Change

by mwaafrikablog

Words
There was once a successful ancient king in a far land, who embarked on journey to find a way to positively motivate his subjects. The reason for this was to cultivate an honest morality, to try maintain purity in their daily interactions and service towards others. This was in order to align themselves with God. So, this king decided to assembled a team of the smartest, most educated scholars and gifted people from all over the world. His purpose for this, was for them to come up with words that will serve as a reminder for all to stick to their lane and maintain honor in all their did. He gave them a strict condition, that those words should not be particular to any specific group of his subjects and they should represent the truth. The reason for this condition, was for it to serve all social classes of his subjects without any prejudice and remain pure. His majesty gave this elite team a period of two weeks to do this.
This played out well as the king ordered. After those two weeks, the team came back as ordered and presented their work. The king was impressed by the short paragraph they presented; he then ordered them to go back for another two weeks and make it shorter. Well after the two weeks they reported back to his highness  with what they came up with. It was impressive, but he wanted it more brief this time, so he sent them back and asked them to make it more short and to report back to him immediately. They did report back with a shorter paragraph but the king changed his mind and this time, he wanted a single sentence. The team went back again as asked and they returned having carried out their orders. The king was pretty impressed with sentence they made up. He decided to send them back again with new orders. He now wanted it to be only five words. After the time given was up, the king hosted them in his castle and asked them to show him what they made. The team confidently presented their work., the king’s face lit up and the look of satisfaction was vivid to all present in the room. He looked back at them and was very impressed with the team, he thanked them for completing his quest. The five words they presented were truthful, related to all and served his objective of hope to all. The king read the words loud and said, ” it shall come to pass.”
Nothing is permanent every situation in life is a temporal state no matter who is affected. The rich  will read this words and will remember to stay humble because they will remember its a temporal state. The poor will read this words and will be hopeful for better. The sick, the brokenhearted, the hungry, the employed, the rulers, children and anyone out there. The only one who is doesn’t change and remains the same forever is God. He is the beginning and the end. That’s why we are told in the beginning there was the word, the word was with God and the was God. You dig?

Truthful Better

by mwaafrikablog 
most haters do not get better
all they do in time is get bitter
truth that do exit for better
love really do fit equally better

no one can be more than you
no one can be less than you
no one can be in charge of you
you take charge been better

you can serve others in equal
without been served as equal
you can be you equally equal
pretense is not equally better

love is equality for better
hatred has always been bitter
inequality is the main matter
we need love for the better

truth is one law that stand
the lawful law we understand
love is truthful, the one brand
belief is love, fits all better

 

QUESTIONS THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION

by mwaafrikablog

Territory …
Writing to me has always remained a new territory for me. I  grew up in Africa specifically in the Eastern territory  of Africa, in a country know as Kenya. Reading and writing was regarded as not part of our territory of expertise compared to few  west African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and Mali who have maintained a reading culture through out their generations hence they promoted their literature and this encouraged more writers in their territory. No wonder Most territories in the ancient west Africa kingdoms have maintained a well documented account of their history, readers you should check that out. It might change your perception towards Africa, positively I tell you. In my territory, Kenya holds the best unknown writers for me such as Ngugi wa Thiongo, Francis Imbunga and mutahi ngunyi etc, but most of us here cannot promote this writers because they consider this in their mind as not part of our territory of expertise. This leads to ignorance and limits their self believe in our literature and focus on western literature only.Territories are similar to limitations and exist in our minds mainly.
There territories all over set to bound us for reasons best known to the victims and their proprietors.
According to the modern way of life,  territories serves as an excuse to separate, hide, prevent free interactive situations between subjects or even prevent explorations. wrapped up to cunningly promote classifications, create fear, inflict rules, impose governance, create identities and show indifference and weakness.
I do agree it still holds a lot of importance to the modern world in terms of security and sovereignty. But does it stop the insecurities or prevent sovereign countries from outside interference? Do the people who create territories know this? Are the subjects aware of this? Look at the word terrorism, does it hold relations to territory? Are territories terrible? Do territories terrify us? If the answer is yes, why don’t they change or openly criticize it?  Is it because the set territories prevent them from doing so?
People spend their lifetime building setting up territories. This happens first in our brains for it to happen physically. Someone once said, that we trade our freedom for security illusions.
This got me mixed up, we fight for freedom, yet we set territories in our daily life? how can we be free to be anything, with territories set in our minds? How does that work?
How can we be good writers and readers if we cannot open our territories to new skills and work a relationship in writing and reading or rather be anything else? We want to be a united global society how can we attain that with territories all over?
How could I post about this topic or find it,  if I did not break from my territory?  How could I start learning how to write if I did not break from my territory? How could I post this piece if I did not break from  my territory?
Whats the reason for you not knowing African writers? The reason for the existing refugees? The reason for war, racism or apartheid? Why do we have respect for Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela?  Is it because they fought against mind territories and went a little further to fight for oneness rather than segregation?
Rhetoric question can be an art to if you try it out, like am trying with this first piece. If you loved the piece then u broke a territory in writing I guess…. if u smiled you broke another one. If you liked it another one down, if u comment, down goes another,  But most importantly if u love, accommodate all of God’s creations and respect everyone equally  you are free from all territories! With freedom comes security …
Aim to be a higher man in life that’s how you become secure. that’s how you set up a safe haven, not a territory.
Written by THE KABUTU.
via Daily Prompt: Territory

