The if's , but's and what.
Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!
Bob Marley https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/bob-marley-quotes
(Thoughts)
***What if I don't get to wake up the next day, who would spend my money?***
***What if I don't buy the dress will I be fine?***
***What if they don't like me, can I live with that?.***
***What if life isn't this bad, would I have made it?.***
***What if the angel didn't direct me to this part of the world , would I have been in a better place?***
***What if my parents didn't begot me, would I have ever existed?***
***What if the aliens come to earth today, would they take over?***
***What if things doesn't turn out well, would I be able to live afterwards?.***
***Hmm .....***
(Wailing)
***But I can't go there, it is said to be unsafe.***
***But I should have gotten to be with a better family.***
***But life is truly unfair to me.***
***But they gave her the job instead of me.***
***But Papa never took care of me, why should I take care of him now?.***
***But I wrote the exam well, why didn't I pass?.***
***But she hurt me first, why should I be blamed?.***
***But life treated me unfairly why should I treat people well?***
***I'd rather be in Canada now but my hands are tied.***
***I would have submitted the application there but there wasn't any vacancy outside.***
***I work day and night but still I have just little to eat.***
***Sighs...***
(Panicking).
***What have I ever done to deserve this? Fate really doesn't tally with me.***
***What do I now, the mess is getting bigger than expected.***
***What am I going to do to this pregnancy?***
***What should I tell them?***
***What should I do in this kind of situation, who can I call on?***
***What will be of me if I don't get the job?***
***What have you done!!!!***
***What would my parents do, if I told them about the missing money?***
***What kind of life is this!!!!***
***What will become of me if they leave?***
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Our thoughts are said to define us, something that cannot be argued with.
We are what we think(imagine) ,positive thoughts yield positive actions while negative thought does the opposite.
As human, our brain is always moving faster than others in thinking, most times we spend our time day dreaming. What have been day dreamt can be achieved if we dive into it with great positivity.
Our actions towards our thoughts will determine if we will remain stagnant or respect the act of locomotion and make something out of life.
When things doesn't go our way, we wail, shout, scream, beg, wanting it all to go rightly as planned.
That is why a back up plan is always good and an additional plan to back up the backed up plan is better.
We do not own the remote towards how things work but our creator does, so there's every probability that the scheduled plan fails even before it starts.
We complain of every downs we face forgetting when the ups were with us.
Someone asked me, why still write on read cash and still use that same account when the rewarder doesn't tip anymore?
I smiled though and that was all, expecting another reaction?... Nah..
Our panic state as made us loose more than we can ever think off.
We've lost so much which breaks us to the knee and in a life of circle which brings us back to our thoughts.
Mastering our emotions will help us solve more than we can ever hope for.
A calm mind get things done right, a person in a panicked state can never get things right instead they'll mess it up.
Conclusion.
Life is a circle, the thoughts, wails and panics can't be sorted out unless we understand the circle and run it.
You feel disturbed, paranoid,angry or feel the tears burning up or things have gotten out of control.
Don't panic, sit and breathe carefully until your breaths are even.
Don't stress your brain much and the thoughts will come in..
Follow the circle right and life will be less unbearable.
The pen of the if's,buts and what won't stopping dripping but.. I have to stop
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Writer: Balikis
Date: 1 June 2022
She got them with act of pretense
I despise the rituals of fake friendship. I wish we could just claw each other's eyes out and call it a day; instead we put on huge radiant smiles and spout compliments until our teeth hurt from the saccharine sweetness of it all.
Jody Gehrman, Babe in Boyland https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8101452-babe-in-boyland
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I have this article saved down for a long time and I never knew why I didn't finish it up.
But today, I picked up my phone and said to it, you are finishing up that article today... Lol.
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I once worked in a organization 5 years ago where movies were produced..it was a media company with different departments..
We were three, who headed the arithmetic department of making sure things do not pass their limit and the scalers makes sure the content going out was good enough.
The company's secretary left when she got a job at the house of assembly for her contribution towards a village in bringing in pipe borne water during her NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) days.
She had to leave to begin a new life, this prompted the C.E.O to employ a new secretary to continue the out flow of the work.
My colleague and I who headed the arithmetic department are known to be very wild and nosy.
During one of our nosy investigation at the arrival of the new secretary, we found out that the boss was always after the skirt of the ladies in his company in a record we found stashed up for years..
Digging further, we noticed the new secretary was his prey,and we made sure to follow suit with our long nose in attempt to see how things would go.
Weeks after the secretary came in,she won everyone's heart with lots of gift she bestowed on them, so they never found her act. She had the innocent face and would talk calmly that the workers loved her.
My friend and I were not won in no matter how she tried,we made sure she knew we can't be bought and put her at in her place.
Rumors started spreading in about someone telling the boss things that happened at work even when we had sorted it out and concluded we'd work things out and do not need to get to the boss place.
When they found out that the new secretary was behind the spilling of secrets, the manager and others took charge and warned her against it but because she had started dating the boss then, she spoke rudely to them , so they planned on teaching her a lesson.
When they did theirs , she became furious and did to them what they didn't expect, she claimed they all did things they never did and the boss called a meeting, my friend and I were told to go because she didn't say anything about us but the others were spoken rudely to by the boss while some were sacked.
Everyone was angry and wished they had never accepted her like that.. she was happy with what she did and spoke rudely to the others,but she never spoke to my friend and I that way because we never gave her the opportunity to do such.
Months later this toxicity continued, the boss employed people in since he sacked lots of people that day.
During my friend and I nosy investigation, we found out that the boss had lost interest in the secretary as they were new ladies for him to pursue, so the boss made sure to employ another person in place of the secretary and made her do menial jobs others did.
She left the job in anger and never returned,the workers became happy and they vouched to never let gifts sway them anymore and instead they'd get to know who the person is before accepting them in fully.
My nosy friend left months later after she found a better job and I followed suit weeks later when the boss started throwing advances my way.
Conclusion.
We should learn to know who someone is before giving them absolute presence in one's life.
There are many who comes to our life and show us their cute little faces and we find them innocent but deep inside they are keeping their ugly face and would show it by hurting us in an unexpected way.
Know who you tell your secrets to,that innocent face of your friend can turn out to be that of a snake.
Not everyone who comes to you with gift truly love you,some do that so they'll be able to get close to you to do what they needed to do.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:31 Monday 2022
Happy Last Sunday of the month family and friends. Hope you are all having a good Sunday out there, as much as I'd say I'm enjoying mine the presence of catarrh seems to ruin it. Constant headache and running nose is not good at all.
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The sickness of the heart
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
Aeschylus https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/aeschylus-quotes
The heart plays a vital role in our life as it is the special organ that help keep human alive.
The moment the heart is lost so is life purpose. That is why you'd hear someone say the word he or she is so Heartless, which means the person doesn't feel anymore.
When a person faints and he or she is being rushed to the hospital,the doctor makes use of his stethoscope to check the heart beat.
When the heart becomes sick ,so does the mind and every other part of our body.
When we are hurt mostly by our loved ones or those whom we look up to their protection,the heart stings so bad,it'd make one's breathing painful.
While reading @gertu13 article on https://read.cash/@gertu13/the-memory-of-a-yesterday-596fff96
I felt the pain that began it. Life wasn't fun while growing up and things were rough at this tender age..
I held my heart in agony because of the pain filled in it,while ma'am Gert had said she forgave and felt reborn I wanted that badly too at that moment.
But just like she said, forgiving is hard and forgetting is harder and when we don't forgive hence the heart gets sick.
We have all be met with several challenges in life that had crushed us above recognition and we tend to dislike those that caused us that pain. We dislike them so much it makes our heart bleed fast..
And the only way to stop the hurt is to forgive and forget.
It takes a really strong soul to do that and I hope I get stronger in other to feel renew.
The heart sickness many of us have cannot be treated medically,it is an emotional one and that makes it painfully hard to do but I believe taking things one step to the other would make the heart get healed.
Conclusion.
Life is cunning as it can never be understood,one moment you think you can explain it ,the next minute it seems all you gathered on it is false.
When the heart heals,we tend to grow emotionally and looking back at those things would just be a distant memory.
While some got their heart sickness due to physical pain, others got theirs due to internal one. These pains varies and it deepness can take a very long time to heal.
But when we put our mind toward something and want it done,it surely will.
I have worn a coat to add to the already worn boot to end this sickness.
You should try it too, because only that can make one feel reborn and refreshed.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:29 May 2022.
Is it the world... or oh! our teachers?
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/albert_einstein_122147?src=t_teacher
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/henry_adams_108018?src=t_teacher
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Carl Jung https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/carl-jung-quotes
The first teacher everyone has is their parents.
From the womb the mother has taught her baby to stop kicking because it hurts her.
The father would walk up to the mother and place his warm hands on it and speak softly to the little being in there.
Don't hurt your ma and look after her while am gone to work.
The baby responds to this talks and the presence of his parents.
From there onward the baby begin to learn more when he or she is born into the world.
His or her parent will guide and tell him or her what to do and what not.
The baby grows up with the morals imbedded in them.
A certain time comes when the baby will start going to school to learn not only to read and write but also learn other morals which will make them grow into gentlemen's and proper ladies.
This is where the teaching by teachers comes in.
Teaching according to Balikis is the act of imputing morals, knowledge and skills that will add to a child's learning experience.
Teaching is done to input knowledge, orderliness, obedience, manner and all other positivity into the pupils.
Teacher's salary is very poor but still we have teachers who are willing to teach all over the world regardless of the payment.
In those days.
Teaching then was strict, even writing this I can still feel the lashes given to me then.
Hardly would you see a parent going to school to fight teachers for beating their wards.
