Life

I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with. Tell me why you loved them. Tell me why they loved you. Tell me about a day in your life you didn’t think you’d live through. Tell me what the word “home” means to you and tell me like you mean it. Tell me your mother’s name. Describe your bedroom when you were 6 years old. What makes you laugh? Have you ever been so happy you wanted to cry? Do you smoke cigarettes; have you ever experimented with drugs? What is the craziest thing you’ve done for love? What’s the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? Tell me about your first time. Tell me what turns you on, what turns you off. Have you ever been unfaithful? Tell me about the guy who broke your heart. Do you sometimes miss him? I want to know the first time you felt the weight of hate and if that day still trembles beneath your bones. Does the smell of rain remind you of God?  Tell me about your first kiss on the lips. Do you kiss your friends on...

Today, I read, "I know why caged birds sing," an exceptional piece by Dr. Maya Angelou and thought of sharing it here: “Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees. Then they swarm around me, A hive of honey bees. I say, It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. Men themselves have wondered What they see in me. They try so much But they can’t touch My inner mystery. When I try to show them, They say they still can’t see. ...

Kenya stands in a desperate need for leadership if we are ever going to turn our country around and pull it from the brink. Leadership is not about position but influence. We in Kenya make the mistake of looking at this or that person in expectation that they shall bring about change. But each of us is in a position to influence two or three people at the workplace and at home on a daily basis. If we utilized these opportunities wisely we would herald the change we crave much faster. Instead we all wait to become presidents before we can lead. In so doing we focus so much attention on the presidency while neglecting our own power to influence positive change that we ironically end up empowering the very office we complain is too powerful. Kenya is close to that point where young people will be able to tip the balance and bring about change. Young proffessionals have a vital role in providing the leadership necessary to focus all this youthful energy toward the desired outcomes and s...

It was that time when my mind just decided to wander in search of answers, my heart was in turmoil and my spirit was screaming because it needed some tranquility. I just put on this song by Lionel Petrsen and all over a sudden there was a sudden hash... and everything slowed down tenfold...I could almost swear I could hear my heart beat...the serenity was just perfect. As the music played My mind collected, my heart was once again calm and my spirit nourished. I was at peace! It was that time that I felt my knees give way and before I knew it I was praying and giving God praise because of all that he has done in my life. I was reminded that I still needed him and it was because of his grace and mercy that I was still here today. For he does not start what he has not finished. Thus I know his purpose in my life still very much alive. I LOVE YOU LORD, GREATER THAN ANYTHING - LIONEL PETERSEN (Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you Lord. Allow...

WHY RAILA ODINGA AND ADELE ARE SINGING THE SAME SONGS Whoever said that sometimes we are tied together in a single garment of fate no matter where one is in the world was right. It could not have been more appropriate when you think of events in the life of music sensation and multiple Grammys award winner Adele. It gets to be a tale of two people with different backgrounds and experiences almost sharing the same song, perhaps with different tunes when you factor what Prime Minister Raila Odinga has been going through, especially with the Musalia Mudavadi uncertainty in ODM. Adele has been phenomenal. Her rise to the top of the music world in 2009, has seen her, according to music critics, topple the likes of Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Diana Ross when it comes to a larynx that delivers that almost impossible note. She is currently riding high with her Album titled 21, which has been achieved a unique fete in being number one in over 20 d...

Forty years ago today evening, Martin Luther King Jr would preach his last sermon. Watching him on numerous documentaries as he delivered that sermon tells of a man who was on a reflective but somber mood. It is as though he had a premonition of what would befall him a few days later. The following day, he would be assassinated. On that night as he began his sermon, he asked his listeners to imagine God making him an offer he couldn't refuse: "If I were standing at the beginning of time, with the possibility of general and panoramic view of the whole human history up to now," he said, "and the Almighty said to me, 'Martin Luther King, which age would you like to live in?' - I would take my mental flight by Egypt or across the Red Sea, through the wilderness on toward the Promised Land. And in spite of its magnificence, I wouldn't stop there." He listed other times and places he considered during his panoramic flight through history:...

A while back as I was walking with a group of friends along Kenyatta Avenue at the intersection to Kimathi Street, I stopped my friends and told them to check something out. It was not the occasional police chasing gangs. It was not a politicians passing by whom at times make people stop in their tracks to admire them for their capacity to build the nation, rather it was something substantial, something that more often we take for granted and never take a moment to think over. I had stopped at a newspaper vendor. Yes, he had lined all kinds of newspapers, journals, tabloids, magazines and anything that people look to buy. As I talked to the vendor on the latest news in the country, my friends were surprised that I was going to the depth of asking vendor what certain writers had penned for the day. They were amused that instead of buying a newspaper that says it’s the leading in the country, I was looking to see what the people who make it so had penned on that day. ...