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Espérance: When Dreams are Delayed

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Someone’s curious about the meaning of the word Espérance , don’t worry I’ll tell you at the end of this article. For now, please pay attention to the poem below, I actually took my time with it. If you relate with it in some way or the other, then be assured that this article is for you. I may not have the exact answers you want, but I’ll tell you what keeps me running, I’ll share with you the secret of my consistency. I would also like to apologise to any reader outside of Nigeria, and those who don’t understand Nigerian pidgin, as the poem has a blend of it. Now to the poem… … I’ve got stuff, I’ve got dreams. I’ve got focus, I’ve got beams. I’m always a vibe, cos I’ve got streams. I know I should be balling, but then the strings. They keep pulling me back, causing constrains.   When will I be big? When will I blow? I wanna count the dollars? How else can I flow? I wanna bank the billions? And not just sow. Cos I’ve been sowing, Now I just want to grow.   I wan give Papa man...
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My Social Media Break Experience: Lessons Learnt

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The social media has done a whole lot of good to the world of communication today. It's amazing how we can easily access our loved ones from far and near, right on our devices. We get to share stories and memes with one another, highlights of events and happenings and making long distance friends a part of world.  Many people have accessed great and advantageous relationships right on this platforms, just at the click of buttons and screens. Others have had the opportunity to share their works and have impact on a larger audience compared to their immediate environment. A few others like me literally earn a living on the social media. I work as a graphic designer and digital creator. At the start of 2022, I was earning just N10,000 monthly from this, but before the end of the same year I grew to earning six figures monthly leveraging on social media.  I could go on and on discussing the benefits of social media, but you know everything has advantages and disadvantages. As good...
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The Cosmic God and His Horse

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There is this story I read sometimes back on the internet and I would love to share. It was about a cosmic god and a beautiful horse. A cosmic god had a horse. The horse was beautiful and also it had many good qualities. But it wanted to be more perfect in every way. It especially wanted to become beauty unparalleled.  One day the horse said to the cosmic god, “Lord, you have given me beauty. You have given me other good qualities. I am so grateful to you. But how I wish you could make me more beautiful. I would be extremely, extremely grateful if you could make me more beautiful.”  The cosmic god said. “I am more than ready to make you more beautiful. Tell me in what way you want to be changed.”  The horse said, “It seems to me that I am not well proportioned, my neck is too short. If you can make my neck a little longer, my upper body will be infinitely more beautiful. And if you can make my legs much longer and thinner, then I will look infinitely more beau...
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Love's Flip Side

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Love is a beautiful thing It depends on the part you see Love hurts maybe It also depends on the part you see But the actual truth is  Love is both  How do you love a soul that doesn’t love you as much? How do you cherish a person who doesn’t see you in the same light and may never do?  How do you explain that love which you know to be lovely can be so hurting?  Yes, you can make someone know you feel for them, But you can never make them feel the same. Because love is a choice, beyond the feelings, And they own a right to their choices as much as you do yours. What doesn’t make so much sense,  Is you dying for someone who doesn’t care. You pausing your life in the name of pleasing another.  That doesn’t make sense.  Do you know it is okay to cut your loses? Do you know it is okay to cry and let be?  But do you also know that you deserve to be loved likewise, And that there is someone, somewhere just right for you?  Child, be bold...
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A 'No' is as beautiful as a 'Yes'

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When a group of kids ask a child for ball and the response is 'no', you hear others say... "We will not play with you again". Many of us had scientific calculators in secondary school that got spoilt in just a week of purchase because we weren't bold enough to tell our careless mates 'No'. Many of my mathematical sets suffered this. I lost count of the number I bought, none lasted a term. Our parents taught us really well, and we won't be who we are today without their input. However there a few more things we might need to tell our kids, so as to provide them a more balanced approach to life. We were morally taught as young children that 'I'm sorry', 'please' and 'thank you' are golden words. We were taught that it matters how we make others feel in our interaction and responses. This is good and true. But we weren't taught that saying 'no' is not lesser than saying 'yes' . We were made ...
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