The Nature of Man

One is yearning for love…another is taking love for granted

One wants a job to earn his keep…another don’t want to work but likes to eat

One gives lovingly to his family and friends…another wishing the begging would end

One appreciates good and give thanks for the bad…another is never satisfied, always sad

One wants a family to love and cherish…another is tearing theirs apart, soon to perish

One likes attention and tenderness…another is annoyed by the closeness

One wants good strong leadership…another thinks the leader is demanding, too selfish

One finds the standards too high…another says the standards don’t make them grow

One is happy with her size…another daily wants disguise

One is unwise with her tongue…another makes the best use of every utterances

One is born male, happily so…another is woman, surgically now a man wherever he goes

You reading about you, noting there is something you can do

You are not greater than your choices; while you make them, they are also making you

Why Do Fools Fall in love?

Why does love always fool some

While some fools just always fall in love

Does love really fool some

And do fools really fall in love

Do some try to fool love

Then make a fool of themselves

Love was not made for the fool

No, the fool was not made to love

The ‘wise’ can scarcely find love

Caged by fear

The fool finds it

Dives foolishly into it

The ‘wise’ breaks their own hearts

The fools in love make our hearts melt

Why does love always fool some

While some fools just always fall in love

Some fool some and find love

Some never lived long enough

Some find it and sold it over a fuss

Who then is a fool

Who is ‘wise’

Some may be simple, but not fool

Some may be bright but not wise

Lasting impressions – Paintings on the mind

As you pause to reflect on the people and things that have made a lasting impression on your life, you will no doubt realise how much the choices you make on a daily basis are impacted by this lasting impression. Your preferences, tastes, standards, values, morals and life become a mirror of all these various experiences. They help to form your beliefs and become a great part of the passion and fuel that drives you.

These may be words uttered that have changed your life or deeds done that paints a picture on your mind.

These could be:

A family member

A friend

A stranger

A leader

A group

A boss/manager

A Teacher

An act of kindness

A bird, a flower, a moment

An experience, an event

Someone’s care and interest your success



Words

Music

Movies

The moon

A poem

A message

An elder

A baby

A child

A graphic image

Lasting impressions help to mold our trends in life, yes you are a part of someone’s lasting impressions and yes I am a part of someone’s lasting impressions.

I recall some years ago watching a movie that ended at 1am, horrified by how it ended and how one of the characters died, I switched off the TV and went to bed. But for another 2 and a half hours I laid flat on my back still tormented over the graphic ending of the movie.

A lasting impression was made on my mind; I have since learned how to clear my thoughts before retiring to bed.

Unlike this bad experience, there are more pleasurable lasting impressions happening in my life every day. Do you have any?

Raise the standards

In a world where so many are competing to lower the standards and redefine morals

Raise the standards when you go to sing

Raise the standards when you seek a mate

Raise the standards when you are blessed to be a man’s wife

Raise the standards when you become a husband

Raise the standards when you are privileged to be a father

Raise the standards when you get the opportunity to be a mother

Raise the standards in your interactions and socializations
Ask yourself what type of friends am I attracting

Raise the standards in your school

Raise the standards in your community

Raise the standards as a student

Raise the standards as a teacher, leader, coach, mentor or preacher
Ask yourself what type of footprints am I leaving behind

Raise the standards as you grow older

Raise the standards when you put up your status online,
Ask yourself if a prospective employer were to visit your profile would you be a potential…

As you raise the standards around you, your life will be become more fulfilled; everyday will bring you new challenges, new zest and zeal and new fuel to keep your fire burning.

Be determined to raise the standards

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Given to me to give to you freely as a token...

Though in writing they leave their mark....

On each soul and on each heart..

I am thankful for our Creator...

He has made me a life and world changer...

So I pause to acknowledge the many readers...

Readers who took the time to read, to be blessed....

Support from all across the globe...

I say thank you for taking the time...

Thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts...

Thank you for allowing me to speak my mind...

While I coloured your thoughts, you have certainly coloured mine...

My hope is that you were truly empowered...

Gracias!

You'll Get Pass It...

