Have you ever been in a room crowded with people and still felt lonely? The truth is, you can feel lonely anywhere, anytime. I’ve put together a guide to help you feel more connected to those around you. 1. Start small The best way out of loneliness is to start small with some simple social […]
A couple nights ago, while chatting with a female friend, she asked to how how I am coping without anyone to talk to, in the neighborhood. I replied: ‘I am coping pretty well. Thing is, although I am alone, I am not lonely’. Friend: ‘It’s pleasing to know that you’re not lonely.’ Of course, being […]
Life is not a holiday at the beach where children build sand castles and play with pebbles. It is a fight for survival and a battle against the ever scheming, always furious arch enemy of God and man. Everyone is involved in the warfare. Unfortunately not everybody wins. Some ignore the battle with endless hopeless […]
POEM 251: MOVE ONsometimes stormand a boy is terrified. sometimes calmand a boy feels safe and sound. sometimes sweetand the tongue dangle with drools sometimes stale and a boy dreads to belch sometimes upand low lands lay lower down sometimes downand above forever far sometimes there’s neither this nor thatthat’s when a boy circles the […]
We attract what we fear. Have you ever heard someone say this to you? In psychological circles, we are used to hearing that sometimes pain is the best medicine. This statement may surprise you or you may not even agree with it. But really, the truth is that every emotion we experience, whether positive or […]
POEM 149: FINDING HOMEThere’s a music playing on the radioand the lyrics go like this:You have your heart drawnyou had other feelings to hang your hopes onevery road led you down the wrong turnnever one ever loved you so muchas to never let you go.Here to today, the next they’re goneeverything always felt wrongso you […]
OGADIMA Ihe ojoo jo njo Ihe iske – uwa ojoo Echiela m onu na-ala. Atala m aja Nou ntu dika mmiri. Ndi mmadu wurum na-ala. Ahula m uwa – uwa ojoo Ma chere Obi m dajuo N’ihi na Chi nke m na-efe Ga ebuli m elu Mee ka onu ochi wa mu Mee ka onu […]
POEM 110: METAMORPHOSIS Still the air stiff is After days of rain and dew. Still my nostril itch Fresh air isn’t yet due. Still dark this room Though sunlight peek through the cracks. Still I loop in gloom After humming all the tracks. Still trying to convince my shadow That I’m somebody worth following. Still […]
My Facebook profile intro reads thus: ‘A social vegan. I Avoid meet’ Naturally, I am shy, withdrawn and a loner. I dread crowd. But I can’t hide forever. My career path drags my unwilling shy self to the spotlight – to lead, to teach, to coach. I can’t hide anymore. I’m left with one option; […]
Someone I know who is watching down on everyone of us. I hear He has a special plan and a purpose for anyone who turns to Him.
An Indian Girl married a Spanish man and went to Spain. She can’t speak Spanish. Each time she want to buy Chicken Drumstick at the market, she would lift her skirt and show her thighs to enabled the seller understand her. One day she wanted to buy banana, she took her husband to shop. Do […]
