If you get what you want, will you want what you get?

According to Greek mythology, Midas was a king who lived in Phrygia in
the eighth century B.C. He was very wealthy and had more gold than
anyone else in the world. He stored the yellow coins and bars in huge
vaults underneath his palace and spent many hours each day handling
and counting his treasure.
But no matter how much gold Midas collected and put into his vaults,
it was not enough. He always wanted more, and he spent much of his
time dreaming about how to obtain still more gold.
One day a being dressed in white appeared to Midas and granted him a
wish. The king instantly
wished for the "golden touch"—that everything he touched would turn to gold.

The next morning when Midas woke up, he found that his plain linen
bedcovers had been transformed into finely spun gold! He gasped with
astonishment and jumped out of bed. Then he touched the bedpost, and
it turned to gold. "It's true," he cried. "I have the golden touch!"
He rushed through the palace, brushing against walls and furniture
along the way, all of which turned to gold at his touch.
Out in the garden, he went from bush to bush, touching roses and other
flowers, smiling as they turned to gold.

But the Midas myth doesn't end here with everyone living happily ever after.
Finally, tiring from the excitement of touching various items and
seeing them turn into gold, Midas sat down to read while he waited for
breakfast. But the book he picked up immediately turned to gold. Then
when he tried to eat a peach, a spoonful of porridge, and a piece of
bread, they each turned into hard golden lumps! Even the water in his
cup turned to gold.
The king grew alarmed. "If even my food turns to gold, how will I ever
eat again?" he worried. Just then, Midas' only daughter, Aurelia, came
into the room. She ran to her father, threw her arms around him, and
kissed him. Much to Midas' horror, she grew strangely still and turned
from a loving, laughing little girl into a golden statue.
The king howled in anguish, overcome by the horror of what was
happening before his very eyes. He had gotten what be asked for, but
he suddenly realized he didn't want what he was getting.

The being dressed in white suddenly reappeared and asked, "Well, King
Midas, are you not the happiest of men?"
"Oh, no," moaned the king, "I am the most miserable of all creatures."
"What? Did I not grant your wish for the golden touch?"
"Yes, but it is a curse to me now," Midas wept. "All that I truly
loved is now lost to me."
"Do you mean to say that you would prefer a crust of bread or a cup of
water to the gift of the golden touch?" asked the glowing white being.
"Oh, yes!" Midas exclaimed. "I would give up all the gold in the world
if only my daughter was restored to me."
According to the myth, the being dressed in white told Midas to go
bathe in a certain spring of water that would wash
away his golden touch. He was also to bring back some of the water to
sprinkle on his daughter and any other objects he wished to change
back to their original form.
So the legendary King Midas gladly gave up his golden touch and
rejoiced in the restoration of the simple things of life—
family, food, and natural beauty. Midas realized that these are the
things that have greater value than gold.
The truth is, we do not live in a fairy-tale world. There is no Midas
touch or magical formula for material success. But there are
opportunities for those who are willing to be diligent and faithful in
the work of their mind and hands.

Proverbs 27:20 says: "A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but
he that makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent".

Think before you respond to an insult

A boy (Muhammad) in Kaduna named his dog Ibere, after an Igbo trader.
Ibere told him to rename his dog to no avail, so he too named his dog
Muhammad and all hell was let loose. You know Northern Muslims don't
joke with Prophet Muhammad.


http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/fight-as-man-names-dog-muhammad-in-kaduna/188457.html#G1Wtz2BRfZJKYVQK.99

"FIRST AID" TREATMENT FOR A "DAMAGED" SD CARD

Just 3 days after I bought an 8-Gb SD card for my Tecno Y2 Android
phone, I got this notification : "SD card damaged. Format card now". I
couldn't format the card after several attempts. The SD card is not
even showing up anymore on my phone's File Manager. I removed and
re-inserted the card in my phone to no avail. Will my ₦2,000 go down
the drain just like that?
The second day, I inserted the SD card into my other phone, a Nokia
Asha 210. It showed up on the phone's Gallery and I was able to format
it on that phone. I returned the SD card to Tecno Y2 and it appeared
and functioned normally.
Lessons
1. Not all phones can format an SD card. Try my "First Aid treatment "
above before rushing off to where you bought the card to return it.
2. Every phone has its unique advantage. What if I had sold my Asha
210 because it can no longer browse?

Which kind of mother is this?

Tragedy struck on Friday in Asaba, Delta State, when a 37-year-old
housewife, Maureen Akowe, a graduate of sociology from the state-owned
university allegedly lost her four-month-old baby to her dog.

