How to Motivate Yourself to Achieve Any Goal (Part 1)

This month has been a rough one for me — I've been seeking a new job and it's been very challenging to strike a balance between working, preparing for my forthcoming exam and relaxing. Usually, I don't have time to write and when I find the time, I'm usually too tired to pick up my…

Is Pornography A Sin?

The word, pornography, when mentioned or seen, commands a diversity of reactions, views and opinions. What are your thoughts on pornography? Do you think acting and watching pornographic films is a sin? I believe it is! And not just a sin, but also a morally degrading act that ensnares you in a trap of guilty…

Can I Trust You?

Just how much should you be trusted? And how much should I be willing to sacrifice just to defend and vouch for you? Today, I remembered an incident that occurred last year in a school I used to work. It is a primary school and I was a part-time teacher there. I didn't earn much…

That Long Haul To Success

The easiest thing you can do in life is give up on something, on someone, on your dreams. It's also the worst thing you can do to yourself. Today's prompt reminded me of a story I read on Facebook some years ago. A man wanted to teach his ten-year-old son some life lessons so he…

9Perspectives// Premarital Sex — Yay or Nay? (Answers)

The English dictionary defines "moral" as "conforming to a standard of right behavior; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgement." After further study, I've come to understand the word, "moral", as the codes generally adhered to, and principles generally followed by a particular group of people, in a particular location. So, what…

I Met The Moon Goddess

NIGHTINGALE Young lover, do tell, why the winsome smile? Or is it, perhaps, that you dream again? ME 'Tis not a dream, sweet singer of the night; But I smile at the thought of my short tale. NIGHTINGALE O dreamer, as you smile, do tell it too That I may fain learn to jolly with…

Computer Village Palaver (Stories that touch the kidney)

Computer village! Only God knows how much I dread the place. Computer village is the most populated part of Lagos I've ever been to. And I won't be surprised if it's the most populated place in Nigeria as a whole. Almost everyone that has been to the place has a bitter (yet very very funny)…

Almost didn’t find the perfect title.

Meh.... I don't really like the word, "almost". Except when I use it with other negative words that then gives it a positive meaning. Like, "I almost had an accident", or "I almost lost my job". Yeah, I see "almost" as a negative word, more than I see it as a positive or neutral word…

Every Sinner Has A Future

Luke 15:11 - 32 11 KJV:And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 KJV:And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 KJV:And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and…

What Is Christmas To You?

There's this thing I do on Christmas day every year that has become a Christmas tradition for me. It's watching Home Alone, the movie (Part 1-4), and reading (or watching) Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The feeling it gives me never gets old. It's just too bad I can't do either of the two today…

Life For Rent

I fear death, but what I fear more is dying. I've witnessed many people die slowly. Gradually. But I've never really watched them die. I've never watched anyone breathe his last. I also have never seen a dead body in real life. Even when my grandma died, I insisted I wasn't shown her body. Because I'm scared of death, and what scares me more is dying.

Renewed! Redefined!

My cert and degrees, I would give to my Dad. I'm not exaggerating when I say I started writing this post at the point where I was almost crying, but I'm typing this now with a smile on my face. Today, I give up...... I give up in a way that's healthy. I really can't…