Princewill Daokorite

When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can't tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own - not of the same blood and birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me. No one can implicate me in ugliness. Nor can I feel angry at my relative, or hate him. We were born to work together like feet, hands and eyes, like the two rows of teeth, upper and lower. To obstruct each other is unnatural. To feel anger at someone, to turn your back on him: these are unnatural. ~Marcus Aurelius Book: Meditations https://amzn.to/3qjadxq (Art: Painting by Maximilien Luce)

Princewill Daokorite was one of Africa's delegate at the America's Youth Adaptation Forum. "It was an awesome experience" in his words. The America's Youth Adaptation Forum Aims to: * Promote the perspective of young people in International adaptation process including the Global Goal on Adaptation * Promote youth participation in national policy- and decision-making processes, including in National Adaptation Plans. * Catalyze innovation ideas and adaptation action in young people by featuring African Youth Leadership Around the World including the African Youth Adaptation solutions challenge ( YouthADAPT ) winners. 

I remain cautiously optimistic. I think if we can move beyond the anxiety and dread and despair, there is a promise of something shifting not just culturally, but spiritually, too. I feel that potential in the air, or maybe a sort of subterranean undertow of concern and connectivity, a radical and collective move towards a more empathetic and enhanced existence. It does seem possible — even against the criminal incompetence of our governments, the planet’s ailing health, the divisiveness that exists everywhere, the shocking lack of mercy and forgiveness, where so many people seem to harbour such an irreparable animosity towards the world and each other — even still, I have hope. Collective grief can bring extraordinary change, a kind of conversion of the spirit, and with it a great opportunity. We can seize this opportunity, or we can squander it and let it pass us by. I hope it is the former. I feel there is a readiness for that, despite what we are led to believe. ~Nick Cave Book: Fa...

The emotionally intelligent person knows that love is a skill, not a feeling, and will require trust, vulnerability, generosity, humor, sexual understanding, and selective resignation. The emotionally intelligent person awards themselves the time to determine what gives their working life meaning and has the confidence and tenacity to try to find an accommodation between their inner priorities and the demands of the world. The emotionally intelligent person knows how to hope and be grateful, while remaining steadfast before the essentially tragic structure of existence. The emotionally intelligent person knows that they will only ever be mentally healthy in a few areas and at certain moments, but is committed to fathoming their inadequacies and warning others of them in good time, with apology and charm. There are few catastrophes, in our own lives or in those of nations, that do not ultimately have their origins in emotional ignorance. ~Alain de Botton (Book: The School of Life https:...

Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life,the idea came to him of what he called 'the love of your fate.' Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, 'This is what I need.' It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment--not discouragement--you will find the strength is there. Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. What a privilege! This is when the spontaneity of your own nature will have a chance to flow. Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failures followed by wreckage were the incidents that shaped the life you have now. You’ll see that this is really true. Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are require...

1) Stop telling people everything. Most people do not care, and some secretly want you to fail. 2) Choose your friends wisely. The fastest way to become better is to surround yourself with better people. 3) Expect nothing, appreciate everything. Be grateful for the little things in your life to find inner peace. 4) Do your best and trust the process. The harder you work, the luckier you will get. 5) Control yourself, not OTHERS. Being able to control yourself is true power. 6) Learn to react less. When you control your reactions, you can't be manipulated. By Chandan

We destroy the disinterested (I do not mean uninterested) love of learning in children, which is so strong when they are small, by encouraging and compelling them to work for petty and contemptible rewards — gold stars, or papers marked 100 and tacked to the wall, or A’s on report cards. In short, for the ignoble satisfaction of feeling that they are better than someone else. We kill, not only their curiosity, but their feeling that it is a good and admirable thing to be curious, so that by the age of ten most of them will not ask questions, and will show a good deal of scorn for the few who do. ~John Holt (Art: Photograph by Bernard Hoffman)

1. Life pro tip: stop expecting. 2. The more you hide your feelings, the more deeply you feel them. 3. Forgiveness is accepting the apology you will never receive. 4. Everything we say at funerals should be said at birthday parties instead. 5. Real ones stay during bad times. 6. At some point, you’ll have to realize that some people won’t be ready for your love. 7. Growing sometimes means leaving people behind. 8. Change is scary but so is staying the same. 9. Letting people lose you instead of trying to convince them of your worth hits different. 10. Just because today wasn’t your day doesn’t mean tomorrow won’t be.

