My wish for you is for you to have a Happy Monday.
It is no longer enough to be the best for the bar has been raised and the search is now on for those who qualify as being a genius. The task to search out, identify and recruit the gifted and potential geniuses have been assigned to the hypocrites.
A hypocrite is essentially a stage actor or one who play a part. A genius is defined as a person with exceptional intellectual or creative power or natural ability.The good is in effect being assigned the task of identifying the best. Actors compete to see who is the best while geniuses belong to a brotherhood.
We spend our hard earned cash to import actors and celebrities into our homes and pay to have these actors entertain us on television screens. Social media sites forces to follow these actors when we join the sites then boast about the number of persons who follow these celebrities. In our homes while these actors (hypocrites) are on our television screens they are superheroes and are presented at their best. When we stand in the cashier lines at the supermarkets and pharmacies then the headlines on the magazines and tabloids scream at us about the faults and failures of these actors.
It is a known thing that our world has a number of undiscovered brilliant raw talents and geniuses. There are many persons with these raw talents and persons who are geniuses who are not aware of that they posses these. There are many persons who know that they are brilliant, possesses talents and are geniuses but they cannot find the means to shine. Sometimes the world refuses to acknowledge their abilities but as soon as the hypocrites discover these individuals and gives their approval then the world jump on the band wagon and begin to cheer.
The role of the hypocrites is not so much to bring the brilliance of the genius to the attention of the world but to exploit the genius for monetary gain. There is a small group of persons who are sitting at the top that controls who succeeds and who does not. The hypocrites are controlled by this group also which sits at the top.
The group that is sitting at the top and who are in control knows that there has to be many at the bottom to support their weight of those at the top but hose at the top instruct those at the bottom that the way up is opposite to where they are the upside down pyramid). The persons at the bottom are asked to give their best initially and spread as they grow. The opposite to this is to have a broad base but be more focused as growth occur.
Those persons who are brilliant, have raw talent and are geniuses but are not aware of their possession will have to wait to be discovered by the hypocrites and they run the chance of never ever getting discovered. Those persons who are brilliant, have raw talent and are geniuses it is time to come alive and force the hypocrites and those sitting at the top to give way. If this seem like an impossible task then remember that a seed anchors itself in the ground with roots and then begin to grow. When growth begins the earth gives way.
Then there are the many persons like you and I who do not consider ourselves as being brilliant, have raw talent or are we geniuses what about us. Each of us are subjected to thoughts and inspiration. It is for us to begin with these. Should we decide to work with what we have at our disposal and adopt an attitude of don't quit, in the end we will be among the super talented and the geniuses. We do not need the hypocrites to discover us and those sitting at the top cannot stop us for our source of power and inspiration is within us.
Monday, September 28, 2015
Monday, September 21, 2015
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
My wish for you as always is that you will have a Happy Monday.
Learning comes quite often through repetition and the object of learning is to gain knowledge. One of the great things in life is that there are many persons who are self taught or have natural abilities but these persons hone themselves to become even better. There are many persons who have natural abilities who attend universities to be taught theoretical knowledge in order to become even more rounded. There are many persons also who has natural abilities but understand the necessity to sharpen their abilities by constant practicing.
There is the general principle of planting and reaping which is universal and it is this "What you sow is what you reap." This principle when extended especially as it pertain to crops planted in fertile soil is that more is reaped than was originally sown and the crop is reaped at a later time.
One of the things that I am presently learning is to take a different approach to life. My father was a farmer and therefore the first thing I learned in life was planting crops and taking care of domestic animals. These are tasks that require time and patience and perseverance. I also learned to set goals because whenever money became available it had to be spent wisely. (Crops sometimes failed or an animal may die or get stolen).
I never got involved a lot in competitive sports but the most loved game when I was growing up was a game of cricket. The ultimate game of cricket was a test match which lasted sometime five days and in the end ended in a draw with no declared winner. Soccer was a popular sport and it was customary for a game of soccer to end in a draw. Soccer was more active and exciting but last only ninety minutes and was not worth the time to travel to see the game.
