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While the English language is constantly evolving, the overuse of words in the wrong context diminishes their meaning and value. The word “hero” is constantly being used, especially in the media, to apply to anything from sporting personalities to sporting shoes (Nike, 2016) to sandwiches. The book by Christopher and Smith (2007), entitled Greatest Sports Heroes of All Time, uses the word “hero” in the wrong context. In this context, the word “hero”” has been widely used to describe any person of prominence in the sporting world who has ever achieved something noteworthy, when in fact these people, while ...

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Religion is the backbone of any society that seeks goodwill and favor from a supreme being since divine provision remains to be the ultimate desire to all. Religion was advanced and got documented in the books of faith as the Bible and up to date, it adds life to many especially believers who got the faith. It is a field that has attracted a variety of schools of thoughts with the view to understanding the origin and the relevance of the Supreme Being. II. Concession Such has been the case with most of the social research scientists and scholars ...

All of us go through life with our own individual journeys. The path that we take is often dependent on every single decision that we make through our journey. Often, we look back through our life what might have been if we have followed a different path. But we often realize that there are no “undo” buttons in real life. There is simply no going back. Once we have made a certain decision, we cannot do anything but stick with that decision and make the most of the decision we have made.

Our journey through life has often been depicted in ...