There is a growing trend of discussion around a concept called Black Tax. I may not know who coined the term, but since it has gained wide acceptance without much critical evaluation, I will maintain the nomenclature so we can clearly engage in this conversation. 🌸❤️ Black Tax is a term used to describe theContinue reading “🌸❤️ Black Tax or Family Love? A Call for Balance and Reflection ❤️🌸”
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Detachment Guilt: A Factor Contributing to Relationship Breakdown 🌸💖
There has always been a desire to offer advice to others based on personal relationship experiences. Recently, however, there has been a noticeable rise in relationship breakdowns, role confusion, and leadership struggles among couples. This raises an important question: Who are you modelling your relationship after, and what was your ideal vision of marriage beforeContinue reading “Detachment Guilt: A Factor Contributing to Relationship Breakdown 🌸💖”
The Ant Mentality:
Ants never give up. Block their path and they go around it. Cover their road and they dig beneath it. Ants never complain—they simply find another way forward 🌼 The truth is, you cannot fully know what is possible for you if you are unable to see beyond your immediate environment. You become stuck whenContinue reading “The Ant Mentality:”
Yes, I do — the biggest decision a person can make 💖🌸
There is a tradition we have gradually watered down in the name of being “civilised.” It is called Iju Ase — (to make enquiry). 🌸 It is part of our culture and heritage to make proper enquiries about who and where you intend to marry into. This enquiry covers medical history, personality traits, family values,Continue reading “Yes, I do — the biggest decision a person can make 💖🌸”
A Cry for Awareness, Unity, and Survival ❤️
Until we rise, fear will continue to rule our lives, tears will become our water, and wailing our daily bread ❤️Can’t you see? It has been the same set of people since the nineties—leaders with no real ideology, no clear vision, and hands driven by greed ❤️Kleptocrats with deceitful tongues and rehearsed smiles, selling usContinue reading “A Cry for Awareness, Unity, and Survival ❤️”
🌸 The Power of a First Impression ❤️
I have been reflecting on something simple, yet deeply important—the power of a first impression. It’s a small gesture, often overlooked, but one that carries more meaning than we realise. Many people do not pause to consider how their behaviour or attitude can be perceived, not just as individuals, but as reflections of their communitiesContinue reading “🌸 The Power of a First Impression ❤️”
✨ INFORMATION IS POWER ✨❤️
❤️ Information is power. If you don’t have information, you cannot seize power. In today’s world, information has become the new currency. People succeed and get things done faster when they have the right information from the right circles. ❤️ In the olden days, learning was mainly oral. No doubt, a lot of information wasContinue reading “✨ INFORMATION IS POWER ✨❤️”
A Cry for Safety, Unity, and Humanity ❤️
It deeply saddens me to constantly hear and see news about the indiscriminate killing of innocent people. ❤️ Just last week, a friend shared a terrifying experience—how they were abducted by men dressed in police uniforms. They were taken into an unknown forest and told to pay 5 million naira or face death. ❤️ InContinue reading “A Cry for Safety, Unity, and Humanity ❤️”
🌺 A Reflection on Ignorance, Freedom, and Our Shared Humanity 🌺
🌸 Ignorance is one of the worst things that can happen to a person. During the era of the slave trade, people’s hands were chained, but from colonization until today, it is the minds of people that have been chained. We now see individuals with sound bodies, yet their minds remain captive—bound to the sameContinue reading “🌺 A Reflection on Ignorance, Freedom, and Our Shared Humanity 🌺”
🌸 Breaking the Cycle: Understanding Systems, Building Wealth, and Enduring Growth ❤️
Our people have a saying: a tree that grows along the road to the farm is at risk of receiving many knife strikes daily. Likewise, a tree that bears the finest fruits attracts the most stones. 🌸This reminds us that anyone who chooses to bring light into their family must learn to endure the heatContinue reading “🌸 Breaking the Cycle: Understanding Systems, Building Wealth, and Enduring Growth ❤️”
Pen it down. 