THE BIBLE-THE ULTIMATE LIFE GUIDE

How was your childhood? How were you treated in your family? You may have had a great upbringing; loved, taken care, full of life and happy. I had a mixture of the two. I had a great life and a bad one at the same time. I have never known who my biological dad was; maybe I may never know him till my last day on earth. Being the first born in the family, this came with responsibilities. I was the care taker of my family. It was not an easy task. In the African culture, your siblings are your responsibility; you look after them like your mother does. Wash them, cook meals for them, and clean their clothes. In the village where I grew up, we had no washing machines, no gas, and no money to buy charcoal. Everything had to be done manually. I had not time to play. It was constant work, work and work. I thank God that I was a clever child, still am. I could understand all the lessons very well in class and I didn’t struggle even when it came to the exams. I remember one day, I was take

Last night was not an awesome one to me. My son has been suffering from coughs and high fever for some days now; last night was the climax. He kept tossing and turning in bed, till 5.00 am in the morning. I couldn’t sleep; I stayed awake to watch over him. Too bad for me, I was expected to report to work by 8 in the morning; so no sleeping time for me. Despite leaving the house thirty minutes early, I arrived late at work. Why? I had to wait for the bus that passes our route; its shorter and most of us (employed here), prefer it.   Some minutes to eight, I decided to pick a motorbike. Wasted time and wasted resources. I ended up paying double the fare. My day had already been distracted. I reached my desk, switched on the computer. I was not in the mood to work on anything so I started staring at my colleagues. Everyone was busy working with their hands but their minds were really far. I could tell that they are thinking about doing something different, somethi