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Traveling

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I am one of those people who dread the thought of traveling because when I travel I feel like my way of doing things will be interrupted. For instance, when I wake up I always follow a systematic sequence that is specific, for either a weekday or weekend. Thus if I am to travel, I start to imagine how all this planned sequence will be interfered with and I get worked up. I literally get stressed out days before I travel and by the time the journey commences I am worn out emotionally. Given an opportunity, I always back out from traveling. St Augustin once said that the world is a book and that those who do not travel read only a page. I am a culprit of that quote. I would like to imagine that I have read very few pages because I can count the number of places that I have traveled too. I love vacations, safaris, site seeing and all these adventurous activities but on advertisement. However, despite my negative mental attitude towards traveling, I realize that whenever

You Are My Rest

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There are 36 definitions of love according to urban dictionary. Psychology has also documented several definitions of love. In scriptures, there are over 98 verses that mention love.   Love just like beauty is dependent on an individual perception, thus I would argue that there is no one general definition of love.   Oxford dictionary has classified Love as a noun to mean “ An intense feeling of deep affection” and as verb to describe “Feel deep affection or sexual love for (someone)” Paul in scriptures defines love as being patient, kind and not envious, as being one that does not boast nor show pride. He goes ahead to state that it doesn’t dishonor nor is it self-seeking. It is not easily angered and does not keep record of wrongs. He goes ahead to say that love does not delight in evil but that it rejoices with the truth. He adds on that love protects, trusts, hopes and perseveres, always. In simple words love could mean, to be at home with a person.   I love the s