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Matatus. We love to hate them but can’t live without them. ( I call your attention to the last time there was a matatu strike. Wasn’t very pleasant for those with places to go and things to do, and no alternative, was it?) I observed something. Using myself, my friends and colleagues as the case…
I’m trying to lose weight. I know, I know. “I should walk the talk.” Right? I was really committed once. Right after high school. But it didn’t really go the way I wanted. I got really fit. My endurance was like an athlete’s. sort of anyway! (which is something because I’ve never been the sporty…
We humans are communal beings. It is in our DNA, yet often, we keep our problems and challenges to ourselves and try to hide our failures.
A chicken thief gets ten years in jail. A rapist gets one. People still think racism, tribalism and all those man-defined classifications make people better or lesser. People put more value in items that are replaceable than in lives that are irreplaceable.
I have this one person who I think I hate. At some point when I was younger and they had power over me, they chose to mistreated. I have held a grudge ever since. Countless times, I wished that the sky falls on their heads.
I want dresses. I want bags. I want shoes. I want blazers too and jewelry. I want a lot of things. But that’s the nature of the human psyche. We always want something. And once I get it, I’ll start wanting something else. For instance, I had a mini shopping spree recently, so my craving…