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TIME'S WINGED CHARIOT AND THE FIELD OF LIFE (PART TWO) "Have a time and place for everything and do everything in its time and place and you will not only accomplish more but have far more leisure than those who are always hurrying"  -Tryon Edwards Time. We all have it in equal measure. Those at the top echelon of society and even those at the lowest rungs of the societal ladder have an equal twenty-four hours. Hence, it is clear that time is a leveller. One thing I've observed in the lives of the former is that they are usually very time conscious.  Consequently, they do everything to protect their time - they schedule their activities the night before, stick to the schedule, engage in high value activities (More on this in subsequent blog posts) among other things. These people have truly recognized the fact that time slips through our hands like grains of sand never to be recovered. Take for instance, the man Benjamin Franklin.  Benjamin Franklin was a

TIME'S WINGED CHARIOT AND THE FIELD OF LIFE "So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom" - Psalm 90:12 The Psalms were ancient meditative songs written by Israelite kings,priests and prophets. The one quoted above alludes to what I am say ing. When we number your days, that is when we count properly the time we have left in our lives, then we will develop an attitude that God considers  to be wise and prudent. “This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.”Menachem Mendel Schneerson, 20th Century Jewish Rabbi Widely considered as one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the last century who built schools, drug rehabilitation centers and synagogues, Menachem Schneerson is someone who certainly saw the value of time. The general principle that I want you to remember going forward is that time must be converted. It is so important we will need to repeat it. Time MUST be converted. Conversion is defined as t

BE AN ORIGINAL (PART TWO) Science confirms that out of a multitude of cells jostling for survival, you survived. Now that's ample confirmation of the fact that you're special and you should appreciate this and accordingly exude your uniqueness. Why should you think of changing your natural style of talking, voice or doing things just because you want to conform? Hear these words from the extraordinary painter, Picasso: "My mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, make sure you are a general, if you become a monk, you'll end up as a pope.' Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso" Remember that wood may remain a hundred years in the water but it can never be a crocodile. "Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals," said A. Whitney Griswold.

BE AN ORIGINAL (PART ONE) Once upon a time, a long time ago, in a hill far away, there lived an old man in a house on the top of a hill. This man had a reputation for wisdom and dissolving of hard sentences. There was no question he was asked that he never provided a right answer for. Instantly, he became sought after by the high and lowly in society; governors, politicians and even the needy and the answers he gave them were very correct. One day, some little boys, decided to test this man with a difficult question and punch a hole into his integrity. The ring leader of the group, Musa, called the boys together and said: "Here in my hand is a bird. We will go and ask the old man whether it is alive or dead If he says dead, I will release it and it will fly away. Bit if he says alive, I will crush it and the bird will die" "Good idea!" the boys exclaimed. "Either ways the old man would be proven wrong" The boys excitedly hurried to the top of the

TRUST THE PROCESS            (PART TWO) From my last post, I mentioned that there is a master potter (God) and and we are the clay. Your good ideas may sometimes come true for you but God's idea must always come true. Let us strive to discover the God idea, not the good idea. This like I said takes a while, so relax and trust the process. A potter takes the molded pots and puts it on top of a shelf and leaves it there to dry and harden. If he does not do this, when the molded pots go into the furnace, they may crack because they did not wait long enough on the shelf. Presently, you may be "on the shelf", metaphorically speaking. May be it's about your career and you are currently unemployed,  I want you to trust the process. Keep reading books just to while away time until you get your dream job. Be patient, may be there are certain things you need to be shown or you need to learn before your dream job comes right along. Maybe it's your marit

TRUST YOUR PROCESS     (PART ONE) "After looking at the way things are on this earth, here's what I've decided is the best way to live: Take care of yourself, have a good time, and make the most of whatever job you have for as long as God gives you life. And that's about it. That's the human lot." -The fifth chapter of Ecclesiastes, the eight verse. One of my favorite pastime is philosophizing. Yes, I simply like thinking, un-thinking and re-thinking about this space called life. How did everything come into play? Nature? Work? Humans? Trees? Animals? Insects? You?  One  common thread that runs through the web of my thoughts is that there is a great geometrician at the helm of the universe affairs and it is safe to trust that we are at the centre of his grand plan. And so whatever hurt, pain, joy or happiness we feel, we know that we are in line with a master plan here. Things take time so laugh through the pain and play in the rain (if you are that c