by Benard Makaa | Mar 29, 2021 | Philosophy, What I have learned
Many times, we spend time focusing on the trivial with people who contribute nothing but their own self-interest. How do we balance protecting time with protecting relationships? How do we conquer guilt and do what is truly most important? I often read and listen to...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 24, 2021 | Stories, What I have learned
I was ushered to his office at 9.00 am. I was following up on some promotion I had applied for and wanted to know the progress. What I thought would take the utmost 10 minutes turned into 60 minutes of communion. These are some of the best spent minutes of my life...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 18, 2021 | Birthday
by Benard Makaa | Feb 28, 2021 | Birthday
Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme, Oh, teach me what is good, teach me thy safe! Save me from folly, vanity and vice, From every low pursuit, and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss! ...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 8, 2021 | Poems
Sometimes I get to thinking of the future, You swore to me that your grace would last, You have kept right on loving without demur, Now I am puffed up, and your grace is too vast. Sometimes I get to thinking of the past, How have waited and suffered through...
