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New Year Ramblings…

04 Jan

I’m not your typical ‘where’s-the-next-show-at’ kind of guy. In fact, sleep , zuma and good movies are to me what the Accra Int Conf Center is to an outing junkie or beer is to a bum. This Christmas break, I had loads of them (sleep, zuma, movies) plus a John Grisham! Tingly sensations engulfed me as I turned each page of ‘The Broker’,  and as I savored each twist of story-telling genius, I resolved to cultivate the kind of discipline required to be consistent with updating Goldinwords and finishing AVR (The Agency Vrs the Republic- you know about that right?) in grand style.

I’m not too much into resolutions too, maybe I’m afraid of disappointing myself, maybe I find them a bit cliché. I mean come on people, what’s the success rate of previous years and what’s going to happen if your resolutions contradict God’s plans for your life? Imagine if God’s plan is for you to become an evangelist but you’ve resolved this year to know your hip hop better so you can be a better DJ at upcoming engagements and weddings (a rather booming industry in GH now).

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My Success, Your Disappointment

25 Nov

If you’ve experienced a significant transformation in your life, this is the kind of poem you will identify with. For example with me, I used to be vertically challenged when I was little. Given, I’m not the tallest guy in the room now but I’ve certainly exceeded the height expectations of many, and that is without standing on my wallet o, lol.

So yeah, they expected less, now you’ve exceeded those expectations. They (and you yourself could be part of the ‘they’), thought you’d be hopeless, but see how your future’s shaping up. See how you’re forging on from that seemingly irrecoverable disappointment. So this is your in-your-face speech. Enjoy.

 

My success, Your Disappointment


Before, I was trapped in a boring hard shell,

Now I can’t even see earth from my high flight route.

You mocked my million legs, ugly fur and spineless body

I patiently waited for time to pass, and I morphed into a flying beauty,

Now I’m so pretty they use my pics for postcards and writing pads.

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Limitless Possibilities –strictly spiritual

14 Oct

I’ve transformed. In the past few weeks that I entered the ultimate wit-testing, creativity-demanding competition, I’ve seen barriers dissolve into mirages. Today, I want to infect you with that.

You know I love small poles right? The kind of soccer you play with nothing but amateur skills and willing neighbors. Well, afterwards, all four of us got talking. The highlight of our talk centered on the reality of occultist backing to music and business moguls. Then I thought aloud; as Christians, why can’t we invoke the Holy Spirit into our plans and dreams? Why can’t we chant some Psalms at midnight? Why can’t we sacrifice some cash in the offertory basket? The others do it, but to an inferior spiritual backing, so why can’t we do it to the Author and Finisher of fates?

Is it because he’s so available? If God resided hours away in some virgin forest, would that have made the pursuit of Him more worthwhile? Is it because he is so accessible? If God could only be spoken with after severe body cuts, bloodshed and sacrifices, would that have influenced our opinion of how potent he is? Is it because of how simple relating with Him is? If God was swathed in a cluster of riddles and mysteries, would that have made a successful understanding of him more significant? Frankly, what do we want? What do you want??!

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To Hell With You!

18 Aug

I’m aiming for something very promising. Every time I fantasize having it and I start getting excited, something tells me not to be too hopeful, that it could go either North or South. Then I tame my excitement, I put a leash on my positive energy, I restrain my imagination till all I’m left with is a half-baked confidence pie.

So yesterday when my fantasies were prepping for another electrifying trip, the reminder returned, and this is what I told it; to hell with you!

So on behalf of everyone with a hope and an expectation, but has a nagging reminder of the possibility of it not actualizing, this’ our anthem, our doubt repellent!

 

To hell with you!

You obnoxious reminder of the possibility of failure,

To hell with you.

You party pooper, fun destroyer,

You pot of cold water,

Pouring yourself over my heated, zealous body

To hell with you.

 

You wave of discouragement

Masquerading as a reality check,

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Me & The Old Testament Boys Boys ii

13 Jul

So me and Solo ‘dems’ are still at the Accra mall food court having our swell convo. Last week, you saw a bit of it, but i didnt get to ask about their heart breaks (o yeah, they had relationship wahala) and what it took for them to be so successful, they tell us this week. And who am i to keep stalling right? So without much i do ado, here you go;

Me: one very important one; Success’ a big deal these days. Guys doing 419 and sakawa. Women doing ashawo and armed robbery. How did you guys manage to get so filthy rich with no back doors?

David: You gotto be ready mehn. When the right time comes, you gotto be ready. Cos with me, I had learnt how to play the harp and fly the sling way before Samuel showed up. When Saul started getting his fits, he sent for me because of my harp-playing skills, not my looks or my anything, but my developed talents. Later when I asked to fight Goliath, I already had some of his trust you know. So you gotto be ready. Obedience to God is a given.

