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  In the words of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, "The greatest wealth is to live content with little." But Ron Malhotra once said, "The day you become satisfied is the day you stop improving." There’s a whole list of contradictory quotes and proverbs. I was always so confused by quotes like these; I wondered who was right and who was wrong. But I have come to the realization that neither of them is wrong; in fact, if applied correctly, they both give the same result. I came up with a theory, and I believe it will go a long way toward helping us understand these seemingly contradictory quotes better. My Maths teacher once explained, "If two lines are parallel, then their slopes are equal. Let the slopes of the two parallel lines be m1 and m2, then by the condition of parallelism, m1=m2." This being the case, we can rightly conclude that "if two quotes are contradictory, their results, if applied correctly, are equal. Let the results of th...

I missed secondary school a little this week. So, I decided to dig up a write-up I did back in school. MY EXPERIENCE AS THE ASSEMBLY PREFECT Growing up as the first child of my parents, I had responsibilities assigned to me all the time, literally, but being the Assembly Prefect of Starville School and having to work to put both the junior and senior assemblies in order was an entirely different experience all together. Yet I was determined to make my impact felt as the Assembly Prefect, and so I tried my best to put my all into it. Being the Assembly Prefect helped me reach out to a huge chunk of the school's students and, I'd say, helped me relate better with people. As the Assembly Prefect, I met with students filled with uncertainty, unsure of themselves, and afraid to speak up for themselves. My post, however, gave me the opportunity of reaching out to them and giving them a nudge or a push (as the situation demanded) in an attempt to reassure them that they could do an...

  Some years ago, I had an idea running through my head. I thought it was really nice, and so I documented it almost immediately. After putting the thought down, I realized that if I developed it well enough, I could extract an entire short story from it. I tucked the paper away neatly and promised to work on it later. I gave the idea more thought and was able to put together something better in my head. Being the lazy kid with big dreams that I am, I procrastinated when I’d develop the idea into a story. Days turned into weeks, and weeks into months; my idea remained undeveloped, and life as I knew it continued. I got a movie from a friend, and as I watched it, I received a very mild but painful shock; the movie was simply an expanded version of the concept I had abandoned. I couldn’t believe my eyes. The plot and characters were different from mine, but the main idea and theme of the movie were just two steps away from what I had put together. I really had no words for myse...

  Recently, my brother had some issues with a CBT exam he was taking. His laptop went off ever so randomly in the middle of the exam. It hadn’t happened before, so it was very unexpected. As a result, the questions he had answered were graded, and he had barely gone halfway through the exam. My brother searched for the teacher to explain his plight, but he couldn’t find him till the school day was over. The next day, he was able to find the teacher, but the teacher refused to allow him to retake the exam. My brother tried explaining what had happened, but his teacher wasn’t changing his mind. My brother, being my brother and unwilling to be stressed or frustrated by anyone, stopped pleading with his teacher and decided to let it go. When my mom found out what had transpired between him and his teacher, my mom, being my mom and absolutely averse to nonchalance and giving up, gave my brother a piece of her mind. When my parents were done with him (my mum had tabled the matter befor...

  The laundry basket has for many years served mankind. It has served as a steady hoop, often catching shots of dirty clothes and, other times, crushing our dreams of venturing into basketball. It has played a significant role in hosting our dirty clothes without complaints for years. But legends say there is a mystery behind the laundry basket. I do not have a single mental picture of my laundry basket being empty or even half full. All of my memories of it are when it’s full, full to the brim (when it’s fuller than full), or when there’s a bucket by its side, serving as reinforcement. I have a few clothes, not so many, not so little. But I find it difficult to comprehend why my laundry basket never goes down, even after I wash a pile of clothes. How do I have so many clean clothes and so many dirty clothes at the same timeeeee? Luckily, I am not the only one with this question; this is a mystery that has bothered hundreds of people all over the world! And so, I decided to unravel...

As the older sister to two bothersome amazing younger brothers, I have had to settle more arguments and fights than I can count. There’s always something that has been done or something that needs to be reported, and my brothers deem it fit to come to me with these complaints and reports. At some point, I decided not to receive any more complaints or resolve any more issues between them, and so I began to refuse to settle their differences whenever they came to me. A few days ago, I came across Matthew 11:28, and this time, the verse struck me differently. It says, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Jesus starts this verse with a warm invitation, one contrary to the attitude I had set up against my brothers. While I had sent them away, Jesus extended a hand. Further into the verse, I find out that Jesus doesn’t extend His invitation to those who have it going great for them; He extends it to those who are pressed down and bur...

  Have you ever watched a movie where so many bad things kept happening over and over and you just thought to yourself, "Can we get to the good part?" Or read a book where its characters were faced with so much adversity that you began to wonder: Does it ever get better? Well, it happens to me all the time. I mean, I know life is sad, but life can’t be bad to you all the way; there has to be some nice points even if they aren’t so many. It's the same as telling your story: telling people how much life has been mean to you and how much you’ve struggled with challenges. No offense, but sometimes your listeners are anxiously anticipating "the good part," like, "Yeah, I’ve heard your sad story; is that it? Anything else? No? Alright then, so sorry about your sad story, and I hope you get it all together soon." The truth is, the world has heard more than enough sad stories; it’s getting tired of hearing them. But I kid you not, the world never gets tire...

Do you ever see something that fuels your desire to do more or to become successful? Like someone that became successful at about the same age you are? Or a speech that flooded your entire being with a lot of motivation?  At the end of the day, you’re lying flat on your bed, thinking of all the ways you can do better. Finally, you come up with a long-term plan and conclude that you should be able to pull it off. You rush over to your journal and scribble furiously; you can feel the grin of satisfaction working its way up your face. Looks simple, but it’ll require a lot of time and energy, three hours of work a day, building your brand, reading books, asking questions, attending trainings, getting mentored by someone excelling in your field. Luckily, it’s holiday time, you’d be able to pull it off. You take a look at your plan and go to bed with a huge smile on your face, grateful that you’re putting your life to...

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! I am super excited to have you over here at my blog and I really hope you are as excited to be here as I am to write to you because that’d be a great match of energyyyyyy! Before I go further, my name is Ayomide ADERIBIGBE and my blog will be centered around topics that pop up in my day- to- day life, my experiences, conversations and so much more! Virginia Woolf once said, “Every secret of a writer’s soul , every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works.” And so, in my blog, I hope to write about my life as a first-born, my experiences as a writer, my interests as a reader, my journey as a Christian, my background as a pianist, my opinions as a person and pretty much anything that comes to mind. I’m not the writer I hope to be yet but someone once told me, “Better is not a destination, it’s a journey”. And so, as I embark on my journey to becoming a better writer, I hope you stick around long enough to watch my writings...