love doesn’t pay the bills hey Dating allowance is the new allowance in town. There’s a debate around money and dating. Some are saying dating requires money and they would never date a broke guy. Others are saying paying a boyfriend/girlfriend allowance to your partner regularly is appropriate. Clearly, there are people who want to capitalise financially on someone’s child. Let’s say, both partners are wealthy, will there be a need to pay this dating allowance? Don’t think so. Paying boyfriend/girlfriend allowance comes from a mentality of lack and poverty. It makes love a business transactio ..read more

relationships cannot work through hatred. There has been a circulating theory in the modern society: Love hurts. Majority of people; you may be one of them, have associated love with pain, even concluding that love cannot exists in the absence of pain. In other words, they are saying there can never be love minus pain. Why do people believe that love hurts? It is because they have endured and internalized pain to an extent where they have lost the meaning and value of genuine love. Studies show that repetition is a powerful method of indoctrinating ideas in a person’s mind. This is not only li ..read more

Are you speaking the language of cash? What happens when your head is full of lies about money? You also eat the fruit of those lies. Everything important factor in life has principles and when those principles are implemented, there’s surely a positive outcome. There are common lies about money which many people have internalized and these lies Rob them of creating financial assets that can last for generations. 1. Cash is evil Do you believe cash is evil? People who believe this sentiment see money as an enemy. As a result, they hate rich people and they despise anything to do with money and ..read more

Love is a beautiful experience. We all dream of having a happily ever after with that special someone. Like it or not, every human being longs to be loved and feel loved. Some fall in love and fall out of love later. Some hold on to their love for their special person until death do them apart. Some have given up on love because they were betrayed in the past by their special someone. Then there are those who are afraid to fall in love. They have a desire to love someone and be loved as well but their fears prevails against them. They envy others who are kissing and dining in their heaven of r ..read more

what do feminists advocate for? The topic of feminism has taken the world by storm and many are beginning to embrace it. It’s women’s month and this topic deserves to blaze at discussion tables of the universe. But before we get excited, we need to go back to the basics and analyse what we’re embracing. What is feminism and what does it mean to be a feminist? How do we address this concept in relation to culture? Is Feminism an opposite of patriarchy? Was author Chimamanda right when she said we should all be feminists? Let’s slow down a bit. It’s paramount to remember that whenever emotions r ..read more

are you a wise or foolish fellow? Are you wise or foolish? A person’s wisdom or stupidity is seen by their speech and most importantly, their actions. It’s possible to be full of wisdom in the head and act otherwise. The problem here is that the person’s will isn’t geared, prepared and courageous enough to manifest their wisdom practically. However, most people act stupidly because of ignorance, and lack of knowledge. Since it’s paramount that every decision has consequences, it’s wise to take a break and find out wisdom about that situation before acting. Some predicaments we find ourselves i ..read more

the mafia speaks I’m unknown in the universe of the blues. I hustle with my claws and toil with my feet. I have married a new sun, the desert is my ex and weeping is the grave – I am the Mafia of this game, the game of striving to be the best striker on the field of life. Don’t remind me of the gone tales, I have buried them and I press toward the unknown hidden in the elegant paradise – a world of my own smile. I live not to impress but to express my inner gold which was once sold by the enemy.The kisses of my wisdom reflect the pieces of piles and tiles of my make-up, I have managed to sepa ..read more

Sugars turn to salt. The sandy waves have landed, Politics of thunderous fate emerge, Salty waters dance on your door, Your jaw drops to the bitter floor, You stammer and lament, Yet you forget that there’s still some honey in the storm. Gashing and gnashing, There you go again with your hopeless drama, Characters of dark tales dominate your stage, Dams of faithless songs construct their existence, Ears of near defeats awake and mature, Plagued destinies begin to unfold in your eyes, Stand still – you can still taste the sugars. Mountains roar and mount scandals about you, Hills may proclaim y ..read more

The magic pillow The animal village of Mora had never experienced the curse of darkness before and no animal including Betty, the only white bear with a human posture anticipated such tragedy to happen. Along with her whistling gift, whose sweet melody delighted other animals, Betty was also known for her unbreakable love for the fedora hat that complemented her cute round face.  At that time, wild and domestic animals as well as humans were like water and oil; hence the world was divided into three parts: the wild animal world, the domestic animal world and the human world. Each world ha ..read more

young and unstoppable We are tired. We have had enough. Enough of the enslaving societal norms, enough of religions of hypocrisy, politics of boring rules, sermons of deceptive dos and don’ts. We are young. We are creative. We are pleasure seekers, lovers of bliss and fans of freedom. Freedom to run like there’s no falling, to swim as if there’s no drowning, to dance like headless demons, laugh until our ribs feel the pain, smile until the sun falls to the ground, and get all wild as if there’s no tomorrow. We are young and unstoppable. This is who we are. We are sons and daughters of the 21st ..read more