Mercy Anang Blogspot

I have been battling with acne for a while now. Looking for a quick fix, I have tried many products but they seem not to be working to my satisfaction. I tried one organic product and was very meticulous with its application. After three consistent days of using it, I saw a change and complacency made me reduce the number of times I was using it. Then boom! The acne surfaced again. I’m back to square one now and restarting the routine to gain the necessary results. Consistency has many synonyms which include evenness, steadiness, constancy, and regularity. In the chemical world, consistency relates to the way in which a substance holds together in terms of its thickness, density or firmness. In my write up today, I will discuss the power of being consistent in our pursuits. In the article, ‘The Power of Consistency’, the writers assert that consistency is a necessary ingredient in success. Having the discipline to keep going through thick and thin will eventually reap the resu

Dear Lady, You Are More Than Your Skin. There was a lady I always admired. She was fair, had pointed nose and was really endowed with all the 'woman assets'. She turned heads and I wished I could be like her, if not, be her.  It's insane, I know. I struggled with my own sense of insecurity and low self-esteem so my perception of a pretty woman was quite unhealthy.  I set out to search for the truth. Read God's word on how He really defines beauty and was blessed with friends I could share my struggles with & who really prayed for me. I was blessed with the works of authors like Elizabeth Elliott, Elizabeth George and many more whose reflections helped me in gaining a new perspective. There are still many young women and girls out there who are struggling with society’s acceptance of what beauty is. Insecurity and a low self-esteem drive us to all the wrong places and the wrong people; where we are left empty and distressed. We depend on mak

The canker of mediocrity In a fast-changing world where anything goes, there’s always pressure to get things done because they have to be done! We are result-oriented more than we are quality-oriented. This mediocrity is seen in some products we buy. They promise durability but barely make it past the set time of use. Some students settle for a pass, not because they are unable to excel academically, but because they just want to graduate and be done with anything called ‘school’. Mediocrity rears its ugly head at the workplace too. With the availability of all the necessary equipment, some employees will still choose to produce substandard service at the slight absence of the supervisor or manager. A google search of the word, mediocrity, returns the following descriptions; ordinariness, commonplaceness, lack of inspiration, indifference among others. Is it sheer laziness that drives us in settling for anything? What influences a mediocre attitude? Is it that we do not ju

Ladies, Don’t Marry A ‘Nice Guy’. Sometime ago, I met a nice guy. Actually, he wasn’t just nice. He was very handsome, tall and fair! He came from a wealthy family and had one of the top positions at school. When he asked me out, I wasn’t enthused about it. Yes, he “he had it all” but I wasn’t really looking for a nice guy. Of course, nice things are good, right? There’s nothing wrong with someone being handsome or beautiful, being rich or affluent but for someone who is serious about settling down with another soul for a lifetime, the standards should not end with “He’s nice”. The world has evolved and it seems our view on what love is has also taken a 360 degree definition! We make permanent decisions based on temporal emotional flings. He seems to do all the ‘nice stuffs’ and so we get on cloud nine and conclude they must be ‘Mr Right’ and boom! We are head over heels in love! You are blinded on how he mistreats his mother and sister. How he flirts with everyone in skir