WHO GETS THE GLORY?

Team work is a very interesting thing, in fact, ability to work efficiently in a team is an asset to some employee. It is also the best approach to voluntary projects.
But then, there is this lethal question of ''who gets the glory?'' This question has poisoned so many groups with bright intentions for the society.

When working in a team, especially on volunteerism, the focus should remain on the cause not the extolment. The genuine reason why you joined a team in the first place counts way more than the hundreds of likes on instagram and thousands of views on facebook unless you are actually volunteering to be recognized - there is a difference between the two.

In the last two years, I have joined many teams but three of them failed and the most painful thing is that these three actually have quite impactful ambitions. They all died slowly!

Be sincere to the cause, always. Never look at the 'under-active' or 'over-active' member of the team, work within your own pace and always be ready to give it your best shot.

Hugs,
Dauda.

#teamwork #blamenot #envynot #doitright #MakeItWork

ESCAPEE

ESCAPEE
Everyday, I wonder;
When will the denizens of hell make it to paradise?
When will humanity fall into balance?
When is it all going to be over?

And yes!
Some citizens of hell made it to paradise.
Some humans live in balance.
An end already met some lives.

Then they must have answers to my questions,
But then, when I asked,
Each one said a different thing!
Then I realized, there is no way out, they are all escapees!

©Dauda Onawola
@ay_dauda
@d.phinix

RETURN OF PHOENIX

Hola!

It's been a while on this space! Hope all is well with you, dearest reader! I have been up to quite a lot of things, basically trying to help others in little ways directly and indirectly and trying to fix myself too!(haha).
As I have outlined earlier, Wonder Nation currently has a couple of publication projects at hand namely publication of Word Wizardry Anthology and The Phoenix Series (untitled yet) and the good news is, right now, I have resumed activities towards this. In fact, The Phoenix Series shall continue soon.
I really apologize for my absence and I hope to continue giving my poetry audience the very best I can.

GOOD NEWS: this time around, I will be providing brief explanation to my poems...#OneLove

Thank you all! I love you so much!  #OneLove

Dauda Onawola,
CEO, Wonder Nation.

ANIMAL WELFARE IN ISLAM

ANIMAL WELFARE IN ISLAM
In my teenage years, I have always wondered how people could act inhumane towards helpless creatures, stories we heard are enough to scare one for life.

MY TRANSPARENT BAG

Plastic pollution does no good to humans, animals or the environment (aquatic and terrestrial). It is a menace to the entire humanity. It threatens the three integral components of One Health - human health, animal health and environmental health. Humans have more than enough reasons to take the fight against plastic pollution personal. #MyTransparentBag When I came back to school this semester, I chose to join the fight against plastic pollution and punch it no matter how light my blow is (lol). I stopped disposing plastic waste mindlessly, I kept a transparent plastic bag in a corner of my room where I'd drop plastic waste - chiefly sachets and nylons (they don't decompose so they don't smell!). Even if I took water outside, I will keep the satchet in my pocket until I get to #MyTransparentBag. I started alone and now few of my room mates are sharing #MyTransparentBag with me though they laughed at me three weeks ago (lol). Imagine how clean and safe it would be if we stopped littering the streets with 'pure water sachets', 'black nylons', 'coke bottle', and 'indomie sachets'!

My name is Dauda and I am saying #NoToPlasticPollution with #MyTransparentBag!

#NoToPlasticWaste #HereIsHowIFightPlasticPollution #SafeEarth #SafeLife #PlasticPollutionKills #SaveAquatics #ProperDisposal

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HOW TO EXHIBIT TRUE PATIENCE

HOW TO EXHIBIT TRUE PATIENCE

A brother once shared a beautiful true story to me and I decided to use the story to prepare this writeup. Let's read it twice and implement the lessons in it please.
There is the saying by the wise that;

Word Wizardry Ekphrasis 1

It's more of a pendulum
a vision moving back and forth.
For this I'll call her 'she'
Why? She can control your thoughts.

ANIMLAS DESERVE NO LESS

ANIMALS DESERVE NO LESS IN ISLAM

➡ The view of animals within Islam attains the perfect balance,  although we have the authority over animals, we must ensure the health and well-being of every living creature that exists alongside us.

DOCTOR OF WHAT?

Doctor of What?
Two letters, one period (Dr.), so much fuss. Then again, this short combination of letters and punctuation is rather much coveted. It projects expertise and draws respect. It indicates status, accomplishment and years of study. It earns clients' trust, it makes parents proud, so perhaps it should be no surprise that more health care professionals want to see the honorific "Dr." before their names.

LET US SHINE

LET US SHINE
In the beginning of our time,
We looked up into the sky so bright.
For we were poisoned with the elan to shine with the day,
Imbued into us was the ability to hearken the future's call.