In my school such act wasn't accepted,the child will be disciplined in every ways.
I am glad that I was trained then, even though the beating was nothing to write home about,those disciplines played a vital role in my life.
When I see kids these days I just laugh because crying won't solve it.
You see them go to school whenever they like in the kind of clothing they choose to.
Their hairstyles are differently made and education is degrading.
It makes me wonder,where are we going in this world?
What leaders of tomorrow are we training?
Cheating and expos have now become a normal thing in school.
Pupils are already told what to read in disguise of revising.
If this was done then, I would have even bothered studying.
I have never cheated in any exam because I had no need to.
Prep
This was done in my school then as a way to prepare us for any unscheduled exam or test.
After the first week of resumption, prep starts. We would be asked to read the day's subject by the teachers to understanding.
I usually get home by 6 o clock sometimes after 6.
Doing this helped me in higher institution as I read and make notes of mine after the day's lecture. This made it easy for me to revise when exam is around the corner.
Discipline
I had never told my mom that I was beaten in school again after she had flogged me then when I told her my teacher beat me.
When she asked what I had done, I had explained expecting she'd fight for me instead reverse was the case.
I pray for my teachers especially those who taught me in basic levels because I turned out good.
If they had overlooked my doings surely I would never had turned out well, because those lashes prepared me for the future and made me battle every assignments instead of looking for lame excuses to cover up.
Orderliness
I had learnt to arrange things rightly in school and it never made me forget my assignments at home. This helped me in all areas of life as I always made sure to keep things in there rightful places and it made me get to interviews early even when I woke up late because everything had been arranged earlier.
Neatness
Ironing the cloth was the trend then,I would iron my school shirt and skirt the you'd see the presence of the iron on it.
Putting on the white socks(computer socks) and brown sandals with the hairstyle neatly made.
Neatness used to be a competition then,you'd see my sandals shining so brightly because I oiled it😂😂.
This helped me because I could never go out with a dirty cloth,I'd make sure my hair is neatly packed and my nails are cut.
Early bird.
School made me an early bird, I wake up as early as 4 o clock then to sweep and clean the house. I would pray and help mom cook then I'd take my bath to get ready for school.
I walk to school as there wasn't bus around where I stayed , even with the long journey,I always made it to school on time.
All these and many more the school had taught me and I am glad I learnt a lot.
School isn't just a place to read and write but also a place where morals are imbedded in the pupils or students.
Happenings these days changed education history and it just seems the paved road to education now is closed and children are just wandering around.
I heard a story about a teacher.
This is a true life event.
***The teacher was said to have beaten those who did not do his assignment,the subject being mathematics.***
***One of the pupil, a twelve year old boy was said to have put his head on the desk and after some minutes,he started vomiting blood.***
***When he was rushed to the hospital by the school management after they had called his father,the child gave up the ghost.***
***Now,it was stated that it was the teacher that killed the pupil,the school is currently closed and the teacher apprehended.***
Questions
Was it the teacher that truly killed the boy? As some claimed the boy had internal injury before hand and autopsy should be carried out.
Or is it the world we live in now?
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Strange things happen and are still happening in this world of ours.
It is sad that the teacher had to go through such.
And it is painful the boy died when his birthday was said to be a few days from then.
Cruel world we live in now and teachers are now afraid to discipline their pupils.
Parents now do what they like and would talk to their child's teacher in the manner they wish because well they have the right to and the teacher has no right to discipline their child or talk to the child.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:28 May 2022.
What will they say?
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Buddha https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/buddha-quotes
***Which cloth will they appreciate today?.***
***Will the pink one work the charm or is the red one more suitable?***
***I should probably go with the blue one or is the purple cloth much more better?***
***Should my hair be combed backward or be kept in a ponytail?***
***Would it be better if I had lip gloss on or a red lipstick or maybe I shouldn't apply anything?***
***Should I walk like this or like that?***
***How would they appreciate my tone of voice toward them?***
***Maybe I should work on a change of voice?.***
***Where would they want me to pass today?***
***Should I walk left or right or just be at the middle?***
***I need to do all these to perfection because of what they would say.***
***The work I got is that of a receptionist,I can't do it even when I know I have no other alternative.***
***Do you know what they'll say if they found me in such place?***
***No, it better I sit home and continue searching.***
***But what if they insult me for not taking the job?***
***Omg!!! What would they want me to do!***
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***I'm definitely putting on the blue gown today.***
***I'd better leave my hair in ponytail, I'm tired to change the style.***
***I should go by bus today as it would be faster..***
***Surely I'll be putting some mascara and lip gloss to match.***
***I'll definitely walk by the right side as it much safer.***
***Starting the new job as a waiter even with my qualifications is so alarming.***
***But it's better I start from somewhere instead of waiting for a miracle to arrive.***
***I need to work with what I have to get what I need.***
***After all no one would feed me if I go hungry.***
***I won't let that pull my spirit down, I'll be having a great day ,that I know.***
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The comparison between the two dialogue above can be well noted.
The first one speaks on someone who wants to do things in order to please people , what will they say if I were to put on a pink dress,they won't like it!
What will they say have led many to their early grave.
Many opportunities have passed by because you don't want to engage in menial jobs because of how people may view you.
Dreams have been lost with no hope of rising again.
They said I wear this same cloth a lot, I'd better use my savings to be used to start up a business to get some clothes so they'll stop complaining.
They even commented on my shoes today, that should also be changed.
Surely, if I listen to them and do what they said of me they'll stop complaining and start liking me more right?
Hmm...
The second part speaks on the other person who do things without looking for people's validation.
This person is sure of him or herself,they motivate themselves even in their trying times.
They know what they want and how to aim at it.
They don't care what people would say and do things as long as it pleases them and do not hurt others.
Conclusion.
We have this set of people in our world today and some of us fall in the first group,doing things to please people.
These people have forgotten that humans are insatiable and can never be pleased.
People will always talk no matter what you do, they'll always be comments and it can't all come out positive.
It is said that when you do things and all you hear is praise all the time then you need to check yourself.
We all complain to God when things don't go our way.
Shouldn't that show that when even God cannot please humans, who are you then?
Whatever you do,do it well, seeking people's validation always will make one fall.
Don't give up on your dreams because of what people might say.
Don't displease yourself to have them pleased because at the end...
People will always talk.
So live a pleasing life as far as it doesn't hurt others and do your best and leave the rest.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:24 May 2022
The hopes and dreams we have...
There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.
Jonas Salk https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/jonas-salk-quotes
Hope, the four letter words seems like just an ordinary alphabet but it deep rooted meaning in life says otherwise.
Hope had helped many conquer all life endeavors.
It was there during every battle of life, giving us the good vibe to face them head on.
Dream is a beautiful reality which makes life beautiful.
When we dream, incredible thoughts comes forth and these thoughts are most times transported into reality which makes life incredible.
Hope and dream work together as one.
When one is lost, it affects the other.
When we dream, comes hope to make our wishes come true.
So we strive endlessly through life's battle to make sure our hope isn’t lost and our dreams are well accomplished.
When we were young, we all had hope to become something in life and we sleep and have beautiful dreams of it accomplishment.
Though some have worked towards their dreams, most were left with life battles unable to complete their dreams but that doesn’t mean hope is lost.
Hope.
In my own terms, hope is a feeling we have or the desire for something to take place in our life.
Dream.
Dreams are the occurrence of series of thoughts we have in our mind during sleep.
When there’s dream, the desire to hope begins.
No matter how strange the dream may seem, we still wish to have it done.
When hope is lost so is the vibe for happiness.
Our hope makes us strong and willing to do anything to make our dream come true.
A person who is homeless but not hopeless still have dreams that things would be better.
The absence of hope leave us like an empty shell with no thoughts of our own.
We become unrecognized shadows of our darkest days, lost deep in the ocean with no feeling to rise again.
Hope and dream aren’t just words as they add positive changes to one’s life.
They give us the unrelenting strength to continue going forward no matter how the cruelsome storm as put us down.
They give us the belief to hold on to something in life having it at the back of our mind that it not yet over.
They envelope us with unstoppable force to overcome every obstacle of life with no sweat.
Hope and dreams are the beautiful rainbow that makes each day worth living.
When there’s hope there’s life and when there’s life, there are thousands of thoughts to make the day unquestionably worth living.
So when the sun rises from the East each morning and it beauty shines and touches your living face, rise up with the dream and hope that the day’s blessings will be met.
Conclusion.
In every storm a rainbow will come to show us that the stop is over.
This rainbow gives us hope that things will be better.
We should try to help each other grow and not laugh or tarnish someone else's dream.
As parents we should strive to make sure our children's hope to be someone in life shouldn't be brought down because of our selfishness.
We should guide them and make them understand that the storm will always rise and we should get them ready to fight each battles fiercely so that when we are no more, their hopes won't be lost and their dreams will never cease.
We should never give up on our dreams and strive to make it a reality.
Remember,when you dream and hope for it to come true and work towards it with unquenchable desire to have it accomplished our hopes and dreams will never be lost.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:22 May 2022
The words they told me.
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.
Yehuda Berg https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/yehuda-berg-quotes
***You can see their eyes, zeroed like it after two.***
***Their arms standing in a melancholic way like they need to sit.***
***Their faces in a swollen way like they just contacted a new virus.***
***Their eyes blinking rapidly like an unstable light.***
***When they speak, you'd hear the pain there like a pregnant woman who has been asked to push.***
***The words would keep rushing out like a dam which had just been broken.***
***Those words of theirs as crippled a very strong soul.***
***When their words get to you,it brings happiness into their heart.***
***Those words they said to me and here I stand like a teacher who is always ready to teach her pupils.***
***They've said the words to me now it my turn to have them taught.***
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Word is the combination of the alphabet in a structured manner,which as a meaning to it..
