Never give up agency over your own life.

Own it, love it, shape it.

– Osasu Oviawe

It is easier to prune branches than it is to prune roots.

So, branches get trimmed before they cause damage, and roots cause damage before they are uprooted.

It is easier to nurture roots than it is to nurture branches.

So, roots get watered and branches are left to the elements.

– Osasu Oviawe

Which is more beautiful, the breaking of the day or its setting?

It depends on who is judging.

Which is more renewing, the birthing of life or its passing?

It depends on who is judging.

Which is more liberating, the finding of self or its ignoring?

It depends on who is judging.

It is not the experience that defines its value, but where you stand or sit.

– Osasu Oviawe

Just be clear about what you want in life.

What you want from yourself. What you want from others.

And when you gain a better understanding, communicate your new clarity.

There should be no ambiguity in what you want.

And if someone asks if you are sure, just answer, “Right now, yes. If I change my mind, I will change my answer.”

Everything serves the one who is clear on what they want.

– Osasu Oviawe

Take a break from the life you are used to if you find yourself not appreciating it anymore.

Most of life’s struggles can be improved by the reset that a break offers.

Instead of digging in, walk away.

Wander through new mazes, and when you return, you will be truly grateful for what you have.

– Osasu Oviawe

One way to get humans to do stupid things is advise them not to do it.

From the forbidden fruit to cigarettes, ‘do not’ has been the most effective strategy to drive the opposite behaviour.

– Osasu Oviawe

Break your principles for something, and that something will break you.

Keep your principles toward everything, and everything will serve you.

You choose.

– Osasu Oviawe

Your superpower is the part of you that people underestimate.

– Osasu Oviawe

Every endeavor runs its course.

Knowing when to retire it or retire from it is an art. There’s no perfect answer.

But when it’s time, you will know. Push it any further and it starts being an energy drain.

Every endeavor runs its course, giving way for another.

For different aspects of life are seen through different endeavors.

On to the next one.

– Osasu Oviawe

If the people you love and/or respect advise against a road they have once taken, it is wiser to learn from the advice than from experience.

We are designed to believe our case is different, but trust me, it is not.

– Osasu Oviawe