THE SECOND MAJOR SIN

The Second Major Sin
MURDER
Allah said; And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell to abide therein; and the wrath and the curse of Allah are upon him, and a great punishment is prepared for him. (Al-Nisa'i 93)

Phoenix 131

Forget the past, they say;
Don't dwell on the past, they yearn;
The modern life tutors indeed!
Obey their instruction but recall
What happens to a river when it cleaves its source.

History won't be part of culture if man doesn't need the days before.
A man is born to grow not born grown.
Forget the past, don't dwell on it but remember the path.
Again I plead, please forget the past but remember,
Experience don't come from the future.

THE HUNTER

THE HUNTER 

There is no better hunter than Empty Heart. 

Like the ocean tides, it washes all footprints on the sandy shore.

Leaning on every vacant shoulder in sight, at times, it falls victim of deliberate vacancy.

Lost in the wild, seeking the kind of love between fish and water;

Empty Heart wanders in solitude. 

Alas! Hypocrisy no longer kill slaves, it became their function; 

Curses no longer harm thieves, it used to haunt them; 

Betrayal is a component of contemporary friendship 

And the streets man used to walk is no longer the same. 

Thus, will Empty Earth ever have a true catch?

The days have changed, even things we touch ain't real any longer. 

Humanity seemingly exhausted the object that Empty Heart seeks. 

Will the hunt ever yield? 

Yes, Empty Heart will soon find an empty heart to fill the empty space. 

©Dauda Onawola

@ay_dauda @d.phinix

ADIEU 2018

ADIEU 2018

Being a soldier in the Army of Fate, I focused on the last order - 'move forward'.
Paying 111% attention to the move, I proceeded in time and space.
Owing to a weakness of the human race - nebulous knowledge of the future, my place at this point in time I did not envisage.

THE FIRST MAJOR SIN IN ISLAM

THE FIRST MAJOR SIN

ASSOCIATING PARTNERS WITH ALLAH
(SHIRK)
The greatest of all major sins is Shirk,  and it is of two types;
The first is to believe Allah has an equal, to worship something or someone other than Him,  such as a stone,  tree, star, sun, moon, a prophet, a saint, or an angel. This is the greatest Shirk, which Allah said;

BIRTHDAY GIFT

Birthday gift from a poet...

I sold off my cow forgetting I'm in need of breast milk to quench my thirsty heart.
And he didn't mind of heart with my might even insight as he chose to lay the pace for my alliance not to race.
Alone in the chronicle of fate and he gave the mend to sew my tattered clothes.
And he didn't mind of dating eyes of the beholder way long.
He's a human in love with animals and felt equality in treatment in mind.
And I felt like him keeping tip on.
He's a bard and not a bald with naked road on top of the road and I wouldn't mind of putting words on this day even if this keypad misspells my words.
And the right to write wanna turns, to write to right in my front face.
He himself would be surprised when reading my wishes as needn't to wish long because in his name, wish locks in, Onawola opened the door with the blissful keys bundle with joy, happiness, blessings to be all...
Around the corridor of your life and this day should turnover in forms of normal turn as you have wished.
At first for yourself in comfort and this piece I'm piecing isn't what it's likely to be your wishes and best.
Wishes are all I could wish for you, for one who tabbed on equality treatment for animals as CSR and the ambassador of IVSA who keeps interest in intelligence and  ability to enhance the care for animals and go beyond .
The ordinary man through DVM as a case study and this write is just writing itself when I wanted
To wish Dr. Onawola his wishes.

_a mere words_

Birthday gift from Lawal Tunde Mutalib

#OneLove

WHAT IS A MAJOR SIN?

THE MAJOR SINS

The major sins are those acts which have been forbidden by Allah in the Qur'an and by His Messenger in the sunna and which have been made clear by the actions of the first righteous generations Muslims, the companions of the Prophet.

OTIOSE WINGS

OTIOSE WINGS

Humility is never equal to stupidity.
Let the words out again.
Pomposity is never equal to unicity.
Let the breeze call the rain.

Initiative Q

Initiative Q is an attempt by ex-PayPal guys to create a new payment system instead of credit cards that were designed in the 1950s. The system uses its own currency, the Q, and to get people to start using the system once it's ready they are allocating Qs for free to people that sign up now (the amount drops as more people join - so better to join early). Signing up is free and they only ask for your name and an email address. There's nothing to lose but if this payment system becomes a world leading payment method your Qs can be worth a lot. If you missed getting bitcoin seven years ago, you wouldn't want to miss this.

Here is my invite link: https://initiativeq.com/invite/BbGDbSfT7

 This link will stop working once I’m out of invites. Let me know after you registered, because I need to verify you on my end.

WHAT TYPE OF FRIENDS SHOULD YOU KEEP?

BE WISE IN CHOOSING YOUR FRIENDS!

Allah the most high said, "Now, then, we have none to intercede (for us), Nor a single friend to feel (for us).'' (Ash - Shu'araa 100-101)

Al-hasanul Basri said regarding the above verses in his tafsir: this would be on the day of Judgement after the dwellers of Jannah have been admitted therein and the dwellers of Hell have been admitted