Some years ago, I had a mentor who possessed the annoying habit of correcting what seemed like perfectly harmless English. Every time I found myself excited about something, like promotion I was hoping for, a holiday I had planned, a …
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My crazy life
My adult life has largely been financially sufficient, where what I made met my needs and the needs of my loved ones, with a little something left to put away or enjoy the pleasures of life. Except for two instances. …
Read more →In the book of Hebrews 11, a number of historical figures are commended for their Faith, as examples of believing in a Truth when observable facts seemed insufficient to justify their hope. From Abel to Enoch to Noah to Abraham …
Read more →A stranger visited my house recently, and marvelled at the books in my Library. He said he could tell the kind of person I was by the kind of books I read. I’d never thought about that, so after he …
Read more →2015 was a good year. I had more Media mentions that year than I can remember. People would stop me on the corridors, or send me messages saying they’d seen me on this or the other publication. The admiration in …
Read more →I consider myself a smart fellow, but i’m rarely the smartest person in the room. Somewhere along my adulting journey, I realised that being the smartest person was a liability, not an asset. Our brain power grows by being stretched, …
Read more →My father believes I am destined to do great things. So much that he nicknamed me Alexander the Great as a young boy. Over the years, he cheered me on as I took on audacious missions, some notable ones including; …
Read more →I am part of the generation that grew up in the 8-4-4 Education system. Anyone who came through the rigor of that system will be familiar with the mantra, ‘Knowledge is Power’. This was such a pervasive dogma that to …
Read more →The worst thing I’ve ever been accused of, one that stings to this day is, ‘You say a lot of nice things, but don’t have much to show for it’. It happened once, and it was said to me by …
Read more →I am a Christian. Some might call me a staunch Christian. To be a Christian, which entails following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, is a choice fraught with Suffering. Not surprising, given the very essence of our belief system …
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