For Linda Ikeji and our Collective Lessons in Vulnerability

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<br>Let me first start this post by saying that I don’t understand Linda Ikeji personally, we aren’t friends, and I have actually “satisfied” her just a couple of times at social events …<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 also have a deep and abiding respect for her. Is that ironic? Perhaps. But I have actually pertained to understand that you can disagree with somebody on something and still appreciate them. Whether you accept it or not, Linda has actually revealed through her exceptional 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 method to success utilizing a design that was once unpopular and scoffed at. She’s an Outlier, and manages to influence, incite and baffle lots of all at as soon as, and with fervour.<br>
<br>I can’t think about a great deal of individuals who’ve run a modelling firm, an occasions business, a publication and a lot of other companies, failed at them, and still kept pressing forward. I also do not understand of anybody else (a minimum of not on this side of the planet), who is legally making lots of money by blogging.
[ad] I suggest, before Linda, whoever believed it was possible to buy a home in Banana Island, and open a string of media-related services gotten from the profits of running a gossip blog site? If the United States of America has the “American dream,” then Linda Ifeoma Ikeji has the “Naija Dream.” Strong, ruthless in its pursuit of happiness and hope, and eventually, successful. Here’s a lady who hit ground absolutely no eventually in her life, and is back to level 100. You need to respect such grit and determination, since 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 few days earlier; and to mark her unique day, she posted a 14-minute long video on her blog. Within hours of her posting this video, social media was buzzing with all type of remarks and about it – and I knew that I had to see it for myself. 3 minutes into the video, I wasn’t rather sure whether I liked it or not, since it came off as a little insincere and scripted; plus Linda looked a little unpleasant dealing with the camera. However, something changed quickly after – I’m not even sure what. But the veneer of coolness broke, and something more warm, earthy, real and susceptible spilled out.
[ad] And as Linda started 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 ended up, and the affirmation that she still “plans to be around for a very long time,” something in me also paved the way to the hope and motivation that she was sharing.<br>
<br>And perhaps it was a psychological minute, possibly that thing was short lived, however I recognized it, and I felt it strongly. Because it was genuine, effective and wholehearted. And because one special minute, I forgot about all the times I disliked Linda, or all the annoying things she had actually done, and in that suspended space, between my laptop screen and her video, I commemorated with her. I cheered her on, and I desperately wanted her to succeed.<br>
<br>So you can envision my irritation when people took just a couple of seconds of that video – of her wanting a remarkable guy for a husband – and turned it into a celebration for unsightly small talk, ridiculous rhetoric and hurtful remarks. How do you condense ALL she said, and narrow that down to simply one sector of her video? What is wrong if she freely (and really truthfully I might include), spoke about what she wants? Is her desire for a partner somehow less valid or disgraceful since she discussed it in the open? If she had discussed additional growing her organization or purchasing another home – would those declarations be consulted with derisive remarks? Exists not a quiet strength and dignity in such a guileless show of vulnerability? When individuals truthfully and honestly open up themselves, the least we can do, the least we need to do as human beings is to accord them the regard and dignity that they should have.<br>

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