Jessywryte

SEE FINISH" Syndrome: Are You Infected? As you journey through life, you meet people. Some become acquaintances, others become friends and yet with others you develop a special and close relationship. The latter is usually the best of all. You have become close friends with this awesome person, and their impact is giving your life a new turn. But overtime, if you are not careful, overfamiliarity sets in and you find yourself taking for granted the things you once cherished. Please permit me to call this the "SEE FINISH" syndrome. The "SEE FINISH" syndrome has been the cause for many unrealized potential. That person you have become overly familiar with is holding some keys that could unlock your potential but because you have become so familiar with them, you no longer value their input in your life so much that they don't bother giving it again. The truth is, once you become overly familiar with someone you used to respect, you are likely to lose some of t...

STOP WAITING FOR TOMORROW The funny thing about waiting for tomorrow is that tomorrow never comes. The truth is, nobody has ever seen or been in tomorrow. Does that sound strange to you? It shouldn't. You see, tomorrow becomes today before you even get to it. When the clock ticks past twelve, you can no longer call it tomorrow. If you follow through on what I've said so far, you should have ideas on what I'm about to say next. _Waiting for tomorrow is waiting for a day that never comes_ . I mean, I'm not telling you something new. I'm just reminding you of what you already know but for some reason have chosen to ignore. I think one of the reasons we ignore this fact is that it is a helpful alibi for making excuses. Get over it. If you keep waiting for tomorrow, you will grow grey hairs on your dream and still not come anywhere close to achieving them. Worse, you might end up frustrated in your old age. And you don't have to talk to ten old people to figure that ...

WILL YOU BE LESS BUSY TOMORROW? What's the excuse for procrastination? That's right, "I will do it tomorrow". Each time we procrastinate or put off an activity or goal for a later time in the future, we rely on a dangerous prospect: that tomorrow will come with more time or better opportunities for us to achieve the task. We place hope in a future where we will be better equipped to achieve the task. But you see, the future is like a thread that begins with your past and continues with your present. Which means the future is totally dependent on the present. Because you need to have a "today" to live in a "tomorrow", your tomorrow depends on your today. I know this is a hard pill to swallow but there are things that if you can't do today, you can't do in ten tomorrows. So instead of banking on an alibi that makes you procrastinate, start getting things done even when you don't feel like it or the circumstances don't look like you ha...

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRIENDS AND CROWDS People are important and yes we need people to survive, we need people to live but be careful not to keep crowds as friends all in the name of "I need others to survive". One obvious fact about life is that we all need ourselves. 2019 taught me the difference between crowds and friends. If the people you call your friends cannot add any value (no matter how little to your life  then you are keeping crowds and not friends. You need to also know that the people you relate with, share ideas with or live with have great influence over your life and actions. You may end up joining the crowds if you keep relating with them. Identify your friends and hold them tight, never let them go but run fast as you can from crowds. Stay around people that motivate, encourage, celebrate and respect you. It's very good to relate with others. It's important but everybody cannot be your friend because you are on a mission, so if you don't have ...

He kept on thinking about it. He remembered the way he felt when she kept on having girls. What if these  girls get messed up? He realised his feelings were that peculiar to an African but he couldn't help it. Will female children ever be useful?. Beyond imaginations, there's a way God works. Girls kept coming. The house became a female hostel. He didn't need to ask further.That was God's plan for him and no man dares to question God. He smiled in an unusual manner and said "It is okay but I think I prefer male children".The truth was that he wished he had male children but God's plan for him was female children. Well, the important thing is to give birth and she has, no one can blame her for the sexes of the children. Being a lady should never be a reason for not doing anything. Do not twist yourself into shapes to please others. Because you are a lady, yes you can achieve anything and be all that the creator what's you to be. Your worth can never be ...

THEY ARE NOT MAD, JOIN THEM Everybody has this one friend that seem to remain calm no matter what life throws at them. We also have friends that find a way to smile and stay happy even in the fiercest storms. Their ability to stay calm, find a silver lining in dark clouds attracts our admiration. But at some point, it can seem like madness. How can someone maintain calmness and even find a way to be happy in fierce storms? Isn't that weird? bizzare? Crazy? Can't they see the gravity of the crisis? Are they wallowing in oblivion? The questions that run in our heads are endless. But you see, people that remain calm and find a way to be happy even in the face of  daunting challenges aren't crazy as you might think. They are also not wallowing in oblivion. They know the gravity off the crisis. I mean, they wear the shoe and they know where it pinches, better than you can ever imagine. Why do they still remain calm and seek happiness? There are many reasons for this but I'll...

STOP WAITING FOR TOMORROW The funny thing about waiting for tomorrow is that tomorrow never comes. The truth is, nobody has ever seen or been in tomorrow. Does that sound strange to you? It shouldn't. You see, tomorrow becomes today before you even get to it. When the clock ticks past twelve, you can no longer call it tomorrow. If you follow through on what I've said so far, you should have ideas on what I'm about to say next. _Waiting for tomorrow is waiting for a day that never comes_ . I mean, I'm not telling you something new. I'm just reminding you of what you already know but for some reason have chosen to ignore. I think one of the reasons we ignore this fact is that it is a helpful alibi for making excuses. Get over it. If you keep waiting for tomorrow, you will grow grey hairs on your dream and still not come anywhere close to achieving them. Worse, you might end up frustrated in your old age. And you don't have to talk to ten old people to figure that ...

BE RESILIENT No matter how hard you work on yourself, there will be times when everything that can go wrong will go wrong. Adversity will hit hard. Tragedy will sweep through. Threats will come from every corner. Everything that saps energy will become your new normal. This is also part of the thing we call life. Although these times can be tough even for people with the strongest characters, it is the best opportunity you have to strengthen your resolve, build your character and consolidate your efforts. Each time you build resistance against adversity, you emerge stronger, wiser and tougher. You move one step forward towards your goals. If there's one thing winners from all walks of life can attest to as a major reason for their success, it would be this: they didn't quit. Even when it seemed like the world was against them. They didn't quit even in the face of the fierce challenges. Put another way, they were resilient. So what is the secret to surviving adversity? What ...

BE TRUE TO YOURSELF BE TRUE TO YOURSELF "Sorry, I didn't get that? Temi what?" It was the third time this week that Temiposire has had to repeat her name more than once each time she introduced herself to a new person. Back in school, she had become the subject of regular banter from classmates who took turns to make jest of her name.  But Temiposire didn't let any of that get to her, rejecting attempts from her friends to make her name sound classy. She took pride in the cultural identity that gave birth to the name.  A couple of blocks away from where Temiposire lived was a young chap around the same age as her, Thomas. Thomas was an only child, the priceless jewel of his parent's world. Although his dad worked at a blue collar firm and he had a stay-at-home mum, Thomas put a real strain on the family's finances, spending large sums to enhance his physical appearance just like his friend Johnson except that Johnson's parents were rich and his lifestyle w...