PHOEBSPIRATION

Whatever comes after a firm yes or no, is evil. I came across a WhatsApp status that read as follows; We are all being used either by God or the devil. You cannot be in the middle. Who is using you? A whole lot of persons usually answer to questions and enquiries with a 'but' after saying yes or no depending on the question asked. The beatitudes of Matthew chapter five talks a lot about our conduct, relations with others and living to please God, living a fulfilling life that imitates God and showcases his perfectness. It emphasis on living honestly, shying away from evil and living exemplary lives, living perfectly as our God is a perfect God. And so when honesty is being put to the test, when truth is fighting to be established it is black or white. Positive or negative and so an emphatic yes or no is needed. No explanations, no justifications, no supporting arguments needed. In our quest to always justify our actions and beliefs, we have convinced ourselves that nothing is e...

    I am not particularly fond of felines. Of any kind. Extremely not fond. What with their shining multicoloured eyes, claws and inquisitive nature? But I have cats in my house.  Ones that steal my fish and meat, disturb my sleep at night with their baby-like cries. Sometimes even scratch my door as if I owe them. Now why are they interesting enough to warrant a write up you might be wondering. One fine Saturday ago I tasked my under-exercised body to join some fellows to climb the Aburi mountain on foot. This is a very popular trail for exercise enthusiasts. So you can imagine, how frail and tired and with severe aches all over, my scramble for sustenance when I got home. The lightweight that I’m not, I served myself some mouth-watering rice ball with palmnut soup. I settled behind my table under the big veranda and as soon as my finger dipped into the soup a very fierce meow broke the still expectant air of my throat. Yes, you guessed right, the cats in my ho...

HEADACHES As I write this piece right now, I have a very terrible headache (that is if you believe me🙃), and it got me thinking about what causes headache.  If I had typed this into a search engine I'm sure there will be a ton of responses. But since I had some eye irritation related issues, I always blame my headaches on that.  Others will say they experience headaches when they go hungry for a long time, I have personally experienced this too a few times.  And as a colleague read off my shoulder, he jokingly asked me if I'm sure I'm not constipated.  I laughed really hard at this because that never even came to mind initially. But this is what I learnt from my headache, its a warning and a signal. A warning that something is wrong somewhere and a signal that an action that has been neglected has to be taken. We usually throw the phrase ‘…becoming a headache’ around when things repeatedly don't go our way.  When a headache sounds a warning, it is cautioning yo...