Self-discipline is the ability you have to control and motivate yourself, stay on track and do what is right (http://www.yourdictionary.com/self-discipline) I think I lack ‘self-discipline’ in a major area and...

If you follow Kirk Franklin on Instagram, you would have seen a post where he talked about meeting his biological father for the very first time. Then recently, he posted...

“Allen, what are you afraid of?” Amy, my colleague asked. “Everyone is afraid of something in life. Mine is poverty. I work really hard and also pray that I will...

I have a regular house cleaner who comes in weekly, and although she has worked with me for about 8years now, I still get worried about how to act around...

This week, we lost our dear ‘Area Mama’, Tosyn Bucknor; and I have been sad for so many reasons. Sickle Cell is a problem with the body's red blood cells. They're...

My maternal grandma was 91 years old when she died about two years ago. Since her burial I had not seen my Mum's siblings till few days ago. Seeing them...

I visited a friend and her family recently. I was at the living room, having a discussion with my friend when the cries of her little brother were heard from...

I am not sure if this only happens to people who specialize in arts or if it happens to everybody. Before I started developing creative contents, especially written ones, I...

Exactly, you read right. For every time you judge a woman, yet praise the partner she is having the sexual relationship with, that’s exactly what you are saying. I remember...

“You are shallow, a coward and someone who sits on the fence on most issues; you do not stand for any principles” Melvin said to me. I sat at lunch...

We never really get to talk about certain behaviors usually exhibited by some Nigerians, just because we want to focus on the positives. However, it’s becoming imperative to mention some...

When people ask me what I would like to change or something I regret doing or not doing, I usually say nothing. However, this morning staring into space, I remember...

I have always heard the saying ‘You can’t help who doesn’t want to be helped’, but I always thought it was just a statement to explain why some people give...

I’m sure we all have a definition of the Instagram life in our head, and even if our definitions are not exactly the same, we all have the word ‘perfection’...

I spent some days in Aberdeen a few years ago. On the day I arrived, I decided to take a walk on Union Street (that’s the most popular area in...

A flirt is someone who is ‘innocently’ overly friendly, especially the type of friendliness that is interpreted as seduction. I was speaking recently to a friend who is divorced, and...

I know some people feel like the word ‘domestic violence’ is being thrown everywhere now and has no value again, but I beg to differ. I think that Africans, or...

“…If you are wondering what would happen to our oceans in a billion years from now; don’t bother yourself. Some scientist believe that the Sun would have evaporated the oceans...

Have you ever been driven by revenge? Whew! Revenge is such a powerful force. I could argue that it is much more forceful and ‘evil’ than hatred. Oh yes! I...

How many of us have mastered the act of being an adult so much that we have lost an essential part of us along the way? I remember that growing...