While the Word Went Round

Name: BSampson

Web Site: http://www.thewritingcontractor.blogspot.com

Bio: WHEN ON AUGUST 24, SOME THREE DECADES AGO, THE CURTAINS WERE DRAWN, THE DOORS SHUT BUT THE WINDOWS AJAR TO PROVIDE FOR SOME SEMBLANCE OF VENTILATION, ONLY A FEW WHO WERE PRESENT IN THE RURAL NEIGHBOURHOOD KNEW THAT THE BIRTH OF A NEW BEING WAS TAKING PLACE. WITH MOMENTARY SHRIEKS, I SLIPPED INTO THE WAITING HANDS OF A TRADITIONAL MIDWIFE, WHOSE SKILLS ARE YET TO BE TAUGHT IN THE MOST ULTRA-MODERN SCHOOLS OF MIDWIFERY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! SO WAS I, B. SAMPSON, AS MY FRIENDS HAVE CHOSEN TO IDENTIFY ME, BORN TO MY BELOVED PARENTS (MR. AND MRS. E. A. BEKEH) IN THE TEMPERATE OBUDU PREFECTURE OF CROSS RIVER STATE, SOUTHERN NIGERIA. HAVING ACQUIRED SOME UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGED IN ADVANCED PERSONAL TRAINING IN THEORETICAL RESEARCH, PRACTICAL WRITING AND EDITING, MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, CRUDE OIL TRADE BROKERING AND PHYSICAL FITNESS, I NOW ENDEAVOUR TO UTILISE THE INTERNET TO NETWORK IN WAYS THAT CAN DEVELOP MY INTELLECT MUCH FURTHER, CREATE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME AS WELL AS IMPROVE MY SOCIALISATION SKILLS IN A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AND SOCIO-CULTURALLY COMPATIBLE MANNER. I AM NATURALLY AN AMIABLE PERSON. SOME OF MY FRIENDS SAY, BECAUSE MY CONSTELLATION IS VIRGO, I'M GENEROUS, INTELLIGENT AND PRACTICAL. BUT THIS IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF THEIR VIEW. HOWEVER, I CANNOT VIEW MYSELF MUCH BETTER THAN PEOPLE PERCEIVE ME. TODAY, I CAN ONLY WISH AND PRAY THAT THE INTERSECTION OF THE PATHS OF OUR LIVES BRING JOY TO OUR HEARTS AND WEALTH TO OUR ASPIRATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS! THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES, SIMPLE BUT TRULY STRONG, INFLUENCE MY LIFE. FROM THE BIRTH DATE OF MY COGNITIVE SELF, MY LIFE BEGAN WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT THERE IS NO STAND-ALONE SUCCESSFUL MAN! PROVIDENCE, PERSONAL EFFORT AND NETWORKING SLOT PEOPLE (THE PREPARED MINDS) INTO THEIR NICHES IN LIFE. BUT THEN... 1) TO DO BUSINESS WITH MAN, ONE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND MAN'S CAPACITY FOR GOOD AND HIS PROPENSITY TO DO EVIL! 2) "THE GREATEST OBSTACLE TO DISCOVERY IS NOT IGNORANCE; IT IS THE ILLUSION OF KNOWLEDGE." FOR IT ISN'T SO MUCH WHAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT HURTS US AS IT IS WHAT WE KNOW THAT ISN'T SO! FOR CONFIRMATION, YOU CAN ASK GEORGE BUSH'S SECRETARY OF STATE, COLIN POWELL, WHO WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF AMERICA'S INVASION OF IRAQ IN 2003. 3) THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKING AND LOVING. LIKING ENTAILS THE POSSESSION OF A STRONG FEELING OF ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING. LOVING IMPLIES: A) AN INNATE NEED TO BE WITH THE TARGET PERSON, THE BELOVED; B) A PREDISPOSITION TO HELP THAT PERSON EVEN AT GREAT EXPENSE TO ONESELF; AND C) AN OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO INTIMATELY AND EXCLUSIVELY BE ABSORBED (WITH OR INTO THE BELOVED). 4) I LIKE ALL OF NATURE'S HANDIWORK. IT IS AN UNPARALLED DISPLAY OF DIVINE INTELLIGENCE. I WILL LOVE ONE WOMAN/LADY, WHOSE BEAUTY WILL NOT ONLY BE APPARENT IN THE PHYSICAL BUT ALSO IN THE EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL. IT WAS THOMAS AQUINAS WHO WROTE THAT: "THE BEAUTY OF THE MIND IS MORE HONOURABLE THAN THE BEAUTY OF THE OUTWARD FORM." THIS INDEED CAPTURES MY PERCEPTION OF FEMALE ATTRACTION AND THE SUBSEQUENT OUTFLOW OF MY AFFECTION. BUT REMEMBER, THERE IS BEAUTY IN ALL OF NATURE'S CRAFTS. HOWEVER, BEING HUMAN, MY OWN DEFINITIONS OF BEAUTY SHAPE THE VALUES WITH WHICH I NEGOTIATE PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL COMPROMISES ON THE CONCEPT OF BEAUTY. 5) IN BUSINESS, NEVER UNDER-ESTIMATE YOUR BARGAINING POWER. IT IS YOUR ONLY PASSAGEWAY TO SUBTLE PROFIT BENEATH THE GUISE OF PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY! 6) GENERALLY, LIFE IS A STRING OF CHOICES FROM WHICH MEN ARE MADE OR MIRED.