Diary of a Wanderer

Category: Inspiration

  • Do we really need all this time? —Opinion piece – 6

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    I have come to realize some thing that sounds a bit controversial, a point in my life where I am unlearning things I’ve made myself believe for so long. I used to be obsessed with longevity, always working out to stay fit, hoping to live longer (there is certainly nothing wrong with staying physically healthy).…

  • Live

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    LiveDon’t be a cowardRecoiling every timeYou’re struckYou’re hitYou’re sunkPushEmergeHit back, hit hardRefuse to remain underDon’t let them knock offThat smile, that shineDon’t let them dampenYour indomitable spiritYour optimism Stand tallFor agesBe consistently youNo matter what they do to youBe kind, full of smilesAlways extending a hand to the needyA hand to thoseWho have no one…

  • Seasons are time-bound

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    Green fields, despite droughtsFields green entire townsDream big, despite doubtsBig dreams invite tauntsThis wound is time-boundSeasons are time-bound

  • Take a deep breath

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    Sometimes we try to read meanings into many things that happen to us. Oh, the unusual way we met that old friend? That must be a sign. Or the way an incident occurred thrice on the same date in three years, that is definitely a miracle. We think the way our name rhymes with that…

  • The Outcast (Page 28)

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    It wasn’t long before our luxurious life in the city started dwindling. It started with our driver. They said he had attitude. Or perhaps our parents couldn’t afford keeping him any longer. What does it matter? The dog wasn’t liked. Did it matter what bad name he was given or what river he going to…

  • New Day, New beginning

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    Like children learning to walk, we fall, rise, fall again before finally finding our feet. Nobody beats a child for attempting to walk and not doing so perfectly on the first try. Why are we sometimes hard on ourselves for mistakes we’ve made? Learn. Move on. And promise yourself to do better next time. Today…

  • Be in constant motion

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    Life is a test. A test of principles. A test of philosophies. A test of character. No matter how hard a boxer trains, it is only in the ring that he can truly assess the quality of his training. The only way to see the weakness in the sermons you preach is by living them.…

  • Festival of dreams

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    Inhabitants of villages in the darknessof a dark continentof black peoplewith dark hopesin the city of lights for the first timethe mesmerizing effectsmake a people feel guiltyfor staining the bedazzling sightwith their inferior skin and identitythey wonderif there’s space in the lightfor the blacksomewhere in the massesstands a little black boyblind to critics, racists,politricks,politics,  and…

  • Eighteen Long Years ( Published at MasticadoresUSA )

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    I am pleased to announce that my poem “Eighteen Long Years” has been published at MasticadoresUSA. I would like to thank Gabriella Marie Milton and the team at MasticadoresUSA for showcasing my piece. Special thanks to Grace Y. Estevez ( GraceoftheSun ) Here’s the link to the poem: https://wp.me/pbttrx-18O

  • A boat of ghosts

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    Whatever you’ve mastered, it has its limits. There comes a point in your journey where you feel like a child. As if all the knowledge you’ve acquired is nothing, some sort of child play you’ve been doing all along, deceiving yourself that you are the best. It takes humility to sit, under the feet of…

  • Tips for runners

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    You will rise one day. And when you do, people will envy you. They won’t remember your sleepless nights, days of starvation, days you’ve been broke. All they will see, will be the comfort that seemed to have come to you so easily and how disadvantaged they are, to just sit and stare. Not all…

  • Talent Management

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    I know a rapper who was so talented that I couldn’t believe there will be any point in his music career where his popularity would wane. Unfortunately, he’s begun falling gradually and I was so sad to see it. To me, the problem is mentorship. When artists get to that point where they are managers…

  • No Limit

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    Sometimes getting some things done is like getting unto  a moving bus. The longer you wait, the more speed the bus picks up. And there are certain buses once you miss, you might as well give up on wherever you think you are going. What sometimes keeps you from implementing  very good ideas you come…

  • Recycled Clown

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    Mistakes are like unplanned pregnancies. The womb does not discriminate which child to contain and which one to reject on the basis that it was by accident. The womb gives equal care to all because whether by accident or by choice, every unborn child has the potential to grow into a full human, without any…

  • What interpretations do you assign to your problems?

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    Our interpretations of our problems, life experiences and circumstances in which we find ourselves are prophetic. Do you assume you are under a curse or paying for past sins when you are going through difficulties? Think positive. Say positive things about yourself. Speak positive things into your circumstances. Prophesy great things over your life. You…

  • Risks run the city

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    Take more risks. It is the gateway to growth and expansion.You may tailor it to the size of your faith and rename it as calculated risks, but take it anyway. What is a life without much to look back on and laugh? What is a personality without occasionally throwing neatness and decency out the window…

  • Wealth is a mindset

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    Wealth is a mindset. It has absolutely nothing to do with assets or the amount of money in your pocket. Think of whatever you have ever acquired as your marbles on a checkerboard. If you are not smart enough, you will lose it all to your opponent. That opponent can be the tendency to compare…

  • Learn to disappoint people

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    Promise nothing. Someone wants to know if you can make time to teach them English. Say NO. You don’t have time. Another wants to know if you could visit their church on Sunday. NO. You will be at your own church on Sunday. And there’s one old man who gives you a number to contact.…

  • Play to be remembered

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    Pay attention to the things that fascinate you. Pay attention to the things that greatly inspire you. Pay attention to the things you find mentally-stimulating and thought-provoking. Be curious to find out things for yourself. For every truth out there, we’ve all got to write our own versions and live our interpretations of them. Never…

  • Take Over – An Inspirational piece

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    The next ten years won’t come and meet you in the same place, when it returns to you with posts left vacant by dead soccer maestros, deceased cardio surgeons and business magnates who are no more. It won’t come back to hear excuses of a relationship partner who shattered you, of parents who could not…

  • Burn that schedule

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    You may not understand what I am about to tell you now, but some day, you will. Real life, rich and full of adventures, the kind that makes you wander through life like a playful child- sort of carefree, a life full of positive suspense… Such a life hardly exist in something you plan for…

  • Seasons

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    You are like a tree. If you keep moving from one job to another, from one church to another, from one country to another, from one relationship to another or switching businesses every now and then, you won’t give yourself the opportunity to grow. Give everything a chance. Give that relationship a chance. Give that…

  • Patience

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    A farmer has a cutlass in hand, before him stretches of grass to be mowed. The heat from the sun is enervating, yet he pays no attention. He pays no attention, to his aching back and waist. He is not discouraged by the little work done so far as against the vast unfinished job ahead.…

  • I have a dream

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    I want to become so wealthy that when anyone in my generation look ahead into the future, it will be impossible to see someone surpassing me in wealth and fame. I do not want to be only famous, I also want to be highly respected. That is why I want to engage in respectable means…

  • Audacity and Legacies

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    They will say you are unrealistic. They will say you are young and one of these days, hunger will wake you up to the hash realities of life and you will soon forget your hallucinations of ‘big dreams’. They will associate pride with your ambitious spirit. Let them. Dogs are barking. Throw no stone. Continue…

  • Play to be remembered

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    Pay attention to the things that fascinate you. Pay attention to the things that greatly inspire you. Pay attention to the things you find mentally-stimulating and thought-provoking. Be curious to find out things for yourself. For every truth out there, we’ve all got to write our own versions and live our interpretations of them. Never…

  • Master Key

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    “You like learning all the time,” my course mates told me. Unknown to them, I had a weakness: I easily forget something I had just looked at. That meant I had to study for longer hours than usual to retain the contents of whatever I was reading. Despite this weakness, I graduated from the University…

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