MORALS ON HINDSIGHT: A CLASS -SIX QUESTION SPRINGS A LESSON

The mere aspect of looking at the issue at hand is both a subject of conflict of interest and yet has a chief lesson on character and personal values. Just the other day I was taking a matatu back home in the evening when it all happened. I was in the car, I think on the second row from front. The tout was collecting fare as usual. I don't understand what happened because he did not take my money. So this question that I once attempted while in primary school popped up.

The question we were asked during those days was like this: Supposing you went to a shop to buy an item, and accidentally they shopkeeper gave you extra change, what will you do as a Christian? Of course there were multiple choices of all nature to choose from. That was the mere incident I was to deal with  on Thursday. I call mere because it sounds so. But thinking of it, it has more than meet there eyes. The moral lesson behind the occurrence is more weighter than you can imagine.

In life basically, it is this small situations that really tell who a person is like. Many can brush it off and say it is nothing yet it is something.  Today is all about the forgotten traits. If you want the right answer to the question, the answer is, take back the extra change and take only what was supposed to be yours. In a car situation, remind the tout that he did not take your fare and pay up.

I therefore want to remind you to be sensitive about all the small things that are prone to be forgotten or taken lightly. Your character is found in things you take for granted. You may think of things you say especially to children as nothing while they have a long way to go. A common word in the air is stupid or even shouting. Correct a mistake using a polite way if you want the child to learn the consequences of a wrong . Don't instill fear but rather a lesson to sprout later when you will not be near to speak.

Giving back the money suggests that you respect yourself and your dignity. On an honest note, why will you want free money? Because it came by easily? Excuse me, don't capitalize on the ignorance of another or take advantage of his/her weakness/ confusion or even still tiredness. You know they will make a loss at the long run. It couldn't be better if the matter were on your case. Just like you wouldn't be happy or hate the situation, don't let them go through the mess. Save the boat before it capsizes. Your action can cause a close down of a business thereby resulting into lack of service for so many other customers. You can't afford to be selfish.

Have feeling and be concerned about your neighbor. It wasn't a deliberate move but just an accident. We are human and often than not we deal with such issues. Defend yourself and measure your level of maturity through such circumstances. Don't allow compromise and pettiness crop your territory. Control your own life not issues around you. Be the head not your feelings. As a person, you have the responsibility to take your life into the right direction and also to be rational and always acting in the ambiance of right thinking member of society. Don't subject your life in unjustified ways. Your greatness is measured in your kindness. Keep the lesson for posterity.

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"Fulfillment comes from a life of meaningful achievement and from being present in each moment while moving in the direction we must want to move."

                      Peter Bregman

LIFE IN CHECK: BUZZ WORD

Where are you located? Do you hear what I am hearing? Okay, take it easy. On buzz word I talk about something inspiring, interesting and impactive. I got an opportunity to listen in to a coach from my insider advisers and I heard something. This thing is called the American dream lifestyle. In this philosophy, people have extra ordinary lifestyles that are not only impactive, but also life changing. People have chosen to look out side their comfort zone and attract untapped exponentials.

Under this category, individuals have refused mundane and routine ways of living. In American dream lifestyles, people take control of their own lives. They write their own rules and live their lives on their own terms. Sporadic economics exist, unpredictable climates hover, joining the dots seems impossible, but not to these souls who have chosen to live despite the negative wind. I buy into such thoughts because they drive someone into the world of creativity. It is in this pool that some get elevated while others experience extreme maker over and tap into their purpose of being alive.

One thing I can tell you for free is that, your creation is not a mere fact of chance. It was a result of a well thought off design under competent architectural implementation. You're not just a human being but rather someone with a lucid scripted life. Discover your American dream and start living not existing. The American dream in our context is about your area of specialty. Where is your talent and what are you doing with it? Where is your passion and what are you waiting if you're not living in your life line? Challenge yourself today and find your x factor to jump start you off and propel your success.

Remember you were born for a purpose and it is this purpose that you should live for. Every passing day presents and opportunity for you to find your right path. Think about how you live and what you live on. Don't allow yourself to spend your precious time on things you hate. Be bold and even quit that job that is not rewarding fulfilling. 

P.S. Find your life even if it is hidden in your hindsight. Remember, your wealth is found in your undeveloped talent. That which you don't know is what holds your fulfillment and satisfaction.

PERSONAL PHILOSOPHIES: RULES I LIVE BY.

Here is to what I promised you to share on how I value, respect and take charge on my own life. For me, it is not life until it is lived well. Checkout the rules.

1. My mind, soul and heart must learn to recognize who God is in this life.
2. I choose to conform to all rules and regulations within my sphere of reach.
3. I choose to grow, tender and feed my character.
4. I am not a failure and I will never be in my life.
5. I choose to model excellence in whatever I do.
6. I shall respect time regardless of circumstances.
7. I will never be a people pleaser at whatever cost.
8. I will respect my body and my life and avoid all manner of injustices.
9. I will not pay attention to negative people, doom sayers and downers.
10. I choose to focus on my career, gifts and skills to culminate my professional ladder into requisite standards.
11. I will live within my purpose and be a person of my own word.
12. I choose to be a real lady with decorum, principles, values and integrity.
13. I will let my education and intellect bring out my modesty.
14. I will respect humanity regardless of who they are.
15. I will forever remain a learner, observant, keen and analytic to seasons of life.
16. I will not let circumstances to determine how I live my life.
17. I will be myself:- one person-cum one image whether it is in the middle of the night or on a bright mid day.
18. I will not be what  I am not.
19. I choose to solve all problems around my life.
20. I choose to be an action packed personality; I will be a mover not a shaker; I will be result - oriented; I will make things happen.

