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If all people threw their problems in a basket, we would realize how lucky we are. "She whipped me so badly that I had welts on my back and the welts could bleed and so then I got another whipping for getting blood on my clothes! We were so poor that often many times I could wear clothes made up of potato sacks" - Oprah Winfrey's childhood experience. One of my friends invited me for a burial of his father, it was a painful moment for him but , speaking the truth, neither did I get hurt nor sympathetic but instead wished if it was me! I just imagined how lucky he was that his father died when he had even completed university studies. If God gave me that chance! I imagined that even if my father resurrects today , I can't recognize his face!  I was too young to remember him. What is the lesson in this? Don't judge anyone in this world unless you know their lives. Some of us battles stress, frustrations,anxiety and depression every day. We search for happiness in al...

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Help people not because of who they are or what they do in return , but because of who you are. Real integrity is doing the right thing knowing that nobody is going to know whether you did or not. The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. Some people hurt us sometimes not willingly, sometimes ignorantly. Its our duty to understand their situation and don't hurt them back. Some people walk around just looking defeated, they have lost hope ,they don't bather even trying it out. They made mistakes before and have all given up. They keep telling you it can't be done, its impossible , don't even try it . But its them not you. Their failures shouldn't be yours. Most of us don't discover who we are on time. We simply try to fit into whatever is available and when such isn't available anymore, we look for whatever is available! That's the number o...

"I went to KFC. 24 people went for the job, 23 were accepted, I was the only one rejected. And we went for police, five people full of them accepted, I was the only one rejected. I applied for Harvard ten times rejected" said by Jack ma, richest man in China. When you've exhausted all possibilities, remember this , you haven't . No matter how bad it is , it could always be worse. Be glad its not. Put your problems in proper perspective. The reason why we don't become who we want to be is because we do attach to who we've been. Haven't you ever hard people saying " but i have always been like this!" Most of us want the convenience of transformation without the inconvenience required for the transformation. Let go of the past so that you can create a better future. It doesn't mean what happened was right, it means your future happiness is more important than holding on to something you can't change. If you want to achieve something differen...

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do. I believe in God as I believe that that the sun has risen; not only because I see it , but because by it I see everything else. Knowing that God is there for me , that He knows and loves me personally. Knowing that God is there for each one of us , that He knows us and loves us; we can place our trust in him. Like Janet Kataaha Museveni said in her book 'my life's journey, the same thing is happening in my area. "During my teenage years, there was a new movement within the Christian circles that called itself the 'Re-awakened' This group believed that a person could not profess to be a Christian unless they adhered to strict codes of conduct such as wearing long dresses for women, no jewellery and cutting their hair very short. To me, this group seemed to focus more on outward observances than on the condition of one's heart and they were very critical of other Christians who...

Life only changes when it challenges us. At one point , we have all ever fallen into dilemmas. But is it the problems that destroy us or we destroy ourselves? The problems we have today may not exist in ten years to come , but we will. Every problem has a limited life span. Problems do end, but the question is; how have they ended? Have they destroyed or strengthened us? We can choose what the problems will do to us. We can control our reaction to the problem even when we can't control the problem. When we control our reaction to the seemingly uncontrollable problems of life, then in fact we do control the problems' effect on us. There is not necessarily a solution for every problem; however, every problem can be managed positively. Whatever doesn't kill me really makes me stronger. Do you believe that everything happens for a reason that benefits us in some way? What if that difficult person came into your life to make you learn something; patience, how not to treat people...

A family is not destroyed by the loss of its parents, but by  lack of nurture of its children. Yes its true that,many times as parents, we must make tough choices concerning our children and we must always do what is best for them even if in the short term it might seem harsh or painful . However , we must struggle and think hard not to violet their rights while nurturing them. In the end, your children will thank you for setting boundaries in their lives that allowed them to grow into well-adjusted people. There is not necessary a solution for every problem that the children present to us; however , every problem can be managed positively. For esitance; as we grew, our mothers could pound tablets , mix it with water and give us drink whenever we were sick. Because the medicine was sour , we could usually vomit it. Some mothers would slap us for that, others could just ignore it. As children, was it our fault to vomit the medicine? Was it our parents' fault? A child vomits somethin...

