Akerele Odunayo Samuel

                                                               We started this series last week when we talked about ‘lessons from a game of football.’ The capsule overview of last week post is the fact that in a game of football they have a common goal, which is to win. And we established that if at all victory would be their friend then there is a need for them to work as a team. Here is a personal experience shared by a very good friend of mine: I have many friends both in my town and neighboring town. Some of them are educated while some are not. There was a time I went for a conference outside my town. I met new friends at the conference whose exposure transcend some of my friends at home. I needed to get their contacts but both my subscriber identity module (SIM) and phone storage were completely full. A thought c...

Football is a game of two teams. With each team make up eleven players. These players consist of strikers, defenders, midfielders and a goal keeper. Each of the players have their respective roles on the pitch. There is a need to work together as a team before they can win any game. This is because football is less an individual game but more of team game. Effective communication is crucial to success in the world of football. Victory is not far from any team that connect and communicate well on the pitch. The striker cannot say because I’m the goal scorer, I don’t need the goal keeper or the midfielders. However, he may score goals but his team would also concede as many goals as possible. In a case they concede more than they score, that’s a defeat on their part. Working together in the world of football is a step to victory. Every team wants to win. They want to gain possession of the ball at all cost. They all look ambitious and passionately serious. In an attempt to gain...

Don’t castigate me. Never blame me for what I did. Don’t see me as evil. Don’t see me as though I never love my husband. With all my being, I bestowed love on him. He was my choice man. I cherished him above all others. Yet, to him it was as if I never existed. I’m human, a female by gender, I have blood running through my veins. I needed to be cared for, to be loved and cherished. I loved but it was as if I was not love. My husband had been carried away with administrative work such that our marital relationship no longer matter to him.   I’m a woman of integrity if not he wouldn’t have married to me. I was not born promiscuous, but remember I am human and have feelings because God did not create me a robot. I wouldn’t have stooped so low for a common slave for help. But I thought if I did it within the comfort of my home, I would not be in danger of being exposed. And since he was not from our town my secret would be sealed. I was desperately in need of help. When my hu...