POEMS, LIFESTYLE AND ESSAYS!

                                           For Years she yearned Yearned to feel Alive Yearned to Fly Yearned to Live Yearned for this Content Melody That puts Strings on Her step This Pure Joy Immense Pleasure Grinning   From Ear to Ear Face so bright like the morning Sun Dancing like she just turned eighteen Swerving from side to side Tap tap Her shoes Sang Alas No more Yearnings She found Love. 😍😍😍

 Pastor Nike Adeyemi was a Year Older Yesterday! Renowned photographer TY Bello shared a couple of Nike’s beautiful portraits on her Instagram page captioning them: PASTOR NIKE ADEYEMI: THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS OF FIFTY I remember my first encounter with the ministry of @nikeadeyemi and her husband Sam Adeyemi of @daystarng. I must have been about 13 years old at the time .. It wasnt called Daystar at the time ..but I remember going to the Casino cinema in Yaba for their conferences.It was there.. I saw for the first time …the Greek language being used to further break down scripture . It was so over my head at the time .. but it stuck.. I’m constantly looking at new ways to understand words better.. it’s made me somewhat a little ‘breaker-downer’ when I’m studying. About Three decades later ..say about six years ago ..I remember bumping into her at the airport . I mustered up the courage … and whispered .. My Name Is TY Bello .. I wonder why I’ve never ph...

Hafiz was a Farmer in Africa, who was happy and content. He was Content because he was Happy. One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along with them.  The Wise man said; if you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could buy your own city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist you could probably own your own country.  And the wise man left, that night, Hafiz could not sleep. He was Unhappy because he was discontented and discontented because he was Unhappy.  The next morning Hafiz made arrangements to sell his farm, took care of his family and went in search of Diamonds.  He looked all over Africa, and could not find any. He looked all through Europe and could not find any. By the time he got to Spain he was Emotionally, Physically and Financially Depleted.  He was so disheartened that he committed suicide by throwing himself into the Barcelona River.  Back home, the pe...

                According to the World Health Organization fact sheet in 2007, almost 3000 people commit suicide everyday. The act of suicide devastates the lives of families and friends. For everyone person who completes a suicide, several more may attempt one. Men are 3 to 4 times more likely to commit suicide, but attempts are more common in young people and females.  For members of the families and friends , affected by suicide or attempted suicide, the emotional impact usually lasts for many years. There is a growing awareness of the taking of one's life as a major public health problem and the rates have gone up by 60% over the last 50 years. The Increase has been more marked in developing countries.  Dr. Peter Ogunnubi; Senior Registrar in the Department of Psychiatry, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, says there is more increase in the rate of suicide which is due to lack of...

  What does it mean to be a Mentally Strong Person? Well the first thing that might come to mind is that a mentally strong person is a Strong, Vibrant and hardworking person. But that’s not the case. Let’s look at the word Mental Strength; mental strength means not complaining, using failure as an appetizer for the win. ... It means not waiting for someone else to pass the torch to. With this definition you might quickly jump into conclusion that Oh Yes I think am a Mentally Strong Person! But truthfully, it’s quite hard to be a mentally strong person especially when you are in a critical situation and you feel stucked. One major attributes of a Mentally Strong Person is that where others see impenetrable barriers, they see challenges to overcome. Now think about it deeply; do you think that way when faced with challenges? When Thomas Edison’s factory burned to the ground in 1914, destroying one-of-a-kind prototypes and causing $23 million in damage, Ed...