TOURPALINE BLOG

We have a term in my home referred to as someone’s “National  Anthem”.  We usually refer to a song played over and over again  (an overplayed song) as someone’s national anthem. This is  because the national anthem is sang daily and sometimes one  gets weary of listening to the same old song. Although I must  admit that in primary school, we sometimes looked forward to  the anthem because we longed to play or hear the drums. So there was this season my sister declared a particular song as my  national anthem. It was a song sang by Juanita Bynum, titled,  “I  Don’t Mind Waiting”. Interesting enough, the song  always  ministered to me as often as I played it. It even gave me insight as  to what action to take at a certain point in my life. The lyrics of the song: I Don’t Mind Waiting By Juanita Bynum You know, sometimes in life, Situations are going to occur, Where...

Ese Walter on Thursday the 22 nd of August 2013 alleged that she had an intimate 1week affair with  Pastor Xxx…” (The Pastor of a prominent church  in Nigeria). The whole world waited eagerly for the pastor’   response and finally, his response was, “When we  asked God, God said be quiet. Thank you!” His  response can be summarised as “Leave It to God”  says Ofili (Ofilispeaks). Has leaving it to God and taking little or no  responsibility as we act, become our way of life in  Nigeria? Or has the renowned prolific writer  Ofilispeaks (a writer I really admire) jumped into  conclusion all too soon? Click these two links to discover the truth http://ofilispeaks.com/leaveitforgod/ http://esewalter.wordpress.com/ “The things which hurt, instruct” – Benjamin Franklin Love you and God bless you.

Hi everyone! It’s been a while I discovered my love for writing. I love writing and sharing inspiring, informative and noble information I come across or develop in my line of thought. Although I’ve limited my contents to media outlets such as facebook, twitter and very few magazines, I’ll love to extend it to this blog which I’ve creatively called ‘Tourpaline’ . I created this blog about a year ago, but never really filled it with content. During this period I found me asking myself, ‘There are so many blogs and bloggers, why follow the trend? Asides your flair for writing, what’s your motive?’ I wasn’t particularly satisfied with my answers, so I left it dormant. Then again, the regular reminders in my thought nudged me to pursue this uncompleted project. I knew I was waiting ( w asting a vailable i ntelligence and t ime) in vein. Bill Glass once said, “When you get an insight or inspiration, do something about it within twenty-four hours or the odds are against yo...