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Light...darkness...perspective,
Coloured...language...equator.

Man, an animal of habit, seeking to define and know,
Finding comfort in the predictable.
Nature, man's contrast
Willing to evolve, alter and change,
Leaving man in a perpetual quest to know.

I'm dark skinned,
You're light skinned, the equator decides.
I believe in God, you believe in Buddha,
Is all a choice and makes no difference... read more here https://themindsplay..com.ng/2017/06/i-am-human-before-i-became.html

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LeonMacJames:
True words.

LeonMacJames:
True words.

thanks

DavidLoves:
...hahahaha, its funny hw peepz stroke u on nairaland....

lol...i have grown to make room for diverse opinions while trying as much as possible to be polite.

greatnaija01:
its either someone has never TOLD A LIE on ya head before OR you have yet to remember that someone has said something to you NEGATIVELY OR POSITIVELY and its currently affecting u.

i have been a certain situations but if you read the full text you'll understand what i meant.

DavidLoves:
....dude i second...

Pictures pls....

how can i give you pictures when it was a conversation?

I boarded a public transport recently heading towards Ikeja when at one point the following conversation took place between the driver and an elderly female passenger.

Driver: I can't stop there because I go pay 30, 000 naira.

Female passenger: Try na because where you'll stop me will be far for me.

Driver:You want me to pay 30, 000 naira, you're not a good woman!

Female passenger: it is you that is not a good man, to your family.You'll open your mouth and be saying bad thing.

And this got me thinking, what's going on here? Is it because a stranger said 'you're not a good woman' that the lady went all spiritual base on the bible's teachings on the power of the tongue?
I'm not here to express my knowledge of the bible or counter its teachings however; I feel with the way things have gone in Nigeria in relation to religion we have abused the teachings of the bible.

I totally agree that the tongue holds so great a power that creates positivity and can also bring about negativity but I have my reservations about its potency when it comes to certain situations. I do not believe that someone else's proclamations can influence our own belief or actions or outcomes in life since where the power of the tongue lies is when the mind or sub-conscious has agreed with it. In essence, you must believe in what you proclaim for it to begin to when manifest in little ways...read more here https://themindsplay..com.ng/2017/06/the-power-of-tongue-is-overrated.html

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I boarded a public transport recently heading towards Ikeja when at one point the following conversation took place between the driver and an elderly female passenger.

Driver: I can't stop there because I go pay 30, 000 naira.

Female passenger: Try na because where you'll stop me will be far for me.

Driver:You want me to pay 30, 000 naira, you're not a good woman!

Female passenger: it is you that is not a good man, to your family.You'll open your mouth and be saying bad thing.

And this got me thinking, what's going on here? Is it because a stranger said 'you're not a good woman' that the lady went all spiritual base on the bible's teachings on the power of the tongue?
I'm not here to express my knowledge of the bible or counter its teachings however; I feel with the way things have gone in Nigeria in relation to religion we have abused the teachings of the bible.

I totally agree that the tongue holds so great a power that creates positivity and can also bring about negativity but I have my reservations about its potency when it comes to certain situations. I do not believe that someone else's proclamations can influence our own belief or actions or outcomes in life since where the power of the tongue lies is when the mind or sub-conscious has agreed with it. In essence, you must believe in what you proclaim for it to begin to when manifest in little ways...read more here https://themindsplay..com.ng/2017/06/the-power-of-tongue-is-overrated.html

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I was opportune to come across a flashback programme on a topic on the rate of suicide, causes and prevention which provoked me into doing this piece which is my way of joining in the process to see that someone somewhere gets to realise that THEIR WORLD IS NOT OVER YET!.

What this simply means is that as humans or even living beings because even from observation of some of our domestic animals we are bound to have challenges of all kinds sometimes one leading to another sometimes not the case. However, as long as we are alive it is not and will not be a jolly ride all the way,there will bumps, some heavy enough to shake the roots of your existence some so minute that you shrug it off (the fun of living, right?)...read more here: https://themindsplay..com.ng/2016/12/your-world-is-yet-to-end.html


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I was opportune to come across a flashback programme on a topic on the rate of suicide, causes and prevention which provoked me into doing this piece which is my way of joining in the process to see that someone somewhere gets to realise that THEIR WORLD IS NOT OVER YET!.

