Globally, youth is defined as the transitional stage between childhood and adulthood. According to the United Nations, the age bracket for youth is 15–24 years. 💕 However, within the African context, once you are not married, you are still perceived as a youth. This mindset—measuring youthfulness by marital status or material possessions—has caused many youngContinue reading “💕 Awakening the African Youth: It Is Time to Rise 💕”
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❤️ The Power of Sharing ❤️
I have always believed in sharing—especially sharing one’s values and ideology. 💛 There is no doubt that you can only go as far as the ideas in your mind that you are ready to manifest. Everyone is born with a unique talent and destiny. They were never meant to be kept for personal gain alone,Continue reading “❤️ The Power of Sharing ❤️”
❤️ When the Time Is Right, Love Finds You ❤️
Chioma is 28 years old ❤️ She has accomplished almost every dream she ever set for herself—except one: marriage. She has always been family-oriented. Raised alongside her seven siblings by their single mother after their father passed away at an early age, life forced her into responsibility too soon ❤️ As the “Ada,” she automaticallyContinue reading “❤️ When the Time Is Right, Love Finds You ❤️”
🌹 The Pain of Beauty and Society’s Silence ❤️
There was a song I listened to when I was younger. The lyrics said: “Ama m na mma bu okwu, chineke m oo! ewo!, Amaghi na mma bu okwu…”(I didn’t know that being beautiful is a crime.) As I reflect today, those words carry a deeper meaning. 🌹 Many girls and boys have become victimsContinue reading “🌹 The Pain of Beauty and Society’s Silence ❤️”
🌸 When a Question Refuses to Leave Your Mind
🌷 The beginning of anything is usually the hardest stage. Yet anything worth having — or worth keeping — requires sacrifice and a measure of self-denial. 🌼 I grew up around elderly people, and I was fortunate to meet one of the most honest old men I have ever known. Let me share this story.Continue reading “🌸 When a Question Refuses to Leave Your Mind”
🌸 A Lenten Call to Reflection, Growth, and Purpose 🤍
It is that time of the year again — a sacred season when we commit ourselves to holiness and journey with Christ in His Passion. 🌿 Some of us may have already chosen habits to give up for this Lenten season, perhaps even planning to return to them afterward. But today, I want to askContinue reading “🌸 A Lenten Call to Reflection, Growth, and Purpose 🤍”
🌸 What If Our Silence Is the Problem? ❤️
What if? The sound of anything dying is silence. Silence is a two-edged sword. In certain situations, it depicts power, authority, confidence, and wisdom. At other times, it becomes cowardice, hopelessness, complicity, and a lack of life. Where has our dignity as humans gone? Take a look around you and see how false narratives haveContinue reading “🌸 What If Our Silence Is the Problem? ❤️”
The Dignity of Labour: Finding Meaning in Work Beyond Worldly Success
It was a hot afternoon when my friend and I decided to go to the market to buy ingredients for soup. On our way, we saw a madman packing things in the gutter. As we approached, he quickly turned to us and said, “There is nothing you are going to do that has not beenContinue reading “The Dignity of Labour: Finding Meaning in Work Beyond Worldly Success”
The Cost of Our Silence Is Blood of our loved ones-Action not words will bring the change we all desire and deserve.
It saddens my heart to write this today. 💔 Truly, it breaks me to see how insignificant human life has gradually become in our country, Nigeria. Over the last two years, I lost two friends between the ages of 18 and 25—young, vibrant ladies whose futures were brutally cut short by an ineffective and incompetentContinue reading “The Cost of Our Silence Is Blood of our loved ones-Action not words will bring the change we all desire and deserve.”
❤️ Self-Restraint: A Shared Responsibility 🤍
Self-restraint is not a demand meant for women alone. For generations, the teaching has largely focused on women keeping themselves for their husbands. I am not disputing this, nor am I saying it is wrong. However, our people have a saying: aka nri kwuo aka ekpe, aka ekpe akwuo aka nri—what is good for theContinue reading “❤️ Self-Restraint: A Shared Responsibility 🤍”
Pen it down. 