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 you just write them down in your journals and diaries and do nothing?

The reason you ask questions like,

“what if this doesn’t work out.”

“what if I don’t pass through this.”

Its all because you have the fear of failure. Fear wants you to run from something that is not after you.

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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 marriage and am already giving up.”  She then burst into tears.

 

 Jack slowly got closer to her and hugged her. They stood there sobbing on each other’s shoulders.

Jack broke the silence “they might be something of great significance we are looking for, something which keeps us searching?

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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 in this presentation do not represent

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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 is an evil or less in perfection but by the beauty and perfection of both. In other words, choice is an art.

“Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.” 

Anonymous

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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 gods. The fate of Pandora, Arachne and Prometheus are clear examples of the deities’ propensity to limit human creativity and knowledge within ‘safe’ boundaries. Indeed, all mythology is loaded with allegory. One mortal who underwent punishment for her intelligence and creativity is Arachne. Arachne, a weaver who challenged the goddess of wisdom and crafts, Athena to a weaving contest. Arachne’s work was far more beautiful. 

Athena out of fury and frustration ripped Arachne's work into pieces, and hit her

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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 both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;


Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

(http://classicalpoets.org/10-greatest-poems-ever-written/)

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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 bars of rage

his wings are clipped and

his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings

with fearful trill

of the things unknown

but longed for still

and his tune is heard

on the distant hill 

for the caged bird

sings of freedom

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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 graceful,

As bubbles of soap.

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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. 

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A Loving God in an Imperfect World

THE PROBLEM OF EVIL

     The human and anthropological problem of suffering and agony is the most unpalatable of the existential challenges that man must face and contend with. The question of the death of young and innocent children, the incurable and painful disease of cancer, termination of pregnancies, uncontrollable volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and the sudden death of a close friend or a beloved family member. 

    In situations like these, human beings do nothing but ask “why”? In fact, the question ends up in a theological sphere of deep emotion or rational speculation. The question inevitably ends up being a question that puts God on trial; Why would an all-loving, all powerful and all-knowing God permit or even enable this to take place.

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How to develop a Courageous Character

Courage 

In order to live happily and be successful, one must learn which values and traits to hold and how to achieve them. This also demands developing a consistent personality and character. Courage is the ability to conquer the chronic desire to limit options and to live life within safe bounds.

After 24 years of experience as a human being and three years of studying philosophy, one thing I have noted is the essential and fundamental need for

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FUEL YOUR PASSION FOR LIFE

         THE PASSIONATE DREAMER

        I have been privileged in the last 4 years to have had opportunities to visit a number of African countries; Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya and Tanzania (where I have been for almost three years now). In all these countries I have met and interacted with multitudes of young people. The spectacle which has captivated my attention more than any thing else is the passionate and enthusiastic youth; one who is ready to conquer the world! Fortunately, or unfortunately, I have also met the dreary ones. Henceforth, this blog will strive to set ablaze a spark in each heart. It is my hope that the passionless and the dreamless will dream again!

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You are my morning and Evening Star

Poem By Francis Chanda (2018)

You are my morning and evening star 

My beautiful love 

The flower that bloomed in my heart 

It neither longs for water nor light

but your smile 

Life wants you to be my 

past… but my heart, my future 

You are the ink of my mind, 

The drum of my heart beat and 

simply the voice that took 

my heart away. The perfect word I 

spell better is you. 

Like the sun never leave the day… 

I will be with you. 

Like a diamond ring, you hold 

my heart and like numbers, I 

count on you.

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Demythologising The African Moral Consciousness

RESHAPING AFRICAN MORALITIES

The project of demythologizing is an imperative now more than ever. In the history of thought, demythologizing takes on a particularly special impetus with the philosophers. As a matter of fact, most of us dwell in an age in which an entire world-view (religion included) is undergoing systematic demythologization. It is likewise a matter of fact that most traditional African ethical values are grounded and built upon a world-view that most of us today no longer hold or at least ascribe to. Most contemporary Africans do not believe any more in ancestral spirits, vengeful forces of the dead, taboos and tribal linkages. Such notions are understood as mythological or even mere illusion and legendary.

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