I have seen beautiful women, for example, Indians. I have also observed that the older women walking behind them cannot be so described. I have seen handsome men with lush hair and trained moustaches, for example, Ethiopians. I have also sat with their seniors and noted that even the hair …
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Finding Meaning Outside Work
If you had a choice, would you keep going to work? I think that for most people, the answer would be no. Yet, most of our waking time in a week is spent at work. If you spend 8 hours at work daily, and you spend 8 hours around the …
Read More »Physical Health & Finance
Health & Finance? What do they have in common? Is one an indicator of the other? The sum total is that it takes a good body to build and carry wealth. Nelson Mandela was not popular as one of the richest men in the world. As a man, most of …
Read More »Hamster Wheels
According to Wiktionary,hamster wheel (Noun)A monotonous, repetitive, unfulfilling activity, especially one in which no progress is achieved. Sometimes we find ourselves seemingly going round and round in circles. We intend to cover 100 metres but find ourselves repeating the same 5 metres over and over again. If we are able …
Read More »Artful Dodging
At some point, we couldn't avoid the cloudy bumps any more. We had to pass through them if we were going to land at the intended airport.
Read More »Strength in Ignorance
There was a young man who belonged to a certain Christian group. Almost all they believed in was in conflict with what other Christians believe. He stumbled on Billy Graham preaching on TV one day. He decided to listen and pick holes in the sermon of the “big guy.” This …
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Outside the Austrian Parliament building is a statue of Athena, the goddess of Wisdom. Certainly, all leaders especially national leaders could do with more wisdom . However, the citizens find it hilarious that while decisions are being made within the Parliment Building, Athena stands outside. Unfortunately, that is not a …
Read More »Time-Time-Time!
I got tired of seeing the same contact appearing multiple times on my phone due to multiple email/social media synchronization. So a few days ago, I began to merge, to delete and generally tidy up. I was amazed at the number of my contacts that have crossed to the great beyond! Just then, something seemed to whisper to me, “The number will only increase…with time!”
Read More »The waters
The Waters. Growing up, there was a tall, bent, old Norwegian preacher I used to watch on TV: Aril Edvardsen. Once he stood by the River Jordan and shared about the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. The river Jordan flows into the Sea of Galilee, and then continues …
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Some weeks back I had a discussion with a certain Medical Doctor after church service. He’s about over 40 years of age. The problem is that He Has A PhD! A medical doctor with a PhD?! Such a humble man; Leader in church! Well, nice enough. His wife gave me a …
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