love....

1 Corinthians 13:1~.......

 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.


If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.


If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,but do not have love, I gain nothing.


For Love is patient,  


Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.


Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 


Love never fails. 


But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.For we know in part and we prophesy in part,but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.


When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.


For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.


And now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love.


But the greatest of these is LOVE.

Ave Maria

 This song,Ave Maria by Beyoncey has been on my playlist and on replay for the better part of this week...for some reason it keeps playing in my head,eked somewhere at the back of my mind....and has gotten stuck in my heart.I don't know why,.......maybe its that part of me that longs to have to someone to whom i can tell words of this song,maybe its the desire to not only sing them but to mean them and hold them dear because they remind me of that certain someone. Maybe its because of the way she brings out the message in the song.......seriously i don't know why.....i keep wondering why she decided to call it Ave Maria.....
     


She was lost in so many different ways
Out in the darkness with no guide
I know the cost of a losing hand
Never thought the grace of God go high


I found heaven on earth
You were my last, my first
And then I hear this voice inside
Ave Maria


I've been alone when I'm surrounded by friends
How could the silence be so loud?
But I still go home knowing that I've got you
There's only us when the lights go down


You are my heaven on earth
You are my hunger, my thirst
I always hear this voice inside
Singing Ave Maria


Sometimes love can come and pass you by
While your busy making plans
Suddenly hit you and then you realize
It's out of your hands, baby you got to understand


You are my heaven on earth
You are my last, my first
And then I hear this voice inside
Ave Maria, Ave Maria, Ave Maria


i don't know so much as to why..all i do know is that i loooooove it!!!

ALONE

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

- Charles Caleb Colton

 Funny how things change,how people change and i am just left wondering where all the familiar faces,pretty smiles and laughs that i was really fond of dis-appeared to.Whatever happened to friends forever?whatever happened to true love but most importantly whatever happened to friendship? Did we all grow up too soon? or did we just get too ambitious,entangled ourselves in the chase for success,wealth and fame that we forgot how to love genuinely?or did we all just catch an 'Ego Flu'? where all of us got so much pride that we'd rather loose friendships instead of just apologizing when we do wrong,or did we all just become self sufficient where we felt that we enough only for ourselves,got that feeling of i don't need no one else to get by?....Truth be told,i miss those days when life was warm and friendly,when no one thought of only themselves,when friendships were true and golden.Now all we do is hide behind fake smiles and hellos,embrace each other with cold hugs and betrayal kisses like that of Judas.....It has reached a point where I'd rather be alone,all by myself,to myself and for my self,at least i know I'm real,at least i know i cant stab myself on the back,at least i know i cant gossip or talk trash about myself,at least i know i can depend on myself,at least i know i can always count on myself.They say 'better safe than sorry',i must admit i learned that the hard way.I have always been a happy person,full of cheer and love...i love laughing and talking,i can do that all night and not get tired,i loved all of this when they were and not blemished.i loved them when they did not seem like so much of a task....but now,I'd rather just be alone...switch off my phone,sit on the couch with a good series or movie or a good book and just for that moment forget how cold this world and the people in it are...by myself and my thoughts!!This for me,is BLISS....never thought I'd ever love being alone,but for now and until further notice,maybe till when i learn how to trust and care again or when i also learn this new life tactics that some people have perfected.....then i can open up again......It ain't all that bad though,i can still give a plastic smile,a cold kiss and a fake embrace!!!!!


 The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

- Thomas Wolfe

A TOAST

I make a toast to all beautiful women out there who have enough courage to become mothers;,

to all those women who are a safe and strong fortress for their children,

to those women who work evryday to provide and educate their children and never getting weary,

to all the women who sacrifice their comfort and luxury just to afford their children the very best in life,

to all those women who bear the brunt of abusive n broken marriages because they believe its best for their children,

to all those children who grow up in such families and learn how to adopt to such environments...,

To all the daughters of women who devote their heart and loyalty to love only to have it broken to bits,

to those who endure gracefully and eventually learn how to trust again,

to all the ladies who have to move mountains to get what they want or deserve,

to all those who get up after falling n failing, dust themselves up,hold their head up high and walk again...,

to all those who STILL believe in a higher being despite doubting so many times,I SALUTE YOU!!

 

 this woman,i love her with my whole being........and i'll be forever indebted to her!!!May the Good Lord always keep watch over her,....

            love Nyambura

Food for Thought

 This is a story i read way back....i love sharing it because i felt like the person telling it was talking to me...over the years it has helped me a great deal in learning how to deal with different people,how to appreciate them and most importantly how to look for good in them that is beyond their outward appearance.Now everywhere i go, i see a world full of beautiful people with beautiful souls and pretty smiles.Its no wonder i smile so often!!!

                   love,

                       Nyambura.


A man was exploring caves by the seashore.He found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls.They did not look like much,but they intrigued him,so he took the bag with him.As he stroled along ,he would throw the balls into the ocean one at a time as far as he could.He thought little about it untill he drop one on a rock and it craked open,inside was a beautiful,precious stone!Excited,he started to open the few remaining clay balls.Each contained a similar treasure.Then it struck him,he had been at the beach for a long time,he had thrown away so much of this priceless n precious treasures!


Its like this with most of us,we look at someone,mayb even ourselves,and we see the external clay vessel.it does not look like much from the outside.Its not always beautiful or sparklin,so we discount it.They seem less important,compared with more wealthier or beautiful or stylish people.We forget to take time to find the treasures that are hidden deep within them.But if take time and ask God to show us that person the way he sees them,the clay starts to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine fourth....


May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we've thrown away fortunes in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay!


I am so blessed because of all my frends;y'all my precious,priceless n beautiful GEMS!!!

HAPPY

its just amazing how I've managed to stay happy lately...i don't allow anything or anyone to put me down or bring a sadness in my life.I've learnt how to let such things slide by easily.Even more, I've realized that my happiness shouldn't be dependent on other people and what they do for me;it should always radiate form deep within me...so i pray for a joy that's always overflowing!!That's the best gift i can give myself!


Looking forward to better days....