For Linda Ikeji and our Collective Lessons in Vulnerability

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<br>Let me first begin this post by stating that I do not know Linda Ikeji personally, we aren’t friends, and I’ve “fulfilled” 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 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 impressive journey of being a blogger and viewpoint influencer, that she is a motivation to countless people all over the world. She has boot strapped her way to success using a model that was as soon as unpopular and belittled. She’s an Outlier, and manages to inspire, prompt and baffle many simultaneously, and with fervour.<br>
<br>I can’t think about a lot of people who have actually run a modelling agency, an occasions company, a magazine and a bunch of other companies, failed at them, and still kept pressing forward. I likewise don’t understand of anyone else (a minimum of not on this side of the planet), who is lawfully making lots of money 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 organizations gotten from the profits of running a chatter blog site? If the United States of America has the “American dream,” then Linda Ifeoma Ikeji has the “Naija Dream.” Strong, unrelenting in its pursuit of joy and hope, and eventually, effective. Here’s a woman who hit ground absolutely no eventually in her life, and is back to level 100. You need to respect such grit and determination, due to the fact that as my Sapele individuals 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 of ages a couple of days earlier; and to mark her big day, she posted a 14-minute long video on her blog site. Within hours of her posting this video, social media was buzzing with all sort of remarks and remarks about it – and I understood that I needed 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 uneasy dealing with the cam. However, something changed quickly after – I’m not even sure what. But the veneer of coolness split, and something more warm, earthy, real and susceptible spilled out.
[ad] And as Linda began to speak about her failures, her desires, her relationship with God, her belief in the validity of her dreams, her utter amazement at how her life turned out, and the affirmation that she still “plans to be around for a long time,” something in me likewise paved the way to the hope and motivation that she was sharing.<br>
<br>And possibly it was a psychological minute, possibly that thing was fleeting, but I recognized it, and I felt it strongly. Because it was genuine, powerful and genuine. And in that one special minute, I ignored all the times I did not like Linda, or all the frustrating things she had actually done, and because area, between my laptop screen and her video, I celebrated with her. I cheered her on, and I frantically desired her to be successful.<br>
<br>So you can imagine my inflammation when people took simply a few seconds of that video – of her desiring a fantastic guy for a husband – and turned it into an event for awful banter, senseless rhetoric and upsetting remarks. How do you condense ALL she stated, and narrow that down to simply one sector of her video? What is incorrect if she freely (and extremely honestly I might add), discussed what she wants? Is her desire for a husband somehow less legitimate or disgraceful because she spoke about it in the open? If she had spoken about more growing her organization or buying another house – would those statements be met derisive comments? Is there not a quiet strength and dignity in such a guileless program of vulnerability? When people truthfully and truthfully open up themselves, the least we can do, the least we need to do as human beings is to accord them the regard and self-respect that they should have.<br>

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