About bsampson
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. A. 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 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 OWN 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.
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.
NOW, WHILE SEARCHING FOR LOVE,
I MET WITH AN EXPERIENCE THAT THE POEM BELOW BRIEFLY CAPTURES:
MY FEARS AWAKENED!
I LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOW
AND SAW MY TOMORROW
IN THE ARMS OF SOME BEAUTY
THAT MADE ME FEEL GUILTY.
OH HOW SUPERFICIAL
SHE VIEWS MY MERCURIAL
AND TIMELESS EMOTION
BUILT TRULY FOR ETERNAL ATTENTION
WELL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN
THAT SHE REALLY HAD SEEN
A WORTHY REPLACEMENT
FOR THE FEARS OF BEING DISTANT
FOR HER TO HAVE CHOSEN
FROM THE WORLDS OF ABUNDANT
BUT AFFECTIONLESS MEN
A COUNTERFEIT VISCOUNT.
I SHALL YET AWAIT;
FOR TRUE PASSION
TO ITS OWN GAMUT
IS SURE TO RETURN.
