English:
A family without conflict
Is not a family.
But a family with conflicts, unwilling to resolve them
Is not a family either.
Mubako:
Fii a get fey sey ley
A fii gah
Fii a get fey le saa kut be sey ley
A fii ga koh
(c) Nyonglema
Category Archives: joy
Cheerfulness (Amusement, bliss, cheerfulness, gaiety, glee, jolliness, joviality, joy, delight, enjoyment, gladness, happiness, jubilation, elation, satisfaction, ecstasy, euphoria)
Zest (Enthusiasm, zeal, zest, excitement, thrill, exhilaration)
Contentment (Contentment, pleasure)
Pride (Pride, triumph)
Optimism (Eagerness, hope, optimism)
Enthrallment (Enthrallment, rapture)
Relief (Relief)
Goodbye 2014, Welcome 2015
As I drove past the crash yesterday- blue car upside down in a ravine-
I thought of the year dying, and how this driver must have driven
Off, considering that 2015 was his for the taking already!
So as 2014 takes a bow – a long bow-
I wish to all those blessed to breathe the air so close to the new year
Health, joy, love, hope, faith, trust, and true happiness.
May your New Year’s resolution be akin to a vow;
May you attempt all your dreams without a single fear;
May your actions leave lots for posterity like Arthur Guinness.
May the smiles you brought me adorn my face like a bow
Through 2015 as for the calendar I now tear
While relishing all the moments we shared I currently reminisce.
You all have been special to me in 2014,
My dear wife and mind boggling kids,
My family in its entirety, near and far.
My friends both new and old,
Those who read my work, those who liked and shared
Future readers, and all you bloggers.
Each one of you laid a stone to whom I am today,
And who I wish to be in 2015.
So, hoping to make it till 23:59,
And that you will be there with me to breathe the air God so graciously grants us
I wish you Happy New Year!
2015 is YOUR year….well mine too ;-)
With love,
Nyonglema
My family
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Two thousand years later, and we still long for the star
Of Bethlehem shining over our worn with work eyes.
And though love and joy and hope may seem far
Remember this season that: Love can thaw all ice,
That joy falls aplenty like a paddy of rice
That hope was born that day, but never it dies
If you share the love, joy and hope like He who brought that star.
To you and your families and loved ones, near or far,
(To the lonely take the joy to other lonely lives),
May He be born this Christmas within your hearts and hearths
To guide and guard. Merry Christmas and Happy New Life next Year.
(c) Nyonglema
Behind the Scenes #preparation #hardWork #hustle
Did you ask him what he did behind the scenes?
The artist puts on an electric show;
The surgery’s done without sweat on the brow;
The painting looks sophisticatedly plain as what you could do;
The machines are fixed without much ado.
But did you ask what he did behind the scenes?
The melody’s perfect, but it’s just a piano;
The building’s perfect in 2 months, no more;
The plot of the story got you laughing for two;
And the bulb is on with a flick from you.
Did you ask her what she did behind the scenes?
The goal’s marvelous from a kick of a shoe;
The plane soars over the ocean with you;
The medal’s won by a long javelin throw;
And the target’s hit on the other side of the war.
Did you ask her what she did behind the scenes?
Did you ask them what they did behind the scenes,
As they learned the skills and honed them,
Sweat and pain and fear and bitter phlegm
Each time they failed, but dusting up to try again,
And loving each minute as they drew close to perfection:
That’s the iceberg lying behind the scenes.
(c) Nyonglema
先生 /The Teacher #honour #growth #builder #school
えんていは世話,
冬の木は見て
花が咲き
The gardener cares;
Winter pines solemnly watch
Flowers start to bloom
(c)Nyonglema
The Chosen Mother #Mary #Christmas
Oh Bethlehem of glorious fate,
You through love became so great,
For within your walls on stable bare
Mary lay her Babe in yester year.
The gusty winds of winter tide
She warded off as best she might:
With shards of cloth she swathed the Boy
Who brought Salvation to lack of joy.
In dark dull fields the light was lit
As shepherds, sheep got on their feet
To sing along to heavenly praise
And rush to see the King of Grace.
In foreign land some saw the star,
And left their own to travel far,
With gifts to honour and wisdom too,
They knelt and prayed the King of Truth.
And Mary watched her first born sleep
With Love, the wise, shepherds and sheep.
She got the mystery the angel voiced:
“Most glorious blessed, my Master’s choice.”
(c) Nyonglema
The Chosen Father #Joseph #Christmas
Oh Bethlehem of glorious fate,
You through love became so great,
For within your walls in lowly plate
Joe’s heir laid down His Godly state.
The gusty winter blew in the cold
As wife and Son in his cosy hold
Sought the heat cold morn denied
As if the manger’s shame to deride.
Loud clouds told the shepherds how
From Heaven to cradle God did bow,
And jump and run with sheep did they
To see the Saviour curled in hay.
In wisdom, three the star did see
And off to worship the Lord went they
To Herod, then to stable where
Joseph received gifts and wisdom rare.
And in that darkness shone that Light,
Of the world from that lowly site.
And Joseph, Mary, Jesus slept
In peace while God their spirits kept.
(c) Nyonglema
The Chosen Mother #Mary #Christmas
Oh Bethlehem of glorious fate,
You through love became so great,
For within your walls on stable bare
Mary lay her Babe in yester year.
The gusty winds of winter tide
She warded off as best she might:
With shards of cloth she swathed the Boy
Who brought Salvation to lack of joy.
In dark dull fields the light was lit
As shepherds, sheep got on their feet
To sing along to heavenly praise
And rush to see the King of Grace.
In foreign land some saw the star,
And left their own to travel far,
With gifts to honour and wisdom too,
They knelt and prayed the King of Truth.
And Mary watched her first born sleep
With Love, the wise, shepherds and sheep.
She got the mystery the angel voiced:
“Most glorious blessed, my Master’s choice.”
(c) Nyonglema
Thank you #toFamily #toFriends #toAcquaintances #toReaders #toTweeps #thankYou #appreciation #
You listened to me, you talked to me, you touched me,
You fed me, helped me, prayed for me, loved me.
You warned me, protected me, taught me, clad me.
You all have been there from the start of me,
And participated in building me throughout each year.
You’ve been father, mother, sibling and friends to me.
You’ve been there, so thank you.
Though you doubt, you are dear to me, Thank You.
(c) Nyonglema
Life is not a game #noSuicide #tryAgain #LIVE
You are at a loss for ideas or words
As the bishop hacks your queen with two swords
And the knight knocks your rooks off
And the distraught king is deep in the rough.
But life is not a game of chess.
The spectators are disinterested with stress
And the scoreboard tells your players to do less.
Everybody wishes the whistle would go
To keep the 7 fixed with respect to the zero.
But life is neither football nor soccer.
You can hear the breath drawing near your rear,
And you feel this race is anything but fair,
For the first will soon overtake the last,
And you wish being last at the finish can soon pass.
But life’s nothing like a track competition.
Life’s neither chess nor soccer nor races,
And even as you tally your sad faces,
And weigh your failures and fears,
There can be counted joys through the years.
Unlike the competition to defeat
Another with skill and brave feat,
Your life opponent is your very human soul,
Seeking perfection through tonnes of failed goals.
Yes. So what if you didn’t keep the resolution?
So what if clumsiness destroys a last surviving edition?
The damage you deem highest abomination
May not seem, but can be the route to better your condition.
(c) Nyonglema
waghni 