You’ll get pass it…

Though it seems hard, too hard to bear
Though you feel like your heart is breaking
Like your last breath you are taking

You’ll get pass it…
Though you have cried till your tears become like a flowing river
Though you feel you have failed
Though you erred and think it is the end of the world

You’ll get pass it…
Today, start a new life
Shake off that which is holding you back
Today, recognise where your true support comes from
And embrace it


Today, quit promoting what is only causing you more pain and hurt
You must get pass it, but you must also learn the lessons well
Pass your test
You’ll get pass it

Nothing n the teen…

Me: “What are you doing?”

Teen: “Nothing”

Me: “Why are you looking so dull?”

Teen: “Nothing”

Me: “Is something bothering you?”

Teen: “No”

Me: “Hmmm?”

Teen: “Nothing man”

Is it lack of eloquence?

Is it an unwillingness to say?

Is it a mood thing?

Is it our new culture?

A secret being hidden?



Words like ‘nothing’, ‘whatever’ and expressions like, ‘dah!’

Have finally made their way into our everyday communication and interactions

The communications specialist will have to assess and comment or perhaps just resolve to saying, ‘nothing’

Magnificent moon

   
    magnificent moon

    makes the man

    moves the earth

    modern moods

    miss a lover

    money for monkey

    matters monthly

    mental madness

    mighty memories

    amazing mysteries

    marvelous light



    bright at dark

    rules the night

Walk away…

She brings a fight to him

A terrible, popular human plight

He hits back bruising her badly

He doesn’t want to harm her

But she is filled with rage and anger

She is in danger of herself

She pushes him over

He hits his head

She beat him and beat him

Till he decide this was not to be any longer

Blood gushes out of her belly

As he plunge a knife into her stomach

Not once but over and over again

She laid, lifeless, the floor filled with red

In a moment she will be dead

The world will think she is a saint

And he a murderer

Oh the price he must now pay

If he only had but walked away

Walk away when you can see the danger

Walk away when the next person is blinded by anger

Walk away as it doesn’t matter the reason for the strife

It’s never worth the taking of another human life

Walk away…



(Everyday family violence occur, the murder rate is high, alarming and growing.


We must encourage persons to walk away. Don’t argue if it will lead to a fight, just simply walk away. A true winner knows he/she doesn’t have to fight to win. The one who knows better but fail to do it is the real loser)

The Mind…The Moment

The mind…The Moment


A moment can change the mind…

The mind can rob you of a moment…



The mind…The Moment

A moment can birth newness in the mind…

The mind can bring new life to a moment…



The mind…The Moment

The mind can cause you to miss the moment…

In a moment you could lose your mind…



The mind…The Moment

In a moment

In a mind



There are some things which must be erased and left behind

To save the momemt

To save the mind

Love Quest

When man on his quest discovers love at its best

He loses his mind to regain it with the passing of time

I am yet to understand how a man who is free

Craves love and its captivity, how clever

For he who has been chained with chains is still free

But he that is chained with love is bound forever.

She Glows…

She glows for her beloved

She glows as her heart finds love

She glows thinking of him who her heart requires

She glows as he is her true desire

She glows whenever he is near

She glows hands locked, walking out on the pier

She glows as love found her heart

She glows from his kiss

She glows from his touch

She glows from a longing to hear his voice

She glows as she misses him so much

She glows for her lover, oh no! Not you, please don’t touch

Save Decency

There seems to be an all out campaign to rid the world of decent and upright living

There are those who believe it has to be indecency to be entertaining

Those who believe that must be in a manner that is rude, slack or feisty in order to gain an audience

Then there are those who ride on the waves of indecency and are stimulated by nothing less

In an attempt to please ourselves, we oftentimes offend each other and offend our Creator.



Save decency…

It doesn’t have to be excessive to be expressive

It does not have to be offensive to be intensive

Corruption isn’t the only solution

I long to see the rude being booed


Save truth, honesty and courtesy

Save our youth from the uncouth

Save decency…

In My Mind

I saw you today, oh how gorgeous you looked.

