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 […]
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 […]
Sometimes, it takes constant hurt, repetitive directives, and lessons learned after several “trials and errors” for one to make a decisive productive decision in life. As a child, I was very careless, playful, and carefree. Hence, I was always having home accidents, always being rushed to the hospital and always carrying Plaster of Paris (POP) […]
Last year, the Princess of Wales disappeared from public view for some time and a lot of speculations went viral as to what might have gone wrong. What happened to her? Is there something they’re not telling us? Something sinister must be going on, and many wild speculations and conspiracy theory flying all through the […]
If there’s one thing that’s certain in life, it’s the uncertainty of life. Both the certainties and uncertainties are inevitable parts of life. The ability to understand this lies in the experiences of the past, the positive and negative alike. These experiences are part of the natural ebb and flow of life. Therefore, knowing how […]