IMPOSSIBILITIES

Impossibilities

They told me being a blogger is wasting time. I smiled and silently whispered to my heart, Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live. They didn't know the difference between a blogger & writer (Writers are craftsmen, bloggers have craft). what bloggers don't tell you they also make money in their trade. It is a venture for the bold hearted and ruthless razor cutters. its like walking on mine field you don't know what might hit you until the dust settle down.  I just cashed another bloggers cheque.  I believe writing is dictated by strict form standard and style of presentation. Blogging collapses all that mantra to anything of bloggers creativity with no boundaries. I love the later because it allows virgin creativity with no formal baggage.   And  where do you get all this time to write? They continued..(They didn’t know time is created).. you've got to pay bills do a double and triple shift back and forth. Well, we all know majority of diaspora stories how they start and end ....doing what your friend told you, not what you always wanted. Doing what your host family dictated you to do under prevailing circumstances at that time. Being forced to make lifetime altering decisions under intense pressure. Now you realize the difference between surviving and living is like being half awake and alert at the same time. You will never know what hit you until you run a red light while yours shut and the only evidence on the crash scene is your bloody stained double triple pay stub. You will be lucky if you visit the next doctor’s appointment with a cracked skull holding your precious memory in your trembling palms. 

Well back to original story. Blogging it is certainly not a waste of time. It is only viewed with pedestrian look and less formal. Perhaps a sign to the extent of how our formal schools distort our thinking.  When over 12,000 followers in the shadows of life  yearn for more and push you beyond limit then you realize God has positioned you as bridge of inspiration where multitudes can look in the mirror and smile of what they read and see. Words are powerful medium. They mean life or death. They create or destroy. They provoke and inspire. They heal at the same time they hurt. The world is hungry of information, the right information. I package words, I spew Ideas. I ship original ideas.  I like when people say it is impossible, I like dealing with impossibles,  we are all children of impossibilities at some point in our lives. The possible was at one point in time the Impossible. The world is impossible because is full of impossible nay Sayers. You must separate yourself from their narrow toxic absentmindedness. Do not think out of the box. Instead tell them there is no box anyway, there has never been, it is just a figment of lame imagination. Lazy -mind-syndrome perhaps. Don't quote me I made that up! Truth be told I write when most people are a sleep, at the dead of the night and that time I see God walking inspecting His projects. He tapped my shoulder and whispered something these in this wee hours of cold night..."Keep doing what you are doing son I am not yet done with you". Then I remembered psalm 119 the longest chapter in the Bible” May your unfailing love come to me, Lord, your salvation, according to your promise; then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.

Our lives are dotted lines you must connect your dots. Remember Astronomy is the study of birth, life and death of Stars.  Moon, Sun, Comets, and Galaxies are all a phenomena that originates outside the Earth’s atmosphere. I am a phenomenon, wonderful and fearfully made. That sounds impossible, right?  Stars can only shine in darkness. You must find your star. Let us not study you or know you in eulogies of death, let us know you in life more than in your mortal being. Its Thanks Giving people, giving not receiving, for there is more joy in giving than receiving.  Happy Thanks giving. 

By Njoroge wa Ngige 112215-0739

Paris Terror Attacks: Hopeful is not the same as Helpful

Paris Attacks: Hopeful is not the same as Helpful

Are human beings united in death more than in life, in pain more than laughter, in groaning more than ululations, in mourning more than celebrating life. Is mankind eternally  inclined toward evil and destruction?
Does the only thing that seems to make headlines is, hate, Sex, drugs, violence (terrorism), corruption, abortion and death. Indeed evil has entered world proper. It’s the final touch down.  After the terrorist (Axis of evil) have unleashed their theater of violence and indiscriminate cold brutal killings of innocent in the streets of Paris Bataclan theater , the floodgates of blood have just been flung open. I believe France as world power will swiftly and decisively respond with smart bombs and air power until you can hear a pin drop in the deserts of Armageddon. The things we watch in the movies in the comfort of our homes have literally come to haunt us.  

