We’ve all been there. Felt like we could have done or said something better, basically committed errors. The other day, I was chatting with a friend over the phone and I didn’t know when I blurted out ‘foolish girl’ in the flow of our chats. Of course, it wasn’t meant to be offensive, it was Read More
Author: Abimbola
Rest; Sweet After Labor
I know it’s only February. The month where we’re trying to recover from January – whatever that means. Plus it’s busy season (those who are affected already understand). And so it’s a little bit weird to be encouraging anyone to rest or take vacations right now. But I dare say that there is no better Read More
Learning Faith, Unlearning Fear.
I originally wrote this article three years ago but for some reason, I shoved it away in some hidden folder on my computer. Well hello 2019! And cheers to exposing the skeletons in our cupboards (the good kinds) this year! A couple of edits here and there for the purpose of publishing here. I hope Read More
Our Medley of Personality Differences
“I appreciate your uniqueness as an individual, but I can’t deal.” I may have muttered this to myself at different times in my life about a number of individuals. It’s understandable if you have, too. In life, we meet and relate with different kinds of people. But it’s not always the other person. You and Read More
The Self-discipline Bug
“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves, self-discipline, with all of them came first” – Harry S. Truman. The Oxford dictionary describes discipline as the practice of training a person to obey rules or a code of behavior (paraphrased). In line with this definition, Read More
When Life Deals us Blows
In my not too many years on this big ball of matter called Earth, I have been faced with quite a number of challenges. But the year 2016 was easily one of the toughest years of my life. I was faced with a challenge that affected every aspect of who I was – who I Read More
Getting Over Addictions
Femoo. Whenever he walked into a room, he lit it up. Those around him felt energy and an enthusiastic spontaneity. Easily sociable. Battled with the use of cocaine. Was sober for eighty days. Tried it one more time. It was his last. *The end o a bright future. Anne. Beautiful girl on the honor roll. Read More
Comparison, the Thief of Joy
A distant friend of mine – let’s call her friend A, recently commenced her Doctor of Philosophy degree (Phd) programme in a university I may have dreamt of attending. Pretty young chapette. She is on a scholarship too. I’m actually not surprised. I mean, she’s always been very smart and she deserves all of the Read More
The Attention Span Battle
The average adult is said to have an average attention span of between five and twenty minutes. Some studies prefer to put it in terms of seconds – a study by Microsoft Corp stated that the average person’s attention span is actually just eight seconds, only one second shorter than that of the ill-focused goldfish. It’s also Read More
The 7-letter word that determines how your life turns out
I originally wrote this article in July 2016, but I still feel the same way.. Enjoy! A certain fellow in my life encouraged me to do this and that’s all it took to get me typing away. I need to admit that sometimes, we do need someone who can give us a little push to Read More