I don’t want to be rich like the Kardashians.
I want to be rich enough to:
• Hand my mom flight tickets she never thought she’d hold.
• Pay a friend’s emergency bill and let them sleep in peace.
• Pick up the dinner tab without that quiet calculation.
• Build a future where I feed homeless kids .
That’s my kind of rich.
If your significant other doesn’t like onions, you blend it into the food. Meet yourselves in the middle.
If your S/O doesn’t like sleeping with light on? The middle ground is usually that you should get an eye mask.
If you’re clingy and they aren’t? You cling a little less, they lean in a little more. That’s usually where the middle is found.
If you love PDA and they don’t? Dial it down a little, they dial it up a little. Meet yourselves in the middle.
Life isn’t hard, date considerate people that actually like you.
Cancer is a silent thief, but it leaves clues.
It’s hard to wrap our heads around the loss of a light like Alex Ekubo. It’s a reminder that this is a conversation we must continue to have.
If this video prompts even one person to check a symptom or schedule a screening, then the message has done its job.
Please, watch this, and don’t forget to share it with everyone you know.
PAIN is everywhere.
·It’s the tears in the eyes of that person weeping in a corner.
·It provoked the argument at home last night.
·It hides beneath smiles & laughter.
·It flares up from harsh criticism or simple correction.
·It dries up zeal and passion and makes the other appear lazy and clueless.
·It medicates itself with addictive substances.
·It has a sharp tongue & calls itself strong.
·It stands behind pulpits, sits in pews, rules from benches in courtrooms, & consoles broken souls in counseling centers.
·Sometimes it's silent. Sometimes it's boisterous.
·Sometimes it postures itself as anger, wisdom, intelligence, or spirituality.
BUT PAIN IS PAIN : It hurts badly; It kills slowly sometimes and at other times instantly.
LORD, heal your people. Bind up our wounds.
Always remember Ecclesiastes 9 vs 4 (NIV) “Anyone that’s among the Living has hope...”.
Tomorrow will be better.
Hope this made little sense?
On love and Soulmates
Our romantic ideology often sound cute due to Hollywood exposure but they have long term dangerous effect. Most people who believe in the concept of ‘soulmate’ seem to think someone somewhere who matches them perfectly was created exclusively for them to love and to cherish, and without them, the other person should feel incomplete and troubled until they find each other. It is delusional at best and madness at worst. Nary a time has it ever been true.
The greatest gift the universe gave to us is choice. You choose whom to love, whom to date and whom to marry. You have a choice in this and in making this decision, you should know it comes with responsibilities to invest all of yourself and your resources to make it work. Once you begin to value your choices more, you invest more into the relationship you chose for yourself.
The problem with “soulmate” as you paint it, is that, you keep looking for what is not lost. Many times, you see people in relationship and marriage still longing for a soulmate that will never come because they have failed to accept that the person they are dating or married to, is their soulmate rooted in choice.
Life happens - the person you love may not love you, your relationship with your first love may not work out, your good relationship may nosedive and come to a halt, the person you thought you knew and love may bring out a dark side you’re unfamiliar with. It is unfortunate but such is life. You can always start afresh and make new choices. Nobody was uniquely made for you. We simply accept the love we think we deserve.
As a corollary, I’ve seen people in healthy relationship claim their partner is good and perfect, but they cannot love them because they are not their soulmate. You see how ridiculous that sounds? You chose them but actively choosing not to love them because your eyes are outside. It is the relationship Chimamanda described in Americanah as being content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out. You’ll not love your partner if your eyes are hunting for a perfection outside.
Respect your own choice. There is no soulmate anywhere. The person you choose to marry is your ‘soulmate’ and love of your life. I hope life is kinder to you that you marry once and marry right.
Another perfect day to clear up some common misconceptions.
Listen:
1. You don't NEED antibiotics when you have a cold.
2. You CANNOT shift anybody's womb. You cannot even reach it. Don't be stupid.
3. Diabetes is NOT caused by adding too much sugar to your garri.
4. For the last time, Typhoid is NOT malaria and malaria is not Tyforce. Stop diagnosing yourself of typhoid everytime you are ill or have a fever or stomach upset.
5. Hypertension ISN'T caused just by too much thinking.
6. You CANNOT "flush" ur system of illness by "pissing all the sickness away". They LIED to you..6. Your body doesn't need daily supplements. Just eat normally and healthy.
7. You do not need a special kind of tea to flush your system. You are not a public toilet.
8. Putting spoon in a person's mouth during a convulsion will NOT stop ANY convulsion.
9. Taking "Hampicloss" after sexual intercourse will NOT protect you from sexually transmitted infections or pregnancy.
10. Stop the daily douching and stop washing your vaginas with antiseptics. You are only exposing yourself to infections.
Oh... and this one is very important:
Slimming tea CANNOT remove all that fat. It will only make you purge till you are dehydrated (if you are very religious with it) and land you in the accident and emergency of the nearest teaching hospital to you. Go to a Gym, work out and DIET!
Pass it on if you care.
We need a return to analog living. Handwritten letters. Films in the cinema. Physical books. In-person visits. Time spent outdoors. We were never meant to live our entire lives through a screen. No algorithm can replicate the weight of a book in your hands, the warmth of someone’s voice without lag, or the way time slows when you’re fully present. Memory feels different when it isn’t curated for an audience. The most meaningful moments were never meant to be documented — they were meant to be lived.
10 things your kids will notice...
1. If you follow the rules you make for them
2. how often you look at your phone
3. how you speak about yourself
4. how you handle anger and stress
5. how you treat your partner and others
6. if you pay attention when they say “watch this!”
7. your reaction when you make a mistake
8. your reaction when they make a mistake
9. how often you apologize when you’re wrong
10. your eating and drinking habits
Dear Pharmacists ❤️, it is very okay to consult your medical Apps when in doubt about a drug’s indication(s), dose, frequency, duration, side effects and other vital instructions.
Don’t assume. 😔😒
You can ask your patient to wait outside while you confirm. 😒
SWALLOWING SEMEN??
Some say it’s healthy, that you are swallowing proteins
Some say it nourishes and enhances a woman’s body
Some say it’s a health threat
But what really happens when you swallow semen?
A thread
Ladies;
Eat Blueberries, strawberries and raspberries, sweet potatoes and turmeric they all fight inflammation and sugar cravings.
They also protect your ovaries and support insulin balance.