Odyssey of life with Temilola

Adedeji was an adorable young man, he was hardworking and full of energy. He has his own funny sides and I’ll say he’s fun to be with. But you know no one is complete right. I had dated Adedeji many years ago. We had to break up cos I found out that he was seeing someone else and he lied about it to me. While we were dating then, I asked him if he was seeing someone else but his response was NO . When he showed up after a while again, I decided to give him another chance. Although I was skeptical about him due to what happened in the past but I had to go with the saying that says “the devil you knew is better than the devil you don’t”. It got to a point in the relationship that I was so committed. I already thought within me that he is the person I will eventually settle with. He wasn’t a perfect man but I felt I could manage his imperfections. In the course of the relationship I decided to visit him at Ibadan but I was shocked when he told me I couldn’t spend an extra night becaus...

“The world is but a canvas to our imagination”- Your imagination is the key to creating your dreams and building your future. I have come to realize that many people have lots of plans, ideas, information about so many things they desire to have and become in life but often times, they end up at achieving them. What does it mean to nurture? According to the oxford advanced learner’s dictionary,  to nurture is to care and protect somebody or something while they are growing and developing. It is also to have a feeling, an idea, a plan, etc. for a long time and encourage it to develop. For everything that you want to develop, you must nurture. Now talking about imagination.   Imagination is the capacity to produce images, ideas and sensations in the mind without any immediate input of the senses (such as seeing and hearing). The mind is the strongest tool for imagining. Imagination is a powerful force behind the creation process because before anything can be created,...

Often I see lots of young men and women aspiring to be great. They speak highly of great men and women and they wish to be like them. But I feel it’s more than just talking about them, it’s more about looking deep into their lives and emulating those qualities that make them stand out. A great man is always willing to be small. Modesty is the quality of being relatively moderate, limited or small in amount, rate or level. The oxford advance learner’s dictionary defines modesty as: ·          The fact of not talking much about your abilities or possessions ·          The action of behaving or dressing so that you do not show your body or attract sexual attention ·          The state of being not very large, expensive or important. Modesty is a virtue necessary for purity and humility. It flows out of the virtues of temperance, chastity and self-control. A ...

For some days now, I have been doing some deep study. I have been browsing the internet to get some vital information that will help me forge ahead. On this particular morning at the office, I got tired of searching the web and I decide to chat up with a close friend. I jokingly told her in our conversation that I see her getting married next year. she replied with a big "AMEN". I smiled and continued teasing her about her age. "my dear you are old so I think you just need to go and marry so that we will know those of us that is left behind" I said. she said " you are right, but I wish i can get married to my crush". I got interested and asked her who her crush is. she told me the name of the guy and explained that he is an actor. I decided to surf the internet to get some details about the guy.  In the process of doing that, a thought came to  my mind and I was just inspired to type my name in the search engine and check the result. of course I saw s...

Tayo, a guy in his early 20s have lived with being stigmatized since he was ten (10). He was out playing football with his friends when he had an accident that claimed his legs. In school, he was always isolated and humiliated by his friends. No one wanted to associate with a boy without legs. Tayo feels bad most times. At home, his siblings do not help his condition as they complain anytime he asks for their assistance. Alone in his room, he cries quietly asking God why He allowed such incident to happen to him. He cursed the day he went out to play football with his friends.              Bisi on the other hand, a very young girl in her teens has facial deformity and rashes all over her body. All efforts by her parents to help out and make her better proved abortive. As a result of her condition, Bisi has no friends. Many people are scared of associating with her because they are scared of contacting her rashes. Because of this, she...

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [ even ] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.             This is a very popular scripture that we all know. After Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and disobeyed God, God got angry and punished them by cursing them and sending them out of the Garden of Eden. On a second thought, God felt it will be too harsh of Him to send His children out without forgiving them… Because of this love, He (God) sent His only Begotten Son “Jesus Christ” to this world to die and cleanse us from all our sins and iniquities. Now, think about this, what do you think will be the fate of you and I in this world today if God did not show His love to us by sending His son Jesus Christ? Nigeria, my great country…The lion of Africa...