My Happiness, My Choice

Categories Meditation

The conversation below refers:

Mia: Hii Covid nimeamua haitaenda nami (laughter). Nimeamua kuendelea na shughuli zangu huku nikizingatia masharti yaliowekwa vile niwezavyo. Hii barakoa yashinda imefunika mapua na mdomo siku nzima nikiwa nje; inashinda imefunika urembo wote, lakini bora uhai (more laughter).

Ava: Mimi nimeamua kujipa raha kivyangu. Hata nikiwa kwa nyumba peke yangu namshukuru Mola kwa kunipa uhai; na kwa kuniwezesha kujimudu niwezavyo hata ingawa maisha yamekua magumu sana.

Arising from this conversation, the positive outlook of Mia and Ava towards life during these difficult days is one that we would want to emulate.

Happiness comes when

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Hope Of A New Born Day

Categories Human Nature, Lifestyle

The dawn of every new day comes with a hope that is infectious and communicable to all humanity. It is a genuine hope that is prominently displayed on the faces of the people on crowded streets downtown every morning of every day of every year.

The hope that comes with the dawn of a new day makes humanity, extremely busy and enthusiastic, with the expectation that today’s achievements will be greater than those of yesterday. They start the day with renewed zeal; 

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I’m Not An Angel, But I’m Trying My Best To Be A Good Person

Categories Meditation

When asked, “How are you?”
I say, “I am trying to be good”

I am trying to find spiritual satisfaction
In the midst of the hopelessness, loneliness, and unhappiness

I am trying to encourage and to serve
When all around me are illnesses, pain and anguish

I am trying to work hard and improve myself
Amid the drudgery, labor and

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Choose Honor Despite the Pain

Categories Religion

I am inspired by a man in the Bible whose mother underwent so much pain during his birth that she named him “Jabez”, which in Hebrew means ‘pain’ (1 Chronicles). He grew up being called “pain” by all those he interacted with.

Jabez, however, did not allow his name to interfere or blur who he really was; he did not allow his destiny to be determined by his name. 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 tells us that Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. It tells us that at a certain point, Jabez called on his God and asked for five things; He asked God to bless him, to enlarge his borders, that God’s  hand might be with him, that God would keep him from harm, and, last but not least, that it may not pain him!” And God granted him what he requested.

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There Is Hope Even When Life’s Challenges Seem Overwhelming

Categories Meditation

All of us who are alive have our distinct dreams, goals and ideals; and we are striving for something better than is currently available and a better life. In order to achieve these dreams, goals and ideals, hope is crucial. Hope is what motivates us to plan and to keep us going towards our dream even amidst some hard times, and to succeed. Otherwise, without hope our lives would be empty and pointless.

And yet there are many people living in a state of hopelessness. There are people who feel as if they have reached the end of the road, there’s nowhere else to run to, and no reason to move. The result of this hopelessness is self-loathing, self-hatred, suicide, drug abuse, depression, work failure, and sleep deprivation, and a lack of motivation and desire to live.

This article discusses hope; its definition, its importance in our lives, the causes of hopelessness, and the reasons why we should keep hope alive in our lives and even spread it to others.

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