You can have a viewpoint that differs from your point of view..
I heard this rumbling behind the wall , indeed from the back of the crowd, saying this can’t be.
It is evident that one’s point of view is definitely shaped by that person's viewpoint. Oh yes! That may be very correct!! If you are in a hurry, you will rush your point of view through every chance that you get ... You may actually refuse or indeed, you may actually even not have the capacity to think on the issues at stake.
The word on the street is that decisions that are made may be shallow or deep ... may be thoughtful or thought-provoking … may be considerate or inconsiderate … may be all inclusive or all non-inclusive… (Hey, see that not being inclusive is not necessarily being exclusive!!).
Some decisions have the propensity to confuse or irritate the recipient, the victim, the standers-by ( oops, the bystanders) or may have the propensity to create happiness and homeliness surrounded by warmth.
Some start slow, like that classmate of mine, and would just breeze through just before the dawn of the prime of life and become stars of the future – not in song but in achievement that is recognised by the community at large.
You don’t have to be famous to take (or is it make?) a sound decision. Indeed any good decision taken can actually propel you to the heights of greatness. You wanna bet?
That is why I see that no matter your place in time and situation, you can have a viewpoint that is reflective of your point of view. Like the coin, you can cohabit on two different sides of the coin but will always move together. you will go into the pocket or the till or the gutter together! gosh, what crudeness!!! The value is the same, they say!!!!
Aha!! It is also true that your decisions that are reflective of your point of view in the subject matter may actually be based on forbidden principles
… but never mind about that… it is said that if you read any law or rule and something is not forbidden, then it is allowed or can be allowed. True or False? Some say neither of the above … why, maybe the questioner is expecting you to say that everything is dependent on the influence or impact of custom, convention and traditions and the general court of public opinion permeating the social atmosphere at the time.
Despite all this, I would still like to have a point of view!! I only pray that it is not rubbish-in-rubbish-out when it is actually relayed.
You too can also maintain your viewpoint!!!
Cheers
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
When You Run, Hiding is Difficult
Sometimes, you wake up thinking - hey, it would be good to.. er.em.... no, no! I think I need to go away for awhile, and then you ask - what at all for? You question yourself , are you or is your system on overload or underload? And you go on to ask yourself again, what kind of question is that? Of course it could be either case.. but you know what?, it could be, just as my friend said today, one of those grey days when you just get back home after a trip outside to bring bread home for the table – ahem! very frustrated…you got hoodwinked there, didn’t you?
And what do you do to get out of that unprotective coat of frustration? Perhaps take a nap, perhaps regroup your senses, perhaps pull out you pocket book to look for that long awaited favour you are owed, perhaps vent your anger on the next thing or person who ventures near you, perhaps close the door and just cry silently but with full tears as bonus?
I tell you what! You could be underloaded. It could even be one of those grey days. It could even be one long story that you cant really share! But yes, like some one said today, it could even be one of those times or seasons where things just don't seem to be working out...
Who cares! Who cares? Yes, who cares!! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!.. Just get out from the dark room, save yourself the agony of the lack of human photosynthesis, enter the bright lights of joy and get yourself to squeeze a nice soft membrane. Its even better if it comes on a Saturday and you can look forward to a night or day on the town. In moderation of course..!!
Be sure to come back clean as a clean and shining trombone. Make that a pipe organ – melodious, to the ear, pleasing to the mind and attractive to the discerning. The chords of music sends a whisper of refreshing calmness to you in your depair and you feel the pull to serve a nation in all the melee..
Just the other day, when I was hearing about this downtrod of a situation, I found that on the side was this smooth head talkative – not exactly clean shaven, not remote controlled but squeezy and thoughtful in all respects and with a forehead that is so shiny that when greased will slide through the barriers with the slickness of a slither walking with his cousin who is more often clean shaven and what a blabber or cacophony of noise they were making.. well, that is why the issue of Pertinence & Relevance comes of as necessary.
I just got a hats-off from a buddy. Whatever that means. Well to me, I have a small reaction because it only means that every day that time passes, a hat can be doffed for the successful pass through.. it also means that once you have a hat, you either must wear it to keep your forehead in the shade and protect it from the vagaries of the harsh environment that is constantly polluted by the white-wash brains of the unwise and the wicked. But I know that for those who care, what we see or what we will see are the fruits of our labour. does that make sense?
