by Benard Makaa | Oct 19, 2018 | Books, Psychology, What I have learned
Albert Einstein once said, “The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or a hostile universe.” I suspect, he was speaking about our perception and attitude. There were three stone-cutters. Each was chipping away at a large block. A...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 7, 2018 | Culture, Poems
Of their Roses and their colours, Poets may prate, I sing my plain upcountry Ann, In two years, she will be my wife, And become the joy of my life, Blessed Day that I will make her my own. Not a word of her face, her shape, or her eyes, Of flames or boobs shall you...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 2, 2018 | Culture, Philosophy
“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” ― Thomas A. Edison On the occasion of October 2, the day we observe United Nations’ (UN) International Day of...
by Benard Makaa | Sep 29, 2018 | Culture, Health, Philosophy
I have had my own struggles on this journey of becoming a vegetarian. I still succumb to some fish here and then and hopefully will completely overcome. I have had the advantage of reading many biographies/autobiographies of people I admire. My observations, many of...
by Benard Makaa | Sep 18, 2018 | Poems, Stories
Up in some lone football field, In a dark lonesome place, Where the crickets out-chirped, As they made their mating calls. There we met honey babe, And sat on a green bench, That swore to bear our weight, As we sipped our Ksh100 orange juice. You, as...