Dominoes was a table game that for unknown reasons it was a more enjoyable game when played in the night. It could have been a means of relaxing as one look forward to sleep. The most enjoyable game of dominoes was one that was played between masters of the game. A master domino player nightmare was playing against novices to the game and it was a common occurrence for novices to beat the masters at a game of domino. The great thing about a game of dominoes was that the best of players sometimes lost and it was a very unpredictable game. Sometimes a player with a very good hand lost the game. A game of dominoes was like the game of life. You have to play with the cards that you draw so sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.
Cricket, soccer, domino were all shaping my approach to life. I did not like card games and most times avoided card games because I believed others who told me card men were tricksters (I still believe this). This approach to life was being put into place even before I began to participate in the games.I was being taught that every thing in life takes time to mature and I must get accustomed to the idea of delayed enjoyment.
My life at present demands instant results and always the best at first. The idea of building up to a climax is not acceptable because I am expected to deliver instant results. This is ironic because I am enjoying my way forward and every step i take forward there is something to hinder my progress. The enjoyable thing about it all is that I know that if my life continues I shall ultimately reach my desired goal.
Learning comes quite often through repetition and the object of learning is to gain knowledge. One of the great things in life is that there are many persons who are self taught or have natural abilities but these persons hone themselves to become even better. There are many persons who have natural abilities who attend universities to be taught theoretical knowledge in order to become even more rounded. There are many persons also who has natural abilities but understand the necessity to sharpen their abilities by constant practicing.
There is the general principle of planting and reaping which is universal and it is this "What you sow is what you reap." This principle when extended especially as it pertain to crops planted in fertile soil is that more is reaped than was originally sown and the crop is reaped at a later time.
One of the things that I am presently learning is to take a different approach to life. My father was a farmer and therefore the first thing I learned in life was planting crops and taking care of domestic animals. These are tasks that require time and patience and perseverance. I also learned to set goals because whenever money became available it had to be spent wisely. (Crops sometimes failed or an animal may die or get stolen).
I never got involved a lot in competitive sports but the most loved game when I was growing up was a game of cricket. The ultimate game of cricket was a test match which lasted sometime five days and in the end ended in a draw with no declared winner. Soccer was a popular sport and it was customary for a game of soccer to end in a draw. Soccer was more active and exciting but last only ninety minutes and was not worth the time to travel to see the game.
Dominoes was a table game that for unknown reasons it was a more enjoyable game when played in the night. It could have been a means of relaxing as one look forward to sleep. The most enjoyable game of dominoes was one that was played between masters of the game. A master domino player nightmare was playing against novices to the game and it was a common occurrence for novices to beat the masters at a game of domino. The great thing about a game of dominoes was that the best of players sometimes lost and it was a very unpredictable game. Sometimes a player with a very good hand lost the game. A game of dominoes was like the game of life. You have to play with the cards that you draw so sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.
Cricket, soccer, domino were all shaping my approach to life. I did not like card games and most times avoided card games because I believed others who told me card men were tricksters (I still believe this). This approach to life was being put into place even before I began to participate in the games.I was being taught that every thing in life takes time to mature and I must get accustomed to the idea of delayed enjoyment.
My life at present demands instant results and always the best at first. The idea of building up to a climax is not acceptable because I am expected to deliver instant results. This is ironic because I am enjoying my way forward and every step i take forward there is something to hinder my progress. The enjoyable thing about it all is that I know that if my life continues I shall ultimately reach my desired goal.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
My life is like a game of chess
More than forty years ago when I began high school in Jamaica I learned the basic rules of playing chess. At least I think I remember the names of the chess pieces and how they moved. I can't remember if I had ever played a game of chess against an opponent until very recently I played one game of chess against an opponent.
Even before I played that game of chess against an opponent I do not know what got into my head one day about three years ago when I discovered that I could play a game of chess on the computer with the computer as the opponent. I quickly discovered that I did not know the rules of the game so the computer made some totally unconventional and unexpected moves. The next thing I discovered was that I was playing to capture the computer's king and the computer was playing to corner my king so that there was no where for my king to move.