Just like compost comes out of rubbish... we can choose to have fermented or composted soil spread on the ground and what you can see is the germination of seeds in an unprecedented manner ..and of course like the wise saying in the great Book says, some will sow wide, some will sow well and some will just be eaten up before they are sown.
So I ask…. After all,.what is an inspiration without perspiration? That is why you must know that running means sweating and sweating means palpitation and palpitation means the heaving chest and the heaving chest means the wheezing sound of your head and the wheezing sound means you can't stay behind the curtain… so why hide?
cheers
And what do you do to get out of that unprotective coat of frustration? Perhaps take a nap, perhaps regroup your senses, perhaps pull out you pocket book to look for that long awaited favour you are owed, perhaps vent your anger on the next thing or person who ventures near you, perhaps close the door and just cry silently but with full tears as bonus?
I tell you what! You could be underloaded. It could even be one of those grey days. It could even be one long story that you cant really share! But yes, like some one said today, it could even be one of those times or seasons where things just don't seem to be working out...
Who cares! Who cares? Yes, who cares!! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!.. Just get out from the dark room, save yourself the agony of the lack of human photosynthesis, enter the bright lights of joy and get yourself to squeeze a nice soft membrane. Its even better if it comes on a Saturday and you can look forward to a night or day on the town. In moderation of course..!!
Be sure to come back clean as a clean and shining trombone. Make that a pipe organ – melodious, to the ear, pleasing to the mind and attractive to the discerning. The chords of music sends a whisper of refreshing calmness to you in your depair and you feel the pull to serve a nation in all the melee..
Just the other day, when I was hearing about this downtrod of a situation, I found that on the side was this smooth head talkative – not exactly clean shaven, not remote controlled but squeezy and thoughtful in all respects and with a forehead that is so shiny that when greased will slide through the barriers with the slickness of a slither walking with his cousin who is more often clean shaven and what a blabber or cacophony of noise they were making.. well, that is why the issue of Pertinence & Relevance comes of as necessary.
I just got a hats-off from a buddy. Whatever that means. Well to me, I have a small reaction because it only means that every day that time passes, a hat can be doffed for the successful pass through.. it also means that once you have a hat, you either must wear it to keep your forehead in the shade and protect it from the vagaries of the harsh environment that is constantly polluted by the white-wash brains of the unwise and the wicked. But I know that for those who care, what we see or what we will see are the fruits of our labour. does that make sense?
Just like compost comes out of rubbish... we can choose to have fermented or composted soil spread on the ground and what you can see is the germination of seeds in an unprecedented manner ..and of course like the wise saying in the great Book says, some will sow wide, some will sow well and some will just be eaten up before they are sown.
So I ask…. After all,.what is an inspiration without perspiration? That is why you must know that running means sweating and sweating means palpitation and palpitation means the heaving chest and the heaving chest means the wheezing sound of your head and the wheezing sound means you can't stay behind the curtain… so why hide?
cheers
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Pertinence & Relevance
what a way to bring out an issue.. one of these days I shall stop wondering if one word that has more than one meanng can make sense if it is used in conjuction with its cousin... that is why I find the notion that an issue that is pertinent is akin to an issue being relevant..
Of course, one does not have to find or prove equivalency simply by counting the letters in each word but take a cue from the book of meaning!!!!
Just speaking this evening with a dear friend of mine, it dawned on me that making sense out of the pattern of life's corridors can also mean making sense of each and every one of the encounters of one's life as you approach them
... Indeed you can say that some of these encounters are mere metaphorical expressions on issues that faces man!!!
At least the pertinence and relevance have no bearing on incontinence of thought but contributes to keeping the centre stage right in the middle
When the sundown on the horizon rings a bell... it pulls a bright light down the spiral of wishes. and we must always wish them well...
cheers
Of course, one does not have to find or prove equivalency simply by counting the letters in each word but take a cue from the book of meaning!!!!
