Lord Let Me. A Prayer.

Like Miriam, let me sing your praises every day of my life

Like David, let me be a woman after your own heart

Like Caleb, let me yield great fruit and a good report

Like Esther, let me find favor before the rulers of this world

Like Ruth, let me leave everything I know and follow you

Like Daniel, let me stand by you in this broken and dying world

Like my Mother, let me learn to listen to your voice

Like my Father, let me know that you always provide

Like Teacher, let me never panic in this life

Like Tai, let me serve you all the days that I live

And like Jesus, let me do the will for which you sent me to this earth, and to finish it. 

13 Steps to Boost Your Self-Esteem

Nope, these steps don't come from a self-help book. They are from the Sage of Kikuyu, my favorite teacher of all time, a great friend and my mentor, Peter Ayiro! I took these notes on self-esteem in August...I hope you can incorporate them in your life as I endeavor to do in mine.

1.  Hang out with Mr. Ayiro or other person like him? :)
2.  No one can boost or lower your self-esteem until you allow them to
3. Appreciate everybody around you; get used to seeing what’s in other people
4. Genuinely do things for other people
5. Set out to be a blessing to at least one person, everyday
6. Ask yourself what you feed your mind with, because a lot of it goes into your subconscious mind. Take care of what you watch, listen to, read etc.
7. Draw your satisfaction from your own line e.g. I'm a writer, not a painter
8. Make it a habit to genuinely boost the self-esteem of others, although at the end of the day, only they will choose to allow you to do so.
9. Accept that there are things about yourself that you can’t change. Only then can you allow yourself to be vulnerable to people. You can’t be self-sufficient. We all need each other.
10. You’re not that important in this life. You’re just as important as the next person, and even maybe the person next to you is more important than you. When you accept that about yourself, very few things will even bother you.
11. Reach the point where you are at ease even if someone doesn’t say thank you to you, so that whatever else they say shouldn’t matter to you. Essentially, you are not important to them. What they can or can't do shouldn’t matter, because you frame your own world. You wake up everyday and you decide on purpose to have a nice day. Even if you hurt your toe, you still purpose to have a nice day. You wake up in the morning and wear your clothes, and say that the clothes will look good because you are wearing them!
12. Don’t base your life on another person's assessment of you.
13. Let your life be defined by God not by others. Although there are others who can define your life on the basis of the word of God, take care that it’s the people who have the right to do so.

Book of Matthew reloaded

I recently read the Gospel of Matthew in the Message version. It's an awesome translation, and I just want to share some of the amazing words that I highlighted, underlined, and reflected upon. Hope you will do the same as you read them, and also grab yourself a copy of the Message Bible if you can!

chapter 4: 
It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God’s mouth.

chapter 5: 
You’re blessed when you feel that you’ve lost what’s most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.

I’m telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves.

In a word, what I’m saying is Grow Up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God created identity. Live generously and graciously towards others, the way God lives toward you.

chapter 6:
Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. yep, usikawai panic!

chapter 7:
Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them.

chapter 8:
Your cleansed and grateful life, not your words, will bear witness to what I have done.

chapter 10:
Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life—body and soul—in his hands.

If your first concern is to look after yourself, you’ll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you’ll find both yourself and me.

chapter 11:
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you the real rest. Walk with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn how to live freely and lightly.

chapter 17:
Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am.

chapter 20:
No chance at all if you think you can pull it off yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it.

chapter 26:
But please, not what I want. You, what do You want?

The Best Things I've Enjoyed....So Far :)

Best Tea: Oriental Chai Latte

Best Milkshake: Oreo Vanilla Milkshake

Best Meal: Shrimp Goulash and Naan

Best Iced Tea: Thai Iced Tea

Best Hotel Room: Enashipae, Naivasha

Best Hotel Room: Enashipae, Naivasha

BEST HOTEL Room! Enashipae, Naivasha....

Zum Gedächtnis Der Geliebte

Gib mir Dein Schulter Herr
Lass mich Deinem Thron nähern
Verhüll mich mit Deinem Flügel
Ich weine mich bei Dir aus

Obwohl sie bei Dir ist
Ist sie noch in meinem Herzen
In meinem Gedächtnis
Von Sonnenaufgang bis Sonnenuntergang
Von Ewigkeit bis Ewigkeit

So viele sind bei Dir Schöpfer
Viele die noch nicht die Welt schmeckten
Mein Herz trauert
Meine Augen röten sich

So gib mir Dein Schulter Herr
Lass mich Deinem Thron nähern
Verhüll mich mit Deinem Flügel
Ich weine mich bei Dir aus

Diese Stadt ist soo seltsam...3 Photos von Prague

Thai Massages

Cannabis

Seltsame alkoholische Getränke...ja, drin sind Würmer (worms)

Du (_______)

Du,
Als ich geboren wurde,
Warst Du da.
Als die Luft mir zum ersten Mal hineinging,
Zeugtest Du alles
Papa war nicht bei mir
Aber du warst nah
Du schautest mich in den Augen an,
Bestätigtest dass ich gesund war.
Doch war mein Geburt hart und anstrengend,
Als ob es meine Zukunft voraussagte.
Aber für die eitlen Stunden,
Als die Welt mich empfing,
warst Du da!

Du erzählte mir von Gott
Dein Leben einen Beweis seiner Liebe
Nie vergass ich,
Wie Gott mich liebt.
Du gingest dann weg
Dich um deine eigene Familie zu kümmern
Nur ab und zu sah ich Dich
Aber zwanzig Jahre später,
Erinnerte ich mich noch an Deine Worten
Deine Ratschläge
Deine Liebe für Gott
Ich armte Dich jeder Tag nach
Ja, Du warst noch da!


Die Krankheit kam behindig und unerwartet,
Und plötzlich wurde ich zum Himmel berufen.
An meinem letzten Tag auf der Erde,
Wäschtest Du mein müdes Körper
Als ich eiskalt auf meinem letzten Bett lag,
Kleidetest Du mich ein Hochzeitskleid.
Als Zeichen eines glücklichen Tages,
Die ich nie mehr hätte besitzen können
Zwanzig Jahre später warst Du noch da
Während meiner Uraufführung in der Welt
Während meines Abschieds von dem Leben
Doch, _______, Du warst immer da.