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 2021: COUNTING THE GAINS AND PAINS "The new year always presents to us an opportunity to start again" "Happy new year"; this is a normal ritual that we say to each other at the tail end and beginning of every year. But then, how happy has the year been? The year 2020 brought the world to a standstill, jobs were lost, investments went down the drain, the economy of the world shakes, definitely, some benefitted immensely, while many looked forward to the year 2021 to start all over again. So many plans were made, many rivers were crossed, we failed in some, we were successful in others, we gained in some investments, we recorded loss in some others, even in the face of the battered economy of our country. The new year always presents to us an opportunity to start again, whereby, it is assumed that we have learnt from the mistakes of the past, except from the sons and daughters of perdition. We are to build on our successes and work on our failures. It is pertinent to...

 CONTEMPORARY PARENTING: A BLESSING OR A CURSE "It goes more than giving birth, but training them well." I remember those days while growing up, you dare not come home after being disciplined at school for unacceptable behavior to report to your parents, trust me, you are having a triple anointing of such. You eat whatever is set before you, strict discipline was upheld, whether we liked it or not, it has gone a long way in helping us stay sane in this insane world. But then, it is disheartening that the so-called generation that were brought up with an high level of discipline won't reciprocate such goodness, only to bring up Children that are soon becoming a burden to the society. The problem of the society is a foundational factor of the family which is the smallest unit of the society. Where the family goes wrong, the society would eventually be the end product and bear the consequences. A child that is ill-trained at home, comes to school to exhibit the fruit of his/...

 UNGRATEFUL GRATITUDE "Your reward is in heaven..." When a maize plant is going to be planted, the seed is buried, the seed dies in the loose sense of the world, though biologically, it actually doesn't die, but then, after two to three months of growth, the fruit becomes the object of focus, nobody remembers the seed that was buried, dies or loose form so that the fruit can be good. That seed, are your teachers. The choice of seed in planting is very important as they serve as the foundation, once the foundation is faulty, be rest assured of a great fall in the nearest future. Hence, you see schools giving in their best to seek for good teachers that have a passion for passing on of knowledge, so that the foundations of the students are well built. But then, what is the reward of these teachers who consume themselves like candles so as to illuminate light into the darkness of ignorance that envelopes the students. They are paid peanuts, is it the disrespect from parents ...

 "In the process of cutting cost, we incurred debt"  " Maxwell...are you okay?"... I opened my eyes trying to process what had just happened. Wow!! I've just been involved in a ghastly motor accident but with little scratch. Thanking the almighty God for life is the next thing, but then, in the process of cutting cost, we incurred debt. Our dear nation is one that the cost of living keeps soaring high everyday, the popular Belle Shmurda song then comes to mind; "higher higher, higher higher" . How do we keep up with the demands of responsibilities choking us daily that we can't run away from as young men, if you can't commit crime, you have to double up your hustle; invest in investments that you are not even sure of and end up loosing hundreds of thousands of naira, embark on "mission impossible" that might fail as long as you are not Tom Cruise, all in the name of being a man. "Agu...wake up, let's go together to pick some ...

"God is dead and has been buried in the Church..." Nietzsche Mr Nietzsche was absolutely wrong in his above assertion, because God is indeed alive and active, He does not need your opinion or submission about His existence to show that He actually exists and is existing. The question that befalls us then is: "what is dead?" In as much as Nietzsche was wrong in his assertion about the death of God, we can help him rephrase his assertion: "God is not dead, but the Church is dead". The Church has been defined as the congregation of God's people, the people make up the Church; taking a leap from there, we take a side glance view in the study of the phenomenology of religion, where in one of the problems of religion, we have the practicers of religion. They are a problem in the sense that, the moral ought and standard which they postulate through their religious doctrines, they tend to always fall short and will always lay claim to the concupiscence of th...

 "Make haste"  Everybody wants to be successful, only a fool would think otherwise. But then, success is not magical, nor is it an Eureka moment ; it is definitely a process in which we have to to plan and work towards. Planning towards success is the first step towards being successful, just like an house construction, it is the foundation in which every other actions rests on; without planning, other actions would be misty. Planning gives a layout of what our actions would be, it gives a sense of purpose; but then, planning is the most sweetest and easiest part in the equation of being successful. Ideas are written in jotters and journals, shared amongst friends, relatives and loves ones, fantasies are built in the wind, but be sure, it doesn't end there. Your road to success would be terminated and end up being futile if you don't act on the plans that you have set for yourself. Be all you can be now by acting on your plans and not folding your hands. Make haste.