This week I thought I’d share one of my poems with you. It is in my book, ‘Poems for life.’
Today I’m twenty
My joy more than plenty
Praising the Lord my only desire
Worshipping Him till I retire
For great has been His work my life throughout
In sent blessings never left out
Lord
Keeper of thy Word
I believe
Great is thy love
They said mine was death
But from your life’s depth
Mine was your breath
The breath of life
For all my life
And still, you left me forgotten not
For my record is more than a note
In my infancy, your hand stroke me
In your love you embraced me
Well fed was l
So much under your eye
You watched me grow
And never let me astray go
With you, I learnt all
Not so great was my fall
For beside me you stood
My pain you understood
You stretched out your hand to me
I came crawling on my bleeding knee
You lifted me up
Reassured me that my time was not yet up
My head laid on your boson I wept
In the comfort of your embrace I slept
The time I awoke
You spoke
Your words comforted me
Your words encouraged me
Accompanying them was a new hope
For one day I shall surely hope
For it was in my childhood
You visited my hood
From down on my knees you lifted me up to my feet
I now know the street
I walk
I talk
Blessings throughout my life overflow
No longer is mine the floor
Mine is a pulpit
Where none of life’s problems is spilt
From there a joyful song I shall sing
To the world declare what I have seen
Yours is love
You are not going to leave me this way half
Yours is patience
Always right is your time of performance
Yours is all
To you forever will be my call
Be Inspired.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
The Power of Seeing Beyond the Immediate
When was the last time you came across a person who refused business in order to preserve the integrity of his business?
Last Wednesday, at the dry cleaners, I met a man who wanted to drop off some clothes. “Sorry, we’ve been closed the whole afternoon and we’re not taking any more clothes today,” said the owner of the business.
“Why?” asked the confused customer.
“We already have three basketfuls of clothes and my workers are already working overtime. So, if we accept any more clothes we won’t be able to manage. We usually offer same-day-service but now we’re telling our customers to come within the next 24-hours.”
When the man who’d brought his clothes tried to plead with the owner of the business to accept his clothes, he said, “Sorry, there’s nothing that I can do to help you. If I accept any more clothes and fail to clean them on time, you (my customers) will be the first to complain. Maybe if you try us tomorrow morning, we might be taking a bit more clothes.”
I marveled at this businessman as I left the dry cleaners that day.
I have been to a number of dry cleaners in and around the city. Most of them promise you that your clothes will be ready in three days but always seem to delay. What’s worse, most of them are indifferent about it. “But you said that I can collect my clothes today,” you may try to protest. “There must be a lot of clothes at the factory… I think your clothes will only be ready for collection the day after tomorrow,” is what the attendant will tell you, showing not the slightest empathy towards your predicament and closing all the options of soliciting any kind of further assistance from them.
The next time you want to take something to the dry cleaners which of the two would you approach?
Of cause, you would approach the former. Why the former? Because he was willing to loose business in order to maintain his integrity --- he did not promise you what he knows he cannot deliver so you are now ready to trust him.
On the other hand, the later did business with you but failed to live up to their promise. So, the next time you have anything that you want dry cleaned you won’t take it to them.
Do you see how when you can see beyond the immediate you can draw people to yourself? Not necessarily by giving them what they want, but by being honest with them.
Be Inspired and don’t forget to pass on the inspiration to those you love.
Be Inspired.
Last Wednesday, at the dry cleaners, I met a man who wanted to drop off some clothes. “Sorry, we’ve been closed the whole afternoon and we’re not taking any more clothes today,” said the owner of the business.
“Why?” asked the confused customer.
“We already have three basketfuls of clothes and my workers are already working overtime. So, if we accept any more clothes we won’t be able to manage. We usually offer same-day-service but now we’re telling our customers to come within the next 24-hours.”
When the man who’d brought his clothes tried to plead with the owner of the business to accept his clothes, he said, “Sorry, there’s nothing that I can do to help you. If I accept any more clothes and fail to clean them on time, you (my customers) will be the first to complain. Maybe if you try us tomorrow morning, we might be taking a bit more clothes.”
I marveled at this businessman as I left the dry cleaners that day.
I have been to a number of dry cleaners in and around the city. Most of them promise you that your clothes will be ready in three days but always seem to delay. What’s worse, most of them are indifferent about it. “But you said that I can collect my clothes today,” you may try to protest. “There must be a lot of clothes at the factory… I think your clothes will only be ready for collection the day after tomorrow,” is what the attendant will tell you, showing not the slightest empathy towards your predicament and closing all the options of soliciting any kind of further assistance from them.
The next time you want to take something to the dry cleaners which of the two would you approach?
Of cause, you would approach the former. Why the former? Because he was willing to loose business in order to maintain his integrity --- he did not promise you what he knows he cannot deliver so you are now ready to trust him.
On the other hand, the later did business with you but failed to live up to their promise. So, the next time you have anything that you want dry cleaned you won’t take it to them.
Do you see how when you can see beyond the immediate you can draw people to yourself? Not necessarily by giving them what they want, but by being honest with them.
Be Inspired and don’t forget to pass on the inspiration to those you love.
Be Inspired.
Monday, August 6, 2007
The Way to Life!
If you take a holistic look at life what you’ll see is that it is a composite of a number of components: spiritual, financial, health, home and family, mental as well as recreation. These components are what make up the wheel of life.
The problem that we have as human beings is not so much in identifying the wheel of life; it is having a balanced wheel of life. A balanced wheel of life refers to a life where all the components of life (spiritual, financial, health, home and family, mental and recreation) are given attention, without neglecting or putting too much attention to any one of them.
You might be wondering why it is difficult for you and me to have a balanced wheel of life. The reason is that it takes discipline for us to balance the wheel of life and discipline is something that everyone hates!
Even though nobody likes discipline, everybody wants the benefits that come out of discipline.
Nobody wants to give up their candy, ice-cream and other sweet stuff but everyone envies a healthy body. Nobody likes to forgo buying a luxurious car today but everyone wants to have a fortune in the future.
It is not unknown to us that in order to be healthy we need to both exercise and eat healthy food. But we find it hard to do. We need DISCIPLENE to do it.
It is also not unknown to us that in order to build our fortunes we need to save some of the money that we have today. But we find it hard to do. We need DISCIPLENE to do it.
Looking at these things we see that the corrections of discipline are the way of life. [Proverbs 6:23]
Be Inspired.
The problem that we have as human beings is not so much in identifying the wheel of life; it is having a balanced wheel of life. A balanced wheel of life refers to a life where all the components of life (spiritual, financial, health, home and family, mental and recreation) are given attention, without neglecting or putting too much attention to any one of them.
You might be wondering why it is difficult for you and me to have a balanced wheel of life. The reason is that it takes discipline for us to balance the wheel of life and discipline is something that everyone hates!
Even though nobody likes discipline, everybody wants the benefits that come out of discipline.
Nobody wants to give up their candy, ice-cream and other sweet stuff but everyone envies a healthy body. Nobody likes to forgo buying a luxurious car today but everyone wants to have a fortune in the future.
It is not unknown to us that in order to be healthy we need to both exercise and eat healthy food. But we find it hard to do. We need DISCIPLENE to do it.
It is also not unknown to us that in order to build our fortunes we need to save some of the money that we have today. But we find it hard to do. We need DISCIPLENE to do it.
Looking at these things we see that the corrections of discipline are the way of life. [Proverbs 6:23]
Be Inspired.
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