The river is taking a different twist, the course looks promising but its not what i had imagined. I wonder if i should curve out my own path which am not so sure about or should i flow on and let things take their course.
I feel like a small child who should be on milk being fed on solid food or one who should be crawling being made to run. Maybe its time to leave the comfort zone, take the risk and live life like there is no tomorrow because that's what the still voice inside me is saying.
"The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it." prov 10:22
1/21/2009
1/19/2009
Kindly
If you dont like the shoe,
Please step aside,
So many shoppers in the mall,
Don't crowd the shop.
See the shopper and the shoe is a sweet romance,
Allow the thrill,
And go home with a perfect fit.
You hate the straps,
The heel's to high,
Kindly,
Step aside,
A shopper is dying to own this pair.
If you want flats,
This is not a flat,
And its no boot,
You wont change the shoe,
Just find what you need.
So step aside,
Someone loves the straps,
Is loving the high heel,
Its the perfect shoe,
A perfect fit.
Don't insult the shoe,
It was just never meant for you.
By Eva Kihara
Please step aside,
So many shoppers in the mall,
Don't crowd the shop.
See the shopper and the shoe is a sweet romance,
Allow the thrill,
And go home with a perfect fit.
You hate the straps,
The heel's to high,
Kindly,
Step aside,
A shopper is dying to own this pair.
If you want flats,
This is not a flat,
And its no boot,
You wont change the shoe,
Just find what you need.
So step aside,
Someone loves the straps,
Is loving the high heel,
Its the perfect shoe,
A perfect fit.
Don't insult the shoe,
It was just never meant for you.
By Eva Kihara
1/12/2009
My Hero
With an athlete body my 102 years old grandfather is one of my heroes the real example of a good life lived and still being lived. I have recently come from visiting him in the village and boy hasn’t he inspired me. Indeed he is the perfect example of the phrase; if you don’t use it you lose it and that’s what has kept him going through the years. He engages his mind every single day of his life and that has made him sharp up to today.
Every morning by 7am or thereabout (always used to wake up after him) he rises and goes to work like he would in his youthful days. His business is his life, he runs a small kiosk by his house where he sells small household stuff, with pen and paper he calculates the cost and returns the correct change to his customer’s. When stock is over he calls someone and orders the goods that he needs. With the little money that he earns he is able to buy foodstuff and other household goods for his wife and dependants yer yer he has two crazy sons who have never grown up.
No one understands better than him that you are what you eat. Breakfast and just the right amount of lunch does it for him for he clearly understands the principle of eating breakfast like a King, lunch like a Prince and supper like a Servant to keep your body in good shape and with only one leg my grandfather is indeed pretty fit. He never whine’s for its foolish to whine over things you cannot change one of his eyes is partially if not totally gone but he has learnt to make maximum use of what he has……. the complete opposite of my grandmother who has both her legs and one ailing eye but cries over it day and night and refuses to do anything citing she cant see and sadly she is growing senile at a fast she simply aint using it!
He cherishes his afternoon nap and rest but above all silence is golden and invaluable to him and when he see’s that those around him are interfering with his peaceful thoughts he chases them away or locks himself up……healing power of meditation.
Never does he forget to give thanks in the mornings and also before he goes to bed but also before each and every meal he takes for he understands the power of prayers.
Sadly he says that he feels like his blood is drying out and he is waiting for the day when the angels will come and take him, well he has already done his thanks giving mass and slaughtered a cow to share with all his descendants (funnily more than once). What I learn from him is that you are as productive and successful as you choose to be so go forth and chase your dreams you only have yourself to blame if you don’t make it.
(am glad to be carrying some of those genes :))
Every morning by 7am or thereabout (always used to wake up after him) he rises and goes to work like he would in his youthful days. His business is his life, he runs a small kiosk by his house where he sells small household stuff, with pen and paper he calculates the cost and returns the correct change to his customer’s. When stock is over he calls someone and orders the goods that he needs. With the little money that he earns he is able to buy foodstuff and other household goods for his wife and dependants yer yer he has two crazy sons who have never grown up.
No one understands better than him that you are what you eat. Breakfast and just the right amount of lunch does it for him for he clearly understands the principle of eating breakfast like a King, lunch like a Prince and supper like a Servant to keep your body in good shape and with only one leg my grandfather is indeed pretty fit. He never whine’s for its foolish to whine over things you cannot change one of his eyes is partially if not totally gone but he has learnt to make maximum use of what he has……. the complete opposite of my grandmother who has both her legs and one ailing eye but cries over it day and night and refuses to do anything citing she cant see and sadly she is growing senile at a fast she simply aint using it!
