Taming the Beast

I am tough Callous and rough Determined to the will Sturdy enough to fulfill I am a beast Born to feast A wanderer within the night Raised strong to survive life’s fight You can see in my eyes I wear no disguise And you, you are the beauty To which the...

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7 Inspiring Ways to Achieve Your Dreams

A dream is not what you see while you are asleep but rather, it’s what keeps you from sleeping. A dream is not an illusion, but it is the power to visualize who you want to become in the near future. So many people have dreams but they are just snoozing on them, hoping...

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How do I know my Life’s Mission and Purpose?

I am still young! I spend a lot of my life’s time sharing and listening to young people. Most of our conversations are centered around themes such as happiness, God, Success, the goal of life, how to be successful and how to discover one’s calling in life. The last...

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The Value of Being Yourself

Accept my sincerest apologies if this post will have the sort of terminology which is quite unfamiliar and technical. Nevertheless, words are words! This is a reflection I wrote while in college based on the philosophical ideas of the Danish Philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard. ...

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Discovering the Good Life

Almost two months have already passed since I completed my undergraduate philosophical studies. As I took the morning walk, the eternal philosophical question popped up. A question about ethics - “what is the good life? I need not appeal to Aristotellian or Kantian treatises...

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The Miracle of the 'Uncommon Breed.'

STOP! Stop! I said stop right now. Stop sleep walking through your life and start living your dreams! I don’t know what dreams you got, but its hard changing yourself for it.  The question is:  what did you do to at least reach it or do...

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In Pursuit of Happiness

SEARCHING Jack and Nancy have been married for two years.  One fateful day, Nancy woke up and said to Jack,  “I feel like I can’t continue with this marriage, I need to do something more worthwhile with my life.” She then continued,  “this is my third...

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Annual Debate 2018

Don Bosco College, Moshi, Tanzania hosted the 2018 Annual Debate with the motion - " Modern Technology is the Arche of Moral Decadence in Africa."  In this 14" clip, Adrian Matebesi makes a case for the motion. Take a look!   The views expressed...

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The Art Of Making a Choice And Existential Guilt

CHOICES      I intend to write about the gift of making a choice. Indeed,  it takes some time and often a lot of courage, and wisdom and freedom - to come to know what one really wants. The choice is made difficult not by the fact that one of the options...

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Does God Limit My freedom?

BREATHING FREELY UNDER WATER It can generally be agreed upon that the extent and immensity of human knowledge has surpassed and exceeded the wildest of our expectations.  In Greek mythology, such a state of affairs never went unnoticed and unpunished by the...

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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Road not taken.... Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better...

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Caged Bird by Maya Angelou

The Caged Bird Sings of Freedom The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his...

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Traveller, There Is No Path : Antonio Machado

The path is made by walking. Everything passes on and everything remains, But our lot is to pass on, To go on making paths, Paths across the sea. I never sought glory, Nor to leave my song In the memory of man; I love those subtle worlds, Weightless and...

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Love and the Resurrection

Can Love Conquer Death? As seen on the cover, my short article on "Love and the Resurrection"  has featured in this months edition of Writers Space Africa.  Download ...

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