The Wordsmith Blog™

  D @mn! ...you discover a free, popular, maybe trending platform and the journey to losing yourself immediately commences. These “little toys” given us as dividends of technological advancements have turned out to be the pivot tool advancing many to their heaven or hell (Death; mentally and/or literally). To think there’s very little privacy left in our world today with the advent of social media, it saddens me to see people lose carelessly the little they still get opportunity to protect. Today there's hardly a thing you do without being monitored, tracked or STALKED . You were how old when you realized it is called "Following" for a reason, and what you basically need to do is click the “Follow” button to have yourself “followed” (hahahahaha!). It's true they say "if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear". But I tell you, you're better off with fear, than to find yourself stark naked, and left out in the cold. "Privacy ...

Which are you? W hatsApp groups and their complexities, uniqueness and craze. There is no amount of words to describe the absurdity. They're fun, they're serious, they're up, they're done and they're mostly completely random...  We all belong to at least one category, even if we may not want to admit it. You will most definitely find these kinds of people in almost every Whatsapp group, no matter how hard you deny it. 1. Master of Irrelevancies There's always someone in the group who sends all the memes, videos, BCs, etc he/she sees that day. They send them in no particular order, and once we get tired and hit at them, they hide under the "you don't know who might be needing it" gist. We all know it's not going to be their last one no matter how hard we cry... 2. The Error Voicenote Dude There's always one person who's constantly sending voice notes, either because he or she is too lazy to type...

"1. Arguments going beyond 15mins, especially when they don't improve your economic value, #PullOut 2. 30mins gone, trying to convince someone of a matter, especially when it doesn't affect your continuous existence/living, #PullOut 4. Debating religious doctrines and/or actions of supposed clerics, especially when you know it's your life to live, and your prerogative to face the "Great White Throne" as an individual, #PullOut 5. Years gone living another man's life, trying to please some persons/group, to the detriment of your own joy, #PullOut 6. Forever long in evil, too scared to face the repercussions of quitting. Just know life's time & chance and that death is once, #PullOut 7. Read from 1-6 and still can't comprehend fully/at all, nor are you fired-up to take the bold step? don't you #PullOut, read again!" -TW™  S ome things are not just worth it, yet it's observed that we spend, not even in...

"I try to think enough , but end up thinking only a lot . " This one mistake, a million and one humans are and continuously guilty of. The ideas and in fact meanings of the words "A lot" and "Enough" ordinarily cannot be interchanged.  The one speaks quantity, while the other speaks 'volumes'; Quantity and Quality , Abundance and Adequacy , Plenty and Sufficiency . See, that a thing is done many times and over, would not necessarily translate to being done enough, That it is in abundant supply, would not automatically depict that it's sufficient. I know your eyebrows are raised by now and you are gearing up to argue out the aforementioned with me, but just before you do, I'll ask you, have you looked up these words really? Have you a grammatical idea (let's pipe down a little on the psychology of the words for now) of them? To be ABUNDANT/A LOT means; "To have in great quantity, extent or degree"....

You do think I screamed up there? The burden to get the message across to you maybe? D isagreement is natural and inevitable. People like to argue. But no matter how hard we try to resolve disputes through rational discourse, sometimes we may still disagree about important issues. One response to this predicament is simply to agree to disagree. But should the mere fact that disagreement lower our confidence in our views? Should we change how we judge our own beliefs when we realize that other people disagree? Or do we only have reason to doubt our beliefs when we learn that experts disagree with us? George S. Patton, a war veteran, and Senior Officer of the United States Army once said; "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." In life, stirring the proverbial pot can be a good thing. And while negotiating these matters can be challenging, especially when they involve our colleagues or bosses, differences in opinion will often lead to pr...

Finally take control of your destiny by deleting the negative habits that have been dragging you down. Many of you will resolve to start a new positive habit in 2018. Adding good habits can be fun, but unfortunately (most of the time), they don't work. Approximately 38 percent of Nigerians will make resolutions, and only 8 percent will succeed. Instead of adding a new diet or workout regime, let's remove the negative habits that have been holding you back. 1. Kill your habit of checking social media during the workday Social media platforms are masters of making you stay there. Getting lost in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc can be fun, but it's counterproductive during the day–especially while you're trying to build that presentation for your investors. Now that we're on the subject, turn off the notifications on your phone, too. You can check your Snaps on your break. 2. Kill your habit of thinking it's all about you Your frowning ...

