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TO LIVE OR TO DIE

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

Wrath of Athena

the-wrath-of-medusa-from.jpg This is a tale of Lyssa A woman scorned They put molly in her drink During Fresher's Night Gang raped her Left a virus in her 19 year-old body She has infected 324 men already Lawyers, lecturers, rappers College-mates, her friends' boyfriends Her target is 2000 Lyssa loved and trusted Licked, sucked Cooked, cleaned Tried to please Still he left Got married To some other ugly friend of hers Lyssa now makes phone calls At night And threatens his wife She tags him in her naked photos She wants to ruin his marriage That bastard should know how it feels To be lonely and heartbroken Lyssa lost her job Because she refused a quickie On the office table Nice house, car and business She is doing well at least But she hates marriage and kids She has a son An asset to child support She has conned at least 5 businessmen And ruined careers of politicians Who were foolish to think She was in love She wants them to plead Beg in court What right do they have To ruin lives And live happily? Lyssa is not the type That responds to calls after a one night stand Being in love with her Is your problem Not hers Lyssa fakes pregnancies Just to enjoy the looks On the faces of these idiots Who reason with their balls But Lyssa has scars She cries sometimes Because she is growing old The bitterness in her soul Is eating her up Would Lyssa learn to forgive? No. That is a weakness. She says. *Lyssa is Greek goddess of revenge.

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