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Motivational Speakers?

Dear Viewer Let me engage you in a term most common to us.  Motivational Speakers!! There’s not term that frustrates me more than this one. What does it mean anyway? People who motivate you not to strangle yourself? Better yet, people who motivate you to follow God. People who motivate you to do you, and never be a duplicate or a fraud. Perhaps they motivate you to be the best version of yourself. Whatever!!! What can they motivate you on, that you don’t already know, that you haven't  read, seen, or heard? Don’t you know you have to get up and shine? Don’t you know you have to be yourself; you have to do better than you currently are. To stay away from boys/girls until you are of age. To stay in school and read your books. To respect your elders. Don’t you know you have to do all these things? What can the people called motivational speakers tell you that you don’t already know.  I feel like I have been motivated enough. There’s nothing that a motivational speaker can te...

Be Your Own Fan

Dear Viewer I want to tell you about one of my favourite life changing days. In my teenage years, I loved famous people. Actually, I think I might have even worshiped them. I kept a flip file to which I would keep pictures of celebrities, cut from every magazine I came across. My favourite kind of pictures were the posters. The ones you find in the middle of a magazine. I intended to keep these Celebrity pictures for my bedroom wall one day when I finally get one. I learnt their names, listen to their music given the chance, and follow in practically everything they do. I was much obsessed with them, and I believed that everyone else was too.  Point in time, I took the precious celebrity file to show off to my little. I was to brag to her that I have this amazing file filed with well know people who do great things. I was to brag about knowing their names, tittles, and life in the main. I wanted her to envy my file and be amused at a number of celebrities I know. I was so excited t...