahi said.
At the Calabar end, he said Sections 3A and 3B, covering 65 kilometres, had achieved more than 30 per cent completion.
He added that work was ongoing on Section 5, an 82-kilometre dual carriageway in Akwa Ibom State, alongside an 88-kilometre link from Calabar to Ebidi Beach intended to connect with the Trans-Saharan route.
Umahi also disclosed that Tinubu had directed that the continuation of the coastal highway from Ondo into Edo State should follow the existing East-West Road rather than a new alignment.
Describing the directive as a major development, the minister said the existing road had been constructed without adequate consideration for climate change and rising flood risks.
He cited flooding at Ahoada about two weeks earlier, saying the permanent solution would involve raising sections of the road to protect it from current and projected flood levels.
“The permanent solution is the decision of Mr President to align the continuation through the East-West Road. We now have to raise the road in many locations by two metres to be above present and expected flood levels,” he said.
Source: Vanguard