What this simply means is that as humans or even living beings because even from observation of some of our domestic animals we are bound to have challenges of all kinds sometimes one leading to another sometimes not the case. However, as long as we are alive it is not and will not be a jolly ride all the way,there will bumps, some heavy enough to shake the roots of your existence some so minute that you shrug it off (the fun of living, right?)...read more here: https://themindsplay..com.ng/2016/12/your-world-is-yet-to-end.html


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The idea that age is the decisive factor to go into marriage rather age is a major factor in this part of the world really baffles me especially with the increase of marriage mishaps in the country.

I believe maturity of mind,purpose and a self imposed responsibility to the ideals and institution of marriage should be the yardstick to go into marriage... Listen to video here: https://themindsplay..com.ng/2017/05/marriage-age-or-maturity.html



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I have sworn Ana with the white cells of my blood to love you forever
I've even pledged my soul for you to have,
Yet you scorn my love with that smile of yours
And tell me you're not ready
But I say tarry awhile and if I don't make something of life then throw me to lawma.

Ana, you didn't give me a grain of sand chance
Yet I kept on pouring these unrequited love of mine on your rocky bed,
Oh! My heart aches to see you treat me this way
Yes, I'm upcoming as even the mighty eagle was once an eaglet.
I wrote your name with water on sand yet your heart shifted not its ground.

You told me that you're not ready...see more here: http://themindsplay..com.ng/2017/02/when-ana-is-ready.html

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Who be that wey bring tears from our eyes and body,
So tey our new Boris no get tears to cry when they enter world,
We be dey inside river yet pepper dey inside our eyes.

Which kain person be this wey find laughter as fire burn our hearts,
We be dey think say we dey blessed...see more here:http://themindsplay..com.ng/2017/02/shell.html


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I was told my eyes were shut when I came into the world,
Now I am a grown man yet I still grope around for answers,
Because in every answer I get, lies a question.

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I have conversed with you severally yet I still do not know you,
My ears have heard so many tales about you and each are interesting,
Some are sordid and gory but very lovely.

Everyday the air from your mouth smells different,
You have sometimes turned down our dates,...read more here:http://themindsplay..com.ng/2016/02/life-our-blind-date.html

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The Oxford Dictionary defines ''attitude" as "the way that you think and feel about somebody or something; the way that you behave towards somebody or something shows you think and feel."

From the denotative meaning of attitude it can be deduced that it borders on one's idea, thought and emotions towards someone or a thing.

Therefore, attitude can be said to be a vital force in making or marring a person's ability towards achieving that goal. Great mystics and motivational speakers have in no few words 're-emphasised how powerful a force attitude is in determining how successful one can be in his or her endeavours.

I was somewhere the other day where the speaker said attitude gives a 100% certainty whether one succeeds or not and not hardwork. This analogy was arrived at by adding up the numerical representation of the alphabets of the word ATTITUDE (A=1, T=20, T=20, I=9, T=20, U=21, D=4 & E=5 which sums up to be 100%...read more here: http://themindsplay..com.ng/2017/03/attitude-is-everything.html

What does it mean for love to be tattered when it is emotional states that cannot physical go through the process of wear and tear, or so we think right?

Well, I was listening to a song over the weekend and the idea ``Tattered Love” popped up in my mind and I felt I should write about it.

If we take a good look at our society we will observe that a lot of violence has permeated into the soul of the society leaving behind lots of heart aches and pains that makes one wonder ~where is the love?~.

How can you explain the yells that emits from Mrs Ojo’s mouth every other day due to the heavy punches that fall on her face and ribs from the hands of her husband but if only it was the physical shouts what about punches that hit her spirit from every blow tearing a way every piece of her love, making it wear and tear...read more here: Tattered Love http://themindsplay..com/2015/11/tattered-love.html

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QUICK-WASH

His advances came at me like the bee gunning for a nectar
My sixth sense told me not to heed to any word but they were so beautiful
And the weakness of attention will not let me.

