Why are we not talking about this? What does it mean to feel entitled to someone’s attention? It means to demand someone’s attention or special treatment without reciprocating or considering the same care. How do you know those who have a sense of entitlement to attention? They always expect to be checked on without returning […]
This is a question every child should ask, every parent should be able to answer and every teacher should endeavour to teach. There are many prices of winning just as there are many stories behind every win and many factors that drive each win. For the sake of this essay, let’s use the life-transforming story […]
FROM CHIZZY’S DIARY 👇👇👇 POEM 106. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗱𝗲, 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗔𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗔𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗽, 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀 […]
FROM CHIZZY’S DIARY 👇👇👇 POEM 105 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗨𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹, 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗔𝘀 𝘀𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗮 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗔 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲, 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀, 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 […]
FROM NDUKA’S DIARY. 👇👇👇 There was once a boy named Wilson who was acting strangely for a couple of days, and people around him were worried about the boy’s strange attitude. Days passed, and the boy was still in his unpleasant situation. Almost everyone was asking him why he was acting strange, but his answer […]
Give something, however small, to one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God if we have given what we could” ~ Saint Gregory of Nazianzus. I read this from a church billboard and it resonates. Sometimes we are hesitant to give because we feel […]
Last night, I thought about how old I’ll clock in a few days and what came to my mind was, ‘Mmadu ana agbada’ (Man is fast ageing). As human beings, it’s our nature to fear growing old. It is called FOGO ( Fear Of Growing Old), an ageing anxiety that creeps in before middle age […]