Words have gotten to us all to tell us about who they think we are and what they prefer we do.
These words have been heard by countless people and some have fall prey to them,believing all that came out.
Tife the small village boy was told these words countless times.
He was the second boy in the family of two boys and two girls.
Tife loves creativity, he's always curious,he wants to know why the sky is blue, why the woman next door seems to have a big stomach recently, why the moon follows him at night, why the sun can't rise in the North and all other curiosities.
His parent could not answer all as they don't know much themselves and they wonder how he's always full of energy.
Some of the villagers do not approve of this and tell their sons and daughters to stay far away from him like he got a disease.
That didn't stop Tife from bringing things together and see what'll happen, like the day he brought out a wood and used another sharp stick on it playfully but alas it brought out fire.
One of the villagers who saw this told another and the news spread like wild fire.
They called him all sort of names and stayed away from his family too.
His parent never minded and love their child nonetheless, to them, he is a blessing.
Tife was a bit pained that he had no friends but he never gave up because his family were with him.
He continued trying different things out and creating new things.
The creativity of his bothered the villagers a lot so they came over to have a talk with him.
They said many negative words to him,like you'll never make it in life if you continue playing around with things and they gave instances like: didn't you see Kaalu ,you are of the same age and he is already caring for his family.
They kept on coming when he never listened to add more to the negativities they poured out.
Tife was tired of their coming over and they were happy that their words was already getting to him.
Their dance of victory became lost when he created something new, a cart with the help of his siblings who cheered him up.
The villagers became furious and spoke to the king who chased them out of the land.
On their way they met some good people who helped them but the problem was,this people have a different colour of skin and could understand what Tife had done.
They helped him and taught him more and they are amazed he turned out more than they expected.
After many years, Tife was asked to go to a village to teach them as a request from the King.
Tife was made the head of the team and when he got there,he realized it was his village,he saw the now old villagers who had spoke out negative words to him.
Now he sat them down and taught them how to make their life's better and they sat there with teary eyes to listen to their teacher.
Conclusion.
Many a times the odd is against us in what we do.
We'll be told to give up and go for something else.
Negative words will be fed to our souls and break us down.
The world which our fore father's knew is not the same we live now.
Different creations and innovations have taken place and still going to take place.
These innovations was done by curious minds which were chided for thinking like that but they never gave up.
Don't let their words get to you, won't you like to be like Tife and have those who said those negativities said to you be taught?.
Teach them like he did and never give up on your dreams.
Talks would go around no matter what you do.
Be real,be you,be genuine and put God first.
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Writer :Balikis
Date:18 May 2022
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I should have understood better...
When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.
Irvin D. Yalom https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/irvin-d-yalom-quotes
***The signs came in like flashes of dim light so I never questioned it.***
***The talks went around but I never asked why too.***
***The love of keeping to myself blinded me.***
***I could see but could not truly see what was truly happening.***
***When the talks became consistent and louder this time, I decided to take a look.***
***Then I realized, I should have understood better.***
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Life is a rollercoaster,the ride is always wild and bumpy. Sometimes the bravest soul never make it and it'll make us question,can we?
Yes we can with great determination,but it isn't assured for we might fall with no hope to rise again.
They are certain things beyond us that we can never understand even when we study hard at it.
Life is a mystery and full of secrets of the unknown.
The journey of life brings us to the story of the young lad who believed otherwise.
He saw life has a mere thing which can be lived with no stress.
His view on life's perfection was cut short when his mother became very ill.
Oh dearest mother of this poor boy, he didn't know what to do as such had never happened before.
The lovely,carefree life he had seems to be a distant dream of no ounce of reality when his hero(dad) was taken away by death so soon.
He could have sworn his father was the bravest soul of all.
The boy's world seems to crash down completely when his Ma who seems to be getting better kicked the strange bucket.
He never understood why and didn't bother to ask,he was shaken to even utter a word.
He didn't know what to say or do,he heard the voices of his parents family he never knew existed,he heard their words but didn't listen well to grasp the meaning to it.
He locked himself up in a cruel manner never to see the light.
The presence of darkness fit his weary soul.
He was lost,he saw the flashes of properties being taken but he never questioned any.
He heard the murmurs but he closed himself away from it and stood alone.
He held onto his past like the air he breathes,not letting go.
He could see the people taking it all away but he couldn't see what they were taking.
The echo's of their talks one day woke him up and then he heard clearly what he couldn't and knew what their saying meant.
Then he realized he should have understood their plans from the onset.
Right there he understood life but it was too late for his doom descended on him.
Conclusion.
The story above is not just about the boy alone but the life we all live.
Most times God sends us signal toward some things but we never seem to understand not question it.
When life throws it jabs at us,some act like the young lad, keeping to themselves and blocking out the reality of life.
We forget we need to learn from the scar and make a beautiful story out of it. We let our past sink it teeth into our very soul,capturing us in a tight grasp with no will to fight.
Things are happening all over the world and we shouldn't ignore those signs sent to us,we shouldn't turn deaf ear to those murmur.
A woman, a lady and a guy died yesterday while crossing the road, it happened that I crossed the road not up to a minute,I was still walking to get home when I heard gbam!!!
A car collided with her and the two others and they just fell.
I turned round and couldn't believe my eyes.... I mean I just crossed the road,the road...
I'll tell you what, when I wanted to cross the road, my mind told me to look left and right before crossing and I almost question it,I mean it just a one way but I have learnt to always listen,then the lady beside me was telling her kid the same thing I thought on, wait let's look well before we cross and we did.
I just stood there for a second, trying to process why there was pool of blood where I just crossed, I blink rapidly and stopped,I saw people rushing toward the scene and I just stood there...
I saw someone stopping a car to take them to the hospital and I just turned around and walked home. I knew the woman that died, she sells at the bus stop.
When I got home,I just sat down and thought on what happened,I prayed for their soul and I was glad I understood better.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:15 May 2022
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People get wedded,not married.
If I get married, I want to be very married.”
– Audrey Hepburn
The quote above has been countered many times by the two lovely soul who had vowed to care for one another no matter what.
It'll make you question them, were they ever true to themselves?
Why did they get united if it'll end up with them hating one another?
Was there really love in the first place or was it just lust?
Lots of questions will rile around that you'd not have enough answer to them.
What does it mean to get wedded?
According to me, wedding is the official joining of two souls to begin the journey of marriage.
Many people get ready to be wedded and not to be married.
Marriage failed because of this. You'd see ladies going all around to get the best white dress to fit while the guys will get their suits.
Parents will go around preparing for the day to be announced.
They will be lots of jubilations and happy faces going around on the said day.
The day will end up being the best day of the couples life sometimes and mark the beginning of their life journey.
The journey of being married.
Marriage, according to me is showing devotion towards the union of the two souls united.
The word devotion there isn't followed because when you get devoted to something then you will make it work and give it all you have.
When the two souls begin their journey to being married, arises different issues.
From one trouble to another that it gonna seem they were never in love.
It'll will make people question their courtship.
Didn't they see that they were not compatible then?
Why delve into what they aren't sure of?
All these questions all boil down to some answers.
Some answers to questions asked.
***Money***: some get married just because of money and so fail to follow the right process of knowing who the person really is.
***Family***: These set of people also add to why people rush into marriage. Many families will push their sons and daughters into this and use their age against them especially to their daughters.
***Society***: Mocking goes around by the members of the society when there is failure to get married, they'll push these souls to get married without giving them the time to get to know themselves better.
***Friends:*** They also contribute into pushing their other friends into marriage because they are married and the others aren't.
Conclusion.
Many fall into the trap of getting wedded without putting marriage in mind.
They are all about what will I be putting on.
How gigantic the party should be, clothes to be worn by people, foods to be shared and others.
Marriage is a journey many aren't ready for.
They've forgotten it is a life journey. Some get married then get scared or the marriage overwhelm them and they want to quit.
You'd hear the husband saying, I don't love her anymore, she isn't the way she used to be, she has gotten fat.
You'd hear from the wife also, he is too childish, he doesn't care for me like he used to, if I had known, I wouldn't have married him.
Marriage is course that doesn't have a manual to it.
Everybody just speak from their life experiences and from others.
Some will say , cook for him well and never deny him sex and he'll be yours.
Some will say, get her gifts everyday and praise her on daily basis.
The truth is, even after doing all these, some will steal cheat.
Some won't be contented, others will have more things to say.
It not just about getting wedded, are you truly ready for marriage?
Are you ready for the bumpy ride because the road is never smooth?
Are you ready for the jabs thrown from different directions?
Are you ready at all?
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Writer: Balikis
Date:14 May 2022
All I ever wanted for him.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Epictetus https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/epictetus-quotes
***All I ever wanted was for me to be noticed by him.***
***All I ever wanted was for him to know he has someone he can talk to.***
***All I ever wanted was a real genuine smile of his toward my way.***
***All I ever wanted is for him to know his worth.***
***All I ever wanted was for him to take a walk to those parks he loves to visit.***
***All I ever wanted was for him to know his life has just began.***
***All I ever wanted was to see that carefree smile of his.***
***I guess all I ever wanted from him was to be happy and know that I'll always be there for him.***
***But you tell me,how could a ghost make a living soul smile again?..***
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I met Tony at a gala night party,trust me I didn't want to go but my friend pushed me to.
I had worn a well fitted dress with a silt up to the lap that day.
The red dress screamed fire and I loved it, I had worn a sneaker but my friend insisted I wore a heel which after much talks by me I still wore it.