I have a theory that the moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. I have tried this experiment a thousand times and I have never been disappointed. The more I look at a thing, the more I see in it, and the more I see in it, the more I want to see. It is like peeling an onion. There is always another layer, and another, and another. And each layer is more beautiful than the last. This is the way I look at the world. I don't see it as a collection of objects, but as a vast and mysterious organism. I see the beauty in the smallest things, and I find wonder in the most ordinary events. I am always looking for the hidden meaning, the secret message. I am always trying to understand the mystery of life. I know that I will never understand everything, but that doesn't stop me from trying. I am content to live in the mystery, to be surrounded by the unknown. I am content to be a see...

As adults, we have many inhibitions against crying. We feel it is an expression of weakness, or femininity or of childishness. The person who is afraid to cry is afraid of pleasure. This is because the person who is afraid to cry holds himself together rigidly so that he won't cry; that is, the rigid person is as afraid of pleasure as he is afraid to cry. In a situation of pleasure he will become anxious. As his tensions relax he will begin to tremble and shake, and he will attempt to control this trembling so as not to break down in tears. His anxiety is nothing more than the conflict between his desire to let go and his fear of letting go. This conflict will arise whenever the pleasure is strong enough to threaten his rigidity. Since rigidity develops as a means to block out painful sensations, the release of rigidity or the restoration of the natural motility of the body will bring these painful sensations to the fore. Somewhere in his unconscious the neurotic individual is awar...

The principal effect of fear is that it prevents you from seeing where love is present, whereas love helps you to see where you are afraid. Love makes you conscious. It switches a light on in your mind. This light brings everything into view. You can see into every corner of your mind. Love does not judge, so nothing is hidden. Love does not condemn, so there is no deception. Love does not censure, so all is revealed. Love exposes the fears you identify with, the secret shame you haven’t forgiven, the old wounds not yet released, and every other unloving thought that blocks the awareness of love’s presence. ~Robert Holden Book: Loveability: Knowing How to Love and Be Loved https://amzn.to/3Mq5W2t

1.Life is about taking risks even if there’s a chance you could fail . But it’s the only way , 2.Know your worth . Control your basic human nature . Be wary of “shortcuts” & “hacks “ , 3.Replace “instant” with “delayed” gratification activities , 4.Commitment, just like passion, is a choice , 5.Just focus on the activities that gives you bulk of the results . Every other thing is secondary , 6.Learn more about social dynamics, presence , body language & charisma . 7.Boys explode & argue . Men remain calm & collected , 8.Don’t confuse “responsibility” & “ fault” . Not everything in your life is your fault, but everything in your life is your responsibility , 9.Be effective. Few hours deep work is better than long hours basic work . Create time to rest & sleep well , 10.Stay brave . Stay ambitious. Stay positive . Stay strong , 11.Never be ashamed of your hustle. Nobody will feed you if you went broke, 12.Just Chill.!!

1.Why do your love not give you attention? Because your attention is abundant. You give it away easily & to everyone : Unlimited supply. Unlimited supply = Zero Value , 2.When you’re dominating life, keep yourself grounded . It’s so easy to forget your roots & destroy your foundation — this often leads to downfall, 3.The biggest threat to men as they move through adulthood isn’t smoking or obesity . It’s lack of strong networking with other high value men , 4.You’ll automatically look hotter than 90% of the population just by cutting junk food & working out, Everyone is desperate for “happiness & bliss” but we try running away from pain . Don’t want to harness pain ?? 5.Nobody said being a MAN would be easy . Seek purpose & meaning to achieve happiness, 6.Trust, loyalty , respect . Mess up with one & you lose all three , 7.Internal dialogue rules all . If we can maintain poisonous optimism in the face of everything falling apart around us nothing is impossible ,...