You do not kill in the Name of God. Not unless “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies” { John 8:44}. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God-{John 16:2}. With the rivers of innocent blood in Paris and elsewhere the above two chapters in the Bible are practically here with us.

We of civilized world must know we are fighting an ideological war. We are facing a faceless idiot that is ready to die. Until they strike we don’t know who they are. Their script is the same from Kenya, to New York, Nigeria to Beirut, Egypt to Paris. The only difference is the way the world reacts and offers selective unity among the fallen. Talk of racism even in death.  Talk of blood of the innocence being uniformly red. Before Paris terrorist attacks, the mujaheddin were still killing in Libya, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Iraq and elsewhere. The world was silent and instead issued travel advisories to the hotbeds of terror. The super powers of the world and the people entrusted with instruments of power have been negotiating with terrorists on which terrorist to strike and which terrorists to spare. Syria is a good example. Corporations of double standards and greed for the resources. We are therefore paying a big price with our lives. You do not gamble with people souls.   

What is our ideological response? Do we have any? Or we only unleash ‘smart terror’ on the terrorists?  Let us be honest, the world was relatively peaceful before invasion of Iraq. It was relatively peaceful before invasion of Afghanistan. It was even more relatively peaceful before the so called Arab revolution (Spring) that the western world so aided. We clapped when dictators fell and smoked from spider holes in the thick of deserts heat. We said we are exporting democracy but instead we invited demons from hell.  All of these countries were ‘functional’ under the brutal force of fearless dictators. Some cultures and religions must be left that way for the greater peace of the rest of the world.

My condolences and prayers to the families of the loved ones who have been killed and continue to be killed by the evil terrorists globally.  To the wounded speedy recovery and may your heroic stories inspire us to love one another. 

By NJoroge wa Ngige- 111615-0336

Legalize Corruption

Legalize Corruption

We are under siege ‘good’ people. Politicians are in the house as an uninvited guest. They are nothing more than our inconvenient companions. They operate in selective revolution of amnesia. The marrons’ are raping our plagued economic dragon from all cavities pretending to be Amicus curie for only five years. They found their way in thorough the cracks in our hearts and our scattered mind.  I think and propose that we should make corruption a legal venture. I am the mover of this motion and will pay the bill to pass it law. If you don’t participate in thieving that should be punishable under our penal code and as such a felony. School curriculum must include corruption courses 101.  It has become fashionable to steal. Young people want be millionaires before sunrise. Corruption is our culture, runs deep in our blood, our secrete DNA.  That’s what majority of us propagate, and our religious outfits offer unsolicited prayers for the highest bidder. It just depends on how your pockets run dip. Why have we allowed politicians on the pulpit? We have defiled the alter of God with their bloody loot. We clap awesomely as they take the stage, clap when they steal and worship them in courts of malicious justice for higher.

You ask who am I to judge, well the questions is who will judge the judge of the judged? We need a firing squad to permanently server the fingers in the cookie jar. They don’t drive on our roads; Misplaced priorities buying helicopters instead of fixing the roads. They don’t even walk its waste of time to the next nearest scandal. They fly! And we marvel as they spectacularly land from skies to address us. They Loot we provide the audience.

