It’s all so crazy that you can offer a guy your head on platter coated with gold with generosity, kindness and goodwill screaming on the top of their voices but he will never appreciate it. Then, you begin to ask yourself, why? You question yourself, your actions, become overly self-critical. […]
IS THE TRUTH TRULY BITTER?
According to a 19th century legend, the Truth and the Lie meet one day. The Lie says to the Truth: “It’s a marvelous day today”! The Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the day was really beautiful. They spend a lot of time together, ultimately arriving beside […]
PERFECT FLAWS… EMBRACING IMPERFECTION.
Don’t you sometimes think that perfection could be overrated? Or that perfection ruins the fun of the movement? I see perfection as a cankerworm eating deep into the soul. Basically, ruining everything. The urge to have all things perfect, flawless, no mistake is a sign of so many issues left […]
“WITH HER: A SKILLED GIRLFORCE”
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 […]
AS THICK AS HONEY…CONSISTENCY
Although, I am lying on 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. So, what’s this consistency thing about? Have you ever had the need to do something […]
BABY STEPS TO BEING HAPPY
Do you ever wish you sort of live a different life? Your kind of wish everything was not the way it seems. Do you ever wonder if you were broken and you need repair? It’s very funny to be asking all these sorts of questions but most times, you get […]
BEAUTY WITHIN, BEAUTY WITHOUT
So many people have different ideas as to what beauty is and what beauty shouldn’t be. 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, we already have HANDSOME men. Over time, meanings associated […]
IN DEPENDENCE…
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? Through the years, as I became more and more politically inclined, I have come to see that, though the clutches of neo-colonialism is […]
WRAP THINGS UP NEATLY
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 bad and what you learnt […]
I’M SMILING EVEN IF I CAN’T REMEMBER – Part 3
After I had arrived, I stepped into my room. It looked just the way I had left it. A reading table just at the foot of my big sized bed filled with all sorts of books ranging from spiritual to motivational to educational. A huge standing fan at the corner, […]