Many a time I try to bring some folks up to speed with recent trends, not losing sight of where we were coming from. This really can be a arduous task in most cases as a majority would rather  remain in the/their pasts.  Call them obstinate and my only dissatisfaction will be your failure to add the prefix "unnecessarily" or "myopically".  Sadly, too many sons & daughters  of my generation are failing to live their lives, in that they have preferred to live life by the views their ancestors held and passed down, over careful observation of life as it stands now.  It was not my intention to confuse you on writing this piece, and it still isn't now. But living the new life by old rules cum views can really complicate a lot of things.  Am not of the opinion that nothing of old was good or still relevant, am only and advocate of the use of life's 'Delete' & 'Add' button.  I really would have  love to write extensively, hi...

  ‎Finally, ministers have taken their oaths of office in my country Nigeria. Perhaps there were surprises, perhaps there were not, but a few Nigerians got their speculations right.   Today I watched the President call out names of ministers designate, with their offices one after the other from the 1st to the 36th.  Like in previous successive administration, some he called Ministers, some he called Minister of State or State Ministers. A larger chunk of the populace only have an idea as to who a Minister of State is, but not an exact knowledge.   So...................... Who is a Minister of State? A Minister of State reports to the Cabinet Minister. To be precise, he/she is the junior member who works in close coordination with a Union Minister to help the latter in meeting national goals pertaining to that Ministry. It is incumbent upon a State Minister to deal with issues of the ministry under the aegis of the Union Minister. Who is a C...

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Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is INGESTED by an organism and ASSIMILATED by the organism's cells in an effort to PRODUCE ENERGY, MAINTAIN LIFE, or STIMULATE GROWTH. While, a recipe is a set of instructions that describes how to prepare/achieve or make something. WELCOME TO THE TABLE. Let's have life as a meal! I did not set out writing this piece with any intent to stir up your culinary skills or condemn in any case for those who lack one. But instead, my desire was to put across to you a basic life message in simple palpable terms. Highlighted(In block letters) are words I would want you to take cognizance of. This Recipe Of Life has got ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS,i.e Something to help you face different challenges as you encounter them in your journey. You really will have to INGEST ...

"How Did It Get So Late So Soon?" The question left on the lips of the one who has just been announced late. Some things we want done , but we sadly leave undone for reasons not far fetched; Fear & Fright, Procrastination & Carelessness, Ignorance & Shallow mindedness. But amongst all these, one combination stands tall i.e ; HESITATION + LACK OF COURAGE ---------------------TOO LATE------------------------ A time comes when we're screwed NOT FOR WHAT WE SAID, BUT FOR WHAT WE DIDN'T SAY. And we face the ugly music, NOT FOR WHAT WE DID, BUT FOR WHAT WE FAILED TO DO. A time comes when we're judged NOT FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE, BUT FOR WHAT WE DID NOT BELIEVE. And we're stranded, NOT FOR JOURNEYS WE MADE, BUT FOR JOURNEYS WE FAILED TO MAKE. A time comes when we're disgraced NOT BY THE PEOPLE WE MEET, BUT FOR PEOPLE WE REFUSED TO MEET. And we're sorry, NOT FOR THE RISKS WE TOOK, BUT FOR THE RISKS WE DIDN'T TAKE. A time comes when we...

"They say a few drinks help to forget pain, but after one too many,we find out pain only took a stroll." -TW™ Now the question is; "What Is The Remedy For Pain?" Pain like as pronounced can be so sharp, heavy-weighted, sudden and prolonged. Pain is that unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder. We all have been pained by someone/something at one point or the other of our life, and I care to ask two key questions; 1) What was the experience like? 2) How did you douse the pain? Handling pain, can be a very arduous and debilitating task. Pain can come in different guise and from different sources. Though every form of it should be handled with precision and uniqueness of strategy, there is more often than not a universal approach to managing pain. Pain can be very detrimental to a person's health and general social function. Pain once noticed must be abated or suppressed as fast...