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.