<br>Let me first start this article by stating that I don’t know Linda Ikeji personally, we aren’t buddies, and I’ve “satisfied” her only a number of times at social gatherings …<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 said, I likewise have a deep and abiding respect for her. Is that ironic? Perhaps. But I’ve pertained to understand that you can disagree with someone on something and still respect them. Whether you accept it or not, Linda has actually revealed through her remarkable journey of being a blogger and opinion influencer, that she is an inspiration to many people all over the world. She has boot strapped her method to success using a design that was once unpopular and discounted. She’s an Outlier, and manages to motivate, incite and baffle many at one time, and with fervour.<br>
<br>I can’t believe of a great deal of people who have actually run a modelling company, an occasions company, a magazine and a bunch of other businesses, failed at them, and still kept pushing forward. I likewise don’t know of anyone else (at least not on this side of the planet), who is legally making lots of money by blogging.
[advertisement] I suggest, before Linda, whoever believed it was possible to purchase a home in Banana Island, and open a string of media-related businesses acquired from the profits of running a chatter blog? If the United States of America has the “American dream,” then Linda Ifeoma Ikeji has the “Naija Dream.” Strong, unrelenting in its pursuit of happiness and hope, and eventually, successful. Here’s a lady who hit ground zero at some time in her life, and is back to level 100. You have to respect such grit and determination, due to the fact that as my Sapele people will say “E nor easy.”<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 earlier; and to mark her special day, she posted a 14-minute long video on her blog site. Within hours of her publishing this video, social networks was buzzing with all kinds of remarks and remarks about it – and I understood that I had to see it for myself. 3 minutes into the video, I wasn’t quite sure whether I liked it or not, because it came off as somewhat insincere and scripted; plus Linda looked a little uncomfortable facing the cam. However, something altered soon after – I’m not even sure what. But the veneer of coolness split, and something more warm, earthy, genuine and vulnerable spilled out.
[advertisement] And as Linda began to discuss her failures, her desires, her relationship with God, her belief in the validity of her dreams, her utter wonder at how her life turned out, and the affirmation that she still “plans to be around for a long period of time,” something in me likewise provided method to the hope and motivation that she was sharing.<br>
<br>And possibly it was an emotional moment, possibly that thing was fleeting, but I acknowledged it, and I felt it highly. Because it was sincere, effective and wholehearted. And because one special moment, I forgot all the times I did not like Linda, or all the bothersome things she had actually done, and in that suspended area, between my laptop screen and her video, I celebrated with her. I her on, and I frantically desired her to succeed.<br>
<br>So you can picture my inflammation when people took simply a couple of seconds of that video – of her desiring a remarkable guy for a husband – 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 incorrect if she honestly (and really honestly I might include), spoke about what she desires? Is her desire for a spouse in some way less legitimate or disgraceful because she discussed it outdoors? If she had discussed additional growing her service or purchasing another house – would those declarations be consulted with derisive remarks? Exists not a peaceful strength and dignity in such a guileless show of vulnerability? When people truthfully and honestly open themselves, the least we can do, the least we need to do as human beings is to accord them the respect and dignity that they should have.<br>