The Yakkie Diaries

Where I come from, there are beliefs that witches possess powers to fly abroad. Their means of transportation is mostly groundnut skin. D on’t ask me if it’s true or not – I don’t know.  The crux of the matter is that times are extremely hard. Some of us would love to travel abroad at an AFFORDABLE rate. This is an open letter to witches. If you know a witch, please kindly pass the message along: “Witches should commercialize their abilities to fly with groundnut skin abroad.” Adams Adams, 2016. According to him, this might make people abandon airlines which are drastically expensive. It’s quite unfortunate that the witches in this part of the world rather prefer to kill and destroy (hearsay). The million-dollar question now is:  If you hear that a witch has provided a cheaper means of flying abroad with groundnut skin, would you patronize his/her business?

You see your friend’s husband standing along the road with a strange woman, and you immediately call your friend to report same… and more. You tell your friend (Mrs. A) that her husband (Mr. A) was looking at the woman (Lady A) with ‘consuming’ eyes. You tell Mrs. A that there was something fishy about how Mr. A and Lady A were smiling. Meanwhile, you don’t tell Mrs. A that you were some kilometers away from Mr. A and Lady A. You don’t tell Mrs. A that you aren’t quite sure of the ‘consuming’ eyes, because you couldn’t see clearly from that distance. Some people cannot keep their mouths shut. These are the ones that keep putting their noses where they don’t belong. And they always hide behind the ‘I’m trying to be your friend’ veil. You should be aware of these ‘friends’. They are the types that can easily destroy your marriage or relationship on whimsical impulses. These people don’t pause to gather their facts before they go on a gossiping spree. When you really think...

If you’re complaining because you aren’t able to buy a second iPad, have you thought about people who can’t afford a plate of meal? No, I don’t mean a three-square meal, I mean a plate of a meal. I’m not even referring to a plate of balanced diet, no. I mean a plate of food that contains at least one class of food. Meanwhile, you’ve a roof over your head, a work that you return home from, and a savings account (although you haven’t received salaries for the past few months). No matter how hard it is, you have what to bounce back on. No matter how hard it is, you can pay your utility bills. No matter how hard it is, you can afford your children’s school fees. Yet, you complain bitterly about how hard your life is. You wallow in depression and you cut-off family and friends. You lose your temper at any slightest provocation. Hey, money has gone on a vacation. However, endeavor to make the best of the little you have. Extremely brooding on the economic crisis will do you m...

Some people feel as if they're on earth to suffer, and they always live in the past. These people refuse to move forward. No matter where they find themselves, they always remember the friend that led them astray, the teacher that scored them too low, the uncle that maltreated them, etc.  You've been complaining all your life, what has it achieved for you so far? I tell you now, if you don't rise above the ashes, you'll soon be swept away by the tide. Researchers propound that about 85 percent of families are dysfunctional, so you see, you're not alone.  The crux of the matter is where you go from here. What are you going to do now? Look, you can either keep on living in the past, or you can slap yourself into good sense, and take the bull by the horn. Enough with the regrets. Live in the now. You don't have much time. Begin to focus all your energy on what you want to achieve. When you do this, what you don't want will begin to fade away. ...

That problem you’re going through, which robs you of a goodnight sleep… That ailment you’re suffering from which, makes you reek of unhappiness… That disappointment, which totally shreds every last piece of hope you once had… That situation you’re in, which derives you of wide and beaming smiles… That financial situation, which makes you lose self esteem among your peers… That guilty conscience, which doesn’t allow you forgive yourself of a mistake… That rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul attitude ,which forces you to play hide-and-seek games with loan sharks… That condition that has made you to lose friends, because you aren’t in their class… I don’t know how bad it is, and I cannot say I understand. However, I’ll tell you this: One day, you’ll look back and marvel, because it’ll become history. In order to survive and live to testify, you have to hang in there and keep on keeping up.