lifelong lessons
THE MOODLE CHALLENGE It was way past noon and I had barely made it out of the gates of the polytechnic, as i negotiated to park by the curb, I got a call. I stepped out of the car and picked the call. It sounded so formal. “Charles, where are you?” the female voice asked “I am just outside the gate”, I retorted. “Please can you come to the boardroom now?” She asked. I quickly made a turn and headed […]
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Responsible I am of age, mature and grown I am me and myself I own Truth be told, a lot I have sown And I have become thick in the bone I could wake and lie back to sleep I can disturb the peace or seal my lip I could drink it all or refuse to sip In all I do, I stand up and take the deep Then I met the messiah, the One and the First […]
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EXPECTING To dust, shall this body of mine return The dust that composed it But to him that gave me breath My soul shall return The quest then will be over When God and the dust claim their own The long wait will end And a longer stay will begin Though many may wish But this stay will not end Be there a wishing or a wishing not Eternity shall come and nog go away!
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TEST OF LIFE The testing of life is to make us stronger Experienced in our conduct Fearless in the face of confrontation And molded beyond casual alterations What we go through is for the now We’ll see the strain ease out in the near future When we celebrate the victory And count not the pains of the present For a while you will bear it as it is But your change will come soon And no one […]
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SUNSET When the rays are golden pale Signaling the end of the day When the shades of black close-in And the birds fly home to roost When the joy fades from age And birth is a thing of long ago When no claim can be laid ahead As moth and rust have dined in full When the world draws its curtain And heaven awaits its own When the sun is indeed about to set Stray men will know […]
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PERSIST We get so discouraged sometimes Forgetting that we are but men Subject to life’s wiles And all the ills that nature could birth Staying alive for a day is enough hard work Crowding the day with thoughts of worry Isn’t going to sort us into peaceful portions Rather we lose our ultimate focus Our target might be far from sight But we must keep our aim guided Our hands steady and strong to throw The darts […]
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Balance the scale Of truth and an equal lie See if you can have it stable If it stands and does not tilt Balance the scale Of forgiveness and the sin involved See if you can comprehend it If you be at one end and not the other Balance all of men and God of all Of their thoughts and deeds alike See if you can strike a balance If once can do all the other can do!
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The whistle blew and the race began Everyone cheered the sprinters as they ran No one noticed the lone sprinter As he bowed his head in defeat He sobbed as a tear drop left his eye To hit the track without a thud This was all he could do For he was already left behind He braced himself and watched the race end He had trained three years for this one race Now it had ended and he […]
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The latter should be greater than the former The end better-off than the beginning To start a thing and not finish Is synonymous with failure He that would build a house must be set He that would run a course must be prepared He that would finish must define it from start Not the swift, the hasty or the know-it-all They that finish and succeed Found their strength elsewhere In the confines of the One rich in glory […]
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This is a principle of heaven and below That any break in communication Breaks any relationship And distances those involved Any that will keep the fire aflame Must strive to bridge the distance Man to man, man to God Both to talk, both to listen Shortest distance between two entities Is a straight talk Be it a talk so formal or a simple gist Bridging the gap means talking it out.
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