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CORRUPTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA The nation’s development effort has being thwarted by many factors within its environs. These factors are numerous to mention but for the purpose of this write up my focus will be on corruption as a major factor hindering Ghana’s development. The state of the nation’s development now should have been great and better than it is now against all odds. As compared to the development of some countries in Africa which Ghana is far ‘older’ than. In the words of former Prime Minister David Cameron some years ago, he said, ‘As long as African businesses remained collectively blemished by this ‘fantastically corrupt’ label, few investors will invest in African companies and more Africans will remain unemployed and poor.’ This article seeks to make it clear that corruption does not emanate from an invisible source but the canker is as a result of attitudes and interest of all citizens. However a collective effort by all Ghanaians will help curb the situat...

PICK YOURSELF UP You are the designer of your destiny. You are the author, you write the story, the pen is in your hands and the outcome is whatever you choose. You were born to add value to this world and therefore there's the need to *invest in yourself if no one wants to invest in you.* At some point in time The Antidote made the same decision as to investing in himself when no one wanted to but today let look at what Denzel Washington a movie actor and John Cena a WWE star has for us. Denzel Washington – Fall Forward In this moving and personal speech, Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington reminds us that sometimes you need to fall down a thousand times before you can soar. Transcript: “You will fail at some point in your life, accept it. You will lose, you will embarrass yourself, you will suck at something, there’s no doubt about it. I was a 1.8 GPA one semester, and the university very politely suggested that it might be better to take some time off. ...

MAKING MY DREAMS A REALITY We all have dreams and goals for ourselves, and a vision of how our best lives could be. Dreaming is the easy part. But where do we begin? Except, it’s a trick question. In truth, the very act of beginning is itself the only thing that really matters in the long run. When we’re paralyzed by uncertainties, doubts or fears as to what step to take first, we plunge ourselves into a quicksand of inertia that sucks us in deeper every day, sapping our confidence, time, and energies, all while teaching us nothing at all that will take us closer to our goals. The moment we muster the courage to take action, any action, the moment we embrace the mistakes we are bound to make and run towards them with the eagerness to learn from each misstep — that is the very moment our journey towards success truly begins. But don’t take it from THE ANTIDOTE. Here, from a diverse array of successful figures, are Top 10 Quotes to Inspire You Into Action. Do you ...

THE ATOMIC EXPLOSION - LET BLAME OURSELVES - GHANAIANS Tragedy has struck the land of Ghana again and the incident bring on board decisions relating to who to blame and who to solve these incident from occurring again. One thing The Antidote has realized is that there is no one to blame but ourselves as citizens and caretakers of the country we live in. We need not blame institutions for failure to be responsible because these institutions are made of citizens of the country, our family members, friends etc, and therefore are responsible to put measures in place to safeguard their fellow family members and friends. Although, there is a number of institutions to mention but a few are the Environmental Protection Agency, Town and Country planning department, Fire services, Ministry of Energy etc, but these incidents keep happening. Therefore you will agree with the Antidote that, it is not about establishing these institutions but rather all Ghanaians will be acting and taki...

THE ANTIDOTE TO HAPPINESS We all want to be happy, but what is happiness and how do we become happier? Happiness is not a destination, but rather a way of being. Author Margaret Lee Runbeck described it this way: "Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling."The road to happiness is not achieved in a day, by the number of accomplishments you achieve, or how much money you have. Happiness is a choice that each of us makes, whether we realize it or not. The Choice is Ours According to Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychology professor at the University of California Riverside, we all have three different factors that determine our happiness. These factors are our genetic set point, our life circumstances,and our own ability to choose. Each of these factors plays a role in our happiness, but 40 percent of our total happiness level is up to us. That means we can choose to be happy or not. Are These Bad Habits Hurting You? How do we choose happi...

WHAT IS THE TIME? Is there someone who does not use time on this planet? No! Everyone uses time in everything he or she does and the creator of heaven and earth did use time and still uses time. Then The Antidote states that there is no one on earth who has not asked this question "What's the time?". Time is the inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past. The question above simply seeks to identify what must be done at a particular moment of time or what is expected to happen and be done and not just having knowledge of *what's the time*. We need to make good use our time and not just have knowledge of it. Biblically, Ecclesiastes chapter 3 highlights the time for everything. Which means doing something at the wrong time is disastrous and vice versa. Therefore we need to pay attention to time and it uses. Time once past cannot be brought back by any means and it is important to understand the value of time. ...

THE PRINCIPLES OF PURPOSE When someone is able to know the nature of purpose and makes effort in understanding the purpose, it becomes very important to lay down principles that will help in the fulfillment of such purpose. Principles govern and reveal the normal operation or behavior of something. They are laws that can not be broken. In this writing we are going to look at the seven basic principles of purpose. God is a God of purpose. God never made anything just for the fun of it, but created everything and does everything with and for a purpose. Let's imitate our creator (God) Everything in life has a purpose. Everything, no matter how insignificant it may seem, exists for a distinct purpose in the mind of God to serve a greater purpose. Therefore ignorance of purpose does not cancel purpose. Value everything in your life. Not every purpose is known.  Having something is not really the most important thing, but knowing the reason for what you have...

