You see, in life, retreats are always important. No, not the kumbaya, earth-loving kind of retreat, where we go to reaffirm our love for Mother Nature. Not the ones that we go to lock ourselves up in a no-technology prayer camp with a wide lawn and camper bedrooms. My idea of a retreat is much different from that. My retreat has yeilded fruit.

I'm talking about a mental retreat. One that keeps you in the vicinity of the ones you love. The one where you flash sweet smiles to everyone that passes you by and when you tune the TV for Mother to watch. The kind of retreat that no one notices you are on. The one you use to network your dreams for the future with the achievements of the past. Yeah. The kind where you hide your mind from the excesses of daily living.

I've been on this for a while. I wake up at home as normal as the day before. But, I am silent throughout, meditating and praying and working my head off. Checking my goals and seeing if they're still worth it. Reassessing the essence of life. Questioning everything you believe in, everything you see as important; taking a break and asking yourself the most important question you need to, at least once in your life. "What's the point?"

So, yeah. I advise you. Go for a mental retreat. Go to work. Go to church. Go for Friday prayers at the Central Mosque. Kiss the priest's ring after a weekend confession. But seriously, ask yourself why you do what you do. Why you believe in your prophet. Why you believe God exists or doesn't exist. Doubt. Question. Ponder. You'd be amazed what would arise out of it.

"If you're scared of questioning your beliefs, you aren't really sure about them". That's an actual quote. By me though, so...you can attach martisons.com on the side. There's gonna be a whole lot of new stuff here. Some more Nigerian content to appeal to my country people, also to market us to the world. Definitely more poetry; I have a whole lot of those written somewhere. Sweet, sweet, fiction and articles, I hope. And...wait for it...wait... Art and Photography.

Oh yeah! That reminds me. The first result of my retreat is what I tagged "The Evolution". Goodnight Godly Intellectual. Say hello to Martison's.