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The Power of the Adolescent Girl

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  As October 2017 begins to roll into history, I lend my voice to celebrate every girl child on the surface of the globe. She comes like a gift wrapped in beauty and grace with her potentials carefully enclosed in her buds. Her birth may not have been announced. Yet, like the bud of a rose flower, she blossoms and lets out innocent fragrance to a waiting world. Roses come in lovely shades of White, Pink, Red, Orange, Lavendar, Purple, Yellow, Blue, Yellow and Green. Likewise, the adolescent girl. She comes in various shades and colours. Packed with potentials and possibilities. Her relevance lies in her virtue and inner strength. Not in wanton desires. Her uniqueness lies in her innermost beauty, not in vanity. Her future is filled with hope, not just glitz. The power of the adolescent girl is unimaginable! She is the treasure of the unborn generation. The gold mine that must be tapped for a better world.

Talent and Time (2)

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I earlier posted a write-up titled  'Talent and Time.'   For some reason, it has been coming to my mind to expand some more on the write up and let you see the wires within you that need to connect.   The first alphabet in Talent is ‘ T’ T reasure your Talent once you identify it. A treasure is an article of high worth. Universally, certain items are regarded as treasures – gold, diamond, gems. It is insightful that these items on their own whether buried in the ground or hidden in underground chests cannot amount to anything except when identified and put into good use by someone. Items of worth have been found by people who could not identify them and so didn’t know the value. Remember Aladdin and the old lamp? He traded the old lamp for a new one not knowing the potentials. Pretty much like Esau who forfeited his birth right for lentil stew. Identification is key. It is like placing a finger on a flash point. Once an item is identified, it can be named. This brin