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I have this suspicious feeling that I drive event organizers crazy.

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You and I have heard of stories that upset us at best, or makes us nauseous at worst. And these are tales and stories of powerful men (and women) behaving at their worst.

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Resigning one’s self into the senior years with the hope the children will be successful, offer you a lifetime of unending allowances, and all the while living off the retirement fund and buying a few lotto tickets on a regular basis hoping that you will hit the jackpot, is an exercise in futility.

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There was a time when I posted the following words on my digital spaces that elicited a lot of comments and reactions. I said, “I have decided to forgive the person who has cheated on me and betrayed my trust, but I also have made up my mind never to trust the person again.”

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