Good morning,
A lot has been going on lately. I have seen the favor of God like never before.
I am blessed beyond measure so I am back to say ‘Thank you Lord!”
Even when things seem not go right, the good book says:
Have a great Holy Tuesday!
Do not get your hopes up about this post. I am multitasking – replying emails as I blog. I suck at multitasking. My attention can only be steady when focused on one. I have just finished reading the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I do not know what took me so long to read this book.
We are just on the third of #UgBlogWeek and I cannot keep up anymore. The blogs are too many. Guys, thank you for blogging!
I can not seem to remember what it is that I planned to blog about. My notes have gone missing from the notebook. Or maybe, I did not even write anything down. Am I dreaming?
After reading the Alchemist, there has been a shift in the way I look at life. I have learnt that happiness is choice that I must make everyday.
I must read more. I have just picked up The World-Tilting Gospel by Dan Phillips. I hope to finish it before the week ends. This book was recommended by work colleague.
It is almost 5:00 pm.
I will tell you more tomorrow.
1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
2. Memorize your favourite poem.
3. Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
4. When you say, “I love you,” mean it.
5. When you say, “I’m sorry,” look the person in the eye.
6. Never laugh at anyone’s dreams.
7. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely.
8. Don’t judge people by their relatives.
9. Talk slow but think quick.
10. When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, “Why do you want to know?”
11. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
12. Call your mom.
13. Say “Bless you” when you hear someone sneeze.
14. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
15. Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
16. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
17. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
18. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
19. Marry someone you love to talk to. As you get older, conversational skills will be as important as any other.
20. Spend some time alone.
21. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
22. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
23. Read more books and watch less TV.
24. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll get to enjoy it a second time.
25. Trust in God but lock your car.
26. A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
27. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
28. Read between the lines.
29. Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
30. Be gentle with the earth.
31. Pray — there’s immeasurable power in it.
32. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
33. Mind your own business.
34. Don’t trust a lover who doesn’t close his/her eyes when you kiss them.
35. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
36. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth’s greatest satisfaction.
37. Learn the rules then break some.
38. Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
39. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
40. Remember that your character is your destiny.
A story is told by Robert Fulghum, a Unitarian minister, about a seminar he once attended in Greece. On the last day of the conference, the discussion leader walked over to the bright light of an open window and looked out. Then he asked if there were any questions. Fulghum laughingly asked him what was the meaning of life. Everyone in attendance laughed and stirred to leave. However, the leader held up his hand to ask for silence and then responded “I will answer your question.” He took his wallet out of his pocket and removed a small round mirror about the size of a quarter. Then he explained “When I was a small child during World War II, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village. One day on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror. A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place. I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept the largest piece. This one. And by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun could never shine. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places that I could find. I kept the little mirror, and as I grew up, I would take it out at idle moments and continue the challenge of the game.
As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child’s game, but a metaphor of what I could do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of the light. But light – be it truth or understanding or knowledge – is there, and it will only shine in many dark places if I reflect it. I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have, I can reflect light into the dark places of this world – into the dark places of human hearts – and change some things in some people. Perhaps others seeing it happen will do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life.”
Do we reflect the light of Christ into the darkness of other people’s lives? Will the world be a better place for our having been in it?
From It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It, by Robert Fulghum. Ivy Books, 988.
Previously, on this blog.
Sibo was talking about the credit-kuranch and his culinary skills.
This post is not about me or my skills. It is about you the reader. I want to thank you for taking tim to read these ramblings. For the comment. I appreciate. Truly.
This for all the cool guys and girls of UGblogville, I know you must be ready to hang me on th nearest tree for not having shown up at any BHH so far. I want to tell you that it is never intentional. Commitments keep me locked up or away! I thank you for all your posts, I confess, I am not able to read all of them but I try. I thank you for the tweets.
Because of you, I have developed a new positive outlook life. You have lifted me up & changed. I can not thank you enough so I will hand you over to the Master, our Lord & King!
May the Lord bless you and your loved ones,
May He touch your lives and change them
May He bless the works of your hands
May He protect and guide you
May He watch over you as you work, sleep or play
May He bless you with His wisdom
And May He be Lord in your lives & homes.
May you have a great weekend!
Lionel Mugema 