Category: essay
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The awakening
A newborn baby is like one who wakes up from a dream that’s forbidden to be remembered. And all around the baby throughout infancy are many people screaming, like in some inferno. The baby joins in, until somewhere in their teen years they begin to wonder what meaning the motions carry? Why the shouting? To…
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Interactions with a book -8
I just started reading the book “Expanding job opportunities in Ghana” by Maddalena Honorati and Sarah Johansson de Silva. From the little I have gathered so far, it promises to be an interesting read. In the overview, a few statements catch my attention: -“Ghana was, until very recently, a success story on the African continent,achieving…
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Option 2
Taking revenge is sometimes really not worth it. Imagine someone helps you solve a problem you’ve been carrying for years, even if you do not say to the person, “God richly bless you for your kindness,” God will still bless that individual. I believe the same applies to carrying out atrocious deeds against others. The…
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Ghana
What are the biggest mistakes people make when visiting your country? A person who has lived all their lives in Ghana, and has never traveled outside its borders tend to have the belief that it is a great nation, and deserves the respect it enjoys among other countries. It is not that our country isn’t…
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Education and Discipline -opinion piece 7
Sometimes, school owners are torn between numbers and quality. As a private educational institution, more students mean more money to fund the endless expenses of salaries, bills and taxes. When a school does not have standards for admission, this creates problems for teachers. The same classroom is filled with very weak students who do not…
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Interactions with a book -page 6
Today, I bring Dr. James Dobson’s book “Love must be tough” to an end. It was a very insightful book that taught me to be principled and firm when it comes to love. It doesn’t mean being mean and cold, but having boundaries that are clearly communicated, boundaries that when crossed the consequences must be…
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Life is full of paradox -Opinion piece 5
Life is full of paradox. Recently, I decided to plan how I used every cent I earned in a month, down to the most basic of expenses. At first, it felt frightening. It all sounded clinical, mechanical, like stories of weired scientists or philosophers who sat in labs or offices working all the time, without…
Diary of a Wanderer 