He cherishes his afternoon nap and rest but above all silence is golden and invaluable to him and when he see’s that those around him are interfering with his peaceful thoughts he chases them away or locks himself up……healing power of meditation.
Never does he forget to give thanks in the mornings and also before he goes to bed but also before each and every meal he takes for he understands the power of prayers.
Sadly he says that he feels like his blood is drying out and he is waiting for the day when the angels will come and take him, well he has already done his thanks giving mass and slaughtered a cow to share with all his descendants (funnily more than once). What I learn from him is that you are as productive and successful as you choose to be so go forth and chase your dreams you only have yourself to blame if you don’t make it.
(am glad to be carrying some of those genes :))
1/07/2009
The Year of Fulfillment
Somehow I just feel like this is my year with plenty of good tidings in the store its just aka feeling, an intuition I cant explain and Sunday’s preaching kinda put some flesh on the skeletenous feeling!!!
My Pastor went about explaining the meaning of numbers like so; 1. No. of God,no. of new beginnings 2. No of unity 3. The trinity 4. No. of stability - four seasons, four directions 5. No. of God’s Grace 6. No. of Man, man was created on the sixth day, harmony, balance 7. No. of perfection 8. No. of new beginnings, Jesus was circumcised on the 8th day, cycles and 9. No. of fulfillment,intellectual power, inventiveness, influence over situations and things...due season like pregnancy!! Guess my trees might just start bearing some fruits.
My Pastor went about explaining the meaning of numbers like so; 1. No. of God,no. of new beginnings 2. No of unity 3. The trinity 4. No. of stability - four seasons, four directions 5. No. of God’s Grace 6. No. of Man, man was created on the sixth day, harmony, balance 7. No. of perfection 8. No. of new beginnings, Jesus was circumcised on the 8th day, cycles and 9. No. of fulfillment,intellectual power, inventiveness, influence over situations and things...due season like pregnancy!! Guess my trees might just start bearing some fruits.
1/05/2009
Christmas in Taveta
After a few sucking Christmas’s the 2008 Christmas was indeed an outstanding one. My mum, sister and I travelled to the country side away from all the traffic, the hassle, the limited amenities and the otherwise over complicated lifestyle of the city and had a memorable and easy time with the extended family.
It had been a good six years since I was last there and I loved every minute of it. Children had grown up and many others had been born I had to do fresh introductions as some of them I couldn’t remember and vice versa. Young gals had become mothers and the young men I left had become fathers......and we thought life was fast in the city!!
Amazingly my 105 grandfather is still the provider of his homestead it was awesome to see him run his small business and balance his math at the end of the day……gosh I pray I to have such a sharp hubby :).
Simple things like sharing wonderful meals cooked from the firewood, making tea with milk straight from the cow’s teats, going to the local open air disco with a 30bob entrance fee, eating mangoes straight from the trees, peeing in the bush n others reminded me of what really matters.
While before we could have a small family lunch with my mother and siblings which ended up in total chaos!! This time we shared it with the larger community and learnt that it’s all about accepting each other as we are, respecting each other’s choices and decisions, sharing the little that is available and extending love.
By far its been one of the best I have had as a young woman, well I know I had other nicer ones when I was a small kid though the memories are fading away but in my 20’s this did it for me. Looking forward to more marvelous ones.
"It's not what you take when you live this world behind you, it's what you leave behind when you go....."
It had been a good six years since I was last there and I loved every minute of it. Children had grown up and many others had been born I had to do fresh introductions as some of them I couldn’t remember and vice versa. Young gals had become mothers and the young men I left had become fathers......and we thought life was fast in the city!!
Amazingly my 105 grandfather is still the provider of his homestead it was awesome to see him run his small business and balance his math at the end of the day……gosh I pray I to have such a sharp hubby :).
Simple things like sharing wonderful meals cooked from the firewood, making tea with milk straight from the cow’s teats, going to the local open air disco with a 30bob entrance fee, eating mangoes straight from the trees, peeing in the bush n others reminded me of what really matters.
While before we could have a small family lunch with my mother and siblings which ended up in total chaos!! This time we shared it with the larger community and learnt that it’s all about accepting each other as we are, respecting each other’s choices and decisions, sharing the little that is available and extending love.
By far its been one of the best I have had as a young woman, well I know I had other nicer ones when I was a small kid though the memories are fading away but in my 20’s this did it for me. Looking forward to more marvelous ones.
"It's not what you take when you live this world behind you, it's what you leave behind when you go....."
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