Finding Nemo's Cousin... yeah that's you..

Sometimes writing a blog feels like I am writing my diary to the whole world. I guess it is, so since it is I might as well get good at it.

Yesterday somebody asked me what my hobbies are and I had an uuuuuhhmmm.... moment. That was not good, when I was younger and somebody asked me what my hobbies were, that list would go on and on. Reason I had an uuuhhhmmm moment was because when I list my hobbies I always had answer with examples from here to Timbuktu. 

Anyway so this is me, I have hobbies, many hobbies but I have not been treating them as such. Actually I have not been doing any of the things that I would say I enjoy doing. 

I love cycling, *Yes I can cycle* it's been more than 3 months since I last cycled. I have excuses, many of them as to why I have not cycled in such a long time but no concrete reason as to why I have not cycled. 

I love reading, atleast that has been done,but not as actively as I used to. I used to read atleast 1 book per week. I love hiking, let's not even go there. 

I love playing basketball and photography. I have missed out on all this because I am busy trying to make money. Working hard to pay bills, working hard to get stuff that people will not even care that you have. I'm being honest, I have missed on so much of my life because I want to do stuff that people consider normal and the best for me. Yeah I no longer reflect and think of how I can make a difference in the lives of those I interact with. It's the sad truth, so this is me attempting to come back to why I live. To come back to the essence of my life which is to glorify God and when I do that I tend to do more of  what I enjoy than work work work work work.... you get my drift... if not, such is life...

My two cents here is that God had a purpose and a plan when he created each and every one of us. Don't get caught up in the chase; don't get caught up in the famous rat race... Get caught up in that which you were created for. Find God, find your purpose, if it means you go out for a hike, do it, if it means you focus all your energy in a sport, Basketball, football, chess, squash.... by all means do it. 

Find God Find You.... 

 

Stillness.....

Psalms 46:10

Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth!

When confronted, the most natural and easy thing to do is fight back.

When somebody hits me my  first instinct is to hit back and before they hit me am ready with a block. 

So when the good Lord says ''be still''  in my head I throw this 7year old tantrum of  ''but they hit me and they are the ones who started it and.... yes I can go on and on about that and how cocoa was originally in Kenya then migrated to Ghana. You get my point, if not such is life...anyway so I read the Verse that says be still and know that I am God and I was like aaaaaaaaaw, really.... 

Reason being at times when life throws all the heavy logs at me and I have fought and fought to keep them off and am at my  wits end I wonder if God can see let alone hear me. I usually let out those loud Spartan like cries for Heeelp... yeah I do. But he says to  be still and know that He is the source of all things and creator of all. He asks that I be still and let him fight the battles for me... 

I want to figure it out on my own, I want the answers to my questions now but He asks that I be still... So still I will be. 

*Did you notice that rhyme over there, maybe I should become a rapper..or may be not* 

Blast from the past..

Sometimes you  may see something that reminds of days gone by,

The past can bring a smile on your face for two reasons,

It was the good old days,

Or thank God that those days are gone,

Whatever the case my take home from all this is this

'' This is the day that the Lord has made,
I will rejoice and be glad in it..''

Psalms 118:24

It's the simple things

It's the simple things that make life what it is...

Smile it's never that serious.. 

Add it to nature.... 

Do the opposite of what everyone expects... once in a while :-)

Breathing....

Take time to breath in and out...
 Ignore all the urgent things to do
And simply breath in and out....

Take time to stare at the sky
Take time to smile at the stranger
Take time to listen
When you have all the right things to say

In the end it begins...

When it's all over
When you are at your wits end,
 It begins....