You'll question why I had wanted to go with a sneaker, yeah, you got it right! I get super clumsy in it most times.
My friends, oh those tiny little monsters had assured me they'll be with me every step of the way.
And here goes dumb me who believed every word from their mouth.
I was strolling around the big hall, well not strolling but actually looking for a safe place to rest my tired feet before I fall face flat down on the hard floor.
There goes my miraculous escape at the end of a curtain.
I moved hurriedly there and sat on the floor saving my tired feet from the misery they had found themselves.
I stood up to bounce my feet up when I hit a wall, and surely I know walls can't speak but it seems this is an exceptional one.
I strained my ears to hear the melodic voice again then squeeze my face up when I heard whispers said.
You owe me $50.
I looked up and was faced with the gods hand sculptured being, his beauty was blinding I almost agreed to the amount but my brain woke up and I said in one tone, No!.
Seems like I had poured his drink on him when I stood up,how's that a fault of mine?
That seems to catch him by surprise and there started how journey in life together.
We clicked and got to know each other better and let me tell you this, he has the most angelic voice I've ever heard not like I'd say it to his face,he has great sense of humor and every hour with him seems like just a second.
We got married a year later and lived the most lovingly life you could ever dream about.
We'd go on date even when we were married and everything was just fun.
The shocking pain of his came when I became pregnant and died while labouring,my child didn't make it also and since then, Tony had become an empty shell of himself.
I never wanted that for him as I want him to smile and be happy once more but all my effort seem futile.
Tony's world ended when I died and I'd hear him cry everyday holding my picture closer to his heart,he blames himself for my death and cursed the day he got me pregnant.
It been 8 years now and Tony hasn't moved on,he still yearn for me and wants me back, I need him to be happy because he can't be with a ghost, I will never allow it.
Only if he could see me and see he's never alone.
Only if he could see me and I could tell him to move on and that he wasn't at fault.
All I ever wanted for the past 8 years is for Tony to laugh wholeheartedly.
So please I'm begging the living world, wherever you see my Tony send this message to him so he'd know he deserves love and happiness again,please hug him for me and tell him to move on because I have.
Tell him I'm very happy up here and his cries breaks my heart.
Tell him I said if he truly loves me like he claims then he should stop breaking my heart and move on already.
Tell him I love him so much and wish I can always hear his genuine laughter.
Tell him I wish to see him married with little kids that looks like him.
Tell him I am his number one fan and he is boring me up here with his sad mood.
Conclusion.
We have all lost a lot to life, people we love and care for and wish badly they aren't dead.
Just like the quote above as said,
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Epictetus https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/epictetus-quotes
One way to happiness is to cease worrying about things that are beyond our powers.
We heal differently but some aren't healing,I know I haven't.
We should know that those who left us want us to move on and never stop living, that's the best way to honour them.
I have tried to heal from this burdensome pain but it never goes away,I think I have a lot of pain deep rooted in me and I don't know which to go battle with first.
Healing takes time and I hope we all find our healing energy.
A smiling face needs a motherly hug, so when you see one please hug them because behind that smile are unshed tears that are filled up inside.
Hug someone today and make them laugh, that seconds of real laugh can heal something in their heart.
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Writer Balikis
Date:10 May 2022.
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Bullying: All of us are dead.
Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this.
Katherine Jenkins https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/katherine-jenkins-quotes
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It a lovely evening here and I'm glad I am able to finish up work on time to write today ....gosh it been forever! ... I really don't like missing out on Read, but as they say Man must hustle 😁😁.
Let's bounce to today's article.
You'd got to wonder,are we all truly dead?...
How would you, I or anyone know?
Well there goes bullying!.
What does bullying means?
Oh, so glad you asked, Balikis defines Bullying as the continuous act of intimidating or pushing someone or set of people to do what you want.
Just as the definition as said,when we continue doing something to people,like taking things from them and watching them cry or using their disabilities and doing other negative things to people for pleasure or for rank we call this bully.
They are different ways bully can be passed out .
Cyber bullying
Physical bullying
Emotional bullying.
Cyber bullying.
When we talk about cyber this means the use of internet or social media handles to bully people.
We have different forms of cyber bullying like the:
Outing bullying which is the sharing of people's personal information online just to ridicule them.
Exclusion is when someone is deliberately left out from online meeting despite being a member.
Harassment,is the another act of disrespecting people by lowering their self esteem.
And others.....
Physical Bullying.
This another form of bullying which deals with people's body. This kind of bully's make use of their physical strength on weaker individuals. They beat their victims into a pulp and find fun in it. They are always on alert lurking around with eagle like eyes to find the victim for the day.
Emotional Bullying.
This is the combination of both cyber bullying and physical bullying.
When a victim is being bullied online they feel it through their emotional membrane which they pours if they are lucky or rather make them cry inside which is bad.
The physical aspect comes in when most of the bullied victims find ways to end their lives by cutting themselves or hanging themselves to end their so called pathetic life.
It is sad that in our society today, bullying is a trend and it not being looked into and it is seen as no big deal.
Some view it as a day to day activity that must be carried out.
If you've seen the movie " All of us are dead " , you'd get to understand that bullying is no joke and shouldn't be taken lightly.
There's another movie I saw sometime ago titled River Where The Moon Rises. I noticed the actor they used was replaced and so I went to search why he was replaced and it was said that the guy was once a bully and when the first season got out and was seen by some of his victims they staged a protest, he was stopped from acting even when he acted really good and that ended his acting career even after he apologized,the deed has been done.
Conclusion.
Many find bullying amusing, interesting stuff to do and they work hard towards it. The thing is that some children do not know what they do is bullying and that's where our parent comes in.
Parents:
As parents, noting your children's attitude should be a task to be worked on,some parents don't even care about how their children act towards their mates, words they use and all . We as parents should endeavor to lead our children to the right path and curb any rise of bullying attitude they show off.
School authority.
The child spends more than half of their day in school, and bullying is mostly found here, disregarding pupils or student's complain towards others shouldn't be overlooked and should be taken with lots of action even if it is from a teacher.
Society.
We as members of the society we shouldn't walk away when we see a child being bullied, the nonchalanted attitude of it not a business of mine should be cast away, we can save a lot of soul just by speaking up.
Bullying is an act that shouldn't be overlooked and I'm glad @Read.Cash do not allow it.
Don't wait till you have money before you help, you can start with this.
When a child's act of bullying is stopped he won't grow up to be a maniac or sadist or show some sort of demon like attitude.
We've heard people killing each other and man killing their wives just like women.
Teaching our kids the act of loving one another will cast away any lust for blood they may have.
I hope this article go along way to educate people more on this and help us all work toward this act.
#Saynotobullying#
#Saveourkidslife#
#Stopbullying#!
Pink is a color that speaks more on bullying because it is gentle and loving.
Teach your child today don't skip!
They are our future,they are our light , they are out descendants, their attitudes depicts the family they come from.
Spend time with your kids and make the world a better place for all.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:9 May 2022
Here's an article of mine you might find interesting
https://read.cash/@Balikis/the-urges-6ae3e7ba
The urges
I can't help the feelings
It like the giggle in the rain when we were little
The feeling is more than that but it a bit closer to this
The urges started when I entered the teen age.
I couldn't stop the alluring beauty it brought upon me.
The urge to engage in things have heard or witness.
You can start calling me names but I don't care!
I have passed the stage to,my conscience does not exist anymore.
It like I never knew what it was
I just want to fill in the urge
Maybe it'd stop or I'll get deep into it that I won't be able to leave.
Don't judge me!....
You are worse than I am.
I'm just a little lost soul trying to be lost, I can't be found now.
Day after day I succumb into the urge not giving up.
The truth is,I once try hard so hard not too but now I don't know what I'm trying hard for.
It very fun and full of ecstasy so have heard.
I want to have that feeling to..
I want to engage in the act too..
I don't want to be told anymore,I want to witness it .
I don't know why I'm writing this if I don't want to be saved.
I guess maybe a little part of me yearn for the little innocent girl I was before.
Maybe me giving in to the urge is a facade to hide my true feeling of overcoming the urge.
Whatever it may be,I don't know.. I hope I fulfill the urge.
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It good to be here again especially in this kinda weather.
It the weather I love so much because I get to snuggle myself pillow hard and cover myself with the blanket.
We all have different urges that we try to overcome or get into.
Sometimes our urges may lead us to our doom while other times it may open our eyes to new things or seeing things differently.
Our urges make known appearance to us the moment we know things.
That's why teenagers are ready to try things out because they can see things clearly now and so they want to move the world.
Some children had strict parent while growing up.
They'd be left to stay home and study or see movies while their friends are out.
While other parent allow their kids to go out to see the world and await their return to tell them all they've seen so that they'll direct them to what is right.
Every parent have ways they train their wards and some even after intense training still get corrupt or do things to bring their family name down
Teenagers rebelling ,telling their fathers what they wanted and want it be so.
Late parties and getting drunk.
Smoking hard and doing drugs.
And all other activities going down town.
Then we'd look at them and judge them forgetting we also have our skeletons.
Parents or guardians are needed most in this period to guide and safeguard their teenagers.
But sadly,work and lots of struggle had kept them away.
I once had a friend who was always kept indoor and she stayed that way because her mom's shop was close to the house.
After some years, an unexpected thing happened when thieves raid their home and the woman was left to work out.
There wasn't time for her to stay home anymore.
The girl saw this has an opportunity to fill her urges.
She'd go out to parties or even throw one at home.
She knew exactly when her parent will be back so she'd tell her friends and they'd put things in order.
Her parent never knew people minded their business so they weren't told.