Just speaking this evening with a dear friend of mine, it dawned on me that making sense out of the pattern of life's corridors can also mean making sense of each and every one of the encounters of one's life as you approach them
... Indeed you can say that some of these encounters are mere metaphorical expressions on issues that faces man!!!
At least the pertinence and relevance have no bearing on incontinence of thought but contributes to keeping the centre stage right in the middle
When the sundown on the horizon rings a bell... it pulls a bright light down the spiral of wishes. and we must always wish them well...
cheers
The Masses can Move
Isn't this a lovely photo? Its one of my favourites.
You know just the other day, I was driving along the beach road from Tema and it just struck me - the sheer paucity of coconut trees on that stretch of the road. I could actually count them. but contrasting that with the scenic view provided naturally by the sundown on the horizon, I concluded that in the middle of paucity, there sure is hope and a source of pleasantness.
There is a stretch of road that could be improved, where the rules will be obeyed, including the axle loads that have been set, where trees could be planted, where families could enjoy, where fisher folk can apply their trade, where use of the shoreline would recognise that others may come and share in the beauty. There is - in short - a myriad of things that one could do in every situation - but do we? this is actually symptomatic of what I see around me...
Question: How did the coconuts get this few? what poor grammar! let me try again!! why are there so few cocunut trees on a beach previously famed by its numbers.
Here comes the smart answer :-) Through the natural ravages of the strong waves and through the natural actions of the fisherfolk on the beach. hahaha..
What nature can destroy can be saved or repaired but what man in his wisdom destroys cannot be saved because he may not even create the space to let that happen or indeed may not even appreciate that he is the source of the damage or even agree with you that something he has done is a prime mover of that problem..
guess what!! we eat the fish, we watch the fisher folk draw their lines in from the sea.. and do you know what they use as their braces? the coconut trees.. Tra la laaa!
So over time a coconut tree is not cut down but "roped down".. so when you approach the cocunut tree, the wounds on the skins - those ridge marks you see on the stem/trunk are all the marks of our nets being drawn in to provide us with fish ... the only thing we don't remember is that once we get our fish, we forget about the ravaging menace to the trees.
Maybe we don't care. Maybe we haven't been schooled to appreciate the problem or may be we have accepted that it is a normal exercise in civic irresponsibility which is the responsibilityof someone else to solve. well you are wrong.
Why? Without those coconuts providing the roots against the ravages of the sea, we have to use rocks to shore up our coast line... and where will the beach be for us to swim??
Which is why, I thought that maybe, just maybe, we will be able to see beyond our noses and have a more comprehensive view of whats around us.
... and lest I forget ...
... Oh dear, it has just been a tumultous remembrance of a day many will both like to remember and forget.. but that is Ghana for you.. our History sometimes teaches us lessons that help us to sometimes wrongly apply our experiences..
When we start thinking about Ghana rather than them and us, you or me, , all this thing called collective effort will not be commercial responsibility saddled upon us but rather grabbed by all of us to create opportunity and the building blocks upon which we can develop and for which we can be remembered by.
What at all is this tendency not to look beyond our noses? there is a bigger world out there..
but who knows - as you step out into the limelight of public opinion, it looks like the thought process are also blinded by the lights. Ouch!!!
The way things should be, we must see that we eat, dream, laugh and shake development - development that brings progress, development that is understood, development that is based on a paradigm that is unambigous, and of course, development that is broad-based. We all stand to gain from that.
What is in your corner of the ring? just a towel and a stool? Look beyond your nose!!
Cuddly and Cosy
The other day I was talking to a dear friend of mine and all I heard was - you should be writing.. guess what my response was... slowly slowy we shall get there... but I do know that if the pointers turn out well, I just might be encouraged to do so...
but what did I do to deserve such an lamentation - of course I dont write that well so how did it all start? just one day in Philadelphia and I have not looked back..
now when you get someone insulting all the time you tend to become reactive like an insulted wounded animal... but oh dear, its not like that at all here.. here its all adoration and adoration..
what at all did I say tonite to my buddy? .. ahem... your man has been keeping you too cuddly and warm you forgot those you know.. Hmmmm.. we are the very people you will meet at the gates of heaven you know... Does this deserve a publishing contract? You tell me!!!
but encouragment might just get one to start moving... else you become and remain like the friends in low places - (apologies to that great musician Garth B )
have a great evening..
