Have you ever wondered why you would sometimes see cobwebs around certain corners in your apartment? It is not a spiritual phenomena or about you being dirty as some of us have been made to believe. On the contrary, a spider can be trying to teach you something! Yes, I said it!

My brother recently told me how he noticed a small spider building a web in a little corner of his room. Initially, he was going to get rid of it, but for curiosity sake, he decided to watch the spider. Not quite long, an unfortunate fly was buzzing…

This was the email subject I received from my bank two days after I emailed them, requesting for an issue to be resolved. I totally forgot that I had sent that email on June 15. Probably because a few minutes after sending the email, I got a reply saying that it would take 3–5 business days to resolve the problem. Barely two days after — on June 17, they are reminding me that they are still trying to work out a solution for me and I should be patient.

I was really surprised and happy to hear from them again…

As we approach summer, isn’t it fascinating to be distracted by the chirping of birds who are about their business once the sun comes out? These birds literally come to wake me up in the morning, as though they are aware that I must start my day early! I mean, before now, I would not even give a hoot about birds but given our new reality where the world has to stop and embrace change and uncertainty, I now have to notice the little things which existed long ago but went unnoticed because of our daily routines of living.

I…

Time changes everything and everyone, without being changed.

This makes me wonder, how can something so simple

Be the influencing factor in life’s decisions, healing processes,

Behaviors, thoughts, things?

If there was one thing I had the power to control,

I’d definitely choose time, for the one who can control time has the power

To do, undo, become, remain.

But let me awake from my dreams,

To face the reality that Time is not for me to control.

It never has, it never will.

We humans dance to the tune of Time.

Never the other way round.

Here’s the interesting…

In the last one year, I think I have witnessed so many deaths and births. Some people say that there needs to be a balance in the world, which is why people have to die and people have to be born. If that is the reality, then it is a really sad one we must live with for the rest of our (short/long) lives.

Particularly, I want to focus on the living, not that I do not feel terrible about the people dear to my heart who have died, but because we tend to focus so much on the deaths…

Like an unexpected movie scene, the year has come and gone. Like *A ti lo, a ti de* and if I think back to the beginning of the year, all I can say is just wow! A lot has happened to me, with or without my permission but the interesting thing is they’ve all worked out for my ultimate good, in retrospect.

I’d like to start my short (maybe a little bit longer) story about how the year started with little or no expectations. I just knew I wanted to do better and be in a better place but wasn’t…

The odds that I will fail at something I desperately want to succeed at keeps me stabilized in a state of mediocrity.

The thought of having to rise up to face the demons screaming ‘I told you so’ settles my mind in a pool of self-pity.

The peace which escapes my very core after messing up with action or inaction keeps my butt right on the fence.

What am I so afraid of? You ask me.

Then I’ll tell you this…

It’s the error of not making a choice to become all that I was made for. …

Sometimes it’s hard to believe I am just twenty something years old! Based on the experiences I have had, with the past few months being a highlight, I just have to pinch myself like *whatttt* How did I get here? Trust me it’s been overwhelming and it came with a lot of responsibilities which I shall explain to you below:

In the past four months, I have had to take up higher managerial positions in my organization. I dreaded such an experience because I have had a taste of the feeling before, judging from my time in my previous organization…