You will not be surprised that with my style of playing and the computer's style of playing I quickly lost five games to the computer. I do not know why but in the sixth game the computer exposed it's queen and I captured it. From that point for me it did not matter how well that computer was programmed or how well it could play there was no way I would allow the computer to win that game so I went on to winning the game.
I like the game of chess because not only does it require patience and concentration but many times I see my life as somewhat similar to that of the pawn in the chess game. The pawn is the chess piece that is considered to have the least value. I am totally convinced that there are higher powers guiding and opposing me in life. Quite often I have no say in what happens to my life and there are so often and many roadblocks in my way. There is so little value that is placed on me by others and myself that it is easy to sacrifice my interest in the interest of others. The pawn if it reaches the opponents end of the board is exchange for a piece of higher value. The great thing about the pawn though is that while it is the chess piece with the least value and has the most limitations it can still capture any of the opponents pieces.
I would dearly like my life to be like that of the queen in the game of chess which is the most valuable chess piece although the aim of the game is to capture the opponent's king. My life as I have said is more like that of the pawn. The pawn only moves forward and one square each time if there is nothing blocking it's way except for the first move. If the pawn captures an opponent chess piece it must do so diagonally. Many times the opponent pieces and its own is in the way and it cannot move. If in the game a chess piece need to be sacrificed then most time the pawn is the chosen piece.
Many persons would think that at this stage of my life everything should be set and I should be considering cruising for the rest of my life. My life I see as being more like a game of chess and I am the pawn because there are the higher powers that are making the moves.
Although I see myself being comparable to a pawn in a game of chess I get to observe the moves that are made and even sometimes anticipate the moves. My life is not a game of happiness because sometime the moves hurt but it is a life of joy as I watch the moves that my life takes. Although I may see myself as a pawn in the games of life the one making the moves is the greatest of grand master of chess.
Even before I played that game of chess against an opponent I do not know what got into my head one day about three years ago when I discovered that I could play a game of chess on the computer with the computer as the opponent. I quickly discovered that I did not know the rules of the game so the computer made some totally unconventional and unexpected moves. The next thing I discovered was that I was playing to capture the computer's king and the computer was playing to corner my king so that there was no where for my king to move.
You will not be surprised that with my style of playing and the computer's style of playing I quickly lost five games to the computer. I do not know why but in the sixth game the computer exposed it's queen and I captured it. From that point for me it did not matter how well that computer was programmed or how well it could play there was no way I would allow the computer to win that game so I went on to winning the game.
I like the game of chess because not only does it require patience and concentration but many times I see my life as somewhat similar to that of the pawn in the chess game. The pawn is the chess piece that is considered to have the least value. I am totally convinced that there are higher powers guiding and opposing me in life. Quite often I have no say in what happens to my life and there are so often and many roadblocks in my way. There is so little value that is placed on me by others and myself that it is easy to sacrifice my interest in the interest of others. The pawn if it reaches the opponents end of the board is exchange for a piece of higher value. The great thing about the pawn though is that while it is the chess piece with the least value and has the most limitations it can still capture any of the opponents pieces.
I would dearly like my life to be like that of the queen in the game of chess which is the most valuable chess piece although the aim of the game is to capture the opponent's king. My life as I have said is more like that of the pawn. The pawn only moves forward and one square each time if there is nothing blocking it's way except for the first move. If the pawn captures an opponent chess piece it must do so diagonally. Many times the opponent pieces and its own is in the way and it cannot move. If in the game a chess piece need to be sacrificed then most time the pawn is the chosen piece.
Many persons would think that at this stage of my life everything should be set and I should be considering cruising for the rest of my life. My life I see as being more like a game of chess and I am the pawn because there are the higher powers that are making the moves.
Although I see myself being comparable to a pawn in a game of chess I get to observe the moves that are made and even sometimes anticipate the moves. My life is not a game of happiness because sometime the moves hurt but it is a life of joy as I watch the moves that my life takes. Although I may see myself as a pawn in the games of life the one making the moves is the greatest of grand master of chess.
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