(s)he who the cup fits let her/him wear it!!!
but what did I do to deserve such an lamentation - of course I dont write that well so how did it all start? just one day in Philadelphia and I have not looked back..
now when you get someone insulting all the time you tend to become reactive like an insulted wounded animal... but oh dear, its not like that at all here.. here its all adoration and adoration..
what at all did I say tonite to my buddy? .. ahem... your man has been keeping you too cuddly and warm you forgot those you know.. Hmmmm.. we are the very people you will meet at the gates of heaven you know... Does this deserve a publishing contract? You tell me!!!
but encouragment might just get one to start moving... else you become and remain like the friends in low places - (apologies to that great musician Garth B )
have a great evening..
(s)he who the cup fits let her/him wear it!!!
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Subterfuge, Diversions and Translucency
You know it takes courage to take a decision.. Sometimes you experience the subterfuge of underhand dealings that happen not to be criminal in nature but simply sinister in form, expectantly lethal in effect and targeted in focus..
Oh yes! but where is this from? You will not want to know.. !!
Indeed when one comes across this, one wonders whether all the hassle of hiding behind the wall and shouting -or better still - calling out that someone should come and catch you forgetting that you are just behind that wall ...
You know these days, even the thickest of walls can be broken down.. and one will sooner find himself behind a thin veil of deceit and but ironically verbiage or intellectual missteps popularly referred to as intellectual dishonesty.
Well, so what the hell am I talking about? Pardon me for my uncouth language... never mind, its not part of the traits of my lineage.. :-)
It is rare to be the source of a diversion - or better still a diversion for a decision ... I am sure you are asking what on earth is a diversion in this context … it is called managerial swerving when it is deliberately done to ensure that a known trajectory or trajectories of actions is/are deflected from its/their set path.
It would be very surprising if one is not expecting such an action then one has to spend time unraveling the whys and the hows … in this case however, the beauty of it all is that like the battlefield, the anticipation of such action forms part of the skin thickening process that ensures that one is immune or prepared for it ...
…and when you have to stand behind an opaque window afterwards and ask your companion whether he can see the very nice butterfly flying around on the other side of the glass, it becomes patently funny that one will assume that there is such shallowness of thought, such narrowness of mind and such lack of depth in perception that translucency takes on a whole new meaning.....
.... that this world is truly round - except that in this digital age, you only have to be stupid not to be able to decipher what it means to be in the headlines of the paper.
Fortunately, I have had the opportunity to read the headlines.. but I am patient enough to also wait to read the sequel in tomorrow's paper!!!!
So once again I say, subterfuge, diversions and translucency are mere cousins that have a place in meaning but have no place in effectiveness or impact ...
After all, he who has a cupboard full of sand, struggles to keep the door shut because when it all dries up, it might just become like the hour glass – run until it all runs out and all you have to do is probably recognize that time is up or you simply flip it over and await for the next run …
Is there a suspense..? I know there is none!! Is there a sequel? I hope there is one ... I love the movies too … but most importantly - music accompanied by matching lights greatly illuminates and freshens the mind, what is even more important is that music being played must match the mood on the ground - but why should the wires be remotely controlled.
People forget that when the battery runs out, the remote control will work no longer.. that is why there is always the need to buy a sound system that has manual controls so that - just in case - and only just in case - you lose your battery, you can just get up and make your changes with the replacement... else you have to get in your car to go looking for your batteries - and what if the film is a one-off movie, or the shops are all closed? You miss the movie, you lose the time and you gain the inconvenience!!
They say you only get one chance to act stupid before you are labeled as such … so why not act with caution in all that you do..
If you are calculating in your action steps, make sure that, your decision path is not tainted with what you will have to live to regret one day - because you will be left hanging. oh dear subterfuge, diversions and translucency, where art thou?
If you have nothing to do, don’t get it done. If you have nothing to say, don’t let us know.. in this case, silence is only silver...sanctity of mind and purpose is the golden egg that well-meaning people can actually thrive on...
we shall bring that magnifying glass and the pipette and we are sure that simple exposure to sunlight will not only show the bright spots but will cast their shadows on the edges of deceit.
