A round peg in a round hole was the best way to discribe Tina and Jude. They loved each other in no small measure and they were the toast of the people that beheld their blossomed young love. They were chronic friends in their early months in the university before they eventually decided to turn in a new tone of music. Afterwards, there was a popular saying that getting married to your best friend is the beginning of a nice family. The two lovers epitomised love in so many ways; no doubt, they were always their faculty's best couple, they always wear the same colour of clothes and sometimes, they put on the same pattern of polo and they wore the same type of fabrics. Although, they lived at a considerable distance away from each other, they were always seen together like five and six and always looking out for each other in everything they did.
However, an elder told me sometimes ago that 'buying the whole world for a foolish lover won't stop him or her from cheating on you.' Their pretence; unfaithfulness and betrayal of their love to each other were the banes of the beautiful love..........
To be continued.
Having the desire to help others is the calling that brings many into the “helping professions.” For others, it is the day to day service that we do for our families, children and others we work for/or/with. There is a fine line however when helping is not really helping, but rather a barrier that leads to stagnation or worse yet, fosters an unhealthy dependence. Indicators of when helping is NOT helping: 1. When the help we provide is not accepted by others The term I’ve used for years is when helping leads to “help rejecting complainers.” When our helping leads others to excuse themselves of embracing the help, then rejecting it, or avoiding it. This is not a judgment of our help or our intent, but of others’ readiness to change. They may simply not see the same way as you do. They may not value the same things. 2. When the help leads others to make the same poor decisions Any change effort has to be embraced as well as given. It is hard to un...
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