One day a shocking news came that she was very sick,when test was carried out they found some substances that had affected her kidney.
That was when the parent knew of her misdeeds and then she cried blaming her parent for not letting go out to see the world so she'd tell them while they put her through.
There's a story of another friend who didn't turn out bad even when her parent weren't around. She used that time to view the world and explore to learn and work with what she had learnt.
Our urges don't own us,the act of control can help us beat this.
I won't tell parents how to train their children because I don't have the manual to good parenting.
But I believe you all can see the world and you see it different from how it was before.
It a modernized world with lots of technology out there.
You all know better and know what next.
Conclusion
Parents should try as much as possible to create time in their but schedule to play with their children.
He's grown up now and do not need us shouldn't be the trend.
Children will always need their parents no matter what.
They'd want their embrace or want to with them regarding how old they've become.
Endeavor to create and spend time with your kids and teach them the right of the the world.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:6 May 2022
What wouldn't they do?
In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact.
Marlene Dietrich https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/marlene-dietrich-quotes
While others worked off their butts they mocked.
Who would do such? They'd question.
They had something better in mind don't they?
Yeah they do, and I'll tell you what..
You can't do a tiny bit out of it...
So you stayed on your part and do what you know best while they sprayed the dollar.
You'd get moved by what they do but your uniqueness will beat you to it because that's not who you are.
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Hello lovely readers, friends and sponsors of read cash and yet to be friends, readers and sponsors of read cash.
It is the second day of the month and I wish my Muslim brother's and sister's Eid-il-filtri.
It is not so Eiddy here...haha don't mind me, that's not a word.
Yeah! There goes what is written up there,not sure if it passes the information in like I suppose but if it doesn't here's what I meant.
I heard a news about a lady who apologized to people for doing a video of her sleeping with a dog and she was paid 1.75m.
Yes you read that quite alright, there's no need to clean your eyes or something..
She said it just a clout though her boyfriend broke up with her.
This brings me to the story I heard years back about people sleeping with animals to get money and it was said that brought in HIV.. that's when HIV/AIDS was still very hot then.. I hope you remember those days..we were taught then in school to never use sharp objects used by anyone.
It just so,I don't know somehow that people will do harm to this loving animals. They'd sleep with them and then complain of diseases afterwards and you'd start seeing post like.. This so so and so she needs 2m to fix this and that.
It just so inhumanly that people , ladies will stoop so low to engage in coitusm to those lovely creatures.
I just can't bear to imagine how it feels like to do this.
The range at which people will go for fast money is just so alarming!
Cyber fraud
Ritualist
Arm robbery
Kidnapping
Sex trafficking and other possible negativities you can think of just go waltzing about and there's nothing done about it. The government aren't helping, people don't care because it didn't happen to them or their families and everything is just so insane.
All these mentioned above is done just for one thing..
***Money***
And why wouldn't you agree that money is the root of all evil.
They'll do this and make you that work legally to look like you ain't doing just enough. It like no matter what you do yield in profit because you are looking up to them.
Those who pay ladies to sleep with their dogs or animals are just plainly sadist and needs to be isolated from the human and animal kingdom.
I'm not going to tell people how they'll spend their money but please,if you know you are too wealthy that the money as start hurting you please give it to right people to stop the hurt.
Our animals aren't meant to be sexed with!.
All these sadism needs to come to an end as it endangers everyone's life. Before you know they'll be an outbreak of another disease and no one will know where it comes from or maybe after countless test and death,it'd be confirmed that it came from a human coitus with an animal.
The movie ***Squid Game*** taught us that we shouldn't be swayed by money. But sadly most of us don't just learn.
I know it is hard everywhere,life isn't simple and isn't meant to be.
Wherever we find ourselves we should try to make ourselves clean and shouldn't get our hands in life threatening games.
After all the hustle and bustle , heaven awaits, we can't live forever!
Why push people down to rise up when we can rise together.
Why show off your ill-gotten wealth in your friends face and make them feel worthless?
Why go around and mock your friend because he or she is a cleaner or doesn't work in high places like you do when you could have helped out?
Life will always bring it battle up,it'll rain it army down, all we got to do is battle hard with it and hang in there .
There's a light at the end of the tunnel.
Conclusion.
Let's come together to protect our animals from these sex freaks.
Let's not expose them to such things as they are just so lovely to do that too.
Be contented with what you have,don't be moved by what they show you.
Trust me, your doing enough,you are really trying .
You've made it through countless battles,now isn't time for you to succumb to their lavish spendings.
#Safeguardouranimals#
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Writer: Balikis
Date: 02 May 2022
Below is an article of mine that might interest you.
https://read.cash/@Balikis/choose-stable-electricity-or-network-3c6ae23f
https://read.cash/@Balikis/action-speaks-louder-than-words-6d358ef3
Choose: Stable Electricity or Network?
What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.
Ray Charles https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/ray-charles-quotes
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It been a while here,a very long one and miss you all dearly, so sorry I had to leave unannounced, it also came to me as an emergency.
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Bringing to the big table today, is a question asking which you would rather stay without.
**Stable Electricity** which is the power source to get you to see your favorite shows, play PS, music’s, dance videos and every other fun things you’d do with electricity.
Or **Network** that’ll get you connected to friends and families , make you meet some cool strangers. You’d get to chat all day long with full signal, get to see whatever you’d like to see online ranging from socializing to making funny videos or watching others..
Now you choose, but before then let’s see the challenges there.
Stable Electricity.
You’d have full power supply with no interference. Cook your favorite dish with fast electrical gadgets, play your favorite games, wash your clothes with the presence of washing machine, iron your clothes, barb your hair or have it stretched when needed and do many other interesting stuffs.
Challenges.
They will be network but it won’t be stable, it will go off and on to the extent that you’d get so mad at the network providers.
It’ll play with your emotions and get on every nerve to the very last. You’d have the urge of throwing off your phone because you feel anger.
Stable Network.
You’ll have full network connection, you can stay anywhere and have your favorite movies or songs download.
You’d get to have face to face interactions with your work partners, friends, boy or girlfriend, families through Telegram, discord, WhatsApp and other apps.
You’d be able to go online and have your business go smoothly because of the network coverage and have much so much fun online.
Challenges.
Your battery will get low because of the unavailability of full power supply.
Sometimes the power brought would be low current meaning you’d have to go out to get water and use gas or stove to cook your favorite meal.
You’d have to wash with your hands and walk miles to get your haircut.
The unavailability of power supply will get on your nerves you’d want to murder or sue the power supply company.
They’ll bring and take the light in a very annoying way.
Solar panels can’t work out here because the weather is always cloudy.
You’d be left with beeps on your phone, reminding you it needs to be charged.
Question.
Now, which will you choose or go for.
The Stable Electricity or Network?
I'd like to know which you will choose.
As for me, I’m so going for the stable electricity.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:1st of May 2022
Action speaks louder than Words.
A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.
Bo Bennett https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/bo-bennett-quotes
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Today, I bring the phrase actions speaks louder than words to your table.
I am very sure we’ve all heard this, either told to us or we telling it to others.
We’d say the words after all, it is said that actions speaks louder than words to people who do the opposite of what they say.
Before we dive into this let’s see what the word Action and Word means.
Action means putting something into effect, no procrastination involved.
Words is what someone says or had said without action, procrastination is intended.
That’s why we hear some say to others, your word is not enough, meaning they need action..
We human are procrastinators, we keep on scheduling and rescheduling our memo because we wasted time procrastinating which should come first.
They are times you’d act without thinking, that’s why you’d hear please think before you act.
Our body sometimes move towards doing something before we can even stop it, we’d sometimes find ourselves doing the stuff or have finished doing it.
Do you know why?
It is because we’ve thought about it, it already in our heart and mind, it is just waiting to get out.
That’s why you’d hear someone telling you to look at them when your talking to them.
They know your actions will betray your words, your eyes will say something else while your words continue flowing.
A cheater will say, it is the work of the devil, I never meant to hurt you but still they did. Their words said it but they acted the opposite.
All actions of ours have been thought on and stored in the brain, just like a movie that has being told to download when connected to WiFi only, you know what happens right? When it sees a WiFi, it starts downloading that’s how the action comes out.
Does Actions Truly Speaks Louder Than Words?
There are some scenarios I will list down here and we’d get to see if actions truly speak louder.
A thousand words won’t be able to explain what you mean to me. There’s an unwritten thought there which is action.
If you love me, don’t tell me, show me instead. Here goes another action needed.
Our parents would hardly tell us they love us but their actions towards us make us realize they do, the way they pamper us, buy us things we need , support us in everyway truly shows they do. They didn’t say it but we knew by how they acted.
Please, don’t promise me.
Why’d you think the person above said that?
Don’t promise me because words can fail but when you act towards it, I know it is true because you already done it.
Even the Bible says, heaven help those, who help themselves.
Looking at this words above you’d note that only when you only act towards something does God help out.
A person sitting under a tree doing nothing because he has been told he’d make it in life turned out poor while the other who was told would be poor worked his way up and became rich, because he acted.
Conclusion.
Don’t just sit right there and say things you don’t mean.
Don’t promise when you know you might not even get to see the next day.
The movie Uncanny Counter shows at the beginning that the boy lost his parent when they had promised they would go out with him. They used words only and didn’t get to do what they said because they were killed.
The plan you’ve made days back, have you had it fulfilled? Or you are still thinking about when you should.
The lady you promised to get married to, have you started working towards proposing to her or getting things in place or you are still all about, let me make enough money first.
The people you promised to help, have you helped them ? Or you are waiting till you have a lot of money before you do.
Think, don’t procrastinate.
