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The Weeping Lecturer

In the morning, the heavens opened and it began to rain. Bella grabbed her umbrella to get to school, as she walked out of the hostel the first

African man

An African man's lifestyle is always unique. An African man can ever be trusted when it comes to tradition. He abides so much on African heritage. An African man has the sense of innovation not when it comes to tradition. He may have succumbed in other modern ways of doing most of the things which whiteman succeeded to impose on the Africans; brought to us by colonizers couldn't influence him beyond that, like making him drop his belief that girl child is not equal to boy child.

Tears of a mother

"Don't bother your brother, can't you see he doesn't have money, he could barely feed," said Olisa. "mama why have you decided to protect brother Agwu each time i bring up this issue. Does it mean he is not doing anything since five-year ago he left the village after school?" Theresa asked rhetorically. "mama, i don't know what you think but i have said my own." In the city of Lagos, Agwu was cruising life but whenever his poor mother that was suffering in the village sends him

Osu (outcast)

No doubt African tradition has been outstanding among other traditions. Osu started from the time of our forefathers when ancestral worship took over, eaten deep into the fabric of our societies. Egede was a poor man, though hunger doesn't respect even an upright man. Since he married Okwuchi, it has been from one ill luck or the other. It was actually appalling, the villagers conspired to accuse Egede of stealing a fowl that belongs to Nonso. Nonso

Daniela

"Papa, i don't like the way you take possession of everything when you suppose to share everything including money that my brothers always send you and Mama," Daniela talked to her father impolitely. So, you have grown big to have the edge to talk back at me?" "Papa i will say anything i want to say to you, afterall you are a wicked man, huh." Obodo became quiet only to wonder the insult. " i have always been a good father but Daniela has chosen to take her mother's side against me

Twice as hard as

I returned home, sat down to reminisce of what happened today, it was quite tragic, the shocking news went viral that a certain young man who was identified with the chieftency title "Eze anaechi na nwata" bearing his real name as Praise Tochukwu was found that morning lying on his bed by the road side. He was still sleeping while people were at the scene, it was like a worst nightmare to everyone. It happened that i arrived at the scene when the said young man was running

Who to marry

I bumped into a wise quote, "marriage is supposed to be deeper and purer than what you claimed to be with that woman," my mentor began to talk to her client. "women are powerful, most of them are spiritual and diabolic in nature carrying strange and dangerous seductive spirits of destruction. What is under the skirt is nothing but sweet and kill. What is the sweetness of a woman that is greater than her character and trait?" she paused and continued. "men should

Common barriers to effective listening

Overvaluing talking: most people overvalue talking and undervalue listening, even those in people related jobs such as sales. But the truth is that is not persuasion. It is listening. Lacking focus: especially those with high energy, showing down enough energy to really listen can be challenging. Amazing, most people tend to speak about 180 words a minute but they can listen at 300 to 500 words a minute. Unfortunately that disparity can create tension and cause a listener

Developing good listening skills

Are you a good listener? Developing listening skills The following statistic will help you to understand and agree that the listening is very important; 9 percent of the day is spent writing 10 percent of the day is spent reading 30 percent of the day is spent speaking 45 percent of the day is spent listening. To become a better listener, look at the speaker, the following will help you; This simply means giving the other person your undivided attention:

My husband, preoccupied with self

Wife : Sweetheart, the plumber didn't make it on time to fix the leak by the gas cooker cylinder today. Husband : uh, uh-huh. Wife : so because the gas cylinder leaks there was fire ignition and explosion as a result of Gold trying to lit the gas cooker. Husband : silent please. It is third down and goal to go. Wife : it was bad that Gold nearly got burnt. Husband : whoosh, they have got a man

Stress and I

Due to the hard time job and the hectic day which produced strain on his physical body, Maurice returned home from the day's work. He quickly retired to the bathroom to have a cool bathe. Though he would have preferred to use the shower but unfortunate it wasn't working, the plumber did not make it on time to fix the showerhead, so he had to make do with the available... The water tap in the bathroom provided him water in his bucket. Maurice began to wash his body. He tried pouring

Amazing inspirational and motivational quotes

There is no competition in destiny because life itself is not a race but a purposeful quest; but to become successful in life you must not just be a sprinter but well trained athlete if not the fastest runner. Selfless services are rendered by men with compassionate heart not self centered people; selfless servants are real leaders recognized of their giant strides noteworthy of emulation. Being lucrative, being productive

Causes of fear

What causes fear? The fact that fear is such a universal experience of man and the fact that most of the readers of this post will be parents who can help their children avoid this tendency. In a layman's terms i would like to answer this question. We have at least eight causes of fear= Temperament predisposition: the most significant reason people have a problem with fear is because of their inherited temperament. By this time you know which temperaments have

