My story
MY PAIN OF CHILDHOOD
My name is Chidi Gabriel Umeh, I’m an author, influencer and an entrepreneur. I remembered at the age of four, facing a cold war between Christians and Muslims in Kano State in NIGERIA. This war was as a result of the crusade that was to be held on Oct. 14th 1991 by the German Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke. Imagine a 4-year-old witnessing cold murders in broad day light, watched our school bus burnt down, watched my mom struggled to protect me and my siblings and take us to a safe place. These memories never left my head even till date
I was unable to attend nursery school, (they call it pre-school or kindergarten in United States) because of that ugly incident. My father was a cashier in the bank then, so we managed to move to another state after we lived 3 months in the Army Barracks (camp) after the war.
MY HOPE WAS RAISED, THEN DASHED AGAINST THE WALL.
My name is Chidi Gabriel Umeh, I’m an author, influencer and an entrepreneur. I remembered at the age of four, facing a cold war between Christians and Muslims in Kano State in NIGERIA. This war was as a result of the crusade that was to be held on Oct. 14th 1991 by the German Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke. Imagine a 4-year-old witnessing cold murders in broad day light, watched our school bus burnt down, watched my mom struggled to protect me and my siblings and take us to a safe place. These memories never left my head even till date
MY MOTHER, MY ROLE MODEL
My mom became the bread winner of the family then. She is the most amazing woman I have ever seen, very strong and courageous, she never gave up.
My mother was my role model and she still is; she endured a lot from my father and at the same time took care of her home. What a super woman, I saw the silent tears and pains, but she was always strong for us. I had to drop out of high school to enable my siblings continue, am the youngest by the way. My eldest sibling dropped out too to go look for a job to support my mom. My dad was a nice man with a good heart but he was very bad in handling pressures of life. He died 2013, we missed him very much.
MY PERSONAL STORY
I left my parents’ house in 2005, I was 18yrs old then my father was still alive then. And it had been from one struggle to another. I lived with different people and in different states, my life was very unstable and tough. I was young and naïve. I was one of the individuals that considered life TO BE VERY UNFAIR. I found myself some wrong friends and I was in more mess. IGNORANCE SWALLOWED ME. I was limited by my beliefs that this is all life could offer me. For almost 12yrs I lived without clarity, without vision, I only had baseless hope for the future.
God’s grace brought me to the United States, I started another phase of my journey. As times passes by; I realized how irresponsible I had been, that every ordeal and ugly experiences I had for the past 12yrs was my own making. As I exposed myself to self-education, I became more aware of myself and my capabilities.
SWEET AND SOUR
I got married in 2017 to my beautiful wife Damilola, and we had a son Emmanuel. Everything was great and sweet, until few months after delivery, my wife was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). The doctor said; it was an already existing condition and chances are she only had few more years to live. The sweet became sour. It was truly tough for us; her muscles became weaker as each day passes by. I had to quit my job and stay home to care of her and our infant son. ALS is an ugly disease.
MY BREAKTHROUGH
It looked like am back to my formal life, frustrated and hopeless. We lived like that for 2 and half years. Each day is like the previous, only that it gets harder and harder. All I do all day is take care of my wife and son, but the great thing is; I never stopped learning. I took courses and read great books and listen to great speakers; the likes of – Jim Rohn, Dr Myles Munroe, Tony Robbins, John Maxwell, Dean Graziosi, Bishop T. D Jakes, and many more great people. Also, I had the support and prayers of my pastor, and good friends.
In my effort to still be able to contribute financially to my family, I began to drive Uber in the night. Many times, I came home 4am or 5am to sleep only for 2hrs before my unchanging daily routine starts. One night while I was driving, I was so exhausted and I had two accidents that night, my car was totaled but God saved my life. That night was my BREAKTHROUGH NIGHT.
THE BIRTH OF MERKURIUS
In that moment I asked myself; what if this was it? What if this was my last day on earth? What will be my response to God? Did I fulfill my life’s mission and purpose? All these questions broke me but in a good way, I was in tears. That triggered a shift in my focus, I began to focus on what I can do differently. And at that stage; I realized that although I have been acquiring different knowledge, I hadn’t really overcame my limiting beliefs. Even with all the knowledge I couldn’t grew pass my limiting beliefs, the fact that I discovered that was a huge win for me. As I began to employ some new empowering beliefs and got rid of the old limiting beliefs, I started uncovering my areas of SIGNIFICANCE. Then I was able look more deeply into my self. So I channeled that focus and started thinking, what can I do to help my wife’s depression. Shortly I discovered that she still battles with limiting beliefs from her past. My wife was very good at managing people at work, everyone wants to be friends with her at work, I mean everyone wants to work with her, but when it comes to her personal life, she is not in control. Then I thought; what if I get her to understand and manage her mind just the way she manages people? That was how MERKURIUS (The Mind As A Person) was birthed. She is still alive today and still walking. She has lived far beyond what the doctors has predicted.
MERKURIUS is not just a brand, it is a movement. Am called to serve, just like any of you reading this; I just want to give back to humanity what God has given to me through life experiences and through many great people. It was hard for me to tell my story because most of these experiences, I don’t want to remember them anymore because it hurts. But I need to because of you, and for anyone out there, to understand that no matter what you went through or going through right now you can change it. Just like Tony Robbins will always say; “What if life is happening for you and not to you”. That was the mentality I adopted after that accident.
Discovering the full length of your mind power will help you unearth your area of SIGNIFICANE, causing you to overcome your limiting beliefs and what has kept you stagnant. And step by step MERKURIUS will work with you.
Remember we are all called TO SERVE, TO LOVE, AND TO INSPIRE.