Act don’t just use words.
Great minds didn’t just spend their day thinking, they acted.
Ronaldo, Messi, George Bush, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela and all others didn’t just think till they had enough, they made do with the little they had. Why shouldn’t you and I?
Have worn my boot and marching out to work with the little I have, what are you waiting for?
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Writer: Balikis
Date:24 April 2022
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Pawpaw/Papaya
We had an abundance of mangoes, papaias and bananas here, but the pride of the islands, the most delicious fruit known to men, cherimoya, was not in season. It has a soft pulp, like a pawpaw, and is eaten with a spoon. - Author: Mark Twain
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On today’s article on pawpaw,we are at all familiar with the kind of fruit it is.
According to Google,
Pawpaw are very nutritious fruits,which are high in ***vitamin C, magnesium, iron, copper, and manganese***. They are a good source of ***potassium*** and several essential ***amino acids***.
Health benefits.
Promotes Hair Growth
Pawpaw don’t just make the skin healthy, it is also very effective for maintaining healthy hair. The presence of Vitamin A in them is utilized in the production of sebum, a compound that is crucial for keeping the hair smooth, shiny and moisturized.
Great eye care
Papayas are rich in amin A and flavonoids like beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, cryptoxanthin and lutein, which keep the mucous membranes in the eyes healthy I.e preventing them from damage.
In addition, the Vitamin A in pawpaw helps prevents the development of age-related macular degeneration.
Weight loss.
Pawpaw doesn't specifically cause weight loss, but it contains compounds that may help promote a healthy weight loss diet. It is low in calories and a good source of fiber , which are two qualities to have been shown to improve satiety and lower the risk of weight gain.
It helps boosts immunity.
It is important to realize that your immune system is your first line of defence against various infections that can make you really sick. The presence of Vitamin C, helps in building stronger immune system.
Anti-inflammatory Effects
The enzymes present in papayas, especially the papain and chymopapain, reduce the inflammation in different parts of the body.
***Beneficial for liver***: It improves the liver functioning with papaya leaf extract. The juices' healing properties have the potential to cure one from chronic liver diseases such as **jaundice, liver cirrhosis, cancer.** It naturally detoxifies the liver, and **cleanses** the toxins from the liver.
Papaya leaf is often consumed as an extract, tea, or juice and has been found to treat symptoms related to dengue fever. Other common uses include reducing inflammation, improving blood sugar control, supporting skin and hair health, and preventing disease.
Helps Ease Menstrual Pain
It is odd but there’s truth in it, women who experience menstrual pain should help themselves to several usage of papaya because there is an enzyme in pawpaw called ***Papain*** which helps in **regulating and easing flow** during menstrual periods.
So make sure you keep this in mind when the pain kicks in, you might even help a friend.
Anticancer Properties
Many researches have been carried out and it has been discovered that papayas are effective against ***breast, pancreatic and other cancers***. Also it leafs extract contains anti-carcinogenic properties that are effective against tumor cells.
How To Make Pawpaw Juice.
`Peel the pawpaw and use a spoon to scrape out the seeds from the core. Cut into small chunk.`
`Put the chunks inside a blender. Add the water, lemon juice, and sweetener and blend till smooth.`
`Keep refrigerated, chilled till serving and enjoy with ice cubes.`
Don't forget to share to your friends also because that add more great taste to it😁.
Who Shouldn’t Eat Pawpaw?
Though pawpaw is a fruit loved by many just like the nursery rhymes as put it.
***Pawpaw is a kind of fruit***
***Pawpaw is a kind of fruit***
***La la la la***
***Sweet like sugar, yellow like fanta, everybody likes pawpaw. Pawpaw!!***
Well pawpaw isn’t meant to be taken by some people no matter how they would have loved to have it tasted.
***People with kidney stones***
***Pregnant women***
***People with allergies***
***People with irregular heartbeat***
***People with hypoglycemia.***
So what are you waiting for dear friend, won't you get your pawpaw ready to be taken? Because I already did and it, hmmmm, yummy!!!.
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`This article is written to give more information about pawpaw to the public and give more insight on it health benefits and also to stop certain individuals from taking it as mentioned above.`
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Writer: Balikis
Date:21 April 2022
Baths or shower, which do you prefer?
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Do you prefer writing with blue or black pen?
Well I love black pen a lot and prefer having them used in most of my writings,it makes it look like my letters were printed and that just blows my mind. In addition,I love things in black, just like the movie ***Men in black*** 😁. Crazy? I know...
If you could learn a new skill, what would it be?
I'd simply learn how to play the piano while dancing to it tunes. One thing that truly gets my attention is the sound of this lovable , heartwarming instrument,like I could literally die for it. Listening to it takes me off the earth to an entire universe. I had to talk to a stranger because I heard him play,I just couldn't stop myself and the guy and I are close friends till this moment. Learning it would be my greatest pleasure in life.
Do you prefer baths or shower?
Like there's actually a different between these duos.
Bathing is filling up the bathtub with water while you sink in and enjoy the moment.
Shower is like a rain kinda thing and I prefer it because I love the rain. I'm always excited whenever I see the rain. The drops always get me mesmerize.
Just like the quotes above as depicted:
I love the smell of shampoo on a girl's hair. You can walk past someone and be like, 'Wow, you took a shower this morning, didn't you? Because you smell lovely.'
Jensen Ackles https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/jensen-ackles-quotes
Taking shower is absolutely fun,you can swirl around singing to your best rock music and bang your feet to go,isn't that just fun? And also you smell nice.
What is your favorite item of clothing?
I'm not fully into fashion but still I love putting on clothes that are big on me or very free. I'm also a fan of putting on sandals because I dearly love them and appreciate their presence in my life.
Tell us about an early childhood memory of yours.
I grew up way too fast and don't really have much memory stuffed up but still there's one I love because it always put a smile on my face.
I did love playing then and do not really understand sarcasm and it gets worse when I play because my mind will be in the play.
My mother had just finished laying a very beautiful white bed sheet and was washing the plate when she called on me. I quickly went over to answer because I wanted to do whatever she asked fastly and return back to my play.
She had just finished washing the kettle and asked me to have it kept, so I asked where and she answered sarcastically, on the bed...🤣🤣 Well I listened to her instruction and actually had it kept there lol..trust me, the discipline was well given and sadly was fully received. This does crack me up whenever it comes to my mind. I loved and still continue loving the memory.
Do you address older people by their first or last name?
Where I come from respecting our elders is fully instilled in us. So addressing them with their last name it is.
Where do you feel the safest?
The sea. I love the sea especially if a piano is right there spreading off it melodic wings and sounds. The waves and smell of the sea fills me in. I find peace there and also love. No noise apart from the heartwarming sound of the waves. Living close to the sea as always been a wish of mine. Trust me, I always have the urge to go to the sea all the time,it like it calls to me especially when I am troubled and if there's a sea miles away, I can actually smell it. 😁😁.. I'm not Moana but ehn ehn we are kinda sisters.😜
Well there goes the answer to the questions asked.
Tell me, what are yours?
I'd like to know in the comment section below. Feel free to waltz in at anytime.
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Writer: Balikis
Date: 18 April 2022
What kind of husband are you?
***My wonderful husband, you make love easy and effortless.***
***Your love for me is flawless, your commitment impeccable. Your only concern is my happiness, you make me feel so special. I love you my hubby.***
***If I know what love is, it is because of you. –*** Hermann Hesse
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A good evening to you all or afternoon,or is it morning?.. well I'm using this medium to welcome you once more here.
Aren't they just beautiful up there? Awwnn, think I'm in love with them 😍😍
We all have several views or things to say about our husband or someone else's husband.
Before I move to the type of husband we have (yeah they have types😁) let's quickly brush into the definition.
The husband according to me (Balikis 😜) is the man of the house , the provider and someone who has the full authority(not a harsh one) over his wife, respects and adore her.
Now let's see the types we have here:
Types of husband.
Bachelor husband:
This the type that does things on his own without consulting wife. Hangs out a lot with friends more than his wife and doesn't take his marriage life seriously. He'd party hard outside, leaving his wife home alone.
Acidic husband:
You know what acid is like right? Yeah that's the kind which this is,he is always boiling like acid and always angry violent, moody, dominating and very dangerous. You can't talk to him because of his dominative appearance.
Slave husband:
Wants to be treated like a King but treats his wife like a slave. He likes his wife to perform old tradition respect and hates being called by his first name. Like greeting him in a kneeling position every morning or to welcome him back from work or while serving his meal or talking to him!.
General husband:
This is the husband for every woman. He loves and cares for girlfriends more than his wife. Likes giving money to girlfriends and has more female friends. He also doesn't spend much time with his wife and would rather stay out late or won't go home for days.
Dry husband:
You are all familiar with this emoji right? ✊ Yeah,his hand is always tight. You'd always find him moody and he is very stingy, doesn't consider his wife's interest, doesn't make the relationship enjoyable. Has no sense of humor. Like he takes things seriously, heck, no humour 😱😱
Panadol husband:
Just like the name implies, we know what we use Panadol for right? To ease our ache isn't it? This husband uses his wife as problem solver, only loves his wife when in need of something from her. He's clever and knows his wife weaknesses and capitalizes on that to get relief from wife. So bad😓😓.
Parasite husband:
You know the men that lazy around right? They'd prefer their wife doing all the whole work while they just sit and cross their legs like a heavily pregnant woman. He only loves his wife for the sake of money. Uses his wife's money on girlfriends. No initiative and does not help wife with house responsibilities.
Baby husband:
He is the Mama's boy ,very irresponsible and childish and can't make decisions on his own without asking his mother or relatives, subjects his wife to relatives dictates thereby running to them when things go wrong.
