Life has treacherous paths
A man can wander off his track
And fall into a ditch or
Stray into Marshland
When a man finds himself in such a situation
He must take a deep breath.
From a deep ditch, he needs a rope
From a marsh land, a sinking ground
The more he struggles, the deeper he sinks
He needs to be pulled out.
But sometimes such a trapped person calls for help and no one listens
Because they had exhausted all the people around them before the big **** happened
So they shout and shout and nobody cares
And they expire in those traps
So in life it's advisable not to shout 911 to family and friends except there is a real emergency
But there is the other group
They are too proud to scream for help
So they fall into a mess and hide it from everyone
Until it eats them up from within
While it's not good to bring people into your problems too quickly
Because a man must have dignity
You must know when you have no chance of coming out of it no matter how hard you try
Many of the suicides that have happened around here are due to mental illnesses
But a good chunk are not
Many are caused by shame
A man falls into a mess
And conceals the depth of the ****
To protect his reputation, he digs and digs
By the time he gives up, nobody can believe him
So he decides not to give them a chance to caricature him
To wonder what had come over him
He deletes himself. For that's the dignity
Look around you someone might be nearing that turning point now
Because there is no one around them who is spiritually mature they can turn to without being judged and humiliated
They can't talk to their pastors or imams because they are shallow and would use them to preach
It's a huge problem
So the troubled soul loiters and loiters and before the mess spills out totally,
He ends it all.
I don't have a clean solution to this quagmire
But I tell those in such situations never to give up
The earth rotates
And nothing lasts for too long
Shame is transient. And can be wiped by good deeds and success.
So a troubled soul must forget about what he thinks the world might say
He must fight and conquer the thoughts of shame and humiliation
True, friends will spread the story and mock him
Yes, friends are worse than enemies in this
But
The earth is a speed train. He must face his future with determination knowing that many others who confronted even bigger problems surmounted them.
The world moves on quickly. Don't take any rash decisions
If you are in a sordid mess, pray
Then find someone to tell the whole truth. Tell two or three people
Tell people that can help you focus on a realistic solution
Once you let out the truth, your healing starts
By Ugo Egbujo

The Most Effective Ways to See a Person's True Personality

1. Observe their actions when they are under pressure.

2. When you give them a lot of power and responsibility.

3. Compare what they say with what they do. Never trust words alone.

4. Observe if they can keep appointments

5. Ask them for help and see if they will show up.

6. Lend them money and see if they will return it, without you reminding them about it.

7. Compliment or even flatter them to know if they play their accomplishments down and show genuine humbleness or brag about the achievements.

8. Observe if they take responsibility for their life or always looking for someone to blame in everything.

9. Observe how they behave when they are drunk or high. If they can be aggressive, emotional, look for troubles or let out any underlying issues or personality.

10. Find out their role model. Someone they are looking up to.

11. Find out the type of books they read or if they even read at all

12. Observe how they treat animals, children or anyone that does not have control over them.


13. Observe how they talk to staff, waiters, cleaners, gatemen or security people.

14. Observe how they talk about the other gender or their judgement of other sex.

15. Observe their conversations. Are they discussing things or people?

University of Ilesha

LESSONS FROM AFCON 2023!

Ivory Coast lost two out of three group matches but still got to the final. They had a second chance and took it seriously. Don't play with the second chance life gives you. Don't give up on yourself!

Ivory Coast were beaten 4-0 by Equatorial Guinea, yet they bounced back to the final while Equatorial Guinea got eliminated. Don't write anyone off. You won today, but it doesn't mean you are the best. Don't look down on the person you defeated yesterday!

Ivory Coast mobilized support for Morocco to beat Zambia so that they can qualify. Some of those clapping for you now and supporting you may not be your real friends. They may just be using your success for their gain. Morocco went home after helping Ivory Coast to qualify for the final. Don't let anyone use you for any gain that doesn't benefit you.

South African goalkeeper stopped 4 penalties against Cape Verde, and was so confident. South Africa wanted the match against Nigeria to end in penalties so that they would win. But against Nigeria, he couldn't stop any penalty. Instead, the Nigerian keeper stopped 2 and won MOTM. Don't be too confident of yourself.

Nigeria scored a second goal that was disallowed because of an earlier foul at the build-up. The goal was cancelled, and SOUTH AFRICA was awarded a penalty. Such is life. When you think you have lost, God may give you a redemption to turn ashes into beauty.

Senegal didn't lose any match at the group stage. But when they played against Ivory Coast they lost the match and were eliminated.

All the defenders were on Osimhen, they did all they could to stop him, even four of his goals were disallowed... but they didn't take note of Ademola Lookman. Your real enemy may not be who you are thinking.....

Kelechi Iheanacho didn't play the previous 5 matches. He came in late into the 6th game and became the hero. All you need to be a hero could just be one kick and not 100 kicks, but if you have just one opportunity to kick the ball, do it well......

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:11

Time and chance mean PREPARATION WAITING FOR OPPORTUNITY.......

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