Expectation and disappointment are far from friends, but they are close relations.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfillment.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

First one must understand conditioning - only then can we speak of choice

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Friendships - and indeed most relationships - are measured in the closeness of hearts, minds and soul ties... not in the distance of physical miles or even the passing of time.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Funny how in a material world full of pundits and economists obsessed with assets and liabilities -personally, economically and globally - few speak about the greatest of all these…YOU.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Funny how money speaks even more loudly than morals in this beautiful, superficial material world.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Goals are only ever a guide; a winding, changing path. It's your heart that will really keep you on tack... and nourished along the way.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Good fortune often occurs when you stop expecting life to present opportunities to you, and you start presenting opportunities to life.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Gratitude for being alive is the best way to rise and shine.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Gratitude is the best food and fuel to start anything that you need to do - it will nourish and sustain you...and others too. Hankering will leave you hungry - or with heart, head or belly ache - and tends to have or leave a sour or bitter taste too.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru