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"Like the useless legs of one who is lame; so are wise words from the mouth of fools (Proverbs 26:7)" Some lame disabilities are depicted by inactive limbs that have lost their sensation for movement. They cannot function for walking even though they are physically in place. Such legs/limbs are useless to the ones who own them because they can’t move them around. In the same vein, speaking intelligent babbles and acting contrary is useless. Those words cannot impact the lives of the ones saying them let alone those that hear them. I was inspired by this proverb to write this short piece on being a fool. I believe the proverb is a simile that best describes the perception of some famous Nigerians whose boisterous behaviors continuously plague the identity of the Nation...both home & abroad. Let me start by defining the term ‘fool’ even though we already know and use it a lot! Oxford dictionary defines a fool as 'a silly person or a person who lacks good ...

How often do we approach life without a clue of what we  want  to happen in our lives? That is our Careers, Family/Marriage, Education, Social Interactions, Religious orientation etc. I would say…hardly ever! What influences your decisions? Even for the indecisive, slow-thinking lot, we all have certain expectations of our lives and certain outcomes we will never settle for. We have been raised with many norms which have shaped our thinking and informed our pursuits therefore we subtly want to accomplish certain milestones based on our upbringing. For example, you will hardly find (not that it doesn’t happen) an individual pursue to become an entertainer or dancer if he comes from a family/background of Lawyers, Doctors and Professors. Does following in the path of our family influences mean we are living out the ‘perfect will of God’? Some of us are relatively ‘religious/spiritual’ and so study the Holy Books to gather some knowledge on what we should or should ...

Hello peeps, I have always wondered what blogging was all about and why people would be interested in reading another person's thoughts or experiences but here I am starting a blog! But rather than making it a go to place for gossips or information, I want my blog to be a place of interactive discourse...like a sharing community where different views to different issues are brought to bare.  Now, I will set the scene or introduce the topic of discourse but I hope it stimulates your interest to make contributions and hopefully provide solutions to people that need them. I have traveled quite a bit...on holidays and for education and truly learnt that people are really diverse! Their thoughts, experiences, values and expectations completely alien from mine! I'm not saying this in the generic way people do, but in actual amazement and appreciation of the fact that we all do not and cannot interpret issues the same way!  There is actually a lot to learn from being op...