I can’t remember when the expression “You are what you think” first surfaced in my consciousness but it’s been there for a while. As far as I know, it’s true. Beyond wishful thinking, an active visualization of certain circumstances coupled with dedicated work can propel you into those very circumstances. In this same vein, parents […]
Been a while I came here Been a while I wrote Been working on other things But my path still leads to this road
He came home to an open door He didn’t believe till he entered He looked in alarm at the dirty floor The baby lay in the centre
The sun was in no mood to be nice that day and she radiated as much heat as she could onto the earth without a care in the world. Down on the earth’s surface, in one part of a beautiful Nigerian city, stood a woman. She was outside her house and she fidgeted as she […]
I used to be a quote collector. One of the quotes that still resonates with me goes thus: “In the middle of a thunderstorm can be found a little sunshine.” So it follows that in war-torn zones, people do not stay hidden for too long. They eventually gather round to tell stories, listen to soccer […]
There’s a guy sitting on a park bench reading a newspaper. No one knows his name; no one knows where
For the most part, every tiger resembles every other tiger and every mushroom resembles every other mushroom. Resemblance is a widespread hallmark of nature; it is so widespread that even in humans – the most distinct species – resemblance still exists. Beyond the fact that all humans have two feet, forward-looking eyes, a set of […]
We walked hand in hand, fingers entwined, my father and I. I raised my head to look at him; he was the handsomest man in his age-grade and ever since my mother passed away, our house had been besieged by young unmarried maidens and even a few married women under various pretexts
In my previous post, 5 THINGS ADULTS SHOULDN’T LIKE I touched on 5 things adults shouldn’t like (but some do) and in this post, I’m going to consider the reverse: 5 things adults should like (but some don’t).
We never truly value our childhood, do we? Until we are no longer children, that is. We look unto our teenage years with keen anticipation and when we become teenagers, we look forward to adulthood with the same, if not a higher level of anticipation. Then adulthood dawns on us and we find it’s not […]
The Keyboard Ninja 