If you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim.
You decide the kind of person you want to be. Not your parents. Not your spouse. Not anyone else. It took me a while to realize this, in fact 25 years is a stretch but I think I'm getting there. Many a times, it seems like choices have always been made for me or even,... Continue Reading →
I almost got hit by a car when I crossed the road recklessly today. Someone remarked that I was crazy. Perhaps I am. What if crazy is the term that people give to those who absolutely doesn't give a fuck about anything at all really. Crazy is when you try to reason with people in... Continue Reading →
Drinking. It's an escape. Is escaping for a few hours really worth the hangover the next day? I guess that depends on the reality that you are escaping. You drink to escape the emotional pain you're in, and then the next day you do it all over again to get rid of the physical pain.... Continue Reading →
The only thing love relies on for survival is respect. You don't love him. You're still here not because you are too weak to leave but because you are too strong to leave. You put up with this sht because you know it is not about you. It's not about your safety. You do it... Continue Reading →
There are three questions every woman should be able to answer yes before they commit to a man. If you answer no to any of the three questions, run like hell. Does he treat you with respect at all times? If he is the exact same person twenty years from now that he is today,... Continue Reading →
Is it weird that I start to understand myself better as I get older? I think I am. Maybe its the circumstances that I've faced this godforsaken year. Fun fact: I found my first white hair, or rather my hairstylist casually informed me I have white hair during my spontaneous trip to the salon. Holy... Continue Reading →
People on the outside of situations like this often wonder why the woman goes back to the abuser. I thought it was stupid. I thought it was because they were weak. I thought these things about my own mother more than once. But sometimes the reason women go back is simply because they are in... Continue Reading →
We just sell different parts of ourselves. Some sell their souls. Nothing wrong with that. Some beg to differ. I beg to differ. Been thinking about how to put this encounter across in the best way I can but there isn't a best way to explain this. Only the brutal truth. 2020, the year of... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I fell. I could vaguely remember me falling down and scraping my knee as I ran towards my grandfather who was waiting for me after school with his bicycle. We can easily slap on a plaster and call it a day. Yes, it would be painful for the next few... Continue Reading →
The environment that a child is brought up will affect his communication skills if he is not given the chance to communicate freely in the presence of an authoritative figure. For a child that has been oppressed to an authoritative figure since young, he would not have the necessary communication skills to interact with his... Continue Reading →
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