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DO YOU THINK THAT MAKES YOU WEAK?   Hi, I’m Sam,   One of the  hardest  questions for me to answer  is  "What is your weakness?" Because I find the question broad  and   most times  when I ever get to answer that  question  I always ask for clarity, like give me context. The answer to that question depends on the context , for  instance  saying  that I'm a slow reader as a weakness is irrelevant or not applicable if you were asked that question in a military recruitment. No human has just one weakness  and  weaknesses differ from  Individual  to  individual . What you may consider a weakness in  yourself,  most likely will be listed as a strength to another individual.  A lot of  young people take their time to identify and focus on their weaknesses instead of their strengths  and   they  do it with another person's blueprint.  They can list more than ...

Hi, I’m Sam,   One of the easiest mistakes we make in life as human beings not only as Africans is thinking we are all alone and it always manifests in a negative situation. Whenever something happens we automatically feel like our situation is the worst and that we can never get over it or out of the situation. Whenever anything is about to happen to me or it has already happened, I always say to myself if it is a negative thing, “It’s well” or “It could be worse” and once I say that I get a realization that as bad as I think things are someone else is probably wishing it was like that for them; just like a dead person would rather be in a hospital bed, and someone confined to a hospital bed would rather just be on bed rest and the person on bed rest would rather be healthy and the healthy person would rather have a job to pay bills and the person with a job would rather want to be rich and famous and the rich and famous would rather have a simple life and the person with a si...

  Hi, I’m Sam,     Everything is not always as it seems, and that can be positive or negative. This doesn't mean you should go around with trust issues or disbelief with anything and everything someone says. I want to talk about this from a personal point of view. We would be able to love ourselves more if we could ask ourselves questions and give ourselves very honest answers. We can deceive people but we cannot deceive or lie to ourselves. Looking deep into ourselves, tracing our patterns and past decisions does not only help us perform a predictive analysis, in this case, it helps us understand and know ourselves more than we think we do. A lot of people are really scared of knowing their genuine selves which is why they prefer to live by other people’s rules or even do the opposite of what they want. Some people have mastered the art of not being themselves that they don't live like themselves and they don't copy people either; it’s almost as if they're in betwe...

Hi, I’m Sam,   For different people “freedom” means different things. Although my dad is a Bishop and my mum was a teacher, I wasn’t caged (as most people would say) growing up but I still grew up with strict morals and ethics which I also hold dear to my heart. I had a curfew but it was not official. I wasn’t allowed to do some things and that made me not misbehave when I got into the University but in some people’s cases it made them go wild. I started driving at 16, I can still remember going to the license office to get my learner’s permit. After getting it I was so excited but to my surprise, it wasn’t like a “driver’s license”, it was more like a photocopied sack letter only that it had my passport photograph on it; I wasn’t too excited anymore about the learner’s permit because I wanted to fill up those spaces in my wallet that could fit a driver’s license or an ATM card. Days after getting it I became scared to drive because every night before going to bed I would start...

Hi, I’m Sam, I remember back in 2013 when I was being home-schooled, my teacher only taught me 4 hours every day so I had the rest of the day all to myself. I won’t say my life then was boring but at the same time there was no action and it was a big transition going from being in a boarding school where you’re surrounded by fellow students be it seniors, your mates, or juniors to being homeschooled, so I had a lot of adjusting to do.  

Hi, I’m Sam   I’ve learned to live freely not nonchalantly, I don’t stress over anything; I strive to experience peace in every situation around me and at any stage. That is the best thing that can happen to anyone; Living in Christ. You don’t get to stress if a deal falls through, you don’t stress when you are in a tough position, you generally don’t stress about anything because deep down you have every belief that someone capable is handling things on your behalf then you let go of things that are not vital; things that take away your peace of mind. The good news is that the really good things in our lives are not heavy, so we can accommodate so much of it and thrive at the same time. When I say I don’t stress about things, I don’t mean that I don’t care about things or that I don’t work hard for the things I want. I work smart and hard for things but it doesn’t mean I should make it a life-or-death issue and go against my beliefs and ethics just to get them.    ...