Kenya Bitter Truth

1. The more you are in a state of gratitude, the more you will attract things to be grateful for. •Be grateful for what you have, and you’ll end up having more. •Focus on what you don’t have, and you’ll never have enough. 2. Being happy won’t always make you grateful, but being grateful will always make you happy. •It’s nearly impossible to sincerely appreciate a moment and frown about it at the same time. •To be happy right now doesn’t mean you don’t desire more, it means you’re grateful for what you have and patient for what’s yet to come. 3. Gratitude fosters true forgiveness, which is when you can sincerely say, “Thank you for that experience.” •It makes no sense to condemn or regret an important life lesson. •Gratitude makes sense of yesterday, brings peace to the present, and creates a positive vision for tomorrow. 4. You never need more than you have at any given moment. •It has been said that the highest form of prayer is giving thanks. Instead of praying ‘for’ things, give tha...

Once upon a time two brothers, who lived on adjoining farms, fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labour and goods as needed without a conflict. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence. One morning there was a knock on the older brother’s door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter’s tool box. “I’m looking for a few days’ work.” – he said. “Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with?” “Yes.” – said the older brother. “I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That’s my neighbour; in fact, it’s my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I’ll do him one ...

When we are going through times of adversity, It is good to draw back from the emotion for a minute and remember that you have had bad times before, that you have climbed over challenges before, what ever situation you are going through, this is just one moment in time. Know in your heart that 6 months on from here or a year that it may not affect you in quite the same way, you are stronger than you give yourself credit for, you are a survivor, you have all ready learnt along the path of life what it is you need to get you through this trial in your life at this time. Give yourself the time you need to heal, have patience with your self and know that this situation will not last forever, acknowledge that you are a strong person. Do what ever you can to help yourself, if it means taking time out from the situation give yourself that time, talk to some one who has been through the same as you, but remember all is not lost, you will work your way through this situation , just as you have ...

For those who don’t follow golf, William Wordsworth’s run down of it as “a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness,“ would seem apt. But golf is not only a very technically demanding sport; it is also an ideal field to draw out leadership lessons for the workplace. Chipping around that little white, dimpled ball on lush expanses of green has for decades served as a great setting to talk business, network, revel in bonhomie and just lighten up. But many organisations are increasingly borrowing notes from golf on leadership. G Ravindran, former CEO and MD of Strategic Human Resources Management (SHRM) India, says, “Golf encourages character building.Everything from preparation, managing resources and the environment, execution, to decision-making, integrity, handling pressure…you name it. Golf allows unhurried conversations in an open, uninhibited environment.“ Channelling its ambience and essence into the workplace is what enhances office dynamics, feel management gurus. TRUST THE `I...

Stop thinking in extremes. Life simply isn’t black or white – 100% of this or 100% of that – all or nothing. Thinking in extremes like this is a fast way to misery, because negative thinking tends to view any situation that’s less than perfect as being extremely bad. For example: •Rather than the rainstorm slowing down my commute home from work, instead “it wasted my whole evening and ruined my night!” •Instead of my business venture taking a while to gain traction, “it’s never going to work, and it’s going to completely ruin my financial future.” •Rather than just accepting the nervousness of meeting a new group of people, “I know these people are not going to like me.” All or nothing thinking completely misses out the subtle shades in life. It makes us see the future in terms of dramatic disasters, disappointments and catastrophes. Sure, disasters occasionally happen, but contrary to what you many see on the evening news, most of life occurs in a grey area between the extremes of bli...

President Uhuru's son

Here is an inspirational true story of Alex W. Miller, a writer who worked at The Walt Disney Company in his own words . He was the one who wrote a children’s story book entitled “Beyond The River”: For most people, graduation is an exciting day – the culmination of years of hard work. My graduation day… was not. I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to watch our class walk across that stage. But like everyone else in my graduating class, I had watched the economy turn from bad to worse in my senior year. We graduates had degrees, but very limited prospects. Numerous applications had not panned out and I knew that the next day, when my lease ended, I would no longer have a place to call home. The weeks ahead weren’t easy. I gathered up everything I couldn’t carry and put it into storage. Then, because I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities, I packed up my car and drove to Southern California to find w...