The kindest people I know let me be.

– Osasu Oviawe

Fight as hard as you can for what you want.

If you get it, you will realise that all you won were the scars from all the fighting.

If you don’t get it, you will realise that all your fighting was proof that it wasn’t yours.

– Osasu Oviawe

What takes away pain also takes away its purpose.

– Osasu Oviawe

The truth is, no one really knows.

The day that will start it all.

The day that will change it all.

The day that will end it all.

No one really knows.

— Osasu Oviawe

Time has changed you.

You are now quieter, even though you’ve always been quiet. What’s different now is that there’s something you want to say, but you tie your tongue, yet your eyes give it away.

You are now less trusting, even though you’ve always held doubts. What is different now is that you don’t even trust yourself, but you still carry a gait of confidence, even though it is now fueled more by anger than by love. 

You are now less open, even though you’ve never been an open book. What’s different now is that you let nobody in anymore; even when your heart yearns for companionship, you anchor it to occasional pleasures that distract more than they satisfy.

But I still see you. You are there. Behind the veil of silence, anger, and pleasure. You are there. The veils no longer serve you. They choke you. Take them off. Breathe.

– Osasu Oviawe

The most uncertain choices I have made have been the most rewarding.

The most certain choices I have made have been the most draining.

Yet I remain wary of uncertainty and committed to certainty.

Little wonder the tap opens only occasionally and the drain is always open.

– Osasu Oviawe

Ego is directly proportional to ignorance.

– Osasu Oviawe

No matter how far you have travelled in the wrong direction, turning around is the only sure right direction there is.

– Osasu Oviawe

If you reconnect with people who hurt you, then it is not healing you seek; it is the reopening of wounds.

Many people are addicted to the reopening of wounds.

“How to cut off communication” is one skill that hurtful people were put there to teach you.

Learn it.

– Osasu Oviawe

I have a friend whose life goal was for me to have a house in Benin.

He didn’t care about me having property anywhere else in the country or the world. He only cared about me having one at home.

And this year, he won. He didn’t win just with words; he won by actively sourcing the property, organizing the sale, perfecting the paperwork, supervising the renovation, and delivering the keys.

He basically removed all friction from the transaction just to pull it through.

There is an unexplainable joy that comes from seeing friendship in action.

Relationships are a reason for being. Everything else serves at its altar.

– Osasu Oviawe