A Drop of Honey for Your Day
A Drop of Honey for Your Day
When you are playing a game and you are on your last life, you know two things are bound to happen. It’s either you win or it’s GAME OVER. But when life says game over, what happens then? At that point, a lot is running through your mind, like how not to fail, for example. …
How much love can people give? What is the value and essence of love? Like, when is it ever enough? What standards do we use to measure love? What is the value of love? How much affection can we give out? What’s the essence of love, and to whom do we give it out? Would …
It’s all so crazy that you can offer a guy your head on a platter coated with gold with generosity, kindness and goodwill screaming at the top of their voices, but he will never appreciate it. Then, you begin to ask yourself, ‘Why?’ What exactly do men want? You question yourself and your actions and …
Only those who are wise would see the truth and swallow it. Is the truth truly “bitter” a pill to swallow? According to a 19th-century legend, the Truth and the Lie meet one day. The Lie says to the Truth, “It’s a marvellous day today!” The Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the …
Nothing can be perfect. It just has to be that way, but it can be close to being flawless. We can have perfect flaws. The urge to have all things perfect, flawless, and without mistake is a sign of so many issues left untouched. Chasing perfection just shows that there definitely is weakness, and there …
It’s October 11th again, and once again, the world is celebrating the Girl Child. The theme for this year’s celebration is “With Her: A Skilled Girlforce” October 11th was declared International Day of the Girl Child by the United Nations. The world has come out to say, “We are standing with our future. We would support …
Today, I will be talking about consistency. Did you know it is as thick as honey? Although I am lying on my bed late in the evening, obviously drafting a post that I had intended to have dropped in the early hours of the morning, I find myself somehow doing it now. What’s consistency being …
Do you ever wish you sort of lived a different life? You kind of wish everything were not the way it seems. Do you ever wonder if you were broken and needed repair? It’s very funny to be asking all these sorts of questions, but most times, you get to want to question life and …
So many people have different ideas as to what beauty is and what beauty shouldn’t be. The idea of inner beauty, beauty within and what we see outside, beauty without. Now, can we have an idea as to what our definition of beauty should be? Does beauty always have to revolve around women? Oh well, …
It’s been fifty-eight years since my dear country, Nigeria, gained its freedom from its colonial lords. Now, I’m asking myself, are we independent or in dependence rather? Are we independent or in dependence? Through the years, as I became more and more politically inclined, I have come to see that, though the clutches of neocolonialism …
The month of September really seemed to be in a rush. Things moved really fast. To think today is the thirtieth of the month. Things have been rushed, but take time to look back and reflect on what you’ve done this month, the good and the bad, and what you’ve learnt along the way. It’s …
After I had arrived, I stepped into my room. It looked just the way I had left it. Even if I can’t remember some things. There was a reading table just at the foot of my big-sized bed is filled with all sorts of books, ranging from spiritual to motivational to educational. A huge standing …
What is a private recipe? Well picture it this way. KATE: “…I WISH THERE WAS A COOKBOOK TO LIFE WITH ITS RECIPE TELLING US EXACTLY WHAT TO DO…” THERAPIST: “…IT IS THE RECIPE WE MAKE OURSELVES THAT ARE THE BEST” EXCERPT FROM “NO RESERVATIONS” It will actually be easier to live life if you know …
At the Brink of Extinction, The Tiger Is Out of the Woods. “Probably the low point was not knowing if I’d ever be able to live pain-free again,” Woods said. “Am I going to be able to sit, stand, walk, and lay down without feeling the pain that I was in? I just didn’t want …
In today’s beauty world, there are many thoughts on body shaming. While people celebrate new fashion trends, new styles, looks, skin tones and the like. Most seem not to notice what’s hidden underneath beautiful pictures, filters, nice camera shots, and beautiful backdrops. Body shaming can be done by a person on themselves, on others in …
I arrived at my parents’ two days later. This quiet city, Ilorin, heralded my arrival with its heavy sunshine and the hustle and bustle of Yoruba market traders all along the way calling out for customers to buy their wares, Hausa mallams lining kerbways with their fruit stands. The whole city was alive, most especially …
Love is a significant matter these days. I’m beginning to think it’s a very big deal. The efforts put in, the strain on your mind, soul… Does it get easy at all? The idea of love? How do people deal with the thoughts of another person every day? How do you deal with placing another …
How do you deal with a lover who doesn’t communicate? Or goes completely incommunicado on you? What do you do when efforts to reach out fail? I mean, a relationship is meant to be 100 per cent. What happens when one of the two parties sets up a wall so high that words, emotions, and …
So, it’s been one week since the launch of HONEYDROPS BLOG. I remember writing about frustrations and all that. I just realised that it is easier to dish out advice than to take or keep that advice yourself. All the talks on not giving up, staying positive, pressing on, pushing forward, staying in the right …
So, every normal, brain-having, air-breathing human being has certain dreams, expectations, and wishes that he or she wishes to come true. While most people are hard at it, others are nonchalant, and some just move with it. The thing is, either way, the world wants to see results. Nobody wants to know how you do …