It was gathered that the four- month-old baby was driven in the
mother's car alongside the dog to a popular supermarket along Okpanam
Road, Asaba, where the housewife had gone for shopping for the baby's
upkeep.
Reports say the unsuspecting nursing mother left the baby, a nanny and
the dog inside the car and wound down the windows to allow ventilation
into the car before moving into the supermarket.
LEADERSHIP Sunday gathered from witnesses that while she was busy
shopping, the dog allegedly made straight for the little baby to eat
her up while the nanny screamed for help but all to no avail.
The shouts by the nanny attracted two security personnel at the
supermarket to the car but by which time the baby, identified as
Chinonso, had been bitten severally on the stomach by the dog, leaving
the baby in a pool of blood.
The dog had gone wild and was barking menacingly to scare onlooker by
the time the baby's mother got wind of the development and rushed to
the scene.
The baby was taken to a nearby hospital along Nnebisi Road, but it was
too late by the time they got to the hospital as the baby, the woman's
first child, had already died.
The efforts of the helpers who had wanted to rescue the little baby
failed as the baby gave up the ghost before getting to the hospital.
Speaking with the nanny who claimed to have hailed from one of the
states in the eastern part of the country and did not want her name in
the print said "Madam carry the dog and baby and asked us to stay
inside the car, because the dog was to be treated at the veterinary.
Suddenly I saw the dog moving closer to the baby and I shouted for
help when the dog opened its teeth and I ran out of the car to call
madam but she did not come on time".
Family sources said that the house wife had been married for 3 years
without a baby before she took in and was delivered of Chinonso.


In a swift reaction, the husband of the woman , who did not want his
name on the print said amidst tears ,"my wife said it is the devil's
work and the devil's work will take her out of my house. I have warned
her about the dog when I noticed that the dog had been behaving
funny. She still kept carrying the dog claiming that she was going to
give treatment to the dog. This is how the devil had ruined her".

Source: http://leadership.ng/news/455719/dog-eats-up-4-month-old-baby-in-delta-state.

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What kind of mother is this, at 37 and after 3 years of barrenness?
Why couldn't she carry the baby on her back while shopping? Why must
she carry a rabid dog with people in the car in the first place?

Why did the nanny run out without carrying the baby? Anyway, I don't
blame her as much as the mother. Why should she risk her life with
rabies trying to save a baby the mother doesn't value?

The fruit of disobedience

A man had two wives. One of his sons grew stubborn. His stubborn
behaviour got him expelled from school and from apprenticeship. His
father took him to the farm one day to learn palm wine tapping.
Unfortunately, the father fell off a tree and died. He immediately
removed his father's eyes, wrapped them in leaves and presented them
to his mother and his stepmother as the rats he promised them.

They examined the "rats" with suspicion but were eventually convinced
to eat them. He declined their invitation to eat with them. Halfway
through the the meal, he confessed, singing:

Má ba tèlè lára mọ......................teele
Má ba bàbá r'óko......................teele
Bàbá já lulẹ̀, o kú.......................teele
Ìyáálé jojú ọkọ rẹ̀.......................teele
Ìyàwó jojú ọkọ rẹ̀.......................teele

They chased him with sticks until a cream-seller came to his rescue.
She took him home and told him never to mix cream with her food. He
agreed ,for a while. One day, he flouted the rule and sang (including
his previous mischief):

Má ba tèlè lára mọ......................teele
Má ba bàbá r'óko......................teele
Bàbá já lulẹ̀, o kú.......................teele
Ìyáálé jojú ọkọ rẹ̀.......................teele
Ìyàwó jojú ọkọ rẹ̀.......................teele
Ìyá aládìí f'àdí mùkọ...................teele

She chased him into the hands of an arbitrating old woman,who took him
home and forbade him to mix her fallen hair with her food. He
eventually disobeyed and sang:

Má ba tèlè lára mọ......................teele
Má ba bàbá r'óko......................teele
Bàbá já lulẹ̀, o kú.......................teele
Ìyáálé jojú ọkọ rẹ̀.......................teele
Ìyàwó jojú ọkọ rẹ̀.......................teele
Ìyá aládìí f'àdí mùkọ...................teele
Ìyá'rúgbó jẹ'run orí ẹ̀..................teele

She chased him into the hands of a Muslim priest, who took him home
and forbade him to give him pig meat to eat. He eventually disobeyed
and sang:

