Coping with the lack of Fatherly Love
Dad! why do you hate me so much?
Gathering the Strength to Forgive
How I planned to achieve my Dreams
Being guided and protected by Motherly Love
Reflecting on my Goals 6
The personal journal of Richard Lawal
Stories that shaped a life.
Honest reflections on family, identity, ambition, forgiveness and the lessons gathered along the way.
Reflection with purpose.
Rich Journal is a collection of lived experiences and personal observations—written to make sense of the past, honour the people who shaped it and share lessons that may help someone else.
From the journal
Begin with stories about family, forgiveness, personal transformation and the dreams that shaped a journey.
Coping with the lack of Fatherly Love
A candid look at childhood, home and the emotional questions that followed.
Read this chapter →Dad! Why do you hate me so much?
Confronting a painful belief and trying to understand the distance between father and son.
Read this chapter →Gathering the Strength to Forgive
What it means to loosen the grip of hurt and choose a different future.
Read this chapter →How I Planned to Achieve My Dreams
A turning point at twenty-five and a personal plan for transformation.
Read this chapter →Guided and Protected by Motherly Love
A tribute to the care, discipline and protection that helped shape a life.
Read this chapter →Reflecting on My Goals
Looking back at intentions, progress and the person still becoming.
Read this chapter →Every chapter leaves a lesson.
Origins
Family, childhood and the early experiences that formed a worldview.
Turning points
Moments of confrontation, decision, forgiveness and change.
Becoming
Purpose, ambition and the ongoing work of building a meaningful life.
We do not rewrite the past. We learn to read it with wiser eyes.
Reflections from Rich Journal
Stories, in Richard’s own voice.
Short personal reflections will bring selected journal chapters to life through video, narration and conversation.
New reflections, thoughtfully shared.
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