My question is if we steal from public 24/7 when do we have time to 'enjoy' our loot? No wonder we impotently choke with the loot and doctor’s diagnosis is fake because he is surgically wired to count bodies in the morgue while shouting NEXT....He dis-sappers to the thick of the night and reappears high barking orders. Behold the mysterious cabinet of confusion! They say the sweetest thing while giggling.  It’s against the rule to reveal the rules to non-magicians. How fashionable it is to step aside after thieving. The lawyers are waiting in the edges of the forest to be hired as nanny diapers.  Who would have thought? The loot has reached the crescendo of diarrhea and both the opposition and ruling Spenserian have run a mock naked. The opposition is happy when the government is flooded with graft because they know they have a convincing mantra to join the loot in the next government. It’s inconceivable to think of a person who laughs in a burning house simply because he did not start the fire. When two people argue psychology informs us they more often than not hobour irresistible strong feelings for one another affectionate delight. Sounds familiar? I should not have the liberty of explaining the process of romance without groaning. If the evidence is not forthcoming that doesn't mean there is no graft. It means politicians and their shenanigans have crafted ways to cover their heinous activities. I hear the Chinese write very interesting stories, but with all my training that allows me to read Gikuyu, Swahili, English, French and Russian, if I got hold of a Chinese novel I won’t do better than simply admire all those boxes, crooked lines and butterflies in their writing. But it will be stark intellectual bankruptcy and an affront to basic scientific logic to conclude that Chinese novels are all about boxes, crooked lines and butterflies, simply because that is how far I can see!!  Remember “shamba la wanyama’ nowdays ‘ni plot za wanyama mashamba zimeisha’.

We have allowed divisive politics and 24/7 we have become addicted to their malignant theatrics. I stopped watching Kenyan news long time ago. Not issue based. All politics of oligarchy personalities. The media fuel such behavior to an extent of permanently airing nonsensical stale reports, like when some politicians sneezes. Who cares?

My tribe is truth and I pay no homage to your otherwise legalized corruption escapades full of secret tunnels and turmoil’s. We should build them monuments of shame and plunder.  We must count every grain if we must before we pay for a package that we ordered not. We have a duty to be careful as people. We have a civil duty to act, for our hard questions are unanswered. Corruption It’s a social-economic political generational conveyor belt, cannot be eradicated, because it’s a vice of values we choose but can be reduced by the values we choose.   I will go mad if I was lying that I will build you a castle on the hill while we are in hopeless desert with oasis of corruption……think of something else….I smell dry desert full skeleton bones. …….I wonder how many rocks are in this mountain for we are not alone down here. The good fortune is all mine. That is corruption too. Incorruptible message, even though I forgot my fishing rod.  samngige.blogspot.com

~By Njoroge wa Ngige~ 11/08/15-1156

7 Differences Between Wealth, Riches & Fame.

5 Lessons I Learnt from Royals Winning 2015 World Series

5 Lessons I learnt from Royals Winning World Series.

Kansas City Royals are 2015 World Series Champions: A champion’s parade is lined up tomorrow in Kansas city. A crowd exceeding over 200 hundred thousand fans is excepted to welcome the Royals at Union station and later at Kauffman Stadium.  I watched the entire game. Watching this game tonight felt like walking on sharp needles or chewing a hot coal. I drew up a few fundamental lessons from the champions themselves. Take a look at the following.

1. If you want to be a winner you must get ‘dirty’: No kid gloves. Ain’t kidding.  You must do the donkey’s job of cracking your brain and diving in to the split moments that make a difference in life more than in death.  The credit does not go to the spectator shouting on top of his voice or booing you when you make the slightest mistake in the crucial game of life. Everything you need to know is wrapped in the dusty rough arena.  The credit goes to the person stuck in the mud and marred with dust. Remember ‘if you do not work do not eat’. If you are not prepared to pay the ultimate price before taking the prize; then go back to the drawing board.“I don’t know how we could be any happier,” Said Kansas city Mayor Sly James. “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: If you can’t love Kansas City today, you never will. “New York is New York. It’s a city that never sleeps. Kansas City is Kansas City. It’s a city that never quits.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article42202245.html#storylink=cpy