Solomon: True, and you gotto know how to ask for stuff. You must know the person you’re asking something from, know what he’s passionate about and connect your request to his passion, I mean that’s what I did with God. Then you’ve gotto be generous and serious about God’s work. Cos that temple wasn’t easy to build. I gave it my all mehn, and I gave, I was really generous, and I don’t mean that in a naughty way, ask the Queen of Sheeba.

Me: Joe?

Joseph: Well, I guess, in everything you gotto keep your eye on the bigger picture. I mean there were countless times I came close to giving up. I’m an ex-con for crying out loud. But you gotto keep faith. And you’ve gotto believe in God and love Him. Not just for a breakthrough, because if you start to think he’s delaying you either question his omnipotence or his love for you. And that’ll make your relationship with Him, unsustainable. You’ve gotto decide that your allegiance to and love for him is unconditional.

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Me & The Old Testament Boys Boys

05 Jul

Hands up! Anyone who’s wished for the chance to ask Eve why she bit the Apple, or Cane why he killed Abel and lied about it to the Guy who has an eye in every square inch of space.

Hands up, anyone who’s wanted to ask Noah what he’ll have done if the flood never came, or Lot’s wife what she saw before turning into a pillar of salt. Okay, then you’ll envy me when you find out I actually got the chance. No jokes, I did. I really really did. But I just met up with three of them; David, Solomon & Joseph. Our chat was ttiigghhtt!

The twist is, when we met up, they all looked twentyish, irrespective of their chronological appearance in the Good Book. David looked kinda smallish. He had a gentle cut and his loafers, black three-quarter pants and sky-blue lacoste gave him a d-bee look.

Solomon had kept his hair, so it was tied in a pony. He wore a Woodin short-sleeved shirt over black corduroy pants and leather slippers.

Joseph was the finest of them all. He looked like Taio Cruz in a leather jacket with a white undershirt and stunners coming off some motorbike bi.

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The Survivor’s Instincts- A short, moving story.

08 Mar

This is no fiction, it happened just last week here in Accra. When my good friend, Sela told me about it, it made perfect sense that I told you too.

It’s relevant (for the purpose of this story) for you to know that Sela comes from a very prayerful family, but a few months back, her dad suffered a mild stroke. He’s perfectly fine now.

Late Tuesday night Sela’s mom’s phone kept ringing. It was past 10:00pm and the tired mother was sleeping. Concerned that the persistent rings would disturb her mom, Sela picked up the phone to see that the number calling was strange; unlisted. On the next ring, Sela picked the call and rudely tells the man on the line to call some other time; it was late and she wouldn’t wake her mom.

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The Beauty of Dreaming From A 3rd World Country

01 Mar

I have a thought; they call African countries ‘3rd world countries.’ As derogatory as the name may sound, it tells the truth to the extent that we are behind in many things. Like infrastructural development, GDP growth, movie making, technological advancement, military sophistication etc.

You can choose to dwell on the negative connotations the tag comes with. I don’t. I see such a great advantage in being in a third world country. Let me explain;

If you were watching a match that was played three months back, and cataloged in books and newspapers and you had the chance to bet on which team was going to win and why, wouldn’t you be in the perfect position to become a millionaire?

If you know tomorrow’s lottery numbers for sure, wouldn’t that be an advantage? My point is if we are pages (or at worst chapters) behind our European, Asian and American brothers, aren’t we more advantaged because of the chance to study trends and learn from their successes and failures? Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Just Do It- stuck in imaginary mode.

30 Nov

There’s us, as we are now, then there’s a life we day dream about. In it we’re world-acclaimed doctors, super heroes –friends with Batman & Robin-, authorities in finance or the oil & gas industry, best seller novelists et al. We drive porches, support worthy causes, write 6 figure cheques without flinching, come home to the most stunning spouse and gifted children and the world celebrates us.

The hard part isn’t that we aren’t living it yet, or dunno if we ever will, it’s that whenever we watch our favorite movies or flip through celebrity magazines, we see our lives being lived by strangers on a movie set or glossy page. So it makes a lot of sense to ask; why the heck aren’t we doing it? Why aren’t we living it? Why are we still stuck in imaginary mode???!!!! Read the rest of this entry »

 
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The Beauty of Sin- Controversially Spiritual

19 Oct

They are right who say there’s a silver lining in every storm, and an equal or greater good in every bad.  After regularly sinning for twenty something years, it’s only natural that I’ll understand the dynamics of it the more. Recently I’ve realized something quite beautiful about sin that does a lot more good than harm. Before you rush of to quick conclusions, will you allow me to explain myself?

In the past I was discouraged from doing so much good because I always questioned how significant it was from an eternal perspective. I’d think;” how’ll five minutes of shallow worship make any difference to my life as a Christian. If I don’t feel like praying or going to church and I do, am I not just wasting time? Won’t it only count when I’m soooo into it?” Read the rest of this entry »

 
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