It seems like your face radiate the glory of the sun and the calm cool beam of the star

I heard your voice today, sweet melodious classic to my ear

As beautiful as nature

As peaceful as the spring

Now you make me want to dance and sing

This happened today, all in my mind

I wish it would never go away

Doesn’t it bother you?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That our children are not allowed to grow in a normal way because of pedifiers?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That you must not ever forget to lock your house door behind you once you get in at night?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That two school boys from the very same school would argue and fight to the point that one stabbed the other and now one is being buried and the other being sentenced?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That some sellers will sell their goods at exorbitant prices which end up going to waste any ways?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That I have to write about it?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That you could be traveling in a taxi and be robbed and shot?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That there is at times a strong syndication between the prison and the palace?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That proper parenting is woefully lacking?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That too many leaders occupying their positions are not being held responsible and accountable?

Doesn’t it bother you that you worry too much?

…Casting all your cares upon Him for He cares for you – Peter 5:7

Potential Sinners

One potential sinner judges another
Having known what the other did
Now feels he is better

One potential sinner sin for money
Another sin for power
Both needs a miracle
Both needs a Saviour

One potential sinner now realise
He needs a brother or sister
We are sinners by nature
Accept God's gift, live forever

Acting and Reacting

Do you often react in a surprising way for even the slightest thing?

Are you more prone to act or to react?

Remember your action is worth far more than your reactions.

I sometimes think of how difficult it is for people to act and make the first move while it becomes so easy for them to react.

They hesitantly make the first move to do something good or even to say how much they appreciate the benefits, people and blessings around them. Yet they, without reservations, become easy triggers to reacting to how they feel.

Learning to separate our feelings from our reactions requires great control and maturity. You should not expend your energies reacting to words, behaviours and other negatives. If you do then you only act as robots and oftentimes will upset and frustrate yourself even more.

If you are feeling bad about something someone has done to you, it is never justification to respond in a bad way.

Refuse to react to the evil and bad. Instead dominate the life stage with your acts of love, kindness and goodness. It is too easy to render evil for evil. Tap into the supernatural and allow God to empower you to shine against the odds.

Good communication is hard work but the rewards are worthwhile. Invest in communicating well with others.

Believe you were made for better. Some people are determined to make the worse of you. Though difficult it may seem, be resolute in believing you were made for better.

Don't stoop to reacting accordingly instead act righteously.

Keep Me From Evil

Dear Lord,

As Jabez prayed that you would keep him from evil.
I also pray that you will keep evil away from me
You have instructed us in the model prayer to ask not to be led into temptation
And also to ask for deliverance from it

Too often your people see a temptation bus passing by and hitch hike; knowing very well its danger and destination.

Our hearts are wicked without your love and forgiveness
Lord, keep me from evil and keep evil from me

As I grow in your word, let your supernatural power manifest itself in my life.
Make it hard for evil to draw nigh, as your covering is all over me

Today I pray that you will deliver me from evil, seen and unseen, known and unknown.
Deliver me from the wicked foes and masquerading friends.
Keep me in all my ways. Amen.

Daddy! Pay Attention to me Please…

Daddy you would never imagine how much I suffer when you’re not here…
My heart trembles when the skies are dark and I am so overwhelmed by fear…

Daddy when you show me how to live…
It is the best gift you could ever give…

Daddy, school is hard work and your words of encouragements are like my spring board into a life of success…

Daddy when you help me to understand relationships and love…
My heart is more secured and I am better able to function…

Daddy you make such a big difference in my life…
We all have to fight to keep the good and positive in our lives…

So I am going to help you to pay attention to me…
Because when you do and I do the same, what a wonderful world this will be…

How Do You Pray?

If you pray just for stuff
Your praying is not enough

If you pray only to complain
Your praying is not from a heart of thanksgiving

Pray when times are good
And whilst they get tough

Pray earnestly for the ambitious,
The beggar, the thief, the ole cruff

Pray to say thanks
Pray to deposit in your prayer bank

Pray when it’s hard to do
Pray, it will bring you through

Pray when you are confuse
Pray when you have nothing to lose

Pray when you are at a lost for words
Groanings will be heard

Pray without the wickedness in your heart
That is always the best place to start

Pray without ceasing, pray without end
Bless your enemies, need no reminder to pray for your friend

Watch and pray
Lest you fall into temptation and go astray