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I know Sam Katila and others will shy away from this subject. Africans do not talk about s*x organs. Its awkward. But it...
17/06/2024

I know Sam Katila and others will shy away from this subject. Africans do not talk about s*x organs. Its awkward. But it is what is. There are some organs I can't mention in my mother-tongue.

I read somewhere that vi*****rs are so powerful that they can inhibit our sensitive nerve endings, lengthening the period required for an…

12/06/2024

There are to types of people in this world, people with a good heart and people with a heart of stone - heartless. I have learned this firsthand.

There is no neutral. You're either on that side, or this side.

Again, you always choose your person. You get the chance to choose someone with a good heart, or someone with a cold heart. It's open like a book. You flap the pages and choose your person.

It's never about gender. It's about the heart. Anyone can have a cold heart. Anyone. There are few people with good, genuine hearts.

Sometimes when you make your bed, lie on it, do not blame it on gender stereotypes.

12/04/2024

Butter is high in saturated fat – but margarine is an ultra-processed food.

So which is healthier?

18/01/2024

In my Daily Stoic,

“You’re always where you leave yourself, wherever you go there you are. At the end of the day, you go home alone, you go home to yourself.”

The thing is, we can try many new things. We like to think we can get away from our problems, that it will be different there, that a change of scenery will change us.

You can get a new job. Get a new baby. Get some new money...

But it’s not going to fix us. It’s not going to solve our problems for us.

Because - it’s impossible to actually flee yourself. You are always going to be there, your issues right where you left them.

15/01/2024

“Far too many good brains have been afflicted by the pointless enthusiasm for useless knowledge.” Seneca says. "Only knowledge that does us good is worth knowing. Everything else is trivia."

We certainly aren’t reading to impress people or for mental gymnastics. Not unless we are. We read to get better! To find things we can use. Not at the dinner table or on Twitter, but in our real lives.

I am beginning to think the knowledge I have is trivia. Is your knowledge trivia, Sam Katila

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