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August 28, 2017

Smiling

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Let's talk about smiling. That simple therapy that people do not know about.
You know I see the way some people just squeeze their faces everywhere they are like nothing can bring down the walls they've built.
There is a funny thing I believe in, that if you squeeze your face too much, you'll grow old faster. But come to think of it, as you keep squeezing your face all the time, you start getting all these wrinkles around your face and next thing a 25 year old lady or man is looking like a 45 year old lady or man.
Really, what does it take from us to smile. It won't hurt you instead it'll build you up and even open some doors you thought won't get open.
I have learnt that in every situation I find myself be it good or bad I should smile. It helps give me a positive view of that situation. I have also learnt that my smile is a blessing to people, it's an encouragement to that person who's been having a bad day, it's challenge to that person who is always squeezing their face to smile a bit more, and it has also opened up doors that only that really pretty smile could open.
I see when people ask whether my mum is my sister because of how young she looks and you know I've come to learn that it's because of that beautiful smile. I wonder why my dad doesn't look all old like those around his age despite he's busy schedule, work and ministry and  I have come to know that he smiles more and just leaves all those problems for God to settle.
So you know as you walk on the road and you think about that thing that is not just going right, just smile and hand it all over to God, it's His to settle. As you come across that guy, man, lady, woman whose day has been trashy just smile at them and assure them that everything is fine.
Before I forget, DO NOT TRY TO CARRY YOUR BURDEN ALONE. GOD SAID TO CAST IT ALL ON HIM SO WHY ARE YOU HELPING HIM CARRY WHAT YOU OUGHT NOT TO CARRY? CAST IT ALL ON HIM AND SMILE SOME MORE.
XoXoXo
August 27, 2017

TRUST AND BELIEVE

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I am the woman who looks back at those moments and just smile like hmm I thought I wouldn't make it but I'm here, standing stronger.
You don't always have to dwell on the past and those things that you have gone through. Why not spend that time you use in dwelling on the past to move forward and do something more productive with it and see the reward. 


Like they say when a door closes another opens. So people when that door that has been so comfortable and wonderful closes, turn, smile, trust God and look at that door right in front of you that is wide open waiting for you.
Now some might say it's not that easy but it's not supposed to be easy in the first place. It's supposed to be worth the experience. Well in my little time spent on Earth, I have come to the knowledge that not everything comes easy but when I have God on my side, nothing is hard and I'm still thinking of those things that are hard and I have not seen it.


It all balls down to one thing: so far as you have God, there is nothing that is hard. You'll go through that pain easier than you thought.
Much love.

August 27, 2017

CHANGE

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Change they say is constant. Well, I agree to this.
But what do we change into? How do we change? Why do we change? And so many other questions about change. Do we ever ask these questions.
You know they say you change but what and how you change matters alot.
I see people today and how they have changed and I'm just amazed and short of words. The way they change makes me think and wonder whether I'll also change into something I don't recognize, whether I'll change into someone different but recognizable.
Well I believe we can decide on what we want to and what we desire to change into. You own and control everything that concerns you and so you can change you.
I believe we recognize when we start to change into something not recognizable and I believe we can always bring ourselves back on the right track.
It's not until someone notifies you about that which you are doing before you know it. There is always that something in the mind that keeps ringing the bell about it. Just like when we are about to steal meat from the pot of stew and there's that something in your mind that tells you what you are about to do is wrong, so as well there is that something in your mind that tells you whether you are changing for good or changing for well I won't say bad but something else entirely.
The truth is many people do not know themselves so they live to be others & not live to be themselves.
The great Philosopher says: "MAN KNOW YOURSELF"
You have a choice.
You determine who you are and who you will be.
You can change you.
Have a great week.
ToluRiye.

August 26, 2017
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DEDICATED TO ALL INTROVERTS (MELANCHOLIC AND PHLEGMATIC)



_Let's go!_
_No, i think I'm okay this way_
_Aren't you bored?_
_No, I'm not...I'm an introvert_


Our lifestyle seems boring to so many people. We love being alone and reminiscing, focusing on our own feelings, minds and affairs. Deep thoughts keep creeping its way in and then we have lots of secrets just because we have few friends around.
Sitting, eating, talking, playing, reading, singing alone has been our hobby ever since, even though it is never other people's kind of life. We are reserved and would rather spend our time on a single activity rather than multi-taking. We prefer being ourselves to social situations. You would never see us come out to the dancing floor in a party and dance like others would do. We go deep thinking.

Yes, we are shy, but not always. We seem coded and some people think we are complicated, not until they have close contact with us. When other friends keep playing around and catching fun, you won't find us there, and even if some of us get to play along with them, we pull out when it's getting too long. Everyone is gone out to see one friend or the other, but we are still in the room, thinking of things that does not have a topic or doing what we like doing when alone. We have just a few close ones around that we tend to play so much as we can with, and even feel free with them till they tell us we are stubborn.

Parents a times misunderstand us and flare up. But instead of explaining better, we have tears mixed up with our words and they flow uncontrollably, all because we want to defend ourselves. How painful!
We are emotional and feel very bad when we get hurt. Only a few of us learnt how to control our feelings. So many things other people call fun seem boring to us. Even when we have a gorgeous look on us, we don't usually feel we are. We just stay stationed and watch other people move freely. Some of us feel _'I am beautiful'_ while some of us feel _'I am ugly'_.
We easily swing moods. We can decide to talk and play and be lively now, and in the next few minutes or hours, we are back to the cool headed style. Not everyone of us is gentle; the truth is _'most of us are gentle while some of us are quiet'_. So many of us don't feel loved, and in that case, we go into reckless relationships, do cruel thngs and even hate ourselves.

Introverts are humans and extroverts should as such love them no matter the level of their 'introversy'. Many of us are that way because we are not exposed to so many things, some because of challenges or depression and others are just that way, it is their lifestyle.

TO MY FELLOW INTROVERTS (MEL/PHLEG TEMPERAMENT): Your life would be a complete mess to all and yourself if you do not have Jesus. I have Jesus and I have a lot of specialities in me, so how on earth would i hate myself? If you engage yourself in so many things, you won't feel it even when you are alone. You can be a blessing to all even while being a reserved type.

While writing this, I've been alone for over two hours, and I am safe even with writing. You being alone does not permit you to do bad things to yourself, it does not permit you to have sex in your heart, think lustfully and all sorts... You want love? Jesus truly loves you and when you love him, you won't feel rejected, being shy would get out of your dictionary.

Remember! You are special, so therefore, there are treasures in you no one has!

I love and I celebrate you!!

ADEYEMO, Toluwanise Precious
Editor-In-Chief
English and Education 300L, OAU
misshardeyehmoh@gmail.com


AKANGBE, Oluwadamilare Aderiye
Author/Writer
Geography 400L, OAU.
riyeade@gmail.com

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