Má ba tèlè lára mọ......................teele
Má ba bàbá r'óko......................teele
Bàbá já lulẹ̀, o kú.......................teele
Ìyáálé jojú ọkọ rẹ̀.......................teele
Ìyàwó jojú ọkọ rẹ̀.......................teele
Ìyá aládìí f'àdí mùkọ...................teele
Ìyá'rúgbó jẹ'run orí ẹ̀..................teele
Ààfáà jẹ'ran ẹlẹ́dẹ̀......................teele

The Muslim priest chased him out and Death met them and took him in.
Death warned him never to cook for him the uppermost slice of a yam.
He disobeyed one day and sang:

Má ba tèlè lára mọ......................teele
Má ba bàbá r'óko......................teele
Bàbá já lulẹ̀, o kú.......................teele
Ìyáálé jojú ọkọ rẹ̀.......................teele
Ìyàwó jojú ọkọ rẹ̀.......................teele
Ìyá aládìí f'àdí mùkọ...................teele
Ìyá'rúgbó jẹ'run orí ẹ̀..................teele
Ààfáà jẹ'ran ẹlẹ́dẹ̀......................teele
Ikú jẹ'ṣu àpárí......................teele

Death decided to punish him secretly. Death gave him a white blanket
(and his roommates black blankets), for easy identification at night.
He suspected and exchanged blankets with a roommate who had already
slept, and Death killed the innocent boy. Another innocent boy was
killed when Death gave him a black blanket (and his roommates white
blankets). But Death caught up with him one afternoon and killed him.

Share your contact details by Bluetooth.

There are at least 4 ways of sending your contact details from one
phone to another.
1. Dictate your phone number,etc for the other person to save on his/her phone.
2. Insert your SIM into the other phone and use COPY CONTACTS to copy
your details into the phone.
3. Insert his/her SIM into your phone and use COPY CONTACTS to copy
your details into his/her SIM.
4. Send your contact details to the other phone by Bluetooth.

To use Method 4, tell the other person to switch on his/her Bluetooth.
On your own phone, scroll to your contact name and press OPTIONS,
MORE, CONTACT CARD and VIA BLUETOOTH. Press DEFAULT NUMBER or ALL
DETAILS. Use NEW SEARCH or PAIRED DEVICES to connect to the other
phone and send your details.

NOTE: The above procedure was used on my Nokia Asha 210 phone. There
may be variations from one phone brand to another.

Family hides "missing" corps member in Lagos. NYSC vows to start sueing absconders after the wild-goose chase.

The National Youth Service Corps on Friday said it would "begin to
prosecute corps members, who abscond from their national service for
something else."

The NYSC said this in reaction to the case of a corps member, Akeem
Adekunle, deployed to Akwa Ibom State and posted to Itam Secondary
School in Itu Local Government Area, who had been purportedly
'missing' for a few months.
The 'missing' corps member has, however, been 'found' with his family
members in Lagos after allegedly absconding from his place of primary
assignment.
The PUNCH had exclusively published stories on the 'missing' corps
member on national assignment in Akwa Ibom State.

A statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations in NYSC,
Mrs. Bose Aderibigbe, alleged that Adekunle abandoned his place of
primary assignment three months ago and since then had been with his
family members without reporting to the authorities.
According to her, the team set up by the Director-General of NYSC,
Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, visited the family of the missing corps
member to unravel the circumstances leading to his disappearance only
to discover that he was with his family members.
The leader of the team, Mr. Micheal Ahile and Director (Corps Welfare
and Inspectorate) confirmed that Akeem Adekunle "abandoned his place
of primary assignment some three months ago in Akwa Ibom State and
since then has been with his family members without reporting to the
team."


The NYSC said it "discovered that the family members have been
shielding the corps member while giving the impression that he was
missing." His sister, Kudirat,had said the family traced him to his
PPA without finding him
(http://www.nigeriadailynews.com/news/206726-national-youths-service-corps-member-missing-on-way-to-akwa-ibom.html).

Ahile, who was accompanied by NYSC's Head of Legal Unit, Ahmed Tijani,
and Assistant Director (Press and Public Relations Unit), Eddy Megwa,
warned that "the NYSC will not tolerate a situation where family
members will cover up for corps members who abandon national service."

The team also visited the family of Egwu Donald, who was confirmed by
the police to have drowned in a river in Delta State and the family of
Ekong Samuel, who the police also confirmed was kidnapped and murdered
under mysterious circumstances.
The NYSC team, on behalf of its DG, expressed sympathy with the
families of both corps members and assured them that the organisation
fully identified with them in the painful situation they were passing
through.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/family-hides-missing-corps-member-in-lagos-nysc/.