She seems to always get into have become adept at empathy Always giving excuses for people who’ve aggrieved hero the point it’s hard for her to hit back when necessary All because she assumes she ‘understands’Then, one day. . . She finally stands up for herself At that moment, she revels in the natural instinct of self-preservation She realizes all this while the power she’s been withholding In a transcendent moment of epiphany It’s all beautiful ‘cause Now, she can get back to empathy with understanding, rather, than without.

— Ufuoma Apoki

Sometimes, we get too keen and in a haste to make new relationships, learn new things, stumble upon new ideas. . . . Always tending to the unknown and easily excited by the mysterious, that we lose value for and forget to appreciate the things and people that have brought and kept us going this far. Keep the things and people which are sure, else they, too, become mysterious and unknown.

— Ufuoma Apoki

The heart, so small, yet, able to grow so large, sometimes always wants to take or give more than can be managed successfully. Thanks to the rational head, though, it's always there to save her from taking more than she can contain. . . . Or so it thinks.

— Ufuoma Apoki

The more you try, so desperately, to prove a point to get someone's approval, the more fleeting that approval might be, causing a chain of depreciation of self-esteem. Sometimes, all you need do is truly love yourself and get only the approval and acceptance of the inner self.

— Ufuoma Apoki

The will, we have, is a very strong force. If we set our minds to get to a goal and focus intensely on it, it’s hard for anything to get in the way.

— Ufuoma Apoki

Try this: Be What or Who You feel/think is missing from your 'world'. Then You wouldn't have to exhaust You in searching for something or someone. You'd be so indulged in finding You inside You and be so fulfilled in being You to You and everyone else. The catch: What is missing from You is definitely missing from many outside You

— Ufuoma Apoki

Virtues should not be seen as a medium to please others, else, they'll always fall short. They should, first, be a medium of self-edification.

— Ufuoma Apoki

We'd rather have a grand spectacle of retribution of the 'wicked', then their silent walk towards redemption that our wishes questions the depth and nature of our love and hearts.

— Ufuoma Apoki

We're taught and trained to hold it all inside, to not feel the beauty of the innocence of letting it out when and how we feel it. And we do; we do for the fear of avoiding the stigma of weakness, until it breaks us from the inside, slowly and silently, and there is "little" or "nothing" left of us. Those who are courageous to hold on, learn to be strong and proficiently wave off the numerous darts as they come. Do they, really? It takes just one "planned" move, and all the impenetrable walls come crashing down.

— Ufuoma Apoki

We see so much bad and evil that we forget there could still be good left, somewhere. If you think you deserve to be treated well, it’s a sign that there still so much good left. People only treat us as best as their ability allows them; if you deserve more, try as much as you can to treat them better.

— Ufuoma Apoki