2. Do not tell the world:  nothing until you identify you team- in other words do not be too excited to inform the world what you are about to do, just do it. In any case the world is full of enemies that you confuse to be your team mates. Biblical King David asked God to show him his friends because he knew his enemies. It’s about time you get to know your friends for you have more enemies every day.   You must move with positive energy. Haters are waiting patiently for you in the next stop sign. If you have genuine team mates they will always pick you up. You will always have a shoulder to cry on. Only share your dream with people who matters. Do not be swayed, your dream will not make sense to ordinary critics. Neither will it excite the multitude. Instead majority or all of the people will think you are out of your mind or you have run out of your prescription. Kansas City Royals waited for over 20 years to lift the vision engraved in their hearts. Your vision must be en grained in your heart not your mind. Your mind executes skills and applied knowledge. Your heart executes passion of visionary dreams.  The kind of “Yes we can” slogan from President Obama Campaign of 2008.  By and large do not conform to the ordinary story line or narrative, become a revolutionist of some sort, of substance. You must be a ‘rebel’, as self-proclaimed sage or  you cry  dry tears during your funeral procession before your ‘death’ of victory. Do not make a deal with the world. You will be disappointed. Make a deal with your own passion and intuition.  That way you can taste the freshness of difference away from conformity. The Kansas City Royals created a family team before winning the World Series. As a family the Royals never allowed drowning in the nay Sayers of their opponents’ MET supporters. Instead they had all their royalty pay off in a nail biting final.

3. Never show you weakness-Just acknowledge it (them) and move on to improve on it (them). Kansas City Royals team while going to the final game in the World Series in New York, one formidable player had just jetted in from funeral of his father overseas. Another was expecting the birth of his child. Any moment and every pitch in between the game would possibly have had the potential of labour onset. These players never flinched. Instead they showed resilience and kept focus to the big picture, winning the World Series. You will not stop the world from ticking to start complaining. You will always have an excuse for your failures to rise to the occasion anyway.  Many great leaders have failed but failure never held them down. Every time they bumped their head they dusted themselves and soldiered on. Stay put until you see the light in the end of the tunnel. If there is no light use your artificial flash light, just to illuminate the path albeit for a while before dawn.  There was a lot of work that went into motivating the Kansas City Royal Baseball team before they lifted the 2015 cup in Citi stadium New York, Mets home ground. You must align your mind with your heart. That is the winning formula. Love at 360 degrees.

4. Preparation: All the team members of Royals team did not wake up today and became the World Series champions over night!. They already won the series in the preparation stage alone. What they displayed tonight in the actual game was their preparedness and willingness to fight. All of the players had a history of over 10 years playing baseball. You must have your history which comes with character, not how many likes you have received in the Halloween Instagram. No shortcut to fame otherwise it is short-lived and at the end you might commit suicide without leaving a suicide note. If you spend much time preparing well, there will be little effort employed in execution of the grand plan. Kansas City Royals prepared for 30 years before striking in true colours to win the World  Series 2015.

5. Never give up! Hard work pays off- in the final 9th inning of the 5^th game New York MET team was leading the game 2 to nil. Everybody knew MET were now posed to win the big game and move on to the 6^th game.  In the last pitching Royals turned the tables and bounced back to the game in style. In other words they never gave up even in the verge of crushing out. They just kept winning in to the 12th inning to close the game with 7 to 2 and that sealed their opponent’s fate in their home turf. Don’t stop believing. You will get more than you imagined. Winning sometimes is one time activity in a life time. You do not win World Series every year. There will be dry spells after this Royalistic accomplishment. Once you win and you are on the top of the world it’s good to be spectacularly realistic before the clouds start to gather. The hardest thing is not finding your ground sometimes its finding your royal ground. The point is not who is driving the car the car has to move from point B to point A and sometimes to point Z for mechanical checkup anyway. You are still in the game until to the last whistle. When the Royals won the World Series I checked my clock. It was  past midnight. It occurred to me either the clock was wrong or I was mistaken. That does not matter. Kansas City Royals had won. When you win time stands still, literary.  go go Kansas City Royals......You made us proud therapeutically speaking. Congratulations.   

Original thoughts by Njoroge wa Ngige -110215-1051