Yes, its true that we understand things not the way they are , but the way we are.  A certain kid saw an aeroplane passing through the sky. Because it was his first time, the kid was confused. He couldn't understand it. Finally he asked his father "Father what is that thing passing through the sky?". The father replied " Its an aeroplane ". Kid asked again " what is its importance? ".  The father replied " Its used to transport people or lagage among countries or continents". The kid rejected the father's answers. He couldn't believe the tiny thing he saw in the sky can carry even one person! One time , the kid and his father went to a beach that is just opposite an airport. The father used the chance to explain to the little boy the meaning of aeroplane using the physical stationary aeroplanes at the airport . This time the kid believed because the aeroplanes were too big not like the other tiny one he saw in the sky. The kid didn...

In the journey of life, there is a point where everything seems to have a dead end. A point where there is no single hope left. A point where saying that we have problems, is an under statement. Its at this point where one questions the value of his existence on earth. But is there a dead end really?  "Now it happened on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, that a messenger came to Job and said , 'the oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, and the Sabeans attacked  and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you".  While he was still speaking, another also came and said, " the fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them: and I alone have escaped to tell you".  While he was still speaking, another also came and said, " the Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the...

We all have the pressure that we have got to deal with everyday ;with friends, with family , with worker mates, with parents among others. The more you listen to opinions of people on the expense of yours, the more you lose who you are! Recently, I realised I don't know how to be anything but myself. What you believe in and how you feel about yourself is more important than how anyone feel about you. Manage your emotions, the right way is the domination of the mind over the emotions. When you make loving others the story of your life , there is never a final chapter , because the legacy continues! Concentrate your energies , your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket. Whatever you pay attention to either bad or good will grow. The mistake we make is to focus on what doesn't matter much! Figure out a few things that really matter to your success in life and concentrate on them. One of my thought leaders, Oprah Winfrey, con...

 A bat doesn't see, but it can never collide with obstacles!! As the bat is moving, it emits sound waves of  frequencies above  20000 hertz through its mouth and nostrils. When the waves reaches the obstacle , they get reflected back and are detected by the bat. In that way the bat is able to locate obstacles and avoids them. Many of us human beings don't develop the insight of the likely obstacles ahead of us! We end up lamenting, regretting and grabbling ! Every decision you make  creates an action that either make you move a step forward or backward . When I was young , I liked sweet. Whenever my mother could send me to the market to buy tomatoes, usually of 500/=, I could buy sweets for 100/= first, proceed to the market and buy tomatoes for 400/= . One day as usual , I bought the sweets first but surprisingly I found no tomatoes in the market!! I went back home without the tomatoes and with incomplete money! My mother asked " If the tomatoes were not there, then...

"Believing that tomorrow will be better, we bear the hardship today with a smile."  People say history repeats itself! I don't really think it does! It is only true if we don't learn the lessons in it , which we usually do! We only recall the dates and the events but not the lessons ! The same applies to failure .   If you continue living , you will definitely fail at one point or the other. It really hurts to fail!  However, its not the failure that destroy us but how we think about the failure. Even when you have failed ten times on the same thing, don't give up .Through persistence, water penetrates rocks . Learn something new every time you fail, eventually you will win. Its the hope that today it has failed but tomorrow we will make it that keeps us struggling and surely we will get it. One of my thought leaders  concretizes it this way " We should actually be grateful that some things don't work out the way we once wanted them to. When we fail or ge...

Will Ferrell said "Empathy and kindness are the true signs of emotional intelligence". A certain professor was teaching political science. In the class, there was a rich politician who always undermined the professor. One time the politician asked "Professor, do you know how to swim?" Professor; No please!     Politician; what a shame! Even a dog is better than you , because for it can swim !        Professor;Okay. Do you know how to swim?  Politician; Yes of course!   Professor; Then what is difference between you and a dog?    Politician( in shame); Okay let's talk sense now. If you are presented two things now, money and wisdom, which one would you choose?       Professor; Obviously money.      Politician; I wonder how you became a professor!! Don't you know it's wisdom that makes money! Definitely , you had to choose wisdom!!         Professor; Obviously, we choos...

Its our decisions not our situations that control our lives and destiny. Bob Marley said " Some people dance in rain, others just get wet".   We make our habits, and then the habits make us. What we repeatedly do makes our destiny that creates a reality. I am where I am because of what I believe is possible for me! Why do you have a smart phone? Who do you want to become? What do you need to have? Why are you doing that course? The first step in determining our future, is to "begin with the end in mind".   How many people have degrees but are of no use to them? If we don't define our character before the achievement, the achievement destroys who we are! At what time are you going to wake up tomorrow? If you know that's good. If you don't know , learn this. Value every minute of your life. What is the most important thing can I do with my life today, tomorrow, or next month? I think and therefore I become. If I fail to master myself, I will be a slave of ...