African Proverbs.

A man on the ground cannot fall. (South Africa)

Never mind if your nose is ugly as long as you can breathe through it. (Zaire)

There is no pond that the sun cannot dry up. (Kenya)

To borrow is to spoil a friendship. (East Africa)

God exercises vengeance in silence. (Burundi)

However kind a man is, he will never his wife as a gift to his friends. (Ghana)

Liar...Cheater...Lover

He cheats. He lies. He sleeps around.
But her kids future are secure with him.
She has sacrifised her own happiness,
for her kids prosperity, for being called
a respectable woman. For being married.

It is easy for you to judge her,
for you to point fingers at her,
for you to laugh at her, because
you don't understand her dilemma.
You don't know its your dilemma.

She knows her man, and what he gets up to,
But he is a great father, supportive of her dreams,
Its not easy to give all that up,
and try to not poison her kids
against her husband, their father.

She knows how you lie to yourself,
that he cheated on you just once;
that it was a mistake. Here's a truth:
Cheating is a choice not an accident.
Falling off a bike is an accident,
but you don't trip and fall into a vagina.

So before you start pointing fingers,
make sure your hands are clean.
Compromise and sacrifice are
her crowning glory, she is waiting
out her victory. Patience, perseverance,
companionship, there is love there.

Years later, when her children
finally understand that she pawned
off her happiness in exchange for theirs,
they will love her always, they will treasure
her immensely, hold her in high esteem,
she will have found the love she has given him,
cloaking her when she hugs her children.  

Dreams

She Aint No Longer My BOSS!!!

I am taking this minute to celebrate that she is no longer going to be my boss!!!! A wonderful Monday!!!!

Keep The Faith

I think these words ring true and hold testament in paraphrasing what Allah said in Suratu Luq-man verse 34:

"Verily, Allah! With Him (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour, He sends down the rain, and knows that which is in the wombs. No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die. Verily, Allah is All-Knower, All-Aware (of things.)

He Knows...He Understands...He Loves You!!!

Have you ever had one of those days,
when you try to kneel down and pray,
and you find yourself unworthy,
you find yourself being a hypocrite,
because you find yourself asking for forgiveness,
and you know you will do the same sin again?
you find yourself telling yourself that God
doesn't want to hear about your problems all the time?
You find yourself always asking things,
equating God with Santa Claus,
Have you ever had one of those days?

I am having one of those days,
when it all seems so helpless and I don't know what to do,
I find myself turning to God for advice on what I should do,
and I stop myself, I realise I didn't turn to him
when everything was going as it was supposed to,
and yet now I want to turn him into a divine bellboy,
to ask, and keep pressing for things I want done,
blessed are the pure in heart for they see God
because today, I am not that lucky,
I feel so disadvantaged, so full of problems,
and everyone seems to be taking me for granted,
I hate being taken for granted, so imagine how God feels.
Did I even remember to thank God today because
He didnt forget to wake me up this morning?

God's gifts put a man's dreams to shame
Yet we barely have the time to even remember his name,
God is good, He is with us all the time,
all we have to do is turn around -
to face Him, exalt Him, thank Him, worship Him,
because no matter how much we hide from Him,
He already knows;
No matter how we feel guilty and try to explain,
He already understands;
No matter how much we abuse and forget him;
He always loves us anyway.

Only God can help me turn my mess into a message,
transform my grueling test into a lasting testament,
so that my petty and magnanimous trials I become triumphant,
and make-over any victim into a sensational victory,
all we really have to do is have faith in Him.
Because in essence, Life is God's story,
I want to remember to let him write it, in all its glory.

Missing You

I don't like missing you, but I love having you to miss. 
If I could have a star for every time I think about you, 
the whole night sky will be pitch dark. 
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship, 
of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. 
My thoughts are free to go anywhere and 
its very surprising how often they always go in your direction,
so I want you to always know that someone remembers, 
someone cares and your name is whispered in someone's prayers. 
Because when you are happy, I am happy,
when you are sad I am sad, when you are lonely, call me, 
so I reiterate my opening statement, 
I don't like missing you, but I love having you to miss. 

Inspiration for my cousin's wedding...

Well Said...and True...