TODAY IS A BRAND NEW CHANCE

I remember growing up I always had this glorious encounters with my grandfather every morning. Our home was a typical traditional homestead, there were seven houses built in a semi circle all facing a spacious yard. The house in the middle belonged to my grandfather and my father’s house was at the age of the semicircle. I remember this big tree in the middle of the yard with a wooden bench. It was my grandfather’s favorite spot in the home. 

EGO IS A LITTLE CRYBABY...LEAVE IT AT HOME

1.      Leave your Ego at home

So I am leaving home at 7 am. I am already late for office. I say goodbye to the family but Adrian, my one-year-old son won’t hear any of that. He starts to cry. He wants to tag along…and I think to myself; “If only he could take care of himself”…you see. I do not like seeing him cry so helplessly. Unfortunately, I have to leave him behind……if only I could do something about it. As I walk away, I get an idea. Just the other day a friend of mine was whining about a boss of hers who won’t let her take credit for her work. Bad boss yea?.....that’s beside the point.  She has a problem that I think if she can figure it out she will be a happy woman.

THE POWER OF A WELL FOCUSED MIND

This weekend I was watching a movie starring one of my favorite Hollywood actors; Will Smith. The movie is about the legendary Muhammad Ali. It was done more than 15 years ago but it’s still epic. I love it. My main discovery from the movie is that one of Muhammad Ali’s secret weapons was his ability to keep his opponents distracted. This kind of reminded me of a story about three hunters who went to the forest and found three birds in a tree.

REAL CHANGE BEGINS WITH CHANGE OF HEART

You have probably heard about this old age story of a man that wanted to change the entire world on his own. Please let me tell it in my own words. A story is told of a young man in his twenties who had a vision to change the world. He thought he could make a lasting change but after assessing his efforts and progress, he realised that the world was too big to listen to him. He decided that in his 30s now, he would try and change his continent. Ten years passed and he realised that he could not change his continent. Then he revised his goals downward and decided that in his 40s he could at least focus all his energy on changing his country. Soon it dawned on him that even his country was too big for him to change. He swallowed a bitter pill again and with great pain and disappointment, he revised his goal further down words.

YOUR VERY BEST IS YOURSELF

Time spent with your family is time best spent. When my daughter and I do not have much to talk about, we read a story from one her favorite story books. Yesterday, we read a story about donkey that got me thinking…..”Once upon a time the king of the jungle organized a party for all his friends. He insisted that the invited guests look their very best for the occasion. Donkey had a difficult time deciding what to do in order to look her best. Her friend zebra told her that she already looked great and that all she needed to do was clean herself and wear a hat for the occasion.

CHANGE DOES PERSIST

CHANGE KNOCKS DOWN THE UNPREPARED

This weekend I was sifting through my old letters and I found a letter I received from my wife dated December 5^th, 2005.  Then, we had just known each other for two years and we were still dating. Mobile telephony had not yet penetrated in the village and our main form of communication was letters. The good old days yea?...but then what is good about remembering the days when communication was such a hustle?.....

THE HUMBLEST IS THE GREATEST.

One of the things I love to do during my free time is listening to motivational speakers and great orators on the internet. Today I am watching one of my favorite local orators; P.L.O. Lumumba. A few of the things that he is talking about really captivate me. He is giving a well-choreographed description of Greece 300 years before the birth of Christ. In those years Greece was known for so many things; its warriors, its gods, its philosophers and so on, but, my attention is drawn to its philosophers.

THIS IS WHAT LIFE MEANS

We are on the highway towards upcountry. We have been talking about politics for about three hours now and there is nothing else left to say on that topic. My uncle then says the following words while his eyes are still fixed on the road. “You know son, Life is like a road with so many signs, bends, port holes, bumps, black sports and even dead ends. On this road, we are traveling in a vehicle called rational mind, on this vehicle; we have to keep our eyes on three very important things

YOUR WILDEST IMAGINATIONS ARE NOT FAR FROM REALITY

A story is told of five young boys in an African war-torn nation. A rebel army sweeps through a coastal village rounding up able bodied boys and girls. The boys are recruited into the army as child soldiers while girls are taken as sex slaves. Five boys escape the ordeal and run toward the ocean. On reaching the shores of the ocean, they realize that the rebel soldiers had taken note of them and they were in hot pursuit. They are caught in between the soldiers and the ocean, however; deep into the sea -about five miles off the shore- sits a safe heaven, an island. Four boys agree that they have got no choice but to surrender. They are sure that it is the only other alternative choice they have besides running along and getting shot dead since the rebel soldiers are only 200 meters away. They get down on their knees and raise their hands in the air. The fifth boy, however, sees one thing that the rest haven’t; a third choice.