Curtain falls on 2014

My Dear Friends 
In the next couple of hours 
We will close the doors to this year and embrace 2015. 
We have seen so much joys on these paths and shared some challenging moments
Yet stay in the glare of God's Love and know 
He's got you covered. 

See you in 2015

It's not you

At times
We are the ones stalling
We hear ourselves
Our fears wear cloaks
And we hang on to them like our shadows

Oil for the road

As a kid reading the Biblical Parable of the wise and foolish virgins, I always wondered why the preparation for the night watch separated the group into foolish and wise. They were all virgins after all. So what made the difference? How much oil they carried - Yes Oil for the night, fuel for the journey, content for the mind, character for the struggle.

I am Gold

Preferences are the choices we all make. I prefer a blue top to any other colour and if I must make a choice, blue will win again and again. That is my preference, it's my choice; love it or hate it. Ever found yourself using similiar lines?

Changing Lanes

Switching gears has always been an act. The engineering behind it is awesome and the goal is to make the change seamless but effective. Indeed, tact in life is also defined by one's ability to actuate changes with minimal issues.

Lulu and Smiles

If you have ever been in pains or sorrow, the value placed on smiles will make more sense to you than anything else. That is because what we get when we see the other side of any situation is the wonders and beauty of that which is so effortlessly given. 

That Loss

In the last couple of days, I got the shock of my life and I do think that is a beautiful platform to begin our story here again. Have you ever been in a situation where you lose what you always wanted. How did you cope? Was it easy? It must have been tumultuous and a difficult climb.

When You are Discouraged

Oftentimes we find ourselves in those situations when nothing makes sense. Even now as you read this, it’s simply one of those many epistles people write just to make you feel good. You are hurt and your heart is heavy. These times and such scenario are not for words, yet it’s all that we can offer - comforting thoughts.

Learning New Lines

Our lives can take a dive for worlds unknown when love goes wrong. It's a matter that drills into our very being and saps our strength. Work becomes torture, smiles are faked and life just comes to a standstill.

Annexing Indecision

Flowing from the challenge we face with taking a stand is the result that being undecided can create and make of us. The sum total of the altitude we can attain is a direct consequence of our attitude with the hard questions we must answer most times. 

Fighting that Remark

Have you ever been in a situation where you have your thoughts spread before you but you have to now assess your actions based on what others feel? How did it feel to be under the surgical knife and be so hurt when the operation ended? Not funny you would say. Yes indeed, the eyes of others can be so penetrating and can so make you bare that you begin to wonder what you were doing.

Little Things

 There once lived this elder statesman who in recounting on his depiction as a success and disciplined man being the mere results of his drive to manage his time. For him, each extra minute he gave to any event meant that some other things would run short of their height. So while many saw a disciplined and principled man, he was simply cautious of time - little things.

World Changers

Once you have alternatives, your preservation in what your goal is becomes diminished. It does not matter how far gone you are, it does not matter the shade of obstacles you are facing. A winning mind is that one that is focused on the goal.

The Lure

 We often get carried away with the lure to greater heights that we seem to forget that if we don’t own today, we can and may never even reach our vision and dream. The lure to become what we see in our mind eye can be so tempting that when we are faced with choices, we don’t think before we make our choices.

Losing to Win

Yes it is true that life is a constant complex process of give and take. Listen to the short audio clip here

My Many Excuses

I did not take my certification exam because my project needs have been huge. I have had to work day in, day out to meet set target. I have always wanted this sort of life and he was not fitting into the picture of my life portrait, so he had to go, after all the expectation of the righteous shall not be cut off. I am not at the same faith level with her, so you can understand why she could tarry but I could not. I have always been like this, so just understand this is who I am. Hmm! I am not born with a 'silver spoon', otherwise he cannot best me. How I wish I was that handsome or this rich or that popular, perhaps I could be her prince charming. Excuses!!! We are full of them.

Why am I here?

Today's thoughts are with us when we find our life at those pits we cannot explain and yet know things ought and can be different. It's for you my friend when life seems to have closed in on you. These lines are for you as you walk through those questions that no one else but you can fathom.

When Support goes wrong

Our life is a simple combination of the real, absurd and fake. Choosing from the options life throws at us is a serious dilemma we face daily and most times, it leaves us wondering why life is a continuous iteration of choices and choices. It is actually these choices that leaves us seeking for support and find us providing succor to friends, family, colleague, acquaintances and even strangers who come to us or we meet in the process of our sojourn.

Gridlocks

I was taking a walk a moment ago and I met this terrible gridlock. I was so happy I decided to make the short journey on foot. There was chaos everywhere, no one had the faint respect for who had the right of way. Everyone was in a mad rush to get somewhere and the traffic light was of no use.

Weathered by Storm

Ever wondered why things seem so difficult when we are close to a breakthrough. Whether it be work, marriage, exams, your relationship, that recalcitrant child - whatever? St Monica prayed for years for St Augustine her child - it must have been exhilarating for her. She stayed on her kneels

Love is not a Trade

Dear Friends,

Today we bring you our first Guest Writer. His message is apt but so thought provoking. In short, it's what you had call a paradigm shift. So why not sit back, relax and share in John Matu's 'Love is not a Trade'.
... JEEA

Suffering and Smiling

Every once in our lives, we encounter those ups and down that we want to just go away. These times when we are at the lowest ebb of our existence are not interesting times. Our spirit is broken, our strength is sapped, and we are just out of depth. This discourse is actually centered on being through all these and still keeping up appearances. It leaves me wondering - Why?

Why Do We Kill Each Other?

I had a dream last night and it brought so much memories flooding back. Yet this dream made me stop to ponder - why do people fight over what a simple 'Sorry' could have sufficed. Or better still, why are we often mad over somethings we can live without.

When Everything Looks Bleak

Do you know the times we spend analyzing our challenges are often the times we deepen the problems. I know because I am in such a state. Never mind, I am okay, just some psycho analysis. Now imagine if I can channel that effort to something else? Is it possible?

I have Depth

My Line Manager once asked a colleague this question - You want deep or you want wide? And then he proceeded to drill down on deep and wide. Said he, " By deep you are an expert in your field of endeavor. That way you are an authority, but mind you, you are opinionated and too set in your ways". "Now for wide, your sphere of influence is vast and you are broad in perspective". Challenge however is you lose the plot when the issues are specific and profound.

Of Criticism, the man, his mind, his response

Each time I am faced with criticism, the response is often not commensurate with the object of my reaction. Even at those times I presume or make the impression of being affable and open to rebuke; truth is, it’s just a facade, if not worse. Yet I criticize people and expect them to take it in their strides.