Back again

I just can't wait to get back to the wheel again.

I love you Father

I just feel like screaming loud and clear, "I LOVE YOU LORD!"

Time

It's time to take over, no time to waste

Season

To everything there is a season, when the season has come, get up and subdue

Testimony

The firmament and the sky
The sea and the escarpment
The stars, the moon and the sun
Let alone the milky way and the planets
are testimony enough that life is a wonderful  miracle to fathom

The blazing wind and the storm
The rain and the hail
The tornadoes and the earthquakes
They all seem to effortlessly come unannounced
Yet they all have a rhythm
There is a crescendo and a beat they follow
They all testify that life is worth fathoming

Value

It is important to value and appreciate those who positively impacted one's life, time waits for no one, chase it while you still can.

After the Horizon

In the escapades of time
the tunnel oft eclipses the light
Conviction becomes the motivating force
Realities seem to sift through fingures like sand, then water
Time escapes reason
Staring into space
the Horizon keeps calling
there is ever a reason to face tomorrow
for hope hangs on reality after the Horizon
Which keeps shifting as get closer

Tired and huffing
Feet swollen
Bridges destroyed behind
There has to be something better beyond the Horizon
Where Peace unspeakable will be derived from
enjoying the sun and mulberry tree shade
where neighbors sit without tomorrow's cares
awaiting the moon
heralding the morning star
there is everything beyond the horizon

Not an island

It is important to have a sense of belonging

Absolutely

In life there are simply no absolutes, except Divine ones. Setting absolutes as foundations for your life is a sure recipe for self-crash.

Difficult questions

Once in a while one has to ask oneself some difficult questions that others cannot ask one. In that way one gets some progress after intense soul searching and others get answers about one.

Dear shack

Kings are usually born in palaces
Presidents dwell in high places
Rulers oft discuss lofty ideas
The rich strike great deals
They all shut their doors to keep nuances outside,
for within is not everybody's abode
but for the select

But you dear shack
you welcome all, producing the great
Only when they become great do they despise you dear shack
Yet you are ever ready to welcome them back when they do.

Foot prints

We are the architects of our own destinies,
our foot prints are testimonies of where we have been,
may someone in the far distant future,
study our foot prints and
learn what our hearts yearned for.

It is not about fame nor splendour
Not about being spectacular or extra-ordinaire
It is all in the foot prints
It is about a destiny for all

Spectators are not always well wishers
Some are awaiting the downfall
so the air may be filled with gossip

Glad the focus is not on them but on the foot prints
Scattered on the sands of time

Thank you dear foot prints for keeping me company, tell those to come where we have been

Le felleng mo ke tsamayang, ho lahleha ba ba ngata, empa nna ya ntsamaisang ke Jeso, ke mong wa tsela.

Foot prints

In life it is important to leave indelible footprints that you will be proud of when you get a chance and opportunity to reflect back. Footprints that steers the world in better a direction. Though you cannot change the world, you can change your footprints. It is the only thing the next generations will have to remember you with. Leave better foot prints today than you did yesterday. 

Is it worth it

Some things we have to do in this journey of life as assignment are really hard, one can really ask "is it worth it"? You often hear others when they go through trials asking, "why me?". Be that as it may, the wheel of time is not intimidated by circumstances and situations, it spins on all the time; it spins on, yes - it spins on, one step at a time, yet it spins on. Today will be yesterday tomorrow, it spins on. Like the arm of a clock that goes, tik - tik - tik, not missing a tempo, it spins on. May be catch the rhythm as it spins on. Sometimes the mind looses the pace, yet it continues to spin on. Spin on. Spin on. Yes, it spins on. I am glad to be part of the rhythm, at times dancing alone, yet still it spins on. Let us continue spinning on.

KE NAKO

It is time I get the Kiln, the wheel and the roller. That would be enough for starters. Looking forward to exciting moments in the workshop and studio.

GRACE

His Grace is sufficient for us and His Mercies are new everyday, always tender and ready to meet us at our point of need.

Still on the RACE

Ecclesiastes 9:11 "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all".

Each and every personhas got his / her own pocket of challenges, opportunities and challenges, enough for him / her. It all depends on one's attitude towards life. At the end of the day, it is all about you and God.

The RACE

By trying to please everybody, you will please nobody.

This is one of the most valuable life lessons my grand mother left me. Never made much sense earlier in life, but as I grow older I realise how important it is to have clear values and stick to them. A people pleaser cannot be relied upon. There is a race to be run and finished Gracefully.

The WHEEL!!

Busy on the wheel.

Your Destiny

It is critical in life to discover one's purpose on earth, something one is living for. This is a solitary and individual discovery that often connects one to others. It is important at the same time not to rely so much on the others that are acquired through this discovery. It is good to appreciate them, but leaning too much on them may be destructive to the self as they never fully understand what it took to reach that discovery. Appreciate everyone, but never let anyone dictate to you who you should be. Only and ONLY the Master Potter should have the ultimate and final say in our lives. Somehow others, if given full leverage in one's life, they either manipulate, curtail one's life or simply become indifferent, knowing very well that you are fully dependent on them. We are given the power to be in charge of ourselves and positively contribute towards our destinies, that is the Divine latitude one should never trade for anything else. You are the Mastermind to your Destiny. Usually people come and go in your life, some that you never thought would leave, at some point they do leave in the blinking of an eye, often leaving you drained, surprised and bitter; and you remain with your own self and the destiny you created. Create your destiny around your values, not around people.

Back to the wheel

Back to throwing again. I am in love with pottery. Guess I need to get the kiln and the wheel soon. I now fully understand what Jeremiah saw in Jeremiah 18:3 when he went to the potter's house and saw him working on the wheel. In verse 4 the pot is marred in the hands of the potter. This is quite an involved experience. When Jeremiah witnesses how this whole process is, the Lord gives him a message in v.5. In v,6 we are like clay in the potter's hand, we must just be willing to be moulded and re-moulded until we are what He wants us to be. The challenge with the clay is that if it becomes too marred in the hands of the potter, especially with too much water, it cannot be molded again until it is recycled. If the clay get too dry, it needs some water so that it can be molded. If the clay is bisqued in wrong shape, it cannot be remolded into shape again, in that case it is either broken or simply thrown away. Alternatively it can be recycled. :-) It is great to be a potter.