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On Love...

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The only thing you owe everyone  Is Love, So do not fail to give love when you should  Because Love gives you redemption  It prepares; gives a place  Wit can never get you.  #daddysaid

On A Few

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On Relationships If you are not ready to see a reflection of your true nature in the eyes of another person, in the words of another person, then you may never be ready to share their World. On Love There's already so much hate than the World can take. When you go out every day, let your love touch the other person. Love; like hate is a wildfire, it spreads with the simplest touch. On Living Yesterday is gone; forever. Today is a gift, cherish it. Tomorrow isn't promised. On God Your view of God becomes the way you interact with people around you. So, without God's input, you may just be another devil in human form. On Self Worth Self Worth is not Self Esteem. It is rather the currency in which you transact with yourself. Whatever anyone tells you does not matter. What you tell yourself is ultimate. On M oney Money is a defence. Money is not evil in the World; the intent of man's

On The Rugged Streets of Lagos a.k.a Nigboro Eko

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I will never understand my Mother's take on religion. She curses in the name of the god of thunder, blesses you in Allah's name and practically worships the ground on which Baba Aladura walks on. I think of Baba Aladura as a hungry man, always popping in when the freshest round of Boli are available. And like the hungry man, once the worms of the stomach are satiated, the mouth begins to run free like a public tap that went bad on a Saturday morning. If my Mother knew this about him, she never showed it or maybe like every woman; she could betray her emotions well enough. She just believed in whatever he had to say; after all, the voice of man is the voice of God. After that day, my mother would tell anyone who cared to listen that Ajepe was terrible news. No one bothered to know what Baba Aladura had said, once Iya Oniboli had said it, she couldn't be lying. So, adults with enough sense to make their own decisions started to churn out hatred on Ajepe, thereby inhe