A Good Laughter

Image source: iStock Good things taste nice. Like a bite of a warm chocolate chip cookie that tastes great! Or a peal of good laughter with friends after a long, hectic, and tiresome day. Well, it’s not the laugh you make with mama mboga over the tightening state of affairs in the country, about everything […]

Read More A Good Laughter

Men, A Necessary Evil?

“Male and female stand and fall together. If men fall into a bad way, women will be soon to follow, and vice versa” – Anthony Esolen Yesterday, in most parts of the world, Father’s day was rightly celebrated. After all, the importance of the man in a child’s life cannot be overstated enough. In the […]

Read More Men, A Necessary Evil?

Exposing a deified enemy

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther King “According to a 2021 study by the World Health Organization, globally approximately seven hundred and fifty thousand people die every year as a result of ischemic heart disease and stroke due to overwork (which is defined as […]

Read More Exposing a deified enemy

Reclaim your worth

“The world is going to give you beauty, but it will also give you pain. The greatest lesson you will ever learn is that this, too, is a gift.” – Bianca Sparacino Human beings are social creatures who possess an intrinsic desire to love and be loved. Yet, although most of us will ‘fall for […]

Read More Reclaim your worth

Soft Power

In a gentle way, you can shake the world – Mahatma Gandhi What does leadership mean to you and what picture comes to mind when the word is mentioned? For some, leadership means absolute firmness devoid of a taint of sympathy and grace. This was probably demonstrated by that elementary school teacher who would literally […]

Read More Soft Power

Dark and Lovely

Tempted, tried, and sometimes lost,Yet you’ve gathered your bits and pieces and marched to Calvary again,Faced delays and setbacks, generously served,Yet you’ve kept your head up and want to try something again,Lost a relationship and friendship,Yet you’ve started panel-beating yourself into shape before you get to the next,Beaten and roughed up at the fort,Yet still […]

Read More Dark and Lovely

What is Life?

“Our greatest fear should not be of failure … but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” – Francis Chan It is said that there are two things humans can’t avoid: death and taxes (though some have already perfected the art of cheating the system and evading taxes, that’s a story for […]

Read More What is Life?