By Dr Paul Bundi Human beings are endowed with remarkable resilience, which can only be broken when they choose to give up. Says Viktor Frankl in his seminal book, Man's Search for Meaning; ''it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future-sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in thd most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.'' Man's life is primarily driven by the desire for future, the unshakable belief that the future holds promise. We invariably cease to live when we think we have hit a dead end, or that there's nothing more to be had by living. Theoretically, there is no limit to man's achievement, and that is what drives men to wake up and strive day after day. The opposite is spiritual, psychological death, which manifests way ahead of physical death. Lesson? Losing today doesn't mean losing always. You can lose 10 times and win the 11th time. Or, you...
NOT A GAIN COMRADES Hate leaflets are being circulated in Tinderet sub-county asking members of one community to leave the area. The leaflets, written in Kiswahili, warn the community to vacate within a week or else their property would be looted. One such leaflet addressed to Ms Wanjiru Joyce, says: “Please, leave within one week with your children or else you lose everything.” It accuses Ms Wanjiru and her colleagues of threatening to have a local chief and assistant chief sacked. INVESTIGATIONS The leaflets also accuse members of the community of receiving Sh400,000 for internally displaced persons while the host community was left out. Nandi County Commissioner Matilda Sakwa said investigations were under way to establish those behind the hate messages. She said a suspect had fled to Mombasa on realising that detectives were after him. The commissioner assured various communities in Tinderet that the government would not allow any person to cause tension among residents.by Koech Joseph via facebook
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