Survival Alphabet

K For Knowledge   According to my usual online dictionary, knowledge is defined as, “facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.”   For today though, I want us to break down the word knowledgeinto two parts i.e. Know and Edge. To make this possible, assume…

J For Journey   Life is a journey, so the old adage says. Question is, a journey to where?   That right there is the big question.   “It is the act of travelling from one place to another”, defines one online dictionary.  This means there is the beginning of the journey and the end final destination. When talking about life, it is indeed a journey that…

I for Interrupt   There’s this interesting quote by Napoleon Bonaparte that says, “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”  That sounds like an “own goal” win, where your team wins after the other team scores an own goal. But to contextualize today’s, what happens when that “enemy” happens to be you, would you still…

H For Honesty   Honesty is the absence of deceit. It is the ability to be candid and frank even when it is unpopular to do so. When you are honest, you will never have to memorize anything you say to anyone because whatever you say to anyone is the truth. “Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” …

G For Gratitude Gratitude is an attitude of being thankful for all the things we do have, rather than complain about the things we don’t have or things that are not happening the way we want. Gratitude is a way of life; it is a lifestyle. Gratitude is about focusing on what's good in our lives and being thankful for the things we have. Gratitude is pausing…

F For FearLess   Fear is like that negative friend who is always there to tell you why you cannot be who you want to be, or you cannot do what you want to do, that friend who is always reminding you of your past mistakes and failure and uses them as a way of pulling you back instead of pushing you forward.    Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean that friends who…

E For ExtrAct   Let nobody fool you; there is nothing as painful as a tooth that needs to be extracted!  A few years back I had a wisdom tooth taken out and it was no easy task. The fact that it was lodged at the furthest end of my upper jaw didn’t make things any better. For the dentist to get that tooth out, my mouth really suffered. I think my cheeks hurt for…

D For Diffabled Diffabled? Is that even an English word?     Well my dear reader, I thought I was making up this word and got shocked when the dictionary in my MacBook “Okayed” it by not putting a red line under it to signify "wrong word". That made me go online to look for its meaning and got pleasantly surprised when I found it just like I had in mind.…

    C For Control   If there is something I am finding hard to do during this interesting times we are living in, it is to not touch my face! I can almost bet that you too are having a similar challenge. Then of course there is that part where I decide to wear a mask even when in the house so that I don’t touch my face, then I forget to remove it as I'm are…

B For Believe.   Believing is the act of accepting that something is true even in the absence of proof.   For instance, I am sure you do believe there is something called air, right? Good. Now, have you ever seen air with your own naked eyes? I guess not because even I have never seen air but I know I breath air every second of my life to stay alive. Imagine…

A For Avoid I have never in my life thought I would see a day when I would be told to avoid HUGGING or SHAKING people’s hands. If you know me then you must know how much of a hugger and a greeter I am. I can do without the crowds any time of day since am not a fun of crowds anyway, but the restriction to avoid hugs and handshakes, that one is really getting to me.…

It’s been a while since I’ve been here - exactly 4 months to be precise, and a lot has happened since my last article here. I grew a year older within those 4 months and hopefully wiser in the process. I "managed" to hit some really stormy waters in both my personal and professional life, but thanks to God that is now behind me and I am totally grateful to God for rescuing me…