My Written Thought

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.” Emily Dickinson I vividly recall the cold morning of that June day last year, the air heavy with anticipation, the vehicle pregnant with silence. My world was jolted into chaos when a minor accident sent me spiraling into a whirlwind of pain and confusion. Alone and shaken, I…

Oldonyo Sabuk view point I turned 26 years old last week, and unfortunately I have yet to experience a lot. So walking into August I started to rearrange my bucket list into an order of what would be accessible and affordable to do and achieve. That is how I reached the decision of going on a hike. I have been to hikes before, but of smaller magnitudes. For example I have been to Ngong hills…

The Pilgrim We are all in a journey, may we find whatever it is we are looking for. In this lifetime and the next

Every man, woman, and child on this earth is a wandering pilgrim in his or her own way—each searching for a belonging place. That sense of belonging is found only as we care for one another. Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

I am a traveller

I know not of where I am going

And only a little of whence I am from

I have climbed mountains

Some so vast and difficult

Let you remind yourself that you are whole, complete & connected with divine even when you feel like you are all on your own. Let you remind yourself of your immeasurable worth, light, beauty, power, fullness, so unídness & your sagacity~Rajesh Goyal

I think eventually, our lives are not our own. These phrase have become awfully popular, ‘Live your life’, ‘Do you’, and many more-you get the gist…

Trip down Memory lane; First ‘Love’ Letter

The year is 2005, a day I can’t remember.

“This is for Wamboi.” , said a 4 year old boy hurriedly handing a neatly folded piece of cream paper to my mother’s friend. Aunt(as we called her) was taking forever.

“What does it say?”, I impatiently asked.

“Who is Tony? “, she countered.

“If you’d give me the note, then I’d know”, I sassily answered.

She passed it to me and I hurriedly read it.

To…

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Hello world,

Bear with me.

It has been a long while since I remotely did anything on wordpress. I wish I had a very elaborate excuse for not following my passion.…

Hope: What does it mean to you, to be hopeful even when you feel like that there's nothing to hope for?

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.

Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts On Common Things

Hope is

Holding on

Amidst…

For the nights I couldn’t sleep

I sat at the feet of my despair

Swallowed whole in a pot of darkness

Singing sad tunes as the yonder grew near

Its breeze strong and inviting

Till the mornings arrived.

  For the mornings I couldn’t rise

I sought the sun’s face

Agonizingly, desperately wanting to feel

The warmth of a thousand rays

And I would stretch out my hands

And slowly, very slowly

For a…

My prayer for you today is that you love your mind. The very part of you that can take you places you have never been and on rides you are yet to encounter.

Sometime back I was privileged to be part of a team that did clean up at the biggest mental health institution in Kenya, Mathare. Before then I didn’t realize how much mental health is important and not just to yourself but your family and…

30 days of Thanksgiving; Day 4

Usually, we are afraid of the difficulties we experience in our life journeys. However, today I want to acknowledge how important these days have been throughout my life.

Upon closer reflection, I determined that evertime I have risen from rock bottom, I have always been a new person. Stronger, wiser and more open to the possibility that life may not always take you where you want it to.

I do…

For day 3, I recognize all the friendships I have had the privilege of making. Some came so unexpectedly and some we knew we were destined to have forever.

And as in all things, some friendships have withered away. Whether because of distance, or irresolvable differences or just drifting apart. While some have flourished and bloomed.

I am extremely grateful for having the opportunity to meet…

30 days of Thanksgiving; Day 2

I am completely appreciative of my family. I love my sisters who are my best friends. They know me like the back of their hands😁. I also know that my parents have sacrificed enough for there mere fact that I should be able to follow my dream.

One of the days I will remember is when I was joining high school. If you have read my previous post Precipice of my life, you know that my family went…

Don’t wait until you are frail to appreciate the health you have.

Hello world,

I do realize it has been quite a while since I posted remotely anything and even checked other writers posts. I should admit it has been a rough couple of weeks as I have been sitting for my finals. Intact the last paper is tomorrow (so fingers crossed 😁).

However all is not lost ladies and gentlemen. For the past…

Food for thought; Success

  Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. Albert Einstein

Success is relative.

A while back when we were having a group discussion in school, my fellow colleagues and I came to the conclusion that there is no specific measure of success. It is really an easy concept to argue and agree upon. We took a basic example of someone who’s ultimate goal is to experience peace.…

  I´m a stranger in a strange land. Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

She sunk a little bit into herself

As soon as the sun peeked

She raised the damn walls higher

Every single time

The moon showed it’s face.

She was fire

Yet the only one

in the line of her flame

Was her closed self

So she burned it all

Grazing all that belonged to her

To the ground

And when she turned

To look into…

The question is the answer. Thomas Vato, Questology

I find people awfully intriguing. From a guy in Ruiru, who refers to himself as Nyoka(snake) and talks of himself in the third person to my slow budding self.

I wonder how many lies people tell in a day, whether consciously or unconsciously. How much of ourselves we reveal to different people. What parts of our crooked selves are we willing to…