IGBAGBO…

Olalekan Abiola
2 min readNov 29, 2022

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Lake Muhazi

My greatest and most fulfilling experience is Parenting — reflecting on the grit, absolute faith and trust my parents have shown over the course of their own lives.

The late Professor Gbodi casually mentioned the need to tell children stories; the evolution, the journey, the stories of God’s goodness and more importantly how faith is the bedrock of becoming…

Formation is only possible by FAITH… Faith fills void… to form

Faith builds trust, positivity, grit, elevates overall level of contentment and happiness. With faith, life’s journey becomes enjoyable acknowledging the limitation of your strife, transiency of the now and unpredictability of tomorrow.

Personal life experiences have reaffirmed the blessings of Faith….

On Days with dark cloud, you count the blessings of rainbow

Through rocky ascent, you count the blessings of summit

Faith gives room to speak in moment of dumbness

Faith enlarges our heart to love in moment when we should shrink

Above all, faith brings joy in face of animosity

Faith is the binding thread of preparation, positioning, and providence ….

The slogan “igbagbo” (Faith in my local dialect) has become a cheat code for self-reaffirmation and banter with an older colleague …. To my bro Eddy Bongo…

…unrelenting Faith in God, Faith in self, Faith in others

Perhaps, a little bible story, how did David slay the Giant? if not by faith…. The five stones, he only used one from the sling …

The blessing of Faith … IGBAGBO….

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