Former Minister of Aviation and spokesperson
for the Goodluck Jonathan presidential
campaign organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode has
written an inspirational piece.The former
minister of aviation, who recently changed his
name to celebrate his acquittal of charges of
corruption after seven years of trial is sure a
full of inspiration.
Read the article he titled, ‘The Power of Inspiration below:
Dark is the heart that weeps and bleeds. Pure is
the spirit that overcomes pain. Free is the soul
that activates faith. Pure is the joy that true love
brings. Yet most important of all is the power of
inspiration. That grace and strength that
encouraging words, steeped in knowledge and
experience, bring. We can only heal and help
those in pain when we ourselves once
experienced that pain. We can only shed light in
darkness when we ourselves once walked in
that darkness.
We can only lift others up when we ourselves
have once been down. Inspirational prose is
like speaking in tongues to the unlettered- they
cannot possibly understand or appreciate it.
They know not it’s value and they have no use
for it’s strength. Like Shakespeare once said, to
them, ‘’tis caviar to the general’’.
Yet to refined souls and sensitive spirits it is
everything. It is the shield that protects and
preserves our hearts, thoughts and emotions- it
is the very essence of our being. To the learned
and enlightened it is like the burning fire,
bringing in glory and blessings and ushering in
the marvellous heat of the golden sun.
It inspires, it brings laughter, it brings tears of
joy. It brings hope even to the most hopeless
and it ushers in a rustic and complex form of
spiritual resurrection and rejuvanation. That is
why it is wise and good to learn from our
experiences and share it with others.
One short and encouraging note to a despairing
soul may well save a life. One kind smile or a
few words laced in love may well give cause for
those who have lost all hope to think again and
give life another chance. One tiny expression of
compassion or passion and one small gesture
of kindness, support and love to even the most
unlovable may change them forever.
A helping hand extended to a complete stranger
may inspire that stranger to have faith in
humanity and to have an encounter with
God. May those that understand the essence of
these words never lose sight of this glaring
veracity. May those who laugh to scorn the
power of prose and the beauty of the word
continue to wallow in their abject poverty of the
mind and dearth of knowledge and
understanding.
In all, strive to love, to care for others, to show
compassion, to be merciful, to be kind, to be
loving, to be forgiving and most important of all
seek to inspire and bring hope to others. An
encouraging smile to the weakest and most
frightened amongst us at the most unexpected
moment could do it. Or perhaps an unexpected
phone call to a long lost friend.
Whatever it takes give someone joy, particularly
the lost, those in pain and the broken-hearted,
that our Lord in heaven, the God of mercy and
truth, may know your worth. This is indeed
God’s work and it is a glaring expression of the
power of inspiration.

Sources: Linda Ikeji's Blog, Naij.com news

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