<?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[lovelaughlive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lovelaughlive]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:17:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiring Short Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dirty Washing A young couple moved into a new house. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbour hanging the washing outside. “That laundry is not very clean; she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better detergent.” Her husband looked on, remaining silent. Every time her neighbour hung her washing out to dry, the young woman made the same comments. A month later, the young woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/inspiring-short-stories</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d8cb2331c98b8990c6eb8a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:34:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4e675537494a3558757959~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[That’s Not My Love Language]]></title><description><![CDATA[The concept from The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman is meant to help couples understand each other better. But sometimes people turn it into an excuse instead of a tool. Now imagine a typical situation. A partner says, “I need more emotional support. At least say something encouraging sometimes.” Then the other person replies, “Oh, but my love language is acts of service, not words of affirmation.” In theory, that sounds logical. In practice, it can become a shortcut to avoid effort . In...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/that-s-not-my-love-language</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b3e8fbc4e83ebf53c311bf</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:54:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_9a3577800f3142298b31585332be45bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Colonial Legacies Still Shape Ghana’s Leadership]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Ghana celebrates 69 years of independence today, familiar rituals will unfold across the country. Marching parades, patriotic speeches, schoolchildren waving flags, and leaders reminding us of the historic moment when Kwame Nkrumah  declared that “the independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.” It is a powerful statement, one that continues to echo across generations. Yet nearly seven decades later, it is worth asking a difficult...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/how-colonial-legacies-still-shape-ghana-s-leadership</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a9ae10b5dd058733469463</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:01:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_16d7e6f61d064d4eba8d0b1eebd1e704~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude grounded in Faith]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was a woman who came to church not with a prayer prepared, but with a mind overflowing. Her thoughts arrived all at once. There was gratitude and distraction, praise and weariness, faith and noise. All these were colliding like waves that refused to take turns. She tried to gather them into words, but they slipped through her fingers faster than she could hold them. So she stood still. All around her, others were praying aloud confidently with structured and eloquent words. She wondered...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/gratitude-grounded-in-faith</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696a1b5299b644f378e8727c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:59:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_c78e8f54085c401b83362aeb18d18228~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Body Glitches Explained]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our bodies are amazing, but sometimes they do weird things that surprise us. These little “glitches”  might feel strange, but they all have real scientific reasons behind them. Here are ten of the most common ones. 1. Eye Twitching Ever had your eyelid wiggle by itself? This happens when the tiny muscles in your eyelid get tired or stressed. It’s kind of like when your hand shakes after you’ve held something heavy for a long time. 2. Brain Freeze You take a big bite of ice cream…and BAM! Your...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/body-glitches-explained</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6931859f6778c81fbc359b1a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:40:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_dc82b51ae0204028aa88f29ca04626ba~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myths surrounding male friendships]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you were an alien sitting out in space, studying the Earth creatures by tuning in to the shows and movies that center around men, you’d come away with a very different yet equally misleading set of assumptions about male friendship. Your idea might look something like this: a. Men bond primarily through sports, beer, and questionable decisions. b. The emotional depth of these friendships is captured entirely in a single grunt, nod, or well-timed shoulder punch. c. A “real” male friendship...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/myths-surrounding-male-friendships</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6916e81b98ab608cbd164936</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:36:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_cdcd0a64da0c43c8a843b88ae80ab6d4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dust, Sweat, and Faith]]></title><description><![CDATA[There comes a time in every life when the noise of the world grows louder than the whisper of your own heart. The critics talk, the doubters shake their heads, and the path ahead feels steep and lonely. But in those moments, remember this truth: it is not the critic who counts. The real honour belongs to the one who dares. The one who, despite fear, fatigue, and failure, steps into the arena of life and keeps fighting. Here in Ghana, our arenas are not surrounded by crowds or marble walls....]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/dust-sweat-and-faith</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690498b107f57e482086e505</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:05:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_78e1af4863ef4310a005bc0e02e83e4e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Them Have Their Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever found yourself painted as the villain in someone else’s story? Maybe you haven’t done anything wrong, or at least not...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/let-them-have-their-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e8f0c915335a80a82cb5f3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:47:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6e3c4da4f3144086bac4918774e297b4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live Life Wey Go Make You Proud]]></title><description><![CDATA[There comes a point when the way you see life begins to shift. It might not be marked by a birthday or any significant achievement per...