<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:33:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@biola/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Old Habits Die Hard: The Story of A Narcissist.]]></title><description><![CDATA[You have a habit Of letting your ego thrive At the expense of all the better things that could take its place And love is wounded in the face of pride You have a habit Of stacking your problems up in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/narcissist/@biola/old-habits-die-hard-the-story-of-a-narcissist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/narcissist/@biola/old-habits-die-hard-the-story-of-a-narcissist</guid><category><![CDATA[narcissist]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 07:26:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[About A Year Ago; Happy Valentine's.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is something I totally forgot that I wrote : The pain is rushing in Taking over It's gradual I invented this pain You are the cause; you are the cure You are my dose You are my overdose You are the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@biola/about-a-year-ago-happy-valentine-s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@biola/about-a-year-ago-happy-valentine-s</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:26:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improved Technology, Character deficit 😔]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, I had this chat with my dad yesterday, about how effectively people used to communicate over long distances before the advent and wide spread of mobile phones and social media instant messaging.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@biola/improved-technology-character-deficit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@biola/improved-technology-character-deficit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 08:27:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy25k2ttwkvYdPJ72nHaaEpFiMVcqL6TfvkfEP6j6wcesLRTSWEBucAZVpCGmpMZTJhndeg1svBeXyvHG1QKUgPq3ULguwYXTRuS8crTwC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Morning From Nigeria! 😇]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the stormy situation of your life, the devil is nothing but the father of lies!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/faith/@biola/good-morning-from-nigeria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/faith/@biola/good-morning-from-nigeria</guid><category><![CDATA[faith]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:03:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxyyMHKkJG8dNSb8z7WRuXmGcEssHaP8ZnSFmhmTYPcdmm3QLeagEEgpsBeBUYbpDV3x4So4ogk3mxfhg1q5A74WkvzN427oQsnN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a Beauty To Be Birthed From Your Mess: Please Read To The End cc: @arkintea]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is by no means, a spontaneous write-up but what I love more than a challenge is being pushed to do more. So, it's been a while since I dropped anything here at all and I can itemize a thousand and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@biola/there-s-a-beauty-to-be-birthed-from-your-mess-please-read-to-the-end-cc-arkintea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@biola/there-s-a-beauty-to-be-birthed-from-your-mess-please-read-to-the-end-cc-arkintea</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2017 22:38:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxyrwcJ8jzMUB3qMX5WMQEvu6Yj48ygXhXihREcop4Mi4JAa4pK1TERNrWrXSKdpqKisbAEUgBH22mxBChngdNKLrGFqMHgFk3gr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, a.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a steem-less four days now without steemit. Just thought to say HELLO💓. Love, Abiola. #a #hello #steemit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/a/@biola/love-a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/a/@biola/love-a</guid><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2017 21:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is My Space, My Cyber Habitat.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's intriguing to know that there's a place you can "go" - virtually, to pour out your mind without fear of being judged. For me, that place is here. THIS IS MY SPACE. P. S.: The image was taken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/space/@biola/this-is-my-space-my-cyber-habitat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/space/@biola/this-is-my-space-my-cyber-habitat</guid><category><![CDATA[space]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2017 00:22:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs77rw1gpqLmPTzaB8zgf4PHN1ZAaiDE2FgEgNEDsRb8gzmptakBcqR2gEYzwYdniLbgGwmekFpDT6GaJ4AGrniCqRGSZwuQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did You Notice How I Capitalised Every Word Of My Topic? Lol. Gotcha! cc:  @fisteganos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that's one of the ways to create a catchy title for your post. Tips I learnt from @fisteganos Thank you. @arkintea I think I just discovered my calling, thanks to you! I can't stop now... Lol. 😂 #ideas]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ideas/@biola/did-you-notice-how-i-capitalised-every-word-of-my-topic-lol-gotcha-cc-fisteganos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ideas/@biola/did-you-notice-how-i-capitalised-every-word-of-my-topic-lol-gotcha-cc-fisteganos</guid><category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2017 00:04:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[For The Love Of Family💙💕💙: Blah Blah Blah ... My Point Is, Family Is Everything.