Mission Accomplished

Typing these words at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam. I am on my way back to Kiabakari. God willing, I will land in Mwanza midday, then will proceed to Buzuruga bus terminal to catch a bus to Kiabakari. Should be back home in Kia in the evening...

The Last Three Things

"At last St. Gemma got her house she was waiting for for so long..." said Sr. Mary, the local superior of my sisters' community, smiling broadly and clapping hands. I have never seen her so jovial and happy. No wonder, I was ballistically happy and wanted to jump with joy, relief and satisfaction... Today is a day I have been waiting for far too long...

Simple Man

One of the qualities I consider as essential to my identity and comfort in life. Just to be a simple man. Sitting in the shadowy corner and doing my things in unassuming way, away from people's attention, away from spotlights, away from clapping hands... And the warm sensation of satisfaction filling my heart whenever I am able to do something worthy of my personal accolade.  A simple man. Oh, how I dream of disappearing completely from the public life and responsibilities! How I dream of following my lifelong inner call of leading a secluded life as a hermit. I hope one day, God willing, it will happen. Entering a life I dream of, far from people's eyes and completely standing in the presence of the One who created me, saved me and still tolerates my follies day by day... Will it ever happen? Will it happen?

Listless Smile

Too tired and mentally exhausted, on the eve of my departure, to get excited and triumphant...After hard fought battle against time and elements, I smile to myself like a soldier barely alive in the aftermath of a fierce battle which cost him a lot...

At Last!

What a day of accomplishment and overwhelming joy! I have just come back home from the meeting with my publisher, having been on phone conversation with a printing house for the last few days. Finally, after eleven months of hectic work on the book, I can fill my eyes with the view of my new book and lay my hungry hands on it, feeling it, unwrapping the foil, touching its hard cover and holding like a long awaited guest! The book is just a work of art. Designers from the publishing house and the quality of printing is simply stunning!

Satisfaction

People have different motivational schemes in their lives. Different reasons which rock their boats. The question what really drives one to excel, what it is that one yearns for as a compensation of one's efforts and struggle, will generate different answers. Sometimes we may get only a bunch of blank stares, incredulous looks of people who run on a money monorail only...