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/live-life-wey-go-make-you-proud</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d676494e05786c1c95aaea</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:45:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_1e85073d2b1746cf8faca51f533287de~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lead so that others can eat]]></title><description><![CDATA[The hunters returned victorious. After a long day tracking their prey, they finally brought down a deer big enough to feed the whole...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/lead-so-that-others-can-eat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c3ed0b36433eacf27afcc3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:51:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_8a7a648e853444f99ef9c1726ace0d5b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to be weird]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a kind of quiet comfort in staying home on a Friday night while the city pulses with energy outside. But behind my closed door,...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/don-t-be-afraid-to-be-weird</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b1813f53f31c7ebaba33f9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:47:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_7afd26e444f142c7848e2c18d25af4be~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beginnings of a great man]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Ghana, we often say, “Obi nnim obrempon ahyease”, meaning, "no one knows the beginning of a great man". Behind every success story,...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/the-beginnings-of-a-great-man</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689f054881e6ee2fae501742</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:52:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_9c38c593598e46e992716430f45cb336~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seize the Opportunity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Key Verse “And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me”...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/seize-the-opportunity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688c9e8ca4994da72d6f914a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:36:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_20d26547b93745a1a58de78c19880875~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flowers died on Monday]]></title><description><![CDATA[The flowers died on Monday. I should be upset right? Why then am I relieved? I woke before sunrise, the air cool and still, the stars...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/the-flowers-died-on-monday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687128f8e3d13fcb032c2cfc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:17:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_1e9d44b6e75a4c8f837081f9e3142d17~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the spirit of fault-finding]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a temptation that dwells quietly in the human heart: the temptation to judge, to pick apart, to see the speck in our brother’s...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/on-the-spirit-of-fault-finding</link><guid isPermaLink="false">685e726b7d12e91fd9bdfa46</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:46:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_7c8fcff5b97547f598866e093c97f072~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness Doesn’t Require a Smile]]></title><description><![CDATA[We don’t have to be friends for me to help you. Yet, somehow, there’s this strange perception that people need to have some sort of...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/kindness-doesn-t-require-a-smile</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684c13f227a8bd11cbac3d7a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:25:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_343c7a3aa7974d2687fe3103cc9e72cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trotro Palaver ]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was a typical Monday morning in Accra, which meant hot sun, heavy traffic, and higher blood pressure. Kwabena, freshly dressed in his...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/trotro-palaver</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6839a20efcb48d92d07ecc41</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 12:27:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060c88_e9c4b671d2264e5e960b9c2f0cd2c21d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_275,h_183,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discovering Stillness in a Fast-Paced World: A Journey Within]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the heart of the city, where the hum of traffic never sleeps and the rhythm of life is measured by deadlines and digital alerts, lived...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/discovering-stillness-in-a-fast-paced-world-a-journey-within</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683061f6fc4bc32098348e09</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 12:04:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060c88_75b81ad903da4339af401cc39037bd0c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity V FOMO]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige, we follow the lives of two magicians Robert Angier and Alfred Borden played by Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale respectively. We get introduced to them as two young men who want to make it big in the showbiz of magic until something goes terribly wrong which causes them to become dreadful rivals of each other. This ruthless competition causes both of them to become obsessed with each other. What is the secret of the other? What is their trick? Can it be...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/opportunity-v-fomo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">682727d31fbb4bc2bf32035b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 11:59:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_9b52a0adb0ac4756a04a9e7aeaa7ce3d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Input Is Your Output]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your input is important. What you put into your body, whether in the form of food, entertainment, or knowledge will have a profound...]]></description><link>https://diananhyiraba.wixsite.com/lovelaughlive/post/your-input-is-your-output</link><guid isPermaLink="false">681dd6ed9baf33ceae71eb0d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/78d2f0ec046747f6980b5b512671755f.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>diananhyiraba</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>