Visiting husband:
This kind of husband just come and go. He is not always at home, comes as a visitor. Provides his family all material things but has no time for them.
Caring husband:
Awwnn, this type of husband is caring , patience and loving, he provides material and emotional needs and makes time for his family. He guides his home spiritually. Very responsible and treats his wife as partner and helper. This kind of husband is very cheerful,understands and love his wife unconditionally.
Advice to all brides out there.
Make sure you study your man very well and know the group he belongs to. He'll change in time as put many in their grave. Be careful and don't be blinded by love or lust for him. Don't ignore the red lights, don't let anyone push you in marrying who will end you one day or who you might end up killing.
And if you had married such,please stay away for your own sanity.!
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Writer: Balikis
Date:18 April 2022
Be proud of your hairline.
The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
— Martha Graham https://quotlr.com/author/martha-graham
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Happy Easter Sunday to you all once more. I do hope today's celebration out there is beautiful and more than you hoped for.
Here I am on my bed relaxing, pheew can't remember the last time I did fully relax.
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Many hate themselves and others because of how they are.
Remember there's a beauty to every scar you have.
You can't have it all, it is impossible.
Though they are some who had gone for surgery because they aren't proud of who they are or how people see them.
***Be proud of your hairline as it is the begining of self love***.
You'd see people using different organic cream or solutions on their skin or hair just to close that gap in their hairline or change their skin color.
Some would always wear cap to cover theirs while others are always on wigs to have them covered.
***Bruno Mars once said in one of his music that, You are amazing just the way you are.***
***Alessia Cara also said , You should know you're beautiful just the way you are.***
These musicians are sending a message to everyone that you should appreciate how you are made because it makes you unique, different from others.
Performing surgery to fix your hairline or change your looks or body is indeed beautiful, I mean the transformation is lovely.
But note this, the pain that'll come after will be unbearable and you'd wish you had never done it.
People will talk and mock you no matter how beautiful you may look.
They'd appreciate the surgery and still be the same to thrash you when things go wrong and then you'd hear, His/Her lack of contentment caused him/her this and that.
Be proud of your hairline brother!
Be proud of your hairline sister!
Don't let people push you towards what you'd regret.
Your hairline, hair color or length is perfect.
Showcase it and beautify it.
This also apply to the life we live.
Many have resented themselves so much that they are willing to do anything to have themselves changed.
What you have and do not value or degrade is something someone else put in high regard.
Be grateful for how you are created and appreciate your creator for being who you are.
Trust me dear friend, you are perfect.
There were times I complained of my hair because it was too full.
Like it is plenty.
I'd cut off the length so that it doesn't become so tiring when combing because it does.
Whenever I open my hair I'd have people asking if I were the only one that own it because it not suppose to be carried by one person 😂😂 lol.
Story story oo😂😂, once upon a time 😉😉. Clears throat...
There's a story of mine that happened many years back.
I had gone around to have my hair made and no one didn't even want to have it made because it was full and it was a virgin hair. Even when I promised had pay any amount they still didn't want to claiming the time they'll spend on having my hair made would be used to make over ten people's hair which will pay them well.
So I walked off and almost gave up until I saw a shop,I decided to give it one last trial and trust me the woman welcomed me well.
We deliberated on the price and agreed on the said price.
The moment I open my hair and have it combed out, the woman excused herself.
Some minutes back she came back with her phone on her ear telling the person on the phone in a rush tone that she's closing her shop now and would be there very soon.
Then she told me something urgent came up and she won't be able to make my hair as planned, lol... I understood why she did that and just smiled, packed my hair and cover it, then I walked out her shop towards my home. I had always cut my hair but this time around I wanted to have it made.
So when I got home, I promised myself I won't cut it off and would it ,so I did. I learnt on how to make it myself,I even make wigs to put on it sometimes when I'm too tired to have it made.
With time I got to love it and instead of cutting it off I just trim the length.
Though last year I got to have someone make my hair without excuses.
I loved my hair and appreciated it and just because I loved it,I took more care of it and I have people always wanting to have it touched.
I say this again friends, love and appreciate who you are and how you are made and everything that makes you, you and you'd see people gushing over you.
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Happy Easter Sunday once more, do enjoy every bit of your day.
Till we meet again... I still remain your one and only friend Balikis 😍😍.. such lovely name😜😜.
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Writer: Balikis
Date: 17 April 2022
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I couldn't help it!
William Shakespeare https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-shakespeare-2985097
"Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, / Men were deceivers ever, / One foot in sea and one on shore, / To one thing constant never."
The pain intensified with each passing second.
I wish I hadn't taken it.
I wish I didn't do it.
I wish I never woke up late that day.
I wish I didn't go through that lane.
I wish for a lot of don't but the deed as already been done.
A new era begun in my presence and I had no way to stop it flow.
How on Earth did I get here?
Oh yeah,how can I ever forget?
Can I even try to forget the words said?
Oh I wish I never had the brain that remember things vividly .
I stare at the ceiling and wailed in agony.
I felt the wetness before I saw the blood, gushing out like a dam which had just been broken.
Oh no! I screamed.
Who would hear me now? I reasoned.
What have I done!!!
I looked to my side and could still see the pictures close by.
It hurts me more, and I muffled the sound of my teary cries.
I looked at the ceiling once more and smiled beautifully at it.
I was going to miss it because it stood by me and gave me a nice view in my troubled moment.
I sighed heavily and burst out a sarcastic laugh.
I giggled even and then I closed my already blurry eyes so I could sleep.
A sleep I would never wake up from.
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8 years ago.
My alarm rang loudly and I knocked it off the stand.
Oh such noisy voluminous alarm.
I stretched my tired body and promised I'd wake up very soon.
I just need five minutes more I had told myself, so I closed my eyes just a tiny bit and dozed off.
Hmmm..I turned around some seconds later.
Okay that's it, and I stood up and walked half eyes closed to do my business in the bathroom.
I came out refreshed and creamed my body then put on some clothes.
I walked towards the kitchen and prepared a toast bread.
Hmm, smells nice I said to myself.
I made a coffee to go with it and ate to my satisfaction.
I walked to my stand and picked my phone smiling.
Then the smiles dropped, I cleaned my eyes, twice, thrice, fifteen times and it still the same.
I rushed out immediately.
Fuck! I'm late for work and I ran out with my bags down the stairs to the already busy road switching to another lane and that's when I bumped into a wall.
Ouch!! I rubbed my head and just then the wall spoke rudely.
Watch your step young lady!
I looked up to throw a comeback and my throat closed up on me.
Gosh, I couldn't believe my eyes, his fitted shirt clunged onto him like a gods armour . Oh it should be a sin for someone to look this breathtaking.
He should be jailed and I'll die to be his personal and only jailer.
He smirked at me and raise his beautiful sculptured hands towards my face closing up my lips.
I smiled awkwardly and cleared my throat to say something but nothing seem to come out.
My heart was in a frenzy so was my mind.
He gave me his business card and walked off.
Pheew!!... And then that's how we met.
Years after.
Myself and Mr Knight started talking and we flowed.
I still drooled over him and he had also taken a liking to me .
He says I am deep witted and I couldn't agree more.
We spent most time together, either on phone, or at the beach.
There was no dulling moment with us, we vibe so we'll that when he kissed me I didn't stop him.
Later we started dating and things run smoothly.
For 7 years we dated and loved each other so much.
I was obsessed by his presence and would do anything for him.
I did countless abortions for him and it got to stage where I had my womb removed when he promised we would adopt a child when we needed one.
I believed him because I was given no doubt not to..
Present day.
The pictures on the floor was sent to me by an anonymous.
There was Mr Knight with a son and a beautiful wife.
When I called him to query him regarding what I saw. He claimed it was true and that he couldn't settle with a woman with no womb or future.
I lost contacts with my parents and friends because he told me he didn't like them.
It seems like a joke right so I travelled and traced him and there he was with his family.
I knew a sniper so I called on him and asked him to kill him while I went back home.
When I turned on the TV this morning I saw the news about his death so I took the bottle I brought days before and chunked it down.
I bled from my ears and nose and other parts as that's what the drug does.
Conclusion.
This article is an imagination of mine and it is written to inform and educate us never to do something stupid because of someone.
Truly love makes us do stupid things because it is blind.
Don't elope or cut contacts with your loved ones or those who were with you through thick and thin because your new found lover said he doesn't like them.
Love with your heart and let your mind do the thinking. Listen to your mind because the heart just do what it thinks is right.
A person who loves you truly would never hurt you or ask you to do abortion or remove your womb for him.
Ask your partner where the relationship is headed and make sure you make your findings about that person..
...and never forget to pray!
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Writer: Balikis
Date:16 April 2022
A man's help:20 million trust gone.
Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.
Brian Clough https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/brian-clough-quotes
While growing up, we got familiar with others belief from ours.
Money they say is the root of all evil and many are ready to horde the tree to their home.
Health is wealth.
In dust we came and to it we shall return.
A wealthy man without a good health is not wealthy at all.
When there's life there's hope, right?
That means the moment someone dies, their hope also is gone..
Why do we then live life like we own every bit of it.
We put our trust on earthly things that can rise against us or fail us in our dire need of it.
Prayer they said is the key and we all pray to thank God and also request for things we need.
Sometimes our prayer request wouldn't be met and we'd be left with questions on why they didn't.
The way things didn't go as plan baffles us and turn our spirit sour.
We'd question God on why things didn't work out even when we prayed and fasted towards getting them.
We fail to remember that in every disappointment there's a blessing we can't see.
People call it a blessing in disguise.
