Though I Hate It I Find Myself Doing It.

They are certain behaviors I had always wished to stop but I always found myself repeating them like...Therefore I had to find a solution and this is what I did:

#I stopped going to places where things I wanted to stop were being done For example if you want to stop taking alcohol what business do you have with a club?

#I also checked on my dominant passion by asking myself questions like-What do I love,hate,have aversion to,makes me joyful,sad,despair,be angered or makes me courageous and why and Is it worth?

#External senses-I also learnt that one has also to check on what he/she is seeing coz most of mess enters our minds through the eyes and the rest of the 'common senses'.

#Internal senses- Our imagination and memory also play a great role on our behaviors.No one would wish garbage to be served on his/her table but majority do harbour garbage-like thoughts in their minds and they will unconsciously act like so.

#The Intellect also has to be disciplined by having a goal in life-both short term and long term.This is because if one doesn't know what he wants in life then any destination will be Ok with her.

#Will-This is what shoots the target that is set by the intellect.One has to be cautious on how he plans to attain the target just like there is a difference between a woman who loses some pounds of weight by fasting and one who loses the same to keep herself fit.

Guys I wish you the best as you apply this to stop those behaviors that you hate.

The Other Side Of A Coin

I woke up earlier than usual to catch the Citi Hopa bus that was taking us to Mathare North 4B for a clean-up and door-to-door outreach organized by UON-C.U. As usual, while in the vehicle, I did not chat much; I simply enjoyed the ride while contemplating different issues about life.

Out of the gate, past Kabete, Spring Valley, Westlands, and Parklands, I sensed the importance of being ultra-rich from the type of housing structures put in place. Past Ngara Road, I felt that people in that area could be fairly wealthy. In Park Road and Pangani areas, life seemed okay.

The bus finally stopped at the gate of Outreach Ministry in Mathare. I remembered that my late grandpa had spent part of his life somewhere around there, and I had visited him in 2001 after he had refused to leave that place (alikuwa hardcore). We were given directions and started our work by clearing trenches, motivating students, and interacting with the wenyeji.

What surprised me most was the poor sanitation in that place — food being cooked along dirty paths, no toilets or very few toilets that were charged, houses (I think I should not even call them houses, but structures), congestion, chang’aa, and many other problems. Finally, we held an open crusade and left.

As we were coming back to campus, I asked myself several questions:

1. Is life not hopeless among Mathare residents?

2. If the people living in the posh places I had seen in the morning were brought to Mathare, and those from Mathare taken to the posh places, how would Mathare and the posh places look after some years?

3. If one had a village home and land, what would they go looking for in Mathare?

4. Do I remember to give thanks to God for the life I am living and pray?

5. I think it is important to orient your child toward what you would wish them to become. What do you say?

6. Where was the government when these slums were coming up?

I felt disheartened by that life and realized that we are the ones meant to bring change.

All the same, the experience taught me to appreciate life because there are people living in very bad conditions.

Living Life To The Fullest?

Have you ever contemplated on this popular philosophy:Live life to the fullest since you don't know what the next minute holds for you. In other words you might die,it's true but a dangerous approach towards life.


Take an example of a campus setting, per year reported death cases are negligible(less than 2 per year out of the thousands students).Therefore if someone tells you to be extravagant with your resources a little you could be having or advise you to have string of men and fail to consider time value of money by saving or investing the/ladies or taking one for the road...he is misleading because the probability of you being there is very high.

I believe the key to success for young adults is sacrificing now for future purposes in case you will be there you will have less suffering with no guilt of your past.