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Same thing 
I sat down for drinks the other day with a new friend who has a life many people can only dream of.
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Non existent
An almost-girlfriend had lunch with me the other day, and the talk soon moved to one of the causes of her unhappiness: relationships.
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Clearly 
“You’re so brave,” a friend said to me the other day.
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Suffer head
I have never understood the human instinct to hunker down in the face of trouble, rather than to fan out.
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5 lessons at 35: The valley of the shadow of death [Correct version]
“What is joy?” one of Nigeria’s most powerful politicians (he would be in the top 10 of any rankings, I suspect) asked my co-founder of 15 years…
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Depressed vs depression
It bears repeating, and this time in a more pointed way.
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Sex vs love
My friend, Mfon taught me this powerful lesson a while ago.
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Beloved
On New Year’s Day, I caught myself crying three times in one day – and they were tears of joy.
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On anger 
“What are the three things about Nigeria you are most angry about?” An interviewer asked me just a few hours ago.
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Responsibility
There is a mistake a number of people make, and I used to make it a lot.
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Do you really love him?
Take the example of, say, a priest who is accused of abusing minors in his parish.
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The nature of our nature
When my gorgeous 2-year old Lhasa Apso, Adaeze gave birth to her puppies - 4 of them - a wondrous phenomenon came alive to me.
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