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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

No need to harm my brother

*Barack Obama, a Former President Of United States Had this To Say, Hear Him:* ```When I think of the depth of the grave and the pounds of sand that will be thrown at us, no need to harm my brother.
 When I think of the darkness that will invade the grave after closing, no need to hurt my sister.
 When I think of the heat repressed by the soil and the amount of water that will drown me during the rains in the tomb  I cannot make my neighbor suffer. 
When I think that I will be alone, abandoned by all, I prefer to enjoy communion when I am alive.
When I think that my relationships are mowed by my past, I wish to perfect my future.
If I could be reborn to resume everything from scratch, I would no longer make mistakes in my actions. Because after a long meditation I understood that all is vanity on earth.
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 *May God help us to cultivate humility and love to our neighbors because vanity of vanity, everything is vanity.*

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