PEARLS OF WISDOM & LIFE'S LESSONS

  This week - I have a simple post on our eating habits - specifically how much we eat. Is it really necessary to eat as much as we do every day? Simple but pertinent question! Just because the modern man eats 3 meals a day - does not mean its the right thing to do. Many of us eat 3 meals because we have been programmed from a very young age to partake 3 meals a day with tea and biscuits at 10am and 4pm ... the result: metabolic diseases such as Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity (and resultant complications), Ulcers, Gout - name it! I dare say even many of the Cancers that afflict us are caused by what we ingest since we were born! Let me be curt - our bodies don't need more than a meal day - take this statement to the bank! Yes, place a bet on this statement! I tell you here and now; one meal is all you need - unless wewe ni mtu wa mjengo - then you need only 2 meals in a day --- hio tu ! We have been brought up to eat breakfast, lunch and supper yet our lives have become increasi...

  Begin With the Name of God There is something deeply meaningful about beginning an important task or any task for that matter by remembering God, in the name of God - by putting Him first - " Mungu Mbele ." Many people have different ways of acknowledging the Divine before they begin their work. The words may be different, the prayers may be different, and the understanding of God may differ—but the underlying message is the same: we are not self-sufficient at all, and what we do in our life governs our wellbeing and our destiny. Therefore how you and I start that action or deed or word or thought totally matters - and hence IN THE NAME OF GOD! To begin in the name of God is to pause for a moment before we act. It reminds us that our abilities, knowledge, opportunities and even the time we have been given - are gifts . It encourages humility: I will do my best, but I recognise that I am not the ultimate source of everything. It also gives purpose to our actions. When we beg...

  God Almighty is so so great - that we cannot fathom His majesty with human senses or human perception or human measurement of any kind. The dimensions we live in, the senses we possess and the knowledge we have accumulated over the few millennia we have been around - are but an iota of what God is! This short paragraph doesn't do justice enough for this vast topic - but it is a deliberate statement to set the tone for this week's short blog to help us live more purposefully. Our relationship with Almighty God has one umbilical cord - PRAYER. Prayer is our communication with God Almighty. Prayer is the rope that that binds us to Him and strengthens our faith in Him. So, without prayer the link is severed and faith dies! Thus, prayer is as basic a requirement and necessity as food or breathing or life itself! Prayer is what differentiates a believing person from a non-believing person. Anyone who believes in God will pray, must pray, ought to pray and has no choice but to pray ...

 14AUGUST2026 Welcome All, This is the first of a series of blogs which I hope to do regularly - on earthly matters to improve our lives. Maybe on a daily basis or maybe on a weekly basis. The aim is to share my life experiences on improving the quality of our lives. So, this is not meant to be a tutorial or lecture. Rather, it's shared experiences of what works for me - and may work for you too. It also serves as a reminder to me and to those who already know and have had similar experiences and teachings work for them in their daily grind to live a fuller, fruitful and more meaningful life. So, here goes! So, I regularly urge myself to do everything legit that I do - I do it mindfully. So, when I pray; I constantly remind myself that I am in the presence of the Almighty and thus I must keep my mind to praying to Him - without my mind and concentration wandering off to mundane daily matters. I know it is difficult and requires years of practice. But there is no better time to star...