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Only human

A person will be wise in one thing, and foolish in another. Sugar and bile, sweet and sour, spring and mud. I’m learning to accept such contradictions and not to allow such things to reduce my regard for them. It’s frustrating, yes. And there is a limit to what we can overlook–or can be overlooked.

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Live truly today

How many friends do you have? When was the last time you hung out with a pal? Or held conversation with someone, anyone without thinking about your importance or the principles you needed to defend? People do not hate you, they just do not remember you. Well, some may hate. But most folks are too

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A prayer for comfort

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. May our God reach through the fog of sorrow and comfort all those who mourn. God is our refuge, our present help in time of need. We will not be moved, though the heavens fall and the earth be moved. The LORD is our refuge.

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Two social lessons

Yesterday, I stopped at a roadside bookstand. It’s one of those at Ikeja with a display stand by the road, the main outlet storing books hidden away among tailors, boutiques, and household utensil merchants in some shopping plaza. I had bought books from the elderly owner in the past, but his son was the only

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