Given all that’s happening in the U.S, I chuckled when I saw the annotation behind the lady’s T-shirt.
Author: jacquelineobyikocha
A wordsmith with a vivid imagination, an eager mind and a burning desire to carve out tales. As I journey with my muse to that land of all possibilities and self discovery, I hope my personal evolution will serve as a beacon of inspiration for anyone who chooses to stop by.
Things that make blogging dreary. Yeah! I said that
To Blog or To Wash
There are day’s that I equate blogging with the boring class of washing dishes or clothes. These two are not my favourite house chores and I am yet to meet anyone who’s ecstatic about them.
Why no good fellow has thought it wise to create an elegant and smart gadget that removes the clothes after a wash, irons, folds them and puts them away nicely is a question that I ask from time to time. Now that’s a good manufacturing idea for someone to tinker around with.
You might wonder why I put blogging in the same group with housework. Okay, it’s not every day that blogging falls into that status, there are days that I do find it exciting, especially when I feel my brain cells swell with knowledge, however, here are my reasons.
My Thinking Corner – Value
The value that you place on yourself is the value others will place on you.
If you believe that you are not enough and fail to accept yourself, it shouldn’t surprise you when others view you the same way.
Be kind to yourself and break the self-recriminations. Self-love is not selfish. For love is born out of the abundance of who you are as a person (not your finances).
It’s only when your cup of love is full that it would overflow to others. If you are unable to love yourself in abundance, how much love do you think you would be able to extend to others? Give it a thought.
Lady Cee shares a well thought out post on Knowledge + Application = Wisdom. You need to read this.
Be part of the Thinking Corner, share your positive, self-help tips and development thoughts.
Keep it cool. Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge
Well, well, this week’s haiku prompt ‘Blow & Please’ simply made me think of all the recent politically stirred madness going on out there.
Let’s keep calm people, these trying times will surely pass.
Please, keep calm, don’t blow your lid,
for a broken, sick mind
is certainly not that easy to repair.
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A dictator has lost his senses
please, fetch the doctor
before he blows us all up.
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© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
A Quick Thank You
You guys’ rock and you are simply the best blog friends a girl could ask for.
Thank you for honouring my invitation to my blog party. It was absolutely wonderful and fun.
I truly hope that it was worth your time.
For those who were unable to pop in for one reason or the other, here’s the party link.
Please feel free to dive in and find new friends. Let’s keep a date for another bash.
Love y’all.
Jacqueline
Your Love…
My take on Bernadette’s quote for this week’s All New Writers’ Quote Challenge.
Like the caress of a gentle butterfly,
you brush kisses across my brow
Your arms hold me in loving hugs
they become my place of anchor
Sweet quiet storm
your love stirs in me
it sets my heart racing
yet stabilizes me.
♥
Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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Power Your Mind to Success 1 – Monday Motivation
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Sting Operation
Amanda chose the darker corner of the restaurant as her spot to sit and make her observations without appearing incongruous.
Multiple aromas from steaming bowls of rice, seafood, soy sauce and the medley of food made her stomach grumble, but she was reluctant to indulge because she had to keep focused. Maybe just a well-selected platter of prawns and vegetables would suffice, she thought.
The sunny outer appearance of the popular Won Ton Chinese restaurant belied the recent seamy story making the rounds.
Rumour is that beneath the facade of the restaurant lay an underbelly of human trafficking, prostitution, and drug rings.
As an undercover cop, being part of a sting operation took months of careful and diligent planning.
Most times, it involved a lot of danger, learning the smattering bits of a language or two, but she wouldn’t have it any different.
She enjoyed the excitement that her job brought.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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Rope It! Mundane Monday
Mundane Monday challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.
The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.
a cooking pot and twisted tales 