Tag: essay
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Interactions with a book -page 3
I have started reading another new book titled, “The discomfort of evening”, a novel authored by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld and translated by Michele Hutchison. The narrator is a girl, ten years of age, living with her devout Christian family in a rural area where tending cattle and growing crops are the main occupations. The author’s…
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Retracing the steps -3
Our stories are very much similar than we think. We see differences because we do not share our stories, or if we do, the motives are very different. If only we will connect the dots in every personal struggle we are bold to share with those of other bold individuals, we will see how the…
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Changing trend -opinion piece 3
For a villager in the city for the first time, there are too many shocks than the eye can digest, too much for the brain to process. Places people in the city are sick of seeing become great tourist attractions and holy sites for the villager. Many customs and traditions held sacred back in the…
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Interactions with a book -part 2
“Your plan and the way things turn out rarely resemble each other.” -Ryan Holiday Today I completed Ryan Holiday’s book “The obstacle is the way. And the quote above from his book has kept me thinking… Several times in my life circumstances have brought me to my knees, bringing my life to a standstill thanks…
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Retracing the steps – 2
It was supposed to be a testimony. To the glory of God. But a few minutes into her narrative, it all turned into tears. And sighs from church members. I sat there shifting in my seat at the unpleasant sight. Everyone seemed to know her story, and probably what she was about to say. It…
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Finding the balance -opinion piece 2
Sometimes, local, national or global events can drive us nuts as we look on while a clown concocts motives for an injustifiable evil carried out against the vulnerable. Doctors are exploiting patients, extorting monies and charging exorbitant fees for services to patients in critical conditions that have no alternatives. Allowances due national service personnel, and…
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Interactions with a book (part 1)
I am currently on page 81 of Ryan Holiday’s book, “The Obstacle is the Way”. I read 10 pages a day, which allows me to attend to other responsibilities while updating my knowledge on various subjects. I would like to share some insights discovered so far from the book. I selected the book for reading…
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Retracing the steps – 1
Around the new year of 2022, I watched a 1950s movie titled “September Affair”, a romantic drama ditected by William Dieterle. The movie was about two passengers, a married man on the verge of divorce (Joseph Cotten) and a single woman (Joan Fontaine), who while engaging in a long warm chat, missed their flight. To…
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Life in Northern Ghana 2/10
When I was a child living in our little village with my parents and siblings, life was very different. The weather, for instance, was highly predictable. We knew the rain that ushered in the rainy season and the rain that ended it. On the last day of rain, tiny ice cubes fell from the sky…
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watching the experts
I sat on my bed watching from my laptop on a bedside table, occasionally worried if the volume disturbed my neighbors who lived next room. Something was on my mind : will these people be advocating for fidelity in relationships if theirs were so thorny with complications that they couldn’t wait to be out of…
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