If you care to bother, don’t make friends with subterfuge, diversions and translucency. Check out of a room full of subterfuge, diversions and translucency and you will find a hotel full of subterfuge, diversions and translucency waiting to be discovered for free ... and guess what!! you always have to use subterfuge, diversions and translucency to maintain your subterfuge, diversions and translucency… how long can you keep up this posture.
It will indeed be quite a pleasure to have an above-board, direct and transparently sweet sleep.
Why will you do something to the contrary...?
What a dilemma!!
Cheers
Oh yes! but where is this from? You will not want to know.. !!
Indeed when one comes across this, one wonders whether all the hassle of hiding behind the wall and shouting -or better still - calling out that someone should come and catch you forgetting that you are just behind that wall ...
You know these days, even the thickest of walls can be broken down.. and one will sooner find himself behind a thin veil of deceit and but ironically verbiage or intellectual missteps popularly referred to as intellectual dishonesty.
Well, so what the hell am I talking about? Pardon me for my uncouth language... never mind, its not part of the traits of my lineage.. :-)
It is rare to be the source of a diversion - or better still a diversion for a decision ... I am sure you are asking what on earth is a diversion in this context … it is called managerial swerving when it is deliberately done to ensure that a known trajectory or trajectories of actions is/are deflected from its/their set path.
It would be very surprising if one is not expecting such an action then one has to spend time unraveling the whys and the hows … in this case however, the beauty of it all is that like the battlefield, the anticipation of such action forms part of the skin thickening process that ensures that one is immune or prepared for it ...
…and when you have to stand behind an opaque window afterwards and ask your companion whether he can see the very nice butterfly flying around on the other side of the glass, it becomes patently funny that one will assume that there is such shallowness of thought, such narrowness of mind and such lack of depth in perception that translucency takes on a whole new meaning.....
.... that this world is truly round - except that in this digital age, you only have to be stupid not to be able to decipher what it means to be in the headlines of the paper.
Fortunately, I have had the opportunity to read the headlines.. but I am patient enough to also wait to read the sequel in tomorrow's paper!!!!
So once again I say, subterfuge, diversions and translucency are mere cousins that have a place in meaning but have no place in effectiveness or impact ...
After all, he who has a cupboard full of sand, struggles to keep the door shut because when it all dries up, it might just become like the hour glass – run until it all runs out and all you have to do is probably recognize that time is up or you simply flip it over and await for the next run …
Is there a suspense..? I know there is none!! Is there a sequel? I hope there is one ... I love the movies too … but most importantly - music accompanied by matching lights greatly illuminates and freshens the mind, what is even more important is that music being played must match the mood on the ground - but why should the wires be remotely controlled.
People forget that when the battery runs out, the remote control will work no longer.. that is why there is always the need to buy a sound system that has manual controls so that - just in case - and only just in case - you lose your battery, you can just get up and make your changes with the replacement... else you have to get in your car to go looking for your batteries - and what if the film is a one-off movie, or the shops are all closed? You miss the movie, you lose the time and you gain the inconvenience!!
They say you only get one chance to act stupid before you are labeled as such … so why not act with caution in all that you do..
If you are calculating in your action steps, make sure that, your decision path is not tainted with what you will have to live to regret one day - because you will be left hanging. oh dear subterfuge, diversions and translucency, where art thou?
If you have nothing to do, don’t get it done. If you have nothing to say, don’t let us know.. in this case, silence is only silver...sanctity of mind and purpose is the golden egg that well-meaning people can actually thrive on...
we shall bring that magnifying glass and the pipette and we are sure that simple exposure to sunlight will not only show the bright spots but will cast their shadows on the edges of deceit.
If you care to bother, don’t make friends with subterfuge, diversions and translucency. Check out of a room full of subterfuge, diversions and translucency and you will find a hotel full of subterfuge, diversions and translucency waiting to be discovered for free ... and guess what!! you always have to use subterfuge, diversions and translucency to maintain your subterfuge, diversions and translucency… how long can you keep up this posture.
It will indeed be quite a pleasure to have an above-board, direct and transparently sweet sleep.
Why will you do something to the contrary...?
What a dilemma!!
Cheers
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