P.S: You must control your own life. Don't let people or circumstances dictate what you do. Your life is your responsibility.

EDITORIAL/ TALK OF SOCIETY

Of matters society and its language and content, we look at what people in life like talking about and its sprawling nature. We too eavesdrop on society and listen in from their walls. We needed to find out the authenticity, realism and factualness of where debacles come from. On the mouths of people on local front is all about the ills in family. Along the week, we heard someone raise an issue about a husband who is all barbaric, naive, chauvinist, stuck in the past, out of touch with realism and out right stupid. The said man has curfews and misplaced mindset. At this point in time with the kind of economy and shift in climate, the man sees himself as the total commander of everything in the house ranging from what to cook and what the wife to do. She has to wait on him at whatever time he comes in the house before she cooks.

So we ask, when people have a one-sided life that lacks respect for each other, one that breaks the basic rights of another, then what is the point of being a family? Where did someone shop this philosophy from? Why do some men think they are important and take their wives for granted as if they are weak and incapacitated? Why do individuals with their own insecurities, foolishness and ignorance seek to mislead the society?

Today, society is filled with misplaced notions and ideologies that are not only disruptive but also defiling and scandalizing life. There is a lot of ignorance amongst people and little is being done to correct the mischief. People grow up with poor characters and without shame or even looking back and assessing their lives, choose to move to the next level with their exacerbated habits. Due to these kind of behaviors, people never realize their potential thereby living a lame, wanting and unsatisfactory kind of life. When someone lives his/her life below the bar than what is its rightful measure, what do we think we doing? Why can't people in community learn to reason and question why they experience gridlocks around their lives?

Is it that people aren't keen enough to see the mistakes of the past and learn from them? or apathy kills many? Whatever you say, know that your ignorance or knowledge will be measured in the way you live your life. The quality of life you live and expose your first family to portrays the nature of a husband of the house. What we are trying to advocate for here is that don't kill the society with our mediocre thoughts and sick ideas. Humanity was given brain to think and put his ways on the right track. Don't underestimate the role of your head only to paste shame that create fodder for other members in society to laugh at you.

If you think indeed you're mature, then proof it by showing us your modesty not empty souls. Stop giving children this impression of obscenity everywhere. You teach them how to cheat and complain later. You inhibit their maturity and talk of how your son/daughter is too slow or left behind by events in life. My cry goes out to parents. Can you raise your standards of your parenting skills. Don't be an out of oder type of parent and expect to have an ordered generation. Accidentally you can have such kind of miracle but remember it's not an everyday affair. All children are not gifted. thus, play your part and do it well. We are tired of hearing and seeing same things always. Give society a break from limitation and showcasing it as if it falls short of knowledge.

    P.S: Let everyone recheck how they carry themselves and what they embrace so often thinking that  it is the correct image.

RATINGS; MATTERS HUMANITY & CHARACTER

Society is exuding a lot of smoke thereby digging down on what it feed on. In the recent past, an issue occurred and exposed someone's nakedness in terms of character. The involved, a learned friend and a lady sentinel crossed their feet on a wrong positions right then creating a scene of its own kind in the newness of the year just when the dust of last year was settling. Someone felt so high and a can't touch type. Going through the routine check ups for security reasons was a too much affair for her. She was so important and therefore shouldn't follow the procedure of a common person. Her learned mind was quick to remind her that, not forgetting the norm of lawyers. They are supposed to be subtle and she never fell short of that. When you're a judge of supreme court and more so a deputy to chief Justice of a nation, you are supposed to be known by all and sundry.

Why did the poor guard fail to know that? This borne of contagion created a five star affair being fought on a one star hotel. The deputy justice thought she is a form of deity and thus should be treated different and special. She needed a posh level of respect, something that did not come easily thereby forcing her feelings and piece mind to surge forward in order to make her point. Signs of haughtiness sprinted up   and spoiled everything. Her education and what she thought she new failed the test of modesty. Her real character of disrespect to human showed up and was topped off with non conformity to laws of land as per the constitution. Whereas we condemn such habits in life, we also want to observe that the gift of breath is not human being creation and should therefore be respected. All human deserve to be treated with dignity and at no point should one person seek to act in a way that demeans the presence of another fellow human being. We don't intend to vilify Nancy Baraza but rather oust her poor character in public. Life doesn't know titles as she has come to realize. You don't need a circumstance to humble you down. Your life is your responsibility and one should take charge and grow themselves up to avoid humiliating scenes as what we are witness now in the life of deputy Chief Justice.

Being insipid doesn't have any value in a person's life. Neither is rudeness or self importance important. Values are very imperative in a person's life. Your character is your life. Protect your character from crisis. Choose to adapt to conformity in order to have a calm and ordered life. Rules are important. They exist to instil a sense of order in society and if they  are there, then they have to be respected  and not be  abused. Every living thing needs a law to grow up well.  We have an agenda to protect our society from avarice and all mean traits posted around by people within. We therefore urge you to be right thinking members of society with consciousness  and alertness. See a stone as a stone and not a piece of metal in a round shape.

P.S. Look out for my rules I live by to see if they will teach you something on how you should carry on this duty of life. One thing you need to put in mind is that, you don't breath for free.

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"The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. TODAY IS A  GIFT. That's why it is called the present."

                                                    Alice Morse Earle.