Tag: learning
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Keep living and thank you NPR!
My name is Isioma meaning knowledge, meaning a head that is good, meaning insight, meaning a child on a journey. I want to be called Nwa Bia Ije. For if this is life, if these are the moments before we die, then whenever I leave, may it be know that I came for a journey,…
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Keep this 4th anniversary, the one full of grace!
One of my favorite prayers begins with the word, “Hail Mary, full of grace.” If you know the next lines, for me, you would know that the lord has truly been with me. For who can go through fire, go through trials and somehow, get to the other side, oblivious to the fact that just…
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Keep who you are, proudly Igbo!
We held a New Yams Festival Today As a reminder You are not only what you believe you are You are what you are In an image Godlike I suppose Igbo Proud, truly. Keep this.
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Keep the Saint Louis Air Fair!
Every experience with art is the art of experiences. I went to the Saint Louis Air Fair today. My first time and via invitation from a friend. I left feeling amazed that at this very moment I get to live in a place where an experience with art is worth every single joy my eyes…
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Keep all the ways we last!
she spoke harsh truths today about why things never last, not because many never try but because continuing to remain, against yesterday’s hopes and tomorrow’s reactive dreams can be futile in a setting where even darkness brims with glee. progress will be slow, acting too, but still, even with sweat and some blood, a little…
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Keep life still and still!
however bright life is, however brilliant, however broken it maybe, however you bear it, we know she remembered the moment she stood at rivers edge, wondering what she would do differently, if this be yesterday, and she stood at the crossroads again, she would go with grace through the deep valley, knowing the sun shines…
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Keep flying!
It is the person who fails, who tries and tries, yet fails, that has the most sterling story than anyone you know successful. I know many who wrote grants their first time and got it, many who resigned from jobs and moved on, many who turned their back on things great and kept their backs…
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Keep life still
If this is life, if this is the moment between our birth and our death, I hope you spend each moment loving those that let love win with a bouquet of carnations and baby breath. Otherwise try, try to inhale love, exhale everything else! Today happens to be one year when dreams began earnestly and…
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Keep the festival of nations in Saint Louis!
We went to the festival of nations today. We left happy. That and grateful that everyone can bring their gifts, their sense of well being to such a feast and well all of us in attendance are richer because of the variety and distinctiveness of the offerings our eyes created. Indeed, the firewood which a…
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Keep fighting back!
What to root for? What to root for? These days, when we fight back we win. Also, we are not going back. That’s all. That’s all the root.
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Keep life!
With butterflies, we see dignity, see the idea to of transcendence, with life extending beyond its limits. With water we experience eternity, experience what life can be when lived endlessly. With forest we see dreams, see things aspire to their greatest potential all with beauty. I am learning these days that everything, every experience is…
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Keep Onyeka, the latest NIH pre-doctoral scholar at WashU!
Nearly 15 years after becoming an NIH predoctoral scholar, it brings me great joy to pass the baton to my doctoral student, Onyekachukwu Anikamadu, MPH, CPH, the latest NIH predoctoral scholar in town. What is mentoring? To me these days is ensuring that those entrusted to your care get to live out their dreams their…