I tried to be coy and smart
But his moves were quick and sharp
I raised this hand to defend his from groping my treasure islands like a newly blind
But his lips were doing things I could not imagine.

My soul shouted 'NO!' as the wetness around my motherland increased.
I shifted or I thought I did only to see the buttons off their station,...read more here http://themindsplay..com.ng/2017/01/quick-wash.html?m=.

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I could not but realise after a thought hit me while doing some downloads that we were once strangers until we became friends, family and then enemies as the case may be. Yes, before you knew that friend or that acquaintance he/she was a stranger to you, an outsider even an unknown foe but something somehow happened and now you became friends, buddies, pals or just greet mates(if there is any such thing like that).

Come to think of it our partners now in business, marriage, sex or whatever were once strangers to us although some of us had the rare opportunity to grow up with these persons as friends but what is the percentage?

Read more here: http://themindsplay..com.ng/2017/01/we-were-once-strangers.html?view=mosaic

“Perils, and misfortunes, and want, and pain, and injury are more or less the certain lot of every man that cometh into the world”— Unto Thee I Grant

As among the livings for now we are living moments by moments making records in our actions and in-actions whether in the form of words or touch.

Thus, why should we live our moments with restrains because we have been hurt or we’re in pain of betrayal form family, friends or lover when it is only normal as humans to experience such.

In making every moment count is a quest that is of the high minded ones that can realize that it is free to forgive all the failings we have experienced in other humans...see more at https://themindplay.com/2014/12/20/make-every-moment-count/

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“Perils, and misfortunes, and want, and pain, and injury are more or less the certain lot of every man that cometh into the world”— Unto Thee I Grant

As among the livings for now we are living moments by moments making records in our actions and in-actions whether in the form of words or touch.

Thus, why should we live our moments with restrains because we have been hurt or we’re in pain of betrayal form family, friends or lover when it is only normal as humans to experience such.

In making every moment count is a quest that is of the high minded ones that can realize that it is free to forgive all the failings we have experienced in other humans...see more at https://themindplay.com/2014/12/20/make-every-moment-count/

Source: https://themindplay.com/2014/12/20/make-every-moment-count/

Will it not sound weird if you hear someone say “Thank God for Death” well that is what a friend usually say to console himself whenever he feels intimidated by the world.


There is no household that Death has not played a fast one on in such a manner that leaves members of that family sad and filled with hate towards Death however we cannot deny the fact that it is truly an equalizer of the affairs of man in spite of its unfairness, heart aches and disappointments it brings...see more at https://themindplay.com/2015/11/24/death-an-equalizer/



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“Do nothing in a passion. Why wilt thou put to sea in the violence of a storm?”—Unto Thee I Grant

Anger as one of the human emotions is one that should be avoided or at the least curbed because of its attending consequences that are mostly unpleasant.

But the question is anger or been angry a totally bad state of the mind? Is a man’s foe or can it be a friend? Well, personally, I feel like every other of our passions or emotions anger should not be over indulged in, in fact the lesser the better for it mostly lead to destruction of self and those around us.

“On the heels of folly treadeth shame; at the back of anger standeth remorse.”—-Unto Thee I Grant...see more on https://themindplay.com/2015/01/09/anger-foe-or-friend/


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“Do nothing in a passion. Why wilt thou put to sea in the violence of a storm?”—Unto Thee I Grant

Anger as one of the human emotions is one that should be avoided or at the least curbed because of its attending consequences that are mostly unpleasant.

But the question is anger or been angry a totally bad state of the mind? Is a man’s foe or can it be a friend? Well, personally, I feel like every other of our passions or emotions anger should not be over indulged in, in fact the lesser the better for it mostly lead to destruction of self and those around us.

“On the heels of folly treadeth shame; at the back of anger standeth remorse.”—-Unto Thee I Grant...see more on https://themindplay.com/2015/01/09/anger-foe-or-friend/


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