1.You have difficulty taking criticism: If you are unable to accept criticism or feedback from others without becoming defensive or angry, it could be a sign that your ego is too big. A healthy ego allows you to accept constructive feedback and use it to grow and improve. 2.You constantly seek attention or validation: If you find yourself constantly seeking attention or validation from others, it could be a sign that your ego is too big. A healthy ego is self-assured and doesn't require constant external validation. 3.You belittle or talk down to others: If you feel the need to belittle or talk down to others to feel better about yourself, it's a sign that your ego is too big. A healthy ego allows you to recognize and appreciate the strengths of others without feeling threatened by them. 4.You have a sense of entitlement: If you feel entitled to special treatment or privileges without earning them, it's a sign that your ego is too big. A healthy ego allows you to recognize ...

The older I get, the more I find that you can only live with those who free you, who love you with an affection that is as light to bear as it is strong to feel. Today's life is too hard, too bitter, too anemic, for us to undergo new bondages, from whom we love. This is how I am your friend, I love your happiness, your freedom, Your adventure in one word, and I would like to be for you the companion we are sure of, always. ~Albert Camus (Source: Translated from Correspondance 1946-1959 [French] https://amzn.to/42OpEfk)

Promise Yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile. To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but great deeds. To live in faith that the whole world is on your side so l...

1 Live life by your vision and not to please people. 2 Learn to say no. 3 Forgive your mistakes and make a fresh start with a stronger commitment. 4 Nobody, I repeat, nobody is bigger than your life. 5 Create your boundaries. Keep them a little far but they must be strong. 6 Any abuse, blackmailing, repetitive negativity or toxicity is prohibited. No conditions applied. 7 Keep at least one hour of me-time for yourself each day, self-talk, self-walk, self-motivation, songs and spirituality. SOLITUDE 8 Associate your activities with your mental and personal growth. How you can improve, learn and practise? And not with the approval or appreciation of people. 9 Have a vision for your life, a non-monetary way of life and living in vision. “I want to live my entire life independent and n good health, pursuing my passion till the end.” 10 Fulfil your small ignored wishes by yourself, keep a weekly day to fulfil one happy wish as a reward for yourself. A movie alone, a trip to food cart you ex...

Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.' It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult—once we truly understand and accept it—then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters. Most do not fully see this truth that life is difficult. Instead they moan more or less incessantly, noisily or subtly, about the enormity of their problems, their burdens, and their difficulties as if life were generally easy, as if life should be easy. They voice their belief, noisily or subtly, that their difficulties represent a unique kind of affliction that should not be and that has somehow been especially visited upon them, or else upon their families, their tribe, their class, their nation, their race or even their species, and not upon others. I know about this moaning because I have done my share. ~M. Scott Peck (Book: The Road Less Tra...

1 If you didn’t work hard for yourself today , you’ll soon be working hard for someone else , 2 Who’ll you be on the most stressful day of your life ? You’ll only have the mind you built for yourself . Keep checking in with yourself, 3 You don’t want to be like most of your friends. Look at them, obsessed over a single woman who barely even gives them the time of the day . Pathetic ! Rise above them , 4 Allowing yourself to be human is the most basic thing ever . There’s freedom in that space , 5 Remember to connect with people now & then . In fact, pick up the phone, right now , & call a friend for no other reason than to say ”Hello “ . That’s great. Your network , like all living beings, needs to be fed in order for it to keep existing , 6 Ask yourself “ how do I feel right now” . It’ll give you a chance to get out of your head & embrace the present . Embrace mindfulness as a way of living, 7 Staying committed to healthy daily habits is like writing a series of love lette...

Having low confidence can be a challenging issue to overcome, but there are many effective strategies that can help you boost your confidence. Here are some tips: 1 Practice self-care: Taking care of yourself physically and mentally can help you feel more confident. This includes getting enough sleep, eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and taking time to relax and unwind. 2 Set achievable goals: Set small, achievable goals that you can accomplish easily. This will help you build confidence and a sense of accomplishment as you progress towards bigger goals. 3 Focus on your strengths: Identify your strengths and talents, and find ways to use them in your daily life. Focusing on what you do well can help you feel more confident and capable. 4 Practice self-compassion: Be kind and understanding towards yourself, and avoid harsh self-criticism. Treat yourself as you would treat a friend, with compassion and empathy. 5 Face your fears: Challenge yourself to face your fears and take...