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Am I the only one who literally feels sick when I can't seem to reach members of my family? Well, I have a little story about how my state of "incommunicado " with my brother physically weakened]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/family/@biola/for-the-love-of-family-blah-blah-blah-my-point-is-family-is-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/family/@biola/for-the-love-of-family-blah-blah-blah-my-point-is-family-is-everything</guid><category><![CDATA[family]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2017 23:49:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76ZwMeJPHiyjVFEyZupn8yAFtFYkMMqRiBqFSD9bLZN3veeY2tT8iTzVwvwHzeumt2jk36mBUDcGGLFnSJqN1k6C8WjUez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bubblegum Illustration]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wrote this some six months back, I just thought to share... someone might be able to relate. You know how we love to chew the delicious bubblegum; With the sweetness... Hmmn... The variety of flavours]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@biola/the-bubblegum-illustration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@biola/the-bubblegum-illustration</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2017 15:11:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit, sweet steemit...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nowadays, everytime I sit down and a thought pops up in my head, I remember how my little thoughts can be earning me some "steem" and at the same time boosting people's "esteem". (Lol....]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@biola/steemit-sweet-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@biola/steemit-sweet-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2017 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is to you. Yes you. Happy Sunday!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just in case you are feeling confused and out of place already.... Have a lovely weekend! #God #Sunday #weekend #trust #proverbs]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/god/@biola/this-is-to-you-yes-you-happy-sunday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/god/@biola/this-is-to-you-yes-you-happy-sunday</guid><category><![CDATA[god]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2017 14:36:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxztHsJ9rcbEoaERmyCJL9hawpiTgFkXPbwDEPE3ueBTGDTQrz3ZHDDP59mzKY4qprBQeux7reuoSLkcjMzuRSqQFT4E1hc41HNv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit photo challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Somewhere in Nigeria .... #steemitphotochallenge #vintage #beauty #black #selfie]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@biola/steemit-photo-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@biola/steemit-photo-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 15:45:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyyAzQG9fVAxQicbe5CU5JWUvhdTahwGu3VCFK9jeJcVyHWVzJAAXSnz5FsuWQB1r6iBmERUsyACYTG8jZbq8CjRAaRuiKCfTfqGr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rainy day in Lagos]]></title><description><![CDATA[IMG_20170520_143830_145.jpg I set out today all dolled up, looking cute... But the rain came and almost changed the mood. Well, I didn't let it anyways. If you are in Lagos and this rain is about to ruin]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/rain/@biola/rainy-day-in-lagos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/rain/@biola/rainy-day-in-lagos</guid><category><![CDATA[rain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 15:38:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Activity ≠ Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate; If I speak God's word with power, revealing all of His mysteries and making everything]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@biola/activity-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@biola/activity-love</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 22:20:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you truly happy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[IMG_20170109_154417_085.jpg Someone once told me this: "happiness is a mood, not a destination; it comes and goes just like hunger or pain." I'd rather want to think of happiness as "the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/happiness/@biola/are-you-truly-happy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/happiness/@biola/are-you-truly-happy</guid><category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 22:11:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's quite impossible to feel loved by other people when you don't even have closure with yourself on the issue of self-love. Self respect, healthy diet, adequate sleep, psychological balance,a healthy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/selflove/@biola/self-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/selflove/@biola/self-love</guid><category><![CDATA[selflove]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 19:09:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76Jv5gJqg7ktFG3qHXK7KdbNbrvJgpgbaCrRwkn5Dk5FHYZkdEJnjQ8B6FgX5wqnSeZBHWV7XZBYWqf7LT53i29rnjaZ8i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Original.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Be Original, Be yourself because everyone else is taken. In a world where reality is camouflaged by a facade of perfection, it's easy to get carried away! Truth is, the world is "spinning" faster]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/originality/@biola/be-original</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/originality/@biola/be-original</guid><category><![CDATA[originality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 18:18:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hi there! 😀😀]]></title><description><![CDATA[My name is Biola, a young female Nigerian. Truth is I'm very new to blogging; although I do a little bit of writing every now and then. I'm really excited to be trying something new, joining a new community]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@biola/introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@biola/introduction</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 17:54:15 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>