Human approval is unstable. Someone may praise you today and criticize you tomorrow, so it's wiser to anchor your life in deeper principles than in other people's opinions.
People are having intimate moments of their weddings being shared online for strangers to dissect.
Everyone wants pieces of your day on their page — Alaga, MC, makeup artists, hair stylists, the hall, tailors, event planners, decorators, photographers etc.
At every moment…
I have noticed that my journey in life has never been forced but at the right time, my heart has known what to desire, my hands have known how to work, the people I need have arrived, the situations have changed or been arranged where necessary-
your errors are within the bounds of His sovereignty. don’t die of guilt. it’s okay. we all make mistakes, and in retrospect, think we could have handled certain situations differently.
i think one of the healthiest things i've ever learned is that you should allow others to reintroduce themselves to you, even your closest friends. Give people space to become who they are without assuming you know who they are just because you've been friends/family for years.
Thinking about the future gets me really excited and when I stumble on bits from past, I feel happy and grateful. There are consistent themes in my life and I’m very pleased that I have chosen and pursued them.
Your disposition as a Christian in the face of evil and it's consequences should be one of radical humility. If not for Jesus Christ, your fate would be the same.
Again, you have no right to boast or to be prideful, it is Jesus that saved you, not your works, not your goodness.
Sin is a slippery slope. First, you rationalize it, then you become proud, and your heart gets hardened.
Riches, fame, and intelligence will fail. Even the strongest of wills.
But grace of Jesus will help you now and save you eternally, if you open your heart to Him. Please do.
The idea that you'll meet someone, skip the small talk, and go straight to the meaning of life is very romantic -- and sometimes it happens -- but something I've learned in my thirties that I was too stupid to understand in my twenties is that mastering the art of small talk is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself
The warmest, kindest people have embraced small talk and use it in a way that can make anyone feel special
The coldest stick their noses up to it, and thus, in doing so, ward people off who might be a bottomless well of incredible conversation, isolate themselves, and make everyone think they're stuck up assholes -- and they kind of are lol
Unfortunately one of the most effective ways to train your child to be confident and challenge the status quo and question authority in their adulthood, is to allow your child to challenge YOU and question YOU as a child. There's ways to do this healthily. Not easy but doable.
Strongly agree.
Went to Oxford to speak to some African scholars from this year’s cohort and this was the crux of my message.
You should be going to bed tired after a long day of giving yourself fully to your passions and studies and hobbies. That is how to truly live.
I said it and I’m saying it again that the “illusion of choice” and the lack of willingness to put in the work required with dealing with humans is a major problem in our approach to relationships and friendships in this our generation.
Endings used to terrify me, but now they excite me because I understand they signify the birth of something new. You’re not losing anything that’s genuinely meant for you! Embrace the joy in concluding things 🤍