Your will Your way

Poem by Mark Boado

i but a chaff whos swept in the wind
by the very air that i breathe in
designed to inhabit a place so serene
only to ravage by my own doing

who can rescue me from such morass
night and day i long to be steadfast
the God that i call unto for sure be around
when I surrender my will and make a complete turnaround

far too many days are spent
wasting precious times he sent
if this life ebbs towards his love
i know for sure it comes from above

lord to you belongs the only praise
my life rejoice all of it by your grace
one day if you so choose to take it away
all i can say is may your will be done
your will your way

BBC Feature - Sierra Leone: Retired Captain Valentine M. Strasser breaks his silence

The story of a young idealist soldier capturing power to run a country thru revolt, experienced mutiny within its own ranks due to failure to curb uprising and now running a high tech enterprise with a vision to help the country he held to future development in the area of IT.

Fairy tale? Or true to life?

Travel cross country

travelling evokes good vibes!

Inspiring Stories from South Africa - Goat farmer to Geologist

Dreams do come true! 

This was proven time and again by this story.

Problem solving

Our colleagues from other countries have horrible english, but were able to occupy higher role. Their secret ? Problem solving and math skills.

In order to be a good life problem solver one needs to -

1. Wide exposure to a variety of problems.

2. Good sense of history and futuristic trend.

3. Relate and associate events, behaviors and issues of people.

4. Understand HOW things work so the cause and effect and symptoms vs rootcause can be identified then resolved.

5. Lastly, start solving small problema. Coz all big problems starts small.

Get it and youll not just wing it. Youll nail it too!

95th

Biting more than one can chew...Appears GW has put much attention to this table manners/rule compared to the rest...nothing more to say except point this out..

	95th	Put not your meat to your Mouth with your Knife in your hand neither Spit forth the Stones of any fruit Pie upon a Dish nor Cast anything under the table.

Desolation sound

Need to check this place for some adventure...Well it's more of solitude more than an adventure.

I was piqued of this place when an article on a magazine feature David Foster describing his experience coming to this place fairly regularly.

Other than the fantastic 360 degree view, the writer rivets ones attention to the idea of spending a day in this place for newbies and 'find out for yourself' what its like'...

Possible bucket list? Why not? 

More to life

A black jewish woman. A somali english poet and author. A mountaineer nepalese physician. What do these people have in common?

Well they were all featured in a BBC documentary which seeks to profile people from all walks of life who dreamed, persisted, persevered to overcome odds and in the end became successful in their own right.

Made me wonder. Why isnt there people from my own race (except the famous boxer), being profiled in  a global radio station as such?

Is it perception? Stereoryping? Life principles? Identity? Or all of the above?

I refuse to believe of all the 100 mil or so individuals out there that not one story can make its way to the pile of heaps.

Im not giving up hope on you my countrymen.

96th - Selfish vs selfless

The words "Less" and  "Fish" starkly contrasts between a civilized vs non civilized man..

Being selfish means having the "me' mentality. Selfless means the 'you' mentality. All throughout history, great leaders, men and women alike cultivates and nurtures the 'you' mindset. In order to lead, one should consider 'others needs' first. The crucial turning point is - one has to be able to keep one's bucket full in order to give. After all, you cannot give what you don't have.

Take time for example. If you dont have time for yourself (or not organized or efficient enough) how can you give time to others.

Or self respect. Or even a simple gracious act. If one is nurtured and brought up cultivating these virtues or manners overly practiced at home, then one should be able to outflow these to the outside world.

Everything, not just charity, begins at home. And its not the big acts, is those small ones!

96th	It's unbecoming to Stoop much to ones Meat, Keep your Fingers clean & when foul, wipe them on a Corner of your Table Napkin.

97th - Biting off more than what one can chew

A mouthful...but I fault myself for this behavior too. Not sure if I can get this changed at this stage of my life but then again, realization is the first step to change.

My youngest son observes me as being the guy who likes to overdo. Rightfully so. All my life I have been trained if you will to prove myself. Grew up in an environment of lack. Molded in a society close to the streets. Made friends with the lowest (not wildest) end of the social strata. Yet was able to hold on to my core.

Not perfect. But I beleive all these experiences made me who I am today. I may bite and chew more than I could chew here and there, But hey, if life is a journey, then Im enjoying every bit as I learn more of it everyday.

Never a dull moment!

Bite Off More than You Can Chew” is an idiom which means to do something much more than one can manage. It also indicates taking up some task that is too difficult. The idiom “Bite Off More than You Can Chew” is frequently used in the English language as in their day to daylife, people often try to do more than they can handle and regret biting of more than they could chew. In fact people are all the time taking on too much responsibility with a bid to achieve success or an approving nod from their superiors. When you bite off more than you can chewyou are probably overdoing it as you juggle with the various seemingly manageable tasks but soon realize the difficulty of it all.


97th Put not another bit into your Mouth til the former be Swallowed let not your Morsels be too big for the Gowls.

98 - Be a man of Depth, not simply breadth

Disdain.

Yes, this is the word that first comes to mind whenever I think of this 'multi tasking' word coined purportedly to describe doing 'many things at one time'. The curse of 21st century living? Or the answer to 21st century riddle?

I beg to disagree. And I personally do not believe multi-tasking ever exist!

Nature, including our brains, is wired for humans (some people especially experts might contend and argue) to pursue one task at a time. We breathe one at a time, we walk one step at a time, we speak one word at a time. We type words on a PC one at a time.

There is never any parallel task involved. Even the simplest and most mundane of task by the brain is made one step at a time! We were never designed to be thinking in parallels or duality.

Scripture is solid when it comes to admonishing people in this regards as well. James said "Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear--not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple "Yes" or "No." Otherwise you will be condemned."

There is never a NYES!

Unless one thinks of the 'multi tasking' context as when they think they're lounging a beachside sipping pinacolada while out there in their offices slugging it out. Then even this example is not multi tasking, it is plain and simple day dreaming!!

Let our yes be yes and our no be no. This principle, if practiced daily in our mental thoughts, will render vital in our quest for perfection.

After all, people wants more depth, not breadth when dealing with life matters.

98th	Drink not nor talk with your mouth full; neither gaze about you while you are drinking.