This brings me to a story I heard from a close friend of mind during one of our converse.
She said:
***Once upon a time, there lived a man whom we can say to be a civil servant was striving and toiling to take care of his family of 4 plus his wife.***
***As a devout man he had been praying for a breakthrough in his life and one day the answer came to him. His younger sister's husband who was wealthy finally remembered him and promised him and 20million Naira..... Wow with this sum I could become my own boss and an entrepreneur with people under my payroll so thought the man.***
***The meeting day arrived and this civil servant went to his brother in law house for the supposed meeting. After being entertained both men moved to the study area for the official signing of the cheque. As the brother in law was about to pen his signature which was to validate the filled cheque, suddenly he felt dizzy and hot. Then he began to slump. First fell the pen from his hands and next was his body going limp on the chair .***
***Thinking that this was a prank which was not funny, he began to tap the slumped body to wake up and finish signing he cheque. After some minutes his scream brought the attention of the rest of the family members and lo and behold he was pronounced dead.***
In this story you can see the men dined together and nothing happened right?
What do we call this?
How would you react towards this?
A man's help all of a sudden slumped and died when he was about to sign the cheque.
It a painful experience for the man.
But do you know what would have happened if the man have signed the cheque and gave it to the man?
What if he might be killed on his way to the bank of coming back?
We never know.
We some in life who really wants to help but can't because they also do not have or are not capable to.
We meet some who promise to but have no intention to render any help to us.
But you'd see them spraying money when the one who they were supposed to help dies.
Just like the quote above as said
Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.
Brian Clough https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/brian-clough-quotes
Some won't help us when we are alive but would come to party on our dead bed.
Some wants to help just like the story shared above , but certain circumstances couldn't let them achieve that aim.
This should remind us never to put hope in any man because even when some are willing to help they couldn't because death snatched them away.
Only God knows why he does things and as painful or hurtful it might be we should all try to embrace it and remember how he was always there for us and never given up on us even when we lost the faith to.
Believing in God and praying for His guidance, mercy and love upon us shouldn't escape our lips any day.
This is a trying time as everyone is going through different phases we can't even talk about.
In each journey of life, let us call on God and hopefully He will hear us and lead us through.
Don't give up yet sister and brother.
You are alive, that means there's hope and hope means something will come up.
Remember how God saved you during your trying times and be thankful.
Don't give up on God.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:14 April 2022
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A lovely night to you all and good morning to others.
The journey through the storm.
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
Frederick Douglass https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/frederick-douglass-quotes
There in the midst of the storm lay the small weary boy.
He had a lot of dreams and he held tightly onto them.
In the midst of the heavy storm he moved his tired feet just to get to the mountains.
There he believed he would be saved.
Many a times the storm will push him hard backward and he'd fall flat hard on the hard ground with none to pull him up but himself.
He didn't give up!.
There was a lot of burden he had that needs to be urgently catered for so there wasn't time to rest.
So he moved, unfailingly he moved three feet forward again to be met with a strange dust in his eyes.
He covered his eyes as fast as he could but still some particles got in.
He stood in a melancholic manner , panting so hard to get the particles off his face and just then the wind came again!.
Buaahhh!!!
It sounded, blowing him six feet back, he stood up again.
Bringing up his hands to shield off the sand from his eyes and then he began his journey through the storm once more.
By the time he'd walk eight feet forward again the storm came in hard.
But the boy wasn't having any of it torments this time around so he stood tall, flexing his feet and keeping it deep rooted in the sand, challenging the storm to bring more of it torments.
The storm looked deeply at the boy and realized he had grown so well and so the storm passed away whizzing sounds of it come back to the boy.
The boy heard it words and mocked it back with his head high promising it he would be here to make it through once more.
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Hello dear lovely readers, friends and great sponsors of read.cash and yet to be friends, readers and sponsors this great platform.
It a beautiful evening here and I just took my bath...eeewww🤮🤮..
Yeah I didn't go out today so I just lazied around all day, sleeping all day long.
Oh come on, don't stare at me like I needed that rest so badly.
Now back to my article on the journey through the storm.
Well there goes the epistle I wrote up there lol.
It not just story of a boy in a storm in that sense but it more about life.
Yeah life.
Our men.
Life isn't easy for any man.
Any father.
Any husband.
Any brother.
Any uncle.
It is hard because the society looks up to them to get things done.
Father.
The father is expected to guide his children right, provide for his family. I once heard of a man who goes out everyday in search of daily bread to feed his family by going to far places to pack sand out of water. Trust me that isn't an easy job.
When a father gets home his children would be there with smiles to greet him with lots of talks.
Those talks includes school fees, their hair made or cut, biscuits, sweet and all.
And it is expected of him to carry these things out unfailingly.
Husband.
The job of the husband is to care for his wife, love his wife and cater for her needs.
That's why people say if you want to know if a man is rich you'd see it in his wife.
Society expects the husband to get things done for his wife , pamper her and do the needful for not only her but her families also.
And there goes his families too.
Brother.
The brother's job is to take care of his siblings especially if he is the first son comes in more responsibility.
He'd be left all alone to do all, giving it his all having little or nothing to himself.
He works hard to send himself through school and he is still left with the burden to send money home and all.
The uncle.
We'd all say we don't want to be like some of our uncle's because they were easy when we are little.
Unknowingly to us then we never understood what they were going through.
While growing up we came to realize the little given to us was truly much and realized we never appreciated them.
Now most of us are uncles and in this hard time we can't even feed ourselves talk more of feeding others.
Through the storms our men travelled, with painful feet to get things expected of them.
Learn to appreciate your man regardless of what he gives out.
The country is hard now and nothing seems right again.
Going out is a battle they fight everyday, create a peaceful home for them so they'll have a place to rest and have someone to clean off the sand on them when the storm passes.
Just like the quote above as said:
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
Frederick Douglass https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/frederick-douglass-quotes
Through the fire, thunder , storm, whirlwind and earthquake our men have risen and fought every battles with pain.
Some lost their life through the process while some survived with thousand scars telling different stories.
Kudos to all true men out there trying to make ends meet.
I pray all that you all require will come through very soon.
To the women out there who are taking the responsibilities for their families may the storm never break you all apart.
Right here I drop my bleeding pen of love to appreciate all beautiful souls out there who are doing all legal things possible to take care of their loved ones.
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I appreciate you all for the support you've shown towards my journey so far.
Thanks for reading and stay safe.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:12 April 2022
A good day to work hard.
Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is!
Dita Von Teese https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/dita-von-teese-quotes
Dreams are beautiful and creative.
Working towards your dreams is more beautiful and interesting.
Living life to the fullest is every ultimate goal of ours but this can't be achievable when work isn't done.
I do agree that life isn't balanced as not everyone who work hard get to enjoy their labour's but some still do.
Hoping for a better future isn't wrong but the nation makes it seem like a crime to.
Working helps us in many ways like improving our standard of living and sometimes of giving.
Help boost our moral in presence of peers and others.
Gives power to govern or give order needed to be carried out.
Working is indeed fun!
They are different incredible professions that people engage in to sort out their daily activities, but most are met with engaging in professions they have no interest in just to make ends meet.
Life isn't a bed of roses and didn't come with a manual to follow in order to achieve right so we are all left with tons of mistakes and makeovers.
Though some are born with silver spoon still they have their battles also.
What's the good day to work hard?
There's no day that isn't suitable to work hard.
Having the hope to see another day is a gift that should be cherished.
The only way that gift is to be cherished is to:
Pray.
Waking up everyday is a miracle that can't be measured. Many who were hale and healthy are no where to be found while those in the hospital gown made it back alive.
Ability to breathe and see a new day is a grace that can't be understood.
You'd have yourself thinking, I ain't perfect.
I keep malice.
I backbite.
And still I am here while a new born baby who hasn't sin yet just died a cruelsome death as such!.
We are all sinners and even a new born is, praying and asking for forgiveness and new path to live one's life should be the first to be done each morning. Put God first!
Prepare your mood.
I don't know about y'all but I do wake up sometimes with a very sour mood. I'd just be unhappy for no reason and at the end of the day if I didn't raise up my mood I'd have more things to dampen that mood.
You need a good mood to work.
Cheer yourself up with good vibes and don't let your sour mood stain a beautiful day given.
Make plans.
Don't forget to sit and make plans to make the day work.
Note this though,not all plan made may be accomplished that day sometimes.
Don't let that pull you down. Instead make a note to have that accomplished the next day.
Work towards the plan made.
Don't just sit and procrastinate on which to do first, remember time awaits no ma!. Sit up and work towards each plan to make the day worth it.
Create time to rest.
We are all familiar with the idiomatic expressipn that ' says all work and no play makes jack a dull boy '.
Don't just work and work all day, give time to rest or listen to music or just breathe to cool your brain from the work stress propounded upon it.
Don't forget to prepare your meal.
And...
Here we go, I fall into this group of not preparing meals on time.
I love eating and not a fan of eating out and that's where the problem comes in.
I'd be waiting to get home to get something fixed instead of eating out.
Please don't be like me as I also do not appreciate this me of not eating on time sometimes because I'm too tired to or very busy too.
Have a good day at work.
Like I mentioned earlier, there's no day which isn't good to work hard. Every new dawn is a day made ready to begin each work.
Open your eyes.
Get your boots ready.
And walk majestically with a lot of grace and joviality into the day's work.
Thanks to all readers, lovers, families and great sponsors of read.cash for your usual love and support towards my life journey.
I appreciate and love each and everyone of you.
Thanks for the usual tips, comments and love.
Thanks for reading and stay safe.
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Writer: Balikis
Date:11 April 2022
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