“The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one’s self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.” – Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard’s Almanak) The very thought of finding modern truth in ancient wisdom came alive in my mind after I read Jonathan Haidt’s ‘Happiness Hypothesis’. In the book, Mr Haidt examines [...]
Straight from the Heart, Straight to the Point Well, this is a quick blog post that carries so much weight, it’ll be replicated on the Complit Design as well as Green Kenya. Beginning July 6, I took time off because I saw the need to take a completely new approach to running things at Complit [...]
NOTE: This post is the second in my 3-part Valentines Day series, that seeks to take a different approach to Love and Valentines. The first one was Human Becoming: Practical Steps to Self Respect and Compassionate Relationships. “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and [...]
Elie Wiesel First off, the Perils of Indifference is a speech Elie Wiesel gave on 12 April 1999, in Washington, D.C. Elie Wiesel survived the Holocaust at Auschwitz. For this very reason, he is an undisputed authority on what humanity, or better still – the lack of it, really is. He experienced untold crimes against [...]
Lynette Scavo: Hey! Mary-Alice, are you okay? Mary Alice Young: Yes, thank you. I’m fine. Lynette: No, you’re not. I can tell. Please, tell me what’s wrong. Let me save you. Mary Alice: You can’t. Lynette: Why not? Mary Alice: Sweety, we can’t prevent what we can’t predict! Lynette: Isn’t there anything I could do? [...]
Power Up It’s interesting how we rediscover some things. I have previously shared some stories I used to listen to on Family FM’s (now Radio 316) ‘Power Up’, in several notes: In My Prayers Tonight. Shattered Dreams? Well Think Again. Fable The other day, I was reading the Sunday Nation and in Mutahi Ngunyi‘s article, [...]
Real Heroes Go The Extra Mile Over a decade ago when I was in Form Two, Ezra (my desk-mate) wrote a small list of attributes that make one a Real Hero. One of these things was that a real hero goes the extra mile. This weekend, I met this lady who at one time, was [...]
Guest post by PinkM Well, Pete honored me by asking me to guest post on here. No idea what wisdom is expected, but I’ll do my best to be me. A couple of days ago, I did this post on giving and uplifting others in all I do, and a couple of comments prompted this [...]
“The expected is just what keeps us steady, standing, still The expected is just the beginning The unexpected is what changes our lives.” – Meredith Grey (in Grey’s Anatomy Season 3 Episode 13) Have you ever had very great expectations, only to have them nipped in the bud at the eleventh hour? Have you ever [...]
“It was the end of something. It was the beginning, of everything.” -Nokia N Series (The Fourth Screen) TV ad I once read somewhere that every sundown is a challenge. It marks the end of yet another day. The end of something. Unfortunately, that is all we see sometimes. We fail to realize that the [...]
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