I think one of the most heartfelt experiences in life is discovering that someone genuinely enjoys your presence. Not what you provide, Not your accomplishments. Just you, your thoughts, your energy, your existence.
consume sugar filled cerelac as a baby.
eat noodles with sodium and drink fanta and coke with dye through out your 20s.
top it up with substandard "milk".
eat beans that is presevered with chemicals.
eat jollof rice made with sugar and chemical called "tomato paste".
Those two buttons are a dual flush system, and they exist for one of the most quietly brilliant water conservation ideas ever built into a household fixture. The smaller button releases a half flush, typically around 3 to 4 liters of water, designed for liquid waste that does not require a full tank to clear. The larger button releases a full flush, typically around 6 to 9 liters, designed for solid waste that needs the maximum water volume to clear the bowl completely. The size difference is intentional and intuitive, the bigger button gives you more water, the smaller one gives you less, and most people figure it out instinctively without ever reading a manual.
The environmental impact of this simple two-button design is actually significant at scale. A single person using the half flush option for liquid waste instead of a full flush can save tens of thousands of liters of water per year without any meaningful change in their daily routine. Multiply that across millions of households and the water savings become genuinely substantial. The dual flush system was invented by Australian designer Victor Papanek and popularized by Caroma, an Australian bathroom company, in the 1980s in response to severe drought conditions in Australia that forced engineers to rethink how much water a toilet actually needed to function. It is one of those rare design solutions that costs nothing extra to use, requires zero effort from the user, and has been quietly saving water around the world for decades without most people ever stopping to think about why there are two buttons instead of one.
I was raised around the church, and I wasn’t into it. I was never going to be the guy that believed in all this just because that was what was socially acceptable in my environment.
Over the years, I had gone back and forth, but it was never much of a priority. Fast forward to 2022, I considered myself agnostic and decided to get serious about figuring out a direction. I read every book I could find on the subject, the Bible included, doing my best to view all the information objectively.
Around this time, I was down bad one day and decided to say a prayer and asked Him to show me a sign. The very next day, a man came up to me in the gym, hadn’t seen him before and haven’t seen him since, he held out a shirt with the verse from Jeremiah "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to
give you hope and a future.” on it and said “I’m not sure why, but I felt called to give this to you today, he sees you”.
I get random text from my mom that afternoon, same verse.
On that same day, my Grandpa was in the hospital—the only artwork in his room? Same verse. (Found this out weeks later)
I realized that over the years I had a bad taste in my mouth about organized religion. It can be used to control and to profit, but I also realized that isn’t what Jesus wanted or taught. That is humans being human, and I came to the conclusion that it’s not right for me to let their mistakes affect the way I view Christianity.
I’m a logical dude, I get the skepticism over the subject, and sitting here today I can tell you that I never thought I would write something like this. Everyone is on their own journey, and I’m the last one to push my beliefs on someone else. I’m not trying to appear virtuous, or trying to assert myself as “above” anyone. I’m writing this because arriving here has changed my life in a way that makes it feel wrong to keep it to myself.
I don’t have all the answers, but through my own research and experience, all I can say is that I believe with all my heart and soul. God bless, and have a great weekend.
A little old lady goes to the doctor and says, "I'm afraid I can’t stop passing wind. Luckily, my farts don’t smell and are always silent.
As a matter of fact, I’ve farted 20 times since I’ve been here in your office, but you didn’t even notice."
The doctor looks at her and says, "OK. I can help you, take these pills and come back next week."
The next week, the lady returns. "Doctor," she says, "I don’t know what you gave me, but now my farts stink."
The doctor smiles and says, "Good, we fixed your sinuses. Now let’s work on your hearing."