1 Do the work. Don't be lazy. 2 Stop waiting for opportunities. Create them. 3 Be practical and set realistic goals. 4  Be productive early. 5  Accept challenges. 6  Don't waste your energy on things you can't control. 7  Don't hang out with idiots. 8  Stop trying to please everyone. 9  Take good care of your body. 10  Stop doing the same mistake again and again and hoping for change. Thanks for reading!

1 You should either have a supportive partner or no partner. There's no third option. 2 If someone can't tell you their flaws, they have a dangerous lack of self awareness. 3 The best revenge is getting yourself to a place where you no longer care about revenge. 4 Just because a relationship has lasted a long time doesn't mean it's working. 5 Self respect comes from self control. You'll never respect yourself if you're a slave to people pleasing and external validation. 6 Don't let your time and energy leak from social media, overthinking, and meaningless relationships. 7 If you always think your happiness is somewhere else, it'll never be where you are.

1 Talk to people not to improve but to observe and understand. 2 Dedicate at least half an hour to exercise, half an hour to hobby, half an hour for self-improvement each day. 3 Spend at least one hour of early morning time in acquiring knowledge or walking and enjoying the smooth winds outside. 4 Write a schedule for each day, make a checklist of all important activities, make sure you check most of them before falling asleep. 15 minutes: Introspect your day and identify scope of improvement. Next 15 minutes: Be thankful for whatever went right in the day and express gratitude for whatever you have till date. (Schedule for last half an hour before sleeping.) 5 Be joyful about challenges and issues in life, feel excited to test your strengths and to come out of them like a warrior. Be happy and fearless. Commit to face and fight. 6 Seek inspiration from every person you see, every person does some inspiring things in their life, however, all we do is to feel envious of them, instead ap...

1- Develop a consistent Morning and Bedtime Routine, believe me this will give you next level of productivity and satisfaction in life. 2- Deactivate your all social media accounts if you use them only for fun by mindless scrolling and Conquer your Fear of missing out. I've deactivated my all social media accounts on 25 May 2020 and activated them after 1 year of long break , i can't describe how this social media detoxification helped me mentally. 3- Stop watching News Channels no matter what, News is to the mind what sugar is to the body. 4- Start Lifting Weights and meditation, never ignore your health. 5- Start Reading books and Listening Intellectuals Podcast. 6- Start Investing as early as possible. 7- Master Discipline because Only the disciplined ones are free in life. If you aren't disciplined, you are a slave to your moods and your Dopamine rush. 8- Don't look for perfectionism in your life , this will only lead to self abuse and demotivation. 9- Start daily j...

Never underestimate the value of asking your partner how his day went. Some fights are just fights. They don't have to be deal brakers. Not all disagreements means that things are all over. All cuples fight but it's how you resolve it that counts Schedule time for yourselves. There is no need to fill your social calendar up every weekend with group events or trips. Take things easy and pencil in a visit to the cinema or a picnic in the park just for the two of you. More “ I love you “ are better than fewer. Nobody gets tired of hearing that they are loved. You really can't say it too often. Kiss hello before doing anything else when you get home. Kiss good bye when you leave Respond to each other's texts, calls… no screening when it comes to your significant other. If he needs to get in touch for whatever reason that should be priority.

What is the deep secret of life? 1.Unconditional love is not unconditional tolerance. 2. Grind in your 20’s. Build in your 30’s. Chill in your 40’s. 3. Bad communication ends a lot of good things. 4. Real friends: when you get to the top, your friends know who you are. When you hit the bottom, you know who your friends are. 5. It is not about the size of circle. It is about the loyalty in it. 6. Your biggest supporter is a stranger. Your biggest hater is someone you know. 7. After you hit a certain age all you want is Money, Stability, and Peace of mind. 8. Standards: high Focus: sharp Confidence: on Self-doubt: off Gratitude: on Intentions: set 9. The level up is about improving, not impressing.

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they...

