Dear WOMAN: An Ode to Womanhood (by Ebenezer Akinrinade)

Dear Woman,

Your beauty, your radiance,

Your strength, your sweetness,

The totality of your being,

All that is embodied in your feminity

Speaks of GOD's infinite creativity.

You are more than you know.

You are perfect, you are whole.

Dear Woman,

You are the builder, the nurturer,

Daughter, sister, wife and mother.

Without you, there is no completeness.

You are a lover, carer, shaper and moulder.

Every fibre with which you are wired

Is a miracle — you are a wonder!

You carry yourself with grace,

Unshamed by failures and pains.

You trump mountains on your way

Wearing your scars like medals.

You are unbothered by naysayers

Their words makes you stronger.

Dear Woman,

There is healing in your touch

There is power in your words.

You are water.

You are fire.

Authored by: 

Ebenezer O. AKINRINADE

ebenezer.akinrinade@gmail.com

© March 8th, 2023

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Written in commemoration of International Women's Day (IWD) which is annually celebrated on March 8th.

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POST-COVID: OLD NORMAL vs NEW NORMAL

It should interest you to know that while there's a crop of people who have taken smart decisions to learn a skill, start a new venture or dedicated time to repositioning their businesses for the post-covid era, you will also find another group of people who seem to have done nothing tangible with their time during this months of total lockdown. 

Perhaps all they ever did was surf the internet for movies, engage in meaningless banter, share gossip blog posts, follow celebrity gists, and entangle themselves with social media chitchat.

There's no investment whatsoever in their self development. In fact, they tend to consider these stay-at-home period as some form of holiday which will soon be over, so they can later return back to their normal life. They are unaware that there's already a shift from the old normal to the new normal. They sit by doing nothing.

On which side of the divide are you? What new book have you read so far? What new skills have you learnt? What new business are you venturing into? How are you rethinking and repositioning your business?

Are you actually growing and evolving to fit into the new normal or you are waiting and wasting away in expectation for the old normal to return?

It is not too late to task yourself with the duty of upgrading your mind. Start today. Start now. Step out of your comfort zone and learn something new!

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Written by:

— Ebenezer O. Akinrinade

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