BE UNFORGETTABLE

Hey guys!

It's a new week and I am so excited about the activities I have lined up for me this week. My weekend was pretty busy as it was filled with loads of activities. I visited a friend of mine, attended a mentoring session where I met lots of young, talented and vibrant minds. When I left the venue, I ran into someone whom to be honest, I don't actually remember her but she reminded me about the place and occasion where we met. However, she said something to me that got me thinking.

She told me 'Sharon, I know you may have forgotten but I always remember the day I met you because of the things you said to me. She went on to say, Sharon your words stock with me and that made you 'unforgettable'!!!

MY LIFE PHILOSOPHY AS A PERSON LIVING WITH DISABILITY.

I have very simple life philosophy's that has kept me going for years that I would love to share with you. When life happens to you, care must be taken so that you don't begin to think and feel that the odds are against you. 

My life's philosophy, is the core of my everyday living. From my point of view as a person living with disability, my physical limitations are not the absence of talent, ability and strength to do life rather, social arrangements can be seen as barriers and constraints upon the ways in which my life  activities and experiences  play out. 

HOW TO LIVE AN EXCUSE FREE LIFE

Hey guys,

We have a new video out today yay!!! Who else is excited?

This video teaches us how to live and excuse free life. It is sad that excuses provides us with nothing of value. Instead, it takes away a lot from us and render us powerless. Find out more in this video.


Please don't forget to like, comment, share and subscribe. I love you

Sharonxxx 

TO ALL OUR UNSONG HEROES, HAPPY WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY

Today August 19, is World Humanitarian Day. A day set aside to honour those who dedicate their lives, give up their job, time, comfort, energy, career, lives ..... for the betterment of humanity. 

"World Humanitarian Day falls on August the 19, the day in 2003 when 22 aid workers were killed in a bombing at the UN headquarters in Baghdad. It is a day to commemorate all people who have lost their lives in humanitarian service and to celebrate the spirit that inspires humanitarian work around the world".

To everyone involved in any form of humanitarian work around the world, I say THANK YOU. Thank you because you make the world a better place. People all over the world need our help one way or the other .... Let's do more! Let's be compassionate because many need freedom, food, care, love, shelter, relief..... People are experiencing famine, persecution, violence, pain, poverty, diseases, loneliness...... 

DISABILITY MODELS: THE PERSPECTIVE SHAPER

Disability models are tools used to define impairments, understand disability and ultimately, provide governments and society basis for strategizing to meet the needs of persons living with disability.

These models are useful tools to gain understanding and better perspectives of disability issues however, this models have been received well in the society.

Disability models provides insight on perceptions, attitudes, prejudices and conceptions of how individuals in society perceive persons with disability. Also, the way society provide or limit access to rights, services, political participation, work, economic influence and empowerment etc. for persons with disabilities are revealed in these models. If followed, it will help society take responsibility for enabling inclusion and participation.

STORY BEHIND THE AKARA

Happy Monday guys!

So over the weekend something happened and I want to share that experience with you. Are you ready???

You see that photo up there? I didn't make it. I bought it from a woman in her 60's. I came out to clean my corridor when I spotted her carrying a tray filled with bread, a bucket of 'akara' and 'akamu'. 

I beckoned on her to come in and she did. I tasted her akara and loved it and wanted more however, as I chewed on my akara, I noticed sadness and weakness in her eyes. I wanted to know why so I asked her and the following conversation ensued.

NEW POLIO CASES DISCOVERED IN NIGERIA ... SAD!!!

Nigerian Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole, confirmed the out break of two new cases of polio virus in Borno State, Nigeria.

Reading this news on The Guardian News Paper yesterday broke my heart. I am a polio survivor. I live with it's effect and damage on a daily basis just like countless others. This shouldn't be happening in this generation ..... I mean this is 2016 people!!! 

HOW TO RE-CONNECT WITH YOURSELF

Hey guys,

There is so much demand on our time this days that you can be overwhelmed following all the activity going on. In other not to lose yourself in all of life's busyness, you need to re-connect with yourself. Find out how to re-connect with yourself in this video.

Watch, like, comment, share and subscribe to my channel.


Sharonxx

I WISH SOCIETY HAD PROJECTED US BETTER

As a child flipping through television channels I wish I had seen a disabled presenter, banker, singer, model, lawyer, doctor, teacher, engineer, husbands, wives ...... being themselves, doing what they love to do and earning a living and respect from their craft irrespective of what they looked or feel like. I really wish I had seen more of Persons with Different Forms of Disabilities in mainstream sectors living out their dreams. 

I wish I saw more of this community of persons in mainstream schools that I went to. I wish the society we live in didn't just sell a single story to my generation. I wish the projection of Persons with Disability in the society is better than what people see it as .... beggars, poor, needing help always, charity case ...... all things nagative!!!!!

AUGUST IS HERE!!!

Hey guys!

August is here WOW!!!

A - Aggressively
U - Locking
G - God's
U - Unlimited
S - Surpassing
T - Treasures

I learnt this when I was really very young.
May this new month bring lot's of smiles your way.

Sharonxxx