1. Most of our life is spent chasing false goals and worshipping false ideals. The day you realise that is the day you really start to live. 2. You really, truly cannot please all of the people all of the time. Please yourself first and your loved ones second, everyone else is busy pleasing themselves anyway, trust me. 3. Fighting the ageing process is like trying to catch the wind. Go with it, enjoy it. Your body is changing, but it always has been. Don’t waste time trying to reverse that, instead change your mindset to see the beauty in the new. 4. Nobody is perfect and nobody is truly happy with their lot. When that sinks in you are free of comparison and free of judgement. It’s truly liberating. 5. No one really sees what you do right, everyone sees what you do wrong. When that becomes clear to you, you will start doing things for the right reason and you will start having so much more fun. 6. You will regret the years you spent berating your looks, the sooner you can make peace wi...

1 You don’t care what people think of you. 2 You take responsibility for your own life and never complain or play victim. 3 You read books about psychology and human nature 4 You cut out Toxic people 5 You have good communication 6 You have a beginners mind. 7 You forgive your parents and yourself. 8 You know you will never accomplish anything waiting for perfection. 9 You know most people are not bad. 10 You know small things have a big influence on your mood. 11 You know yourself. 12 You know everyone is as lost as you. By Elia Juniana

You need five years to turn around your life. You have around 8–9 five-year boxes of magic in your hand. I am sorry, it can't happen in a day. Don't expect it to be. The next five-year gap is till thirty-seven. Change your routine, change your direction, change your life. From now, yes, this moment, it's night here, still a lot can be done, biggest of plans can be made. Erase everything, it's past and dead, make a fresh vision, and prepare a new route for this journey. It only has what you want the most as a priority and some other crucial aspects as secondary goals. Be it a certain career, hobby, passion, social service, or a dream to change the world. It needs a tiny start, one step, one decision, and one commitment. You have the luxury to consider any point as the starting point. You need to start today and give three hours to it, do anything but only related to it, make notes, use the internet, call people, and go outside. Fit it into your routine, first smoothly, a...

Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself. ~William Martin Book: The Parent's Tao Te Ching https://amzn.to/3nFsofV (Art: Photograph by Nell Dorr)

Last night Pee Dee Styles was a guest on the Sophia P's show where he talked about his current projects and upcoming projects. He also talked about the challenges so far.. because it's not been easy.. but an amazing experience.. according to his statement.  'The goal is to make an impact in the lives of people'. He further said.  To view the interview visit the YouTube channel.⬇️ YouTube.com/princewillda-okorite

1 Love yourself first, always. 2 Give and expect nothing back. 3 Focus on the present moment. 4 Be kind, even when it's hard. 5 Embrace change, fear less. 6 Learn from failures, move forward. 7 Prioritize relationships, not things. 8 Stay curious, keep learning. 9 Keep a positive mindset, always. By E l i a J u n i a n a

We often pressure our partners to be as enthusiastic as we are about our passion. Or we wonder if they’re right for us because when we talk about our passion, they don’t have much to add to the conversation. Our partner doesn’t have to share our passions. Even if they do, that doesn’t guarantee success in a relationship. Remind yourself why you are with them and remember that being alike isn’t necessary for a happy relationship. ~Jay Shetty Book: 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go https://amzn.to/3LQsucl (Art: Painting by Aldo Balding)

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that's often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb. ~Mary Oliver Book: Swan: Poems and Prose Poems https://amzn.to/42mQJ9d (Art: Photograph of Mary Oliver by Molly Malone Cook)

1 Trying to control everything. 2 Having a negative mindset. 3 Not expressing yourself. 4 Fantasizing instead of visualising. 5 Not making time for personal relationships. 6 Not focusing on career By Elia Juniana Thanks for reading!

All art is a work in progress. It’s helpful to see the piece we’re working on as an experiment. One in which we can’t predict the outcome. Whatever the result, we will receive useful information that will benefit the next experiment. If you start from the position that there is no right or wrong, no good or bad, and creativity is just free play with no rules, it’s easier to submerge yourself joyfully in the process of making things. We’re not playing to win, we’re playing to play. And ultimately, playing is fun. Perfectionism gets in the way of fun. A more skillful goal might be to find comfort in the process. To make and put out successive works with ease. ~Rick Rubin (Book: The Creative Act: A Way of Being https://amzn.to/44E84Mw) (Art: Photograph of painter René Magritte at work in his living room, 1964)

