<br>Let me very first begin this short article by stating that I don’t know Linda Ikeji personally, we aren’t close good friends, and I’ve “satisfied” her only a couple of times at celebrations …<br>
<br>Written By:
Francesca Uriri<br>
<br>Published On:
24 Sep 2016<br>
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<br>However with all of that being stated, I likewise have a deep and abiding regard for her. Is that paradoxical? Perhaps. But I have actually come to understand that you can disagree with someone on something and still appreciate them. Whether you accept it or not, Linda has actually revealed through her amazing journey of being a blog writer and viewpoint influencer, that she is a motivation to many individuals all over the world. She has boot strapped her method to success utilizing a model that was as soon as out of favor and discounted. She’s an Outlier, and handles to motivate, incite and baffle many simultaneously, and with fervour.<br>
<br>I can’t believe of a great deal of people who’ve run a modelling agency, an events business, a magazine and a lot of other services, stopped working at them, and still kept pressing forward. I likewise do not understand of anybody else (at least not on this side of the world), who is lawfully making lots of cash by blogging.
[advertisement] I mean, before Linda, whoever thought it was possible to purchase a home in Banana Island, and open a string of media-related services gained from the profits of running a gossip blog? If the United States of America has the “American dream,” then Linda Ifeoma Ikeji has the “Naija Dream.” Strong, ruthless in its pursuit of joy and hope, and eventually, effective. Here’s a woman who hit ground absolutely no at some time in her life, and is back to level 100. You need to appreciate such grit and determination, since as my Sapele people will say “E nor simple.”<br>
<br>Linda or “Lin-Lin” as she’s fondly called by those who are close to her turned 36 years old a few days ago; and to mark her unique day, she posted a 14-minute long video on her blog site. Within hours of her publishing this video, social media was buzzing with all type of remarks and remarks about it – and I knew that I needed to see it for myself. 3 minutes into the video, I wasn’t quite sure whether I liked it or not, due to the fact that it came off as a little insincere and scripted; plus Linda looked a little unpleasant facing the video camera. However, something altered shortly after – I’m not even sure what. But the veneer of coolness split, and something more warm, earthy, real and vulnerable spilled out.
[ad] And as Linda started to speak about her failures, her desires, her relationship with God, her belief in the credibility of her dreams, her utter amazement at how her life ended up, and the affirmation that she still “strategies to be around for a long time,” something in me likewise paved the way to the hope and inspiration that she was sharing.<br>
<br>And possibly it was a psychological moment, possibly that thing was short lived, however I acknowledged it, and I felt it strongly. Because it was sincere, effective and sincere. And because one unique moment, I ignored all the times I disliked Linda, or all the frustrating things she had done, and because suspended space, between my laptop computer screen and her video, I with her. I cheered her on, and I frantically desired her to succeed.<br>
<br>So you can imagine my inflammation when people took just a couple of seconds of that video – of her preferring a remarkable man for a spouse – and turned it into an event for awful banter, ridiculous rhetoric and hurtful remarks. How do you condense ALL she stated, and narrow that down to simply one section of her video? What is wrong if she honestly (and very honestly I might add), spoke about what she desires? Is her desire for a partner in some way less valid or disgraceful because she discussed it in the open? If she had spoken about further growing her service or buying another home – would those declarations be consulted with derisive comments? Exists not a quiet strength and dignity in such a guileless program of vulnerability? When individuals truthfully and truthfully open themselves, the least we can do, the least we must do as people is to accord them the regard and self-respect that they are worthy of.<br>