Veteran Nollywood actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, aka RMD, has been serving us doses of his beautiful writings for a while now.

From his heart-melting birthday letter to his Son, to the father-figure open letter to his daughter and the husband-of-the-decade contender piece to his wife, he has left us all swooning with admiration for a kind of love expression that is not so common in this part of the world.

And while the partying and celebrations over the dawning of 2017 continues, the award winning actor has chosen to inspire again, drawing from the loses and gains of the previous year.

Hear him:

“2016 was NOT all glitz, glam and glorious living for me. Early 2016 I activated major projects, made plans, had dreams, set goals, put on my boots ready to hit the ground running but when I hit the ground I DID-NOT-RUN… I did not even jog. For some reason I had disappointments and I let my project gradually fade into the background. I was angry, worked 19 hours a day on occasion, ate too much, became lazy and lethargic, stopped eating healthy, abandoned my gym membership(s), put on weight, okay, put on so much weight.

Terrible, abi? but NO! in the midst of all that God opened doors and made highways. From HUSH to THE WEDDING PARTY, DINNER, GRUDGE, THE THREE WISE MEN and OLOIBIRI God showed me that His ways are NOT my ways. 

Maybe like me you did not see that BIG DREAM, IDEA and/or PROJECT you activated in your mind in 2016 come to fruition but if you’re reading this YOU WON, if you’re alive, YOU WON, if you have 2017 to try again, YOU WON. So fellow winners let’s step into 2017 with the attitude of a winner and let us not just finish but LET US FINISH STRONG!!!

Cheers to the New Year. HAPPY NEW YEAR ?”