1:-Stop discussing your personal life with every second person. Tell them what's necessary, privacy is everything. 2:-Stop wasting your time on PUBG . It doesn't Feed you. 3:-Stop trying to please everyone. Give importance to yourself. 4:-Stay away from negative people . Make yourself as your best friend. 5:—Stop worrying about what people say. Tomorrow morning if you disappear, world will go on perfectly fine without you. 6:—Spend time with family more rather than social media. 7:-Make your own rules and boundaries. Don't let anyone to break them . 8:—Always keep smile . And don't waste your time on those people who don't cares about you. 9:—Polish your skills and don’t let society to take advantage of them. Do whatever which helps you to polish your skill. 10:—The only way to improve tomorrow is to know what you did wrong today. 11:-Learn something new every day which helps you to improve your skills. By Divya Yadav

THE GUY ON GREEN - He lost his mother at a young age - His father lost his job 3 months after he lost his wife - He sold pure water on the streets of Lagos - He was rejected by many clubs but today is one of BEST players in the world and it started with 15 MINUTES! He was barely 13 when he lost his mum and as if that wasn't enough, 3months after losing his mum,his father lost his job. His father losing his job meant them moving from a 2 bedroom flat to a SELF CONTAIN, now imagine 8 people living in a self contain apartment. A TOUGH START! He was the last amongst 7 kids but he didn’t get the special treatment given to “Last Borns” in Nigerian homes. He rather joined his elder siblings in hustling to make sure they survived, he hawked “Pure water” along Ojota road, Lagos State. A BORN HUSTLER! His siblings sold newspapers & sold oranges on the street, it was a family united in making sure they survived. He lived in one of Lagos state’s biggest refuse dump sites in Olusosun but th...

In our yearning to be perfect, we have mistaken perfection for wholeness. We think we cannot love ourselves until we and others meet some external standard. Depression, anxiety—in fact, most neuroses and compulsions—are ultimately a defense against loving ourselves without condition. We are afraid to look at the damp, dark, ugly yet exquisite roots of being that stretch deep into our survival chakra. We are fearful of finding that the spirit is not there, that our Home is empty, even as our outer home is empty. Yet it is in that place of survival, where the dark mother has been abandoned, that spirit longs to be embodied so that the whole body may become light. Ego wants to be the god of our own idealized projection; spirit wants to be incarnated in our humanity where it can grow in wisdom through experience. ~Marion Woodman (Book: Dancing in the Flames https://amzn.to/42y6zxz) (Art: 'Woman at a Mirror' by Jean Gouweloos)

The problem in middle life, when the body has reached its climax of power and begins to decline, is to identify yourself, not with the body, which is falling away, but with the consciousness of which it is a vehicle. This is something I learned from myths. What am I? Am I the bulb that carries the light? Or am I the light of which the bulb is a vehicle? One of the psychological problems in growing old is the fear of death. People resist the door of death. But this body is a vehicle of consciousness, and if you can identify with the consciousness, you can watch this body go like an old car. There goes the fender, there goes the tire, one thing after another— but it’s predictable. And then, gradually, the whole thing drops off, and consciousness, rejoins consciousness. It is no longer in this particular environment. ~Joseph Campbell (Book: The Power of Myth https://amzn.to/41dSUue)

1 Speech. The way, a person speaks tell us a lot about their attitude and personality. The more educated a person is, the more polite he tends to become. 2 Fashion sense. You should never believe a person who tries too hard to appear cool wearing trendy clothes and costly shoes. He/she is a manipulator and obviously big imposter. 3 Handwriting. It may be little debatable but the more creative and lazy a person is, the roughest his handwriting gets. On the other hand, organized and disciplined people have good handwriting. 4 Hygiene. You can easily figure out if a person is disciplined or not by noticing their hygiene. Those who maintain hygiene have high self esteem and they tend to love themselves. 5 Smile. Smile can be deceiving most of the times but it shows the person is strong and he is trying to live a normal happy life. 6 How a person treats animals. Those who loves animals are often the most joyful and full of life. 7 If a person admits his mistakes immediately and asks for for...

