Live, Learn, Love

What is friendship? Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people, that has a stronger form of interpersonal bond than a mere association. We all have friends that we really cherish and friendship is a very wide topic to discuss because we have different experiences in that particular part of life. So today, I want us to discuss the purpose of friendship, types of friendships, the kind of friends we need and the kind of friends that are toxic. THE PURPOSE OF FRIENDSHIP.  Our desire and need to build good and lasting friendships is often undermined by a lack of focus on what friendship should really be about. Getting a clear picture and understanding the main purpose of creating friendships is very important since it provides the foundation for genuine bonds. Friendship should be one of the best part of existence and yet it is mostly one of our disappointing realities. We all have different purposes for our friendships but I'll share with you guys what I consi...

The National Business Compact on COVID-19 was launched on March 16 2020 through the efforts of the Ministry of Health to mobilise support from corporates and private firms in countering the covid-19 pandemic. It is a coalition convened by the Marketing Society of Kenya that comprises of brands in the hygiene business, Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Association of Practitioners in Advertising, Kenya Private Sector Alliance, Public Relations Society of Kenya, AMREF, SDG Partnership Platform and the UN family in Kenya whose main objective is to accelerate local action and support government efforts in countering the pandemic. NBCC is guided by four strategic pillars: Leadership and Passion; Alignment around common priority; Pooling of Resources ; and Agility in Deployment. Leadership and passion combined can catalyse rapid action. The COVID 19 pandemic has caused major disruption, damage and loss of lives all around the world. For Africa, the situation is no different and is furth...

Happiness is a state of well-being, joy, or contentment. When people are successful, or safe, or lucky, or in love, or in good marriages and relationships, they feel happy. People feel happiness for different reasons but despite all the happiness, there comes a point in life where we feel low, discouraged and hopeless and the happiness slowly starts fading away. This is due to a lot of factors that act as a barrier to our happiness. Most of these factors are internal because happiness comes from within us, it is your choice to be happy and so we'll look at some of the things that we do that prevent us from being happy and how to go about it.  Here are some of the things that we do that hinder us from being happy ; *FORGETTING YOUR WORTH.   Your worth is not dependent on your external environment and other external factors like your physical appearance, your level of education, your relationship status, your financial status, your career, your friends, your family or yo...

Some of us have gone through some experiences and challenges in the past that have made us question our existance, experiences that have made us doubt our worth. We've met people that have told us hurtful things based on how they view us. The society is always trying to change us into perfect people, friends always trying to get us to change to  be better because they feel like we are not good enough, our parents and siblings trying to change us because they feel like we do not meet their standards and their expectations. To some extend, these things get to our heads and we strive hard to change and become what other people expect us to be. We get scared of dissapointing our parents, our friends, our teachers and the society as a whole and in the process of trying to please them, we tend to forget who we truly are and our purpose in this world. And so today, I want us to talk about being yourself. What  it means  to be yourself and how to go about it. Being yourself ...