Statement of the week

  I have never been a fan of sports; any form of exercise I have done has been purely out of necessity. A few days back, I read a blog on sports and lifestyle. The author made running seem as if it was something life-changing. Naturally, I thought I would try it out;  I woke up today and decided to run.  The first minute I was crushing it, and dare I say it was fun; unfortunately, I became too confident and stopped looking at the ground. Before I knew it, I had lost my footing and was on my way down to greet the earth with my face. I didn't spend time lying down assessing my situation; I stood up and dusted myself and debated should I continue or should I give up. I decided to keep going after that; I started running with my eyes wide open, carefully assessing the terrain I was running on. As I reflected on what had occurred, I noted that I saw the error in my ways. I saw my mistake; I didn't blame the stone; I made it a point to correct my mistake. That is the attitude w...

Latin is a beautiful language; granted, I can't pronounce it. It has these phrases that speak to me at a deeper level. Audere est Facere( to do is to dare) I think thats my favourite of the 10 I googled. This phrase speaks of how every decision you make in your life is a risk and, there is no one definite outcome.  You may go to school and still be unable to get a job afterwards. You start a business uncertain of the profits it will generate. But still, we see many people take a chance; it goes well at times; other times not so much. So you never know what God has in store for you; personally, no one I know has a magic mirror that shows the path to their future. Instead, all of us take actions hoping that we will succeed. We all leap in faith every morning as we wake up.  Nothing is certain in this world; don't sit on your hands. Instead, take that chance the Latin say Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit (from nothing comes nothing). The bible says in Proverbs 10: 4 - Lazy hands make a man po...

 Last Sunday; was my birthday; I enjoyed myself thoroughly. Most of the birthday messages sent to me had this little statement "you all grown up now". Naturally, I pondered over the phrase a bit more and questioned whether growing up could be defined just by the number of years I had walked this earth. I concluded that growing up wasn't just about my age it has to do with my state of mind.   Maya Angelou stated that "Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honour their credit cards, get married, have children and call that maturity. What that is, is ageing." After reading those words, I now went on to find out what defined maturity. From my research, I understood that maturity was a state of mind reflected in our attitudes and behaviours.  One's ability to learn from mistakes and the attitudes we carry after taking a loss were some of the things that reflect maturity. It's easy to forget that we don't just grow on th...