A little kindness goes a long way One of the worst things that can happen is meeting rude and unkind people when you leave your house. It can sour your whole day. Unfortunately for me, I met one last week — a bank cashier. After standing and waiting for an hour, he told me my…
I think I'm the worst kind of writer.Or human sef. Life pushed me straight from childhood to adulthood and I can’t even talk about it. Anytime I try to think about deeper-than-the-surface-stuff, my mind goes screeeech, halt and blank. I really don't know why. I'm left with a blank mind, no thoughts, no emotions and…
Those first five words echoed in my head for years. Failure is not an option. Do you hear it too? Maybe not, but most of us live in line with those words. Until the day failure stops by to say hi. I was in SS2 when it happened. In Nigeria, we have 16 years of…
"You are strong. You are beautiful. You are perfect, just the way you are." Positive talk is what they call it. These are words the media uses to comfort people who are insecure about their looks, shape, size, emotions, personality and many other attributes. Everyone has insecurities. But in the world, self-love talk means not…
On some days, I feel like I’m trapped in a sandstorm; swamped with pain, desperate and confused while on other days, I feel like I’m stuck in an hourglass, the weight of time slowly catching up on me, filling me with anxieties. But recently, I realised that time can be like a flood too. I…
On Writing, On Living 