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LET ME GO

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Merely seeing this topic, what came through your mind? A boy? A girl? That toxic relationship? If yes, I’m sorry but I’m actually laughing at you right now. Forgive me! Maybe I shouldn’t because having to let go of something dear can be painful but do you know what is much more painful? Letting the situation take the number one spot in your head to the point where you assume every discussion is about it. This piece isn’t about that fellow who just served you breakfast or who you are in fact thinking of serving a very hot breakfast. Abeg, you’ve tried. It’s time you tell that toxic soul “Let me go’.  So Funke, what is this “LET ME GO” piece about oo? After being away for almost three years, your plan is to come back for perambulation, right? There you go! I apologize for the too long break and now that you’ve mentioned it, that is exactly what the basis of this piece would be.  Have you ever been in a position where everything seems right and at the same time seems wrong? A s...

IS FORNICATION A SIN?

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PS: Every explanation here is based on the study of the bible, using the direct translation of the original Hebrew and Greek bible translations and This is not to encourage Pre-marital Sex.  Growing up and getting to know more about God, I’ve heard the teachings of fornication, hence, pre-marital sex and we’ve been taught not to engage in pre-marital sex because it is commanded by God. The bible says “Do not fornicate”.  We were taught that “Adultery is sexual intercourse between married people outside their marital homes, while Fornication is sexual intercourse between unmarried people. This is why it is called “Pre-marital Sex”.  Before I move on, I’d like to establish that a lot of things which are moralistic have been translated into biblical laws. Hence, you see every Christian backing them up with “The bible says..”. Fornication is one of those things.   Now, before you put on your defense apparel and your argumentation armour, fully ready to fight my subm...

UNDER THE CARPET (PT 2)

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A whole lot of people are walking on the street and smiling, but hiding behind their faces are grieves and fears. You’ve been through some difficult times and you think keeping quiet and ignoring the situation is the best solution. You think your plan worked and you think you are doing just fine, until you get to that point in life where it becomes glaring that you have only hidden your fears under the carpet. You’ve forgotten that someday, you will want to get rid of the carpet to either replace it with tiles or whatsoever and when that time comes, you have your fears staring at you and making ridiculous jest of you saying ‘You should have got rid of me when you could’ I want to specifically address this to every rape survivors out there. Yes, I refuse to call you a victim but a survivor because you are still alive to read this. Even though you are probably thinking of the worst solution out of your grief right now, you have survived yielding to the demons in your head thus far. So, I...

UNDER THE CARPET (PT 1)

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Morning dew arising Birds clamouring Nightingale singing melody Walking down the road Soliloquizing Enjoying the street quiet Breathing the breath of nature Drowning in the ambience of peace Surrounded with ease and flavour Here comes a distraction Here comes an interruption Let me have a taste of your ambience We have to be a part of the flavour You can’t have it all My quiet soul became rowdy Breath of nature transcends into breath of agony Sinking in the ambience of horror No shoulder to lean on No arms to cry on Shut up and give it all After all, you have it all Helpless, hopeless, harmless I behold the harmed, the wicked, the pistol They took it all Alas! Good bye hope Good bye love Good bye care Let’s ride to the dark side Dive slowly Let’s go “Under the carpet” 

ATHLETIC LIFE 2

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Do not be surprised if you are being referred to as an athlete, even if you have never been on a track, because you are already on a track which is LIFE and you are an athlete running a race which is life itself. If you haven’t read the part one of “Athletic Life” please take a pause and go do that now and then come back to read this when you are done. It’s the latest post before this. So moving on, another kind of race that illustrates life as a race is the short distance races (100, 200 and probably 400). These kinds of races are quite different from marathon. The way a short distance runner trains is different from the ways a long distance runner trains, the rules guiding them are different, so they don’t try to compete or copy each other but they understand their race and run it as it should be run. You and your friend may have the same kind of aspiration or dream and your friend achieves his in less than a year while you achieve yours in two years. ...

ATHLETIC LIFE

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I was discussing with someone concerning human relationship and through the discussion, I realised that some journeys in life are meant to be travelled alone, while some are meant to go in packs. I do not intend to breed confusion via this piece, so follow closely, you will get the gist aight? I’m sure it’s not your first time of hearing that “Life is a race”. Well, that is definitely true but majority of us just take quotes and nuggets without thinking deep and finding the outright mindsets behind them. Yeah, life is a race, so I have to keep running and make sure I win, but really, is it possible for everyone to win a race? If life is a race, then definitely just one person has to be a winner. Apparently, there could be a tie, but everyone can’t definitely win the race. That doesn’t make those who fall into other positions asides the first losers, does it? So, what exactly is this race being talked about? Let’s pick it up from the athletics phase. Whenever you hear there’s going t...

LOST BUT FOUND

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I’ve come to realise that a lot of people mess up in their career or end up not achieving their set goals, simply because of a misplaced identity. Now, you may be wondering what your “not being able to get an oven for baking cake” has got to do with who you are. Well, sounds like nonsense I must agree, but why don’t you take a chill pill and press on, read on to know if it is actually nonsense. First of all, number one problem is probably that you are not a patient fellow. Taking a hint from the fact that you most likely really questioned my first impression of the misplaced identity. Patience is a personality. Not everyone’s got patience. We all want to be this and that, but not everyone is patient enough to take it one step at a time. You’ve seen how sweet your plans are gonna turn out to be in the end, but have you thought of the kind of patience you will have to curtail in the process? Have you thought of the kind of patience you will need to h...