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Life Is In Stages

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People often set timers for the different stages of their lives (that is a long to do list they hope to achieve before a particular age) I'm not implying it's wrong to set goals and have your life planned out but, it becomes wrong when you get stressed out, beaten and totally give up on yourself because whatever you have mapped out at a particular stage doesn't play out, it is wrong to keep comparing yourself to your friends that started at the same time with you but are way ahead of you. Trust me I know more than anyone else that life is a tiresome time spent in variety of waiting room but, it's not an excuse to force yourself into competing with others even when people around tell you that you're moving backwards. The truth is this unnecessary competition breed jealousy and, instead of being happy for the other person's success and achievements you end up convincing yourself that you deserve to have what others have more than they do. The whole poin

It's Time To Move On

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A woman shared the saddest story I have heard in a while about her inability to conceive after four years of being married, in spite of the fact that she had been to different hospitals for various fertility test (seminal analysis, pelvic ultra scan assessment, hormonal assay for both of herself and husband) all test results indicates her man was okay, but she was not, and this was as a result of untreated infection. The major problem was after he discovered he was fine he started acting up, picking up fights with her, embarrassing her before family and friends, stopped going with her for her usual check ups, started receiving/making strange calls at odd hours, and on more than one ocassion had abused her physically these affected her emotionally, psychologically, socially and mentally. I asked if she was gainfully employed and if she could take care of herself her answer was 'yes' but she was scared of what people might say, she added that she was aware he was no longer