Emotional predispositions of the temperaments

There is a sense in which all human being experience fear and anger. But i have found that most people have a predisposition toward one emotion sin more than another. Its influence on their lives their background training and of course their motivation (to me motivation means whether they do or do not have the Holy spirit to their life to motivation). Fear is the paralyzing emotion that inherits or resists normal feelings of love, confidence and well-being. It

Sense of humane

Benny mandison lost his mum at the age of nine, out of frustration he left his father's house and entered the street to avoid maltreatment from the father and step mum, Gloria. There in the street, Benny had to beg to survive, he was begging people from

Dress how you want to be addressed

You have to dress how you want to be addressed. I was at the bank the other day, the queue was much, as i entered into the banking hall, unknown to me i drew people's attention as i stepped in with a gentle and officous step, dressed in my black suit, bobmali hairstyle holding a flat khaki envelop where i put some documents. I moved toward the customer care representatives to be clarified of some financial problem. "Hi, good day ma'am, i want to make

Fear and results of fear

Fear is a terrible and cruel taskmaster which inhibit every area of one's life. Fear is an emotional experience in anticipation of some specific pain or danger. It is an anxious feeling. To those in its grip, fear becomes the most powerful force in this life and it affects everything they do. The following are only part of expensive toll it extracts. The results of fear The emotional results of fear: Every year countless thousands of individuals die of fear. Many a fearful person draws

The easiest way to identify your temperament

It will be very easy for you to identify your temperament in among the twelve blends of temperament. The SanChlor: those who have this blend as Sanguine Choleric. The extrovert blend of temperament that makes up his nature. The happy charisma of the Sanguine makes him a people oriented, enthusiastic, salesman type. He is highly opinionated. He customarily talks too much, thus exposing himself and his weakness for all to see.

Discovering your strengths and weaknesses

Showing the four temperaments- The essence of this discussion is for you to examine the strengths and weaknesses as to discover which you are as regards to the four temperaments we have. Strengths Sanguine Outgoing, responsive, warm and friendly, talkative, enthusiastic, compassionate. Melancholy Gifted, analytical, aesthetic, self-sacrifice, industrious, Self-diciplined. Choleric Strong-willed, independent, visionary, practical, productive, decisive, leader. Phlegmatic

Life in a circle

'One cool sunday evening, in the year 2003, George was very sad, he bowed his head in thought of how life has been treating him. "Guy what's up," asked Jude, i am not fine with the way you have been since I brought you here to have some bottles of drink with me, chill man, feel free, be happy or is there something bothering you? you can confide in me am your friend." "Jude, what kind of life is this, what exactly did I do to be in this kind of poverty? okay now can you tell how I

Uses of Body shaper

Body shaper are used to shape the body to the desired figure. It is usually for flat tummies. This body shaper is mainly used by ladies. It demands alot of strength in flapping in tummy and causes less breathing and it requires energy and at it could make one uncomfortable as a starter. We have body shapers, body slimmers and modern shapewears, we have waist trainer, thigh shaper, tummy tucker, butt lifter and waist clincher.

Merman

Guys really envy ladies. They always wish to be like them. "Don't you know that ladies are given much privilege than us. They really have the very large portion of beauty," Eno said eviously. "what do you mean," Solo asked. "i want to be like ladies," Eno quickly said with every seriousness in his voice. "i don't understand where you are driving at," he said confusingly. "Don't you see Ekemma, how strikingly beautiful she looks each time she wears

Plastic surgery

This has become part of us, and has come to stay, unstoppable. It has become tradition, culture, lifestyle of new age. Hand of friendship from modernization. A unique way to become civilized; another way of recreating or reborning ourselves into a new shape, skin, facial look. I can say that i started hearing of horrible news on how our popular pop singer, involved himself in plastic surgery. What about a closer example of one of the wives of our leaders. Just to

Reasons for women trouser

Man in skirt It's obvious that most men love women that put on trouser. What are their reasons? It makes them look smart. Fashionable, it is the latest fad, the "in thing" it makes her look taken out of primitive, very sophisticating. It makes her look very civilized, brushup and modernized. Trouser makes us look mature, it's trendy unlike skirt that makes us look timid besides trouser brings out our shapes as in backside.

Leadership not for some

"What do you mean by leadership not for some," Jude asked. "There are some people created to lead," Jude continued, "i don't think i can be a leader." "A leader is born when you discover your gift," replied Dan. Each person is like a star in the galaxy," he added. How will you know what your gift is?" Jude asked. "Here are some clues: your gift is fun. You enjoy it, you can do it all day and people will even pay you to do what you like to do. It is your passion, you could