THE ANTIDOTE* 🗓14th May, 2017 *What Is the Antidote For Loneliness?* Sometimes I find myself thinking about why one can say that *I am lonely* when there are people around us who can make us feel better and happier in life. However, getting answers to this question hasn't been easy because everyone defines loneliness by his or her understanding. One of the answers that has inspired me very much was when I asked this great inspirational man of God *RICK WARREN* that *what is the antidote to loneliness*. Beloved as The Antidote, I can't keep this antidote to loneliness to myself alone and therefore will like to share with you the uninterrupted words by this man. BY RICK WARREN, he said dear Felix Armooh-Biney *the only antidote to loneliness* is.... “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the...

THE ANTIDOTE 5th May, 2017 *I LOVE CHARITY* In the course of life, I have been hearing and listening to several statements about love. Some say love is wicked, good everything and so on, but I personally didn't believe this particular statement *to fall in love*, because I saw love to be just an everyday activity until *CHARITY* showed up in my life. I now believe one can really love deeply from the normal love I used to know in mind and therefore today I confess that *I Love Charity*. Let me tell you that one of the reasons why my pen name is *The Antidote* is because of Charity. You are asking questions as to what is the make up of Charity that makes me to openly write about my love for *"Her"*. In the first place, Charity in general is showing an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others. I will leave you to ponder over this word in the definition *attitude*. Humanity as I have always mentioned has been established on coexistence of me and you and we ...

THE ANTIDOTE 25th April 2017 *FIND THE REASON BEHIND THAT ACT* It has taken a long time for a friend of mine to understand a particular behaviour of me. Do you know WHY? It's because he decided not to find out the reason for which I have been portraying that behavior. But after knowing it, he has appreciated that behaviour very much. *REASON* is the capacity of making sense of things, applying logic, establishing and verifying facts and changing or justifying practices, institutions and beliefs based on new or existing information. Let us look at this issue because it has more to do with humanity living. They say everything happens for a reason and therefore *The Antidote* believes it would be nice and better to know that reason behind every happenings. We hate and dislike ourselves most often because of what someone did but we did not never bordered to know WHY he or she did that. If we start to value *reasons* behind an act or effect, nothing of hatred would rise among us....

THE ANTIDOTE 7th April, 2017 *DISCRIMINATION A MENACE TO HUMANITY* One would ask questions as to why *The Antidote* is writing on such topic. I must say growing up in life as a child, I believed humanity coexist in all aspects of life. But with my current age as I am now it is different as I thought it was when I was younger. In this current time discrimination is becoming a menace to the existence of humanity and I believe you and I can change it for the reason that we were all created by one maker (God ) and thus our source of existence is of the same. Individuals existence is dependent on one another irrespective of who you know and who you are related to. Religion, ethnicity, language, education and place of residence should not and must not be a basis for the discriminating attitude towards one another since the world is a global community. We all dwell in it and then we have the responsibility of accepting ourselves as we are. The Antidote is a humanist and thus believe ...

THE ANTIDOTE 30th March, 2017 *The Nature Of Purpose* Greetings from *The Antidote* to all the people who love, read and become an antidote by sharing his writings. I am with much joy that each and everyone is doing his or her possible best in becoming *an antidote* in his environment. Dear what keeps me, Felix Antidote Armooh-Biney going in my own world is always trying my best to be an antidote at everywhere I find myself. Now let look at today's topic. In finding one's purpose and understanding that purpose is not the end and therefore there is the need to look at how purpose is and what it entails. Moreover, looking at how purpose behaves and it interaction with other purposes in making life successful. Plans may change but purpose is constant . You are designed for your purpose and you are are perfect for your purpose. Remember that your purpose, your abilities and your outlook in life can not be separated, because your purpose determines how you will function. M...

THE ANTIDOTE  20th March, 2017 *Understanding Purpose* In some time ago I wrote about the topic *Find your purpose*, in which we realized the essence and the effect of knowing our purpose in our environment and vice versa. Today in this writing, we are looking at the above mentioned topic - understanding purpose. After knowing one's purpose, The Antidote believes there's the need to understanding that purpose. Of course without understanding something you can not find ways to achieving or solving it. In this piece a series of quotes and motivational statements are used to convey the topic. Until purpose is discovered, existence has no meaning, for purpose is the source of fulfilment. No amount of accomplishments can replace the power and the motivation of finding your own special niche and working towards your dreams. Moreover, fulfilling purpose must be the primary goal of every person. Without a commitment to that purpose, there can be no lasting success. Everyone o...

THE ANTIDOTE 16th March, 2017 *DO What You Preach* There are several preaching topics trending worldwide in the mouth of believers of the gospel of Jesus Christ either in the church premises or in their social interactions. On thing *THE ANTIDOTE* has realize is that believers normally say them by mouth and not acting upon them. Today we are looking at one of the topics which is *dress code* among females. Christians, for example preach or talk against *ungodly* dressing among women these days and forget the act to be performed. Some people claim that women nowadays wear clothes that exposes their body and leads to sexual harassment. This is preached in churches and said in their social interactions. Notwithstanding, I *THE ANTIDOTE* has realize that it is the same "preacher" that owns the boutique that sells those clothes, the same church members, friends and family members of the "preacher" are the ones selling these clothes. I Felix *Antidote* Armooh-...