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 Adversity is one of the most difficult things of life to manage. Nurturing the tenacity to keep and maintain right character/composure when people persistently and consistently come at you in all kinds of ways and manners to assassinate your character, demean and reproach your person will, in my opinion, be the major life skill to learn and master.  It is always tempting to mete out in equal measure the hostility and unkind actions towards you, especially when no act of yours warrants it; against all judgements.  However keeping a good composure and choosing grace amidst the adversity goes a long way to build ones character, define and firm up ones strengths and provide insight into the weaknesses that need attention and work.  Embracing adversity with grace has been my biggest lifelong lesson on my journey to BECOMING. I have come to appreciate that it is much in my favour than I may think it to be; despite the tremendous pain, hurt and potential damages that somet...

I believe pain is no new word to us all. Everyone have had their fair share of it, experienced in several ways, on different accounts and inflicted by varied mediums. In as much as we may all define it differently, how it feels and the reactions to it are quite the same. Pain can be very unbearable; a very naked truth. Many a time we try to avoid all the things that bring us much pain and turmoil   (not that its any fault of ours but what will you have us do?).   Well, we've been told to embrace the things that give us pleasure and peace;  which is a good admonishing.   But then there is a lot in life that is intertwined with pain which cannot be avoided (like the annoying relative you avoid but always somehow gets around to you). In all my silver years, there's one thing about being a woman i have always despised but it is somewhat that which makes a woman a woman (can you guess?); the monthly cycle of unintended blood shed (mostly known as period). The first experi...