I am Zimbabwean
The eyes that gazed upon a star
Brought houses of stone into being
Sojourners across the water, land afar
Many rivers crossed, searing vision
Dreams of stone, across ages remain
Standing still, brooding over time
Defying tide, a legacy, proudly yours and mine Read more
Now is not forever
“The concept and fact of ‘now’ or immediacy often oppresses people. Every ruling class in history has made people respond to the immediacy as if it were forever…We are trapped by immediacy. The ruling class cultivates such an idea. But ‘now’ is the shortest period of time. While [you are reading this] now is going out of existence. What we have here is three basic concepts: reality, actuality, and potentiality. And people confuse the three. Actuality is what is; potentiality is what can be and reality is what the thing ought to be in its fullness. People often confuse reality with actuality. They say face ‘reality’, but what they really mean is submit to actuality, i.e. to what is now. In a word accept things as they are. But we are not supposed to do that. Human nature is human possibility and thus what we must do is cultivate the human potential in us and dare turn actuality into reality. Again, actuality is what is, but reality is what ought to be to be when a thing or person realises his or her fullness…” Dr Maulana Karenga.
And therein lies the rub. A boil might grow, but it will eventually fester and burst. And heal. But in its “now” it causes such untold pain that its bearer thinks will never end. So too, this state of limbo, days of uncertain hope in which you are not sure whether the light you see at the end of the tunnel is really the opening you crave, or a train coming to squash you into a stain. Read more
Who are you?
Magnanimity is the quality of the person who knows himself or herself to be worthy of great honors. The person who overestimates self-worth is conceited, and the person who underestimates self-worth is pusillanimous. – Aristotle
The knowledge of oneself is the foundation of breakthrough and success. I believe that the lack of this knowledge is often the source of the greatest failure: success in the wrong assignment. It is therefore imperative that one diligently introspects and above all, finds out from the creator himself who one has been made to be. There is no manufacturer who comes up with a product without first contemplating what it will be used for. Likewise, there is no single person in existence who is just here for no specific reason. “Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was none of them.” – Psalm 139:16 Read more
