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I don't come into things easily. I don't easily achieve... No matter how hard I strive. Several unfinished projects. Several unsuccessful attempts. Many stops midway. Trials over #trials. Adversities upon adversities. Pains! Emotional traumas! Disappointments!!!  There's always a #delay.. I have eventually accepted my FATE and thereby come into #peace with my   existence and #destiny. Truly, it isn't easy oooo😵😱😀😀 accepting or coming into terms; but gradually, it's entering me. But well, what can one do but accept! All I try to do is ask God for the #GRACE to decipher every single #opportunity that rarely knocks; grab and make the best of it. And also, the #PATIENCE to wait out the time in between... Accept your FATE then you will be well... -(Drowning Pool: Reminded)  I wonder which one is harder: accepting your FATE and living with it; or living in denial the rest of your life.. -(GU Family Book) Accept FATE, and move on. Don't yie...

My once upon a time boss told me two things: •Be patient •Start from small These made no sense. To me, I'd learnt so much. I was burning to showcase what I've got. Expertise was giving me insomnia😀. I needed ventilation (I needed to practise). There was this force in me pushing hard. That too-much feeling; that have-it-all feeling. So what's a boss's advice ... I went ahead and got an office space. The first hurdle was bringing it up to standard. The second was maintaining the standard. I ran from pillar to post (Instead of creating display works, I was busy face lifting the outlet). Despite all, nothing was forthcoming. I was practically imploring people to patronize me and yes, they reflected my stance. The last stroke that broke the camel's back was a friend of a friend who came for bridal consultation. Before coming, she asked that I forward my works to her online... Non! So I forwarded the works of others with their names boldly written on them(mista...

A #nest symbolizes a need for a home and a new beginning. It may also mean freedom(from parents).  This creamy jewel was initially inspired by cuckoo's peculiar nestling behavior but was later readapted as NEST EGGS because of the negativity of the cuckoo's nestling attitude. The idea behind this #neckpiece is better illustrated here. What the AGATES (semi-precious stones) mixed with the weaved bead balls on the #neckpiece seeks to illustrate is found in this picture below. Eastern Phoebe nest with one brown-headed Cowbird  egg (at bottom left).  Some birds known as INTRASPECIFIC BROOD PARASITES such as cuckoos, whydahs, goldeneyes, indigo birds etc lay their eggs in the nest of other birds and rely on these other birds to raise their young. This kind of behavior relieves the parasitic parents from the investment of rearing or building nests for their offspprings. The hosts and their biological offsprings suffer a great deal from this b...

"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of CHOICE. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved." ...(William Jennings Bryan). At a point in my life, I was faced with 2choices: to continue building others or to start building myself. I had worked tirelessly building others dreams and formulating ideas to further these dreams for peanuts(in cash and kind). So should I continue and remain the same (unfulfilled, lost, meaningless etc), or I should face my own dream with nothing. I was afraid: where would I go; how do I start.. (Stripped already of self-esteem, already becoming unuseful, difficult and a pain in others ). At this point, I started derailing; committing sins&losing connections with my creator. At a point, I lost feelings. I couldn't feel (both joy and sadness). The fact that I allowed others to be my judge&decision maker, I did some things that nearly did me in. But the #word that broke the camel's back was, ...

This is Creams&Corals: an artist (beaded jewelries, henna tattoos, clothing, cake decorator etc) , a historian, an emotional writer😀,  a philosophical and inspirational blogger. A very irrational and sensitive (overdose) somebody and an amateur at everything (but gracified to do so many)  VISION :   To touch the whole world from this hole. MISSION : To share God's Grace to all and sundry. Here on this blog, The INSPIRATIONS behind #creamyjewels (handcrafted beauties from Creams&Corals) and the thoughts they evoke: #creamytales are shared. Creamy tales are either inspired by revelations From top left (clockwise)                     i. Together... To greater heights!                 ii. Intraspecific brood parasitis iii. To everything there is a season.                iv. Competition  ( Exam...