Iszlla

I am a songwriter also a die hard @chelsea fan! 💚🍊🎨

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Let's go @ChelseaFC

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32 feels and look different on me.

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@NancyIsime678 Being alive today

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I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for every prayer, every message, every call and all the love you showed me. I felt it all, and I truly appreciate you. God bless you, and may you always have beautiful reasons to celebrate. Thank you so much for making my birthday even more special.

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Melody na spirit. Lyrics na the body wey carry am.

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Today is my birthday.🎉

My heart is full of gratitude to God for all He has done, all He is doing, and all that is still to come.
Through every season, every lesson, every win, every mistake and every challenge, God has remained my strength and my shield. Even in moments when I have fallen short, He has given me the grace to rise, learn, keep going and become better.

Today, my prayer is simple. That God blesses me with good health, long life, peace and the grace to keep walking in purpose.

I pray that my life continues to mean something beyond me. That I can touch more lives, open more doors, nurture more talents, raise more stars and give others the opportunity to become everything God has called them to be.

May I never stop giving back. May I never stop growing. May my life remain a testimony, and may the way I live inspire others to believe, to dream and to keep going.

Thank You, Lord.
Happy birthday to me.

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Waiting teaches you what urgency cannot.

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Waiting has lessons.

I've learned that the hard way.

We live in a world
that celebrates speed.

Fast songs.

Fast success.

Fast money.

Fast relationships.

Fast answers.

Everything tells us,

"Hurry."

But some of the most important things
in life refuse to be rushed.

A song needs time to become itself.

A relationship needs time to reveal character.

A dream needs time to develop roots.

And sometimes,
God allows you to wait
because the blessing isn't the only thing
He's preparing.

He's preparing you too.

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens."
—Ecclesiastes 3:1

Waiting teaches you
what urgency cannot.

It teaches patience.

Discernment.

Self-control.

It teaches you the difference
between wanting something
and being ready for it.

As a songwriter,
I've discovered something beautiful
about waiting.

Some melodies become better
when you leave them alone.

You write a verse today,
and it feels ordinary.

Three months later,
you return to it.

Suddenly,
you understand what it was trying to say.

The song didn't necessarily change.

You did.

That's what waiting can do.

It gives experience
enough time to become wisdom.

Don't be ashamed
of unfinished seasons.

An unfinished song
isn't a failed song.

An unanswered prayer
isn't necessarily a rejected prayer.

A closed door
isn't always punishment.

Sometimes you're simply
being positioned.

"Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength."
—Isaiah 40:31

Notice that Scripture doesn't say
those who rush.

It says those who wait.

Because waiting isn't always inactivity.

Sometimes waiting is preparation.

You're learning.

You're practicing.

You're healing.

You're becoming.

You're building the capacity
to carry what you've been asking for.

So if you're waiting right now,

don't waste the waiting.

Write.

Study.

Pray.

Create.

Listen.

Build.

Become.

Let the quiet season
teach you something
the busy season never could.

And when the door finally opens,

you may realize
the waiting wasn't keeping you
from your blessing.

It was preparing you
to recognize it.

Because sometimes
the greatest thing
you receive while waiting

isn't the answer.

It's the person

you become

before the answer arrives.

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Every masterpiece was once an awkward first draft.

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Sometimes certainty, often comfort. Always honesty.

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5 empty chair can become a masterpiece.

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Keep a place for fragments.

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The right person will respect the pace at which trust develops.

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Don't confuse familiarity with compatibility.

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Don't marry potential when reality keeps showing you the truth.

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Don't wait until the idea becomes perfect.

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Capture Them Before Life Buries Them Under Noise

The little moments.

The strange thoughts.

The sentence someone said
that stayed with you all day.

The melody that arrived
while you were washing your face.

The feeling you couldn't explain
but somehow knew belonged in a song.

Capture them.

Because life is loud.

Tomorrow will bring another conversation.

Another responsibility.

Another notification.

Another disappointment.

Another reason to forget
what you felt today.

And sometimes,
the best songs disappear
not because they weren't good,

but because we didn't write them down
when they were alive.

"Write down the revelation and make it plain."
—Habakkuk 2:2

I believe that applies
to more than visions.

Write the thought.

Record the melody.

Save the voice note.

Write the ugly first draft.

Don't wait until the idea becomes perfect.

Catch it while it is breathing.

I've learned that inspiration
doesn't always knock politely.

Sometimes it interrupts you
at the worst possible time.

You're in traffic.

You're trying to sleep.

You're eating.

You're talking to somebody.

And suddenly—

there it is.

A line.

A melody.

A title.

A feeling.

Don't tell yourself,

"I'll remember it later."

Later is where good ideas go
to become forgotten.

Capture them.

Your phone can become
a notebook.

Your voice can become
a recorder.

Your environment can become
a studio.

You don't need a perfect setup
to preserve a perfect idea.

And don't underestimate
ordinary moments.

A songwriter's treasure
is often hiding inside
what everyone else considers normal.

The way someone says your name.

The silence after an argument.

The smile of someone
you secretly love.

The smell of rain
on a familiar street.

The feeling of coming home
after a difficult week.

The loneliness of a crowded room.

These things may look small.

But songs are often built
from small things
that carry enormous emotions.

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven."
—Ecclesiastes 3:1

Every feeling has a season.

And when that season passes,
you may never be able
to recreate it exactly.

That's why you capture it
while you're inside it.

Don't wait until heartbreak
becomes a memory
before you write the heartbreak.

Don't wait until happiness
becomes nostalgia
before you document the joy.

Don't wait until you understand
what happened.

Sometimes the confusion
is the song.

Write from the middle.

Write before the lesson becomes clear.

Write while the wound
is still teaching you.

Then return later
with a wiser heart
and edit the truth.

That's how memories become music.

That's how moments become melodies.

That's how ordinary life
becomes art.

So keep your notebook close.

Keep your recorder ready.

Pay attention.

Listen to people.

Listen to yourself.

Listen to the silence between thoughts.

Because life is constantly producing material.

And if you aren't careful,
noise will bury it.

Capture them.

The feelings.

The conversations.

The melodies.

The memories.

The questions.

The beautiful little moments
nobody else noticed.

Capture them

before life buries them

under noise.

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Expand the world inside your mind so your songs have somewhere deeper to come from.

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You deserve a relationship where affection doesn't come with anxiety.

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Don't date because everyone else seems to be moving forward.