minders…

by mwaafrikablog

Minders…
As I was growing up in Kenya, KBC was one of the few TV station booming at the time. But that depends on where and when you were born. At that times we used to be sited in the living room, most times waiting or taking supper, my kind of family was privileged to own a TV at that time. Now there was this comedy that really used to crack me up every single episode I watched. Taking into consideration British never disappoint, when it comes to been great at everything they try  doing. They always serve you an iced cake, I say. I know most of y’all have heard this comedy called  ‘mind your language’. Those who dig are most probably smiling by now. Education is an important tool in life. Critics will argue that people did survive without it before? Well that depends on what you term as ‘education’. If you take it as going to school to learn as education, then I bet you are a little bit short of that understanding. But if you take it as part of a growth process, then maybe you have your truth right. The comedy tries to fit this later explanation to a classroom setting. In the comedy, they teach immigrants on how to  live in Britain and survive as law abiding citizens. The humor in it, is the process of eradicating their ‘stupidity’ through  ‘education’ and their teacher realizes unconsciously, he needs to be one with them and weave his part of life with theirs in order for them to learn within themselves how to get by in their probable home in Britain if they passed the citizenship class. This teacher does this unconsciously though but the fact is he does his job pretty well, because it comes from within himself to help such people. If u watched the comedy well, u realize in order to educate his student well, he had to initiate a just relationship with them. This is to enable them learn the basic law and the state of mind of a British citizen in his/her livelihood, however it breaks the rules and regulations that abide with the school system but it was necessary for him. According to his method of teaching, its evident that only his innermost being can teach their innermost being and mind set, through experience and deeper interactions. Taking a minute off course, there  different kind of humors in life by the way, and I guess that’s why the comedy industry is that wide. Now I hope you realize Britain love one specific kind of humor, where they display stupidity as humorous.examples? Mr Bean, the IT Department and the all time best Charlie Chaplin etc. Those Guys really know how to show case humor. Anyway stupidity is my main focus, not comedy. For those who are wondering what my point is, tapping into comedy in relation to education.
Its true education eradicates stupidity call it a high level kind foolishness. With knowledge, stupidity is greatly suppressed. No one in the world can sell you knowledge. So if go to school to teach knowledge or go to learn knowledge, I bet then you are a little bit overestimated. That’s practically impossible, you go to school to acquire required, detailed data for students, or share the same data of-course as a teacher. You buy data that’s what you pay fees for, those who share data get paid also for that. The reason why both bad and good teachers still get paid and why there different kinds of schools offering education for different prices. In order to be a  real teacher by calling, you need to be good at sharing data in a simple, understandable way. In order to be a good students u need to be good at converting data to useful information. Going to expensive schools wont grantee your education or getting the highest payment doesn’t make you a good teacher. Literacy is not acquired only school, right? . U cannot call someone who has attend school well educated but maybe a well informed person can apply. U can hold a doctorate degree and still be stupid in deeds. The only difference is the level of  stupidity. The higher you are informed the higher your stupidity level because all the information you have is not positively impacting you. Maybe that’s the reason why some of the people who rise to wealth through school achievements, will. Say and oppress and think people with less schooling are inferior to them and are not fit in this world. You see? That’s a stupid thought already.
Been well educated is wide than schooling. It comes with truth beyond us and an understanding about your life beyond human interpretation. Well educated people are basic and still remain exclusive to mass identification. The first act of being educated is acquired by paying attention to life and the realization of the true basic law that is above all laws. This realization is now the first stages of acquiring knowledge. With knowledge you now can filter and gain information either from school or any other place that is of use to you positive and filter fake information. Been well educated brings the postivity out of anything you get your hands in. U don’t need anyone to explain to you how, cause its in the explanation above already. Education is the backbone of growth that’s why it only dies when you die. So where do you get this education?  Critics are waiting to see the approach to that … well we agree its part of growth to every human. Right?  And we y’all know growth manifests itself from within then its effects are displayed to the outside by actions. Take that explanation and fit it as the answer to where you get education, only that this time it happen by own effort to dig within and acknowledge it, for it manifest itself to the physical world. With that understanding from within, everything you learn within that line now becomes education. Someone who is well educated, is that Guy whose actions are always positively inline with himself and other’s interest at heart. Someone who knows who is incharge, who he is and that we are all one. The act of knowing the true facts and abiding to the one law of life (knowledge). True Knowledge gives birth to wisdom. You never find it lying around somewhere or go to buy it from someone,  you discover it from within oneself and in others.industries that grow in diversity,and retain frequent changes still and has an increase in a diversified competition always, can only be due to limitations to offer the exact required products and services or the industry is incompetent or its inability in offering very viable product or services. Well educated people will dig. Well informed only kind of people will analysis and base it logically and all this information will appear non-sense to them… this is meant for the Minders only.
#written by THE KABUTU

ANOTHER MINUTE

by mwaafrikablog

The road to conclusion
…as i was just finishing up on the final part of my first article, which actually  had taken me about 6 hours of deleting, rereading, re correcting phrases, poaching ancient knowledge, getting carried away by inviting tags and adds, plus the normal things that happens to every African trying to focus on completing one specific objective on schedule,   snapping in and out concentration.
But still I managed to get this far but of course not  by my mere human abilities since if it were up to me, I would be probably; still sipping my black sugarless  coffee: which trust me was not exciting to drink, but lets just say, I couldn’t help it: while hard glued to my 14 inch sized screen, going through trending News on Kenya’s favorite blog spots and sites, I’m sure y’all know a couple of them.
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