1.Always brushing your teeth. 2.Drink a warm glass of water 5–10 minutes before sleeping. You could even keep a water bottle near you. 3.Switching off your phone/ laptops/ any digital devices 1 hour before sleeping. 4.Wishing good night to your family. 5.Pack your things and bag, for the next day. It really helps me be relaxed instead of rushing for things at the last minute. 6.Taking out, your clothes for the next day. So that you ensure they are clean, ironed and yah its easier to choose when you are not in a hurry. 7.Reading 1–2 chapter of a book. 8.Making a to-do list. 9.Follow a night time skin regime. Also people having long hair should tie it before sleeping. 10.Reflection, quiet and meditation

The really hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been si­lenced so early in their lives, that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does. They are normal not in what may be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation to a profoundly abnormal society. Their per­fect adjustment to that abnormal society is a measure of their mental sickness. These millions of abnormally normal people, living without fuss in a society to which, if they were fully human beings, they ought not to be adjusted, still cherish 'the illusion of indi­viduality,' but in fact they have been to a great extent deindividualized. Their conformity is developing into something like uniformity. But "uniformity and free­dom are incompatible. Uniformity and mental health are incompatib...

Doctors Peform First-ever Brain Surgery On Baby Inside Womb Medical doctors have performed a first-ever brain surgery on a baby with a deadly genetic disorder while it is still inside the mother's womb. The yet-to-be-born baby was diagnosed with a vein of Galen malformation at 30 weeks and children born with this kind of condition have a 30 per cent chance of dying before age 11, Daily Mail reported on Thursday. The surgery which involved cutting into the womb, the baby's skull and then operating on the developing brain was carried out by a ten-man team of doctors at the Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, United States. The operation requires slicing into the pregnant woman's abdomen and using an ultrasound to identify the artery and guide the surgery. After the operation, the baby's mother gave birth to a healthy baby boy two days later without birth defects.

1. Girls don’t like being stared at, unless they are already staring at you. 2. Nearly 40% of men do not feel confident meeting a woman for the first time. 3. People never remember what you told them. They remember how you made them feel. 4. The strangers in your dream are actually people that you’ve seen in your real life. 5. To tell if a person is interested in a conversation, cross your arms. If they do the same, they are interested. 6. Matches online are more stable between you and someone “in your league”. If you are picky in a relationship, try this application. 7. You decide within the first second of meeting someone whether you can trust them or not. 8. Feeling ignored causes the same chemical effect as that of an injury. 9. People would instead change the truth than change their perception of people. 10. The people who give the best advice are usually the ones with the most problems. 11. Smiling is 69% more attractive than wearing makeup. 12. The truly intelligent person is on...

She’s rejected me, but we stayed friends. Why do I still love her, and how do I stop loving her? Because you did it wrong. You obviously acted like you were “just” platonic friends until you felt comfortable enough to ask her out. And as you see that plan didn’t work and now you’re basically stuck in the friendzone. The reason you still “love” her is because your focus was to date her the entire time so actually getting to know her platonically just fueled your undercover mission. You obviously were feeling so good about her that you asked her out romantically and her actually rejecting you was probably a big shock and obviously went against the fantasy you had going with her since the beginning. You’d probably rather fantasize about the situation working out rather then coming to the realizaton you’ve already been rejected. That’s basically the only reason you would stay friends with her because you know you really don’t want to be “just” platonic friends with her. The way to avoid th...

The current war in Sudan is just two(2) weeks old but has recorded 500 deaths and 5,000 injuries with over 800,000 persons said to have fled Sudan so far (per CNN reporter). There is one major lesson to learn from this war. In the year 2000, the people of Western Sudan started a public agitation for inclusion in the sharing of oil-proceeds and infrastructural development in their region after years of alleged marginalization by the Northern elites who have always ruled Sudan. The Government paid a deaf ear and so the people resorted to picking up arms. Two(2) militancy groups were formed; The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA). Instead of the Government to employ diplomacy in handling these agitators, it rather went and formed another opposition militant force in Western Sudan called Janjaweed Forces (JF). The Government used Janjaweed to conquer both JEM and SLA. But this kind of victories don't last. Just three(3) years later, Janjaweed had gr...