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HOPE

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 Hope without human effort is empty.  Hope is associated with the fulfillment of our vital needs. On a daily basis, we use the word hope. We wish for things to happen, things we believe we need. Some of our wants are fairly reasonable while others are simply just outrageous. The other Sunday, I walked by a church in my neighborhood and on passing by, I heard the preacher during their prayer session say this year of 2022, ‘you shall not fall sick’, ‘everything will work for your good’ and it got me thinking. It has become normal that such bold declarations are made and we the congregation believe and sing these phrases like mantras unaware of the true implications of such bold statements. I understand the above example can be interpreted as acts of faith but can you really have faith without hope? It is simply impossible: for in faith, we hope. And the same way faith cannot work without action, hope is void without effort. You can't say that this year will be your year of victo...
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Restrictions

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There are some restrictions that come in our way that we just have to respect,it's not giving up, just understanding that the time isnt right.       I love and have always loved music but at one point I felt like giving up on it. Back in high school I always loved singing to the point of writing down my own songs but actually I didn't have the opportunity to join any choir because of my busy schedule. Fortunately I made it to the university and was so excited I'll have a loose timetable and also the opportunity to join a choir. Behold i joined my school choir. Everything was going on smoothly at the beginning when I just joined the University, till my guardian found out. Once my life as a chorister was made known to him, he forbade me from ever taking part in anything that had to do with the choir including me attending rehearsals and concerts organized by the choir. Unable to stop myself, I disobeyed him and continued attending rehearsals hoping he would never find out. ...
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I was only left with my eyes to cry

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  In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.......   It is senseless to brood over your past mistakes and failures as it will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. The only thing that can be done is to  learn and try not repeat them in the future. Few years ago I sat for my ordinary level with 9 subjects to validate. Of this 9, I was confident if not cocky about my ability to pass 8, but I had the opposite feeling about the 9th. Mathematics. I’ve always hated mathematics and it didn’t help that we had very impatient teachers. I loathed it to the point that I didn’t care at all if i passed. I think it’s safe to say that I didn’t even want to pass: that’s how much I hated it.  My elder brother was willing to teach me for a time but I was so uninterested that I avoided the topic whenever he brought it up and when he insisted, I would tell him I had a serious headache. My friends who were typical science students also tried to teach me but th...
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Sadness

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The walls we build to keep out sadness also keeps joy out. Sadness as we all know is an emotional pain associated with feelings of despair, melancholy, disadvantage, sorrow and so on.  As per our human nature, we try our utmost best to flee from this emotion so much so that we shut people and things out of our lives and slowly we turn ourselves into islands and shadows of our former selves.  During my youth, I came across a classmate who "seemed" to be happy all the time, but the moment you mention or ask about her family, she turns sour. Long story short, her family was a sour topic for her to bring up, her family issues should have been a good enough reason for her to have an aloof attitude like what most people resort to but No, she held on and decided to find happiness in other things likes; spending time with friends and never gave room for sorrow.  She did not build walls and each time I thought of what she might have gone through, it made me reminisce on my own sad...
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