Tag: life lessons

  • Choose To See The Light

    Guest Writer: Wemi Opakunle I have a friend who constantly complains about her physical appearance. I’ve tried many times to convince her of what I see, which is a beautiful girl with an infectious personality. Every time she brings up a physical shortcoming, I want to shake her and make her see that no one…

  • Choose To See The Light

    Guest Writer: Wemi Opakunle I have a friend who constantly complains about her physical appearance. I’ve tried many times to convince her of what I see, which is a beautiful girl with an infectious personality. Everytime she brings up a physical shortcoming, I want to shake her and make her see that no one is…

  • Choose To See The Light

    Guest Writer: Wemi Opakunle I have a friend who constantly complains about her physical appearance. I’ve tried many times to convince her of what I see, which is a beautiful girl with an infectious personality. Everytime she brings up a physical shortcoming, I want to shake her and make her see that no one is…

  • Things don’t just happen at random

                                                                                                      Guest Writer: Wemi Opakunle I recently…

  • Choose To See The Light

    Guest Writer: Wemi Opakunle I have a friend who constantly complains about her physical appearance. I’ve tried many times to convince her of what I see, which is a beautiful girl with an infectious personality. Everytime she brings up a physical shortcoming, I want to shake her and make her see that no one is…

  • Stop comparing!

    Guest Writer: Wemi Opakunle When I was seven years old, I remember my Grandmother telling me a story about a man in a shiny red car. This man, she said, was the envy of everyone in the neighborhood as he drove down the street without a care in the world. One neighbor in particular thought…

  • Spring Cleaning

    Guest Writer: Wemi Opakunle At the beginning of every season, I always take a weekend to clean my apartment from top to bottom. I also clean out my closet extensively, creating a pile of things that are no longer of value and most importantly things that I’ve outgrown. I find that it’s not only therapeutic…

  • Optimism: A wonderful antidote for stress

    Wouldn’t it be nice to look at an acorn and already see a mighty oak? How about perceiving every image of despair as hope and transmuting every idea of sorrow into joy. Sounds too technical, doesn’t it? Well the idea is about focusing your energy on a positive outcome rather than a negative one. When you train your…