Dreams.

Posted on January 20, 2026 by mosrubn

What’s your dream job?

I don’t have one.

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Leadership.

Posted on January 19, 2026 by mosrubn

What makes a good leader?

Compassion and humility; what more could I ask think of or ask from a leader. If he or she is humble and kind,  he will use authority or position for the good of all and not evil. He will be both empathetic and accountable.

There’s untold suffering, injustice and oppression in the world today because of leaders who self-seeking and self serving, egotistic and unaccountable. Needless to say more, we’ve been in an internet blackout for several days and don’t know what the future holds.

‭Philippians 2:3-11 NLT‬
[3] Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. [4] Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. [5] You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. [6] Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. [7] Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, [8] he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. [9] Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, [10] that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, [11] and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

https://bible.com/bible/116/php.2.3-11.NLT

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Inventions.

Posted on January 18, 2026 by mosrubn
‭Ecclesiastes 7:29 NLT‬
[29] But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path.”

https://bible.com/bible/116/ecc.7.29.NLT

If you could un-invent something, what would it be?

I believe that all inventions are good as long as they are intended for noble purposes; whether it’s dynamite, the gun, atomic bomb, money or the internet. The problem is how flawed humans use their inventions.

Thus I wouldn’t think of think of un-inventing anything. I would rather God transformed the minds of the users through the renewal of their minds so that they might know the will of God for their lives and therefore use their inventions for the right purpose.

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Sunday Out & About.

Posted on January 12, 2026 by mosrubn
Reflection of the eucalyptus trees in the lake.
Village kids swimming in the lake.
Water lilies in the lake.
“Candle lit dinner”
Lunch after church in the open reading room.
The kids maybe shying away from camera.
After my simple plantain lunch, I went out and about the village after some afternoon rest, I went down a man made lake (valley dam) with my two kids and a friend, returned home late in the evening for dinner in my reading which was by then dark, for since Christmas night our power hasn’t been restored.
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My Reading Room.

Posted on January 11, 2026 by mosrubn

I love my reading room. It has a ceiling of green and unlimited ventilation. And if there’s one thing I am grateful to God for in my life, among other things, is my garden.

I don’t have much but when I sit down in my garden in the “cool” of the afternoon while it’s hot all around, my spirit is stilled and I feel both a sense of joy and contentment.

I’m now here settled down after church to a simple meal of plantain, a cup of tea and the serenity of the environment around me makes it great.

Thank you Lord for your blessings upon my life.

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A Simple Life.

Posted on January 10, 2026 by mosrubn
‭1 Timothy 6:6-8 NLT‬
[6] Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. [7] After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. [8] So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.

https://bible.com/bible/116/1ti.6.6-8.NLT

What is one thing I want to keep simple? 

My life should be as simple as it can be. If I kept my life simple, other things like relationships, happiness and joy wouldn’t be difficult.

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Farm Predator.

Posted on January 9, 2026 by mosrubn

This is probably the tenth lizard to die on this farm after several forays of egg, chick, duckling and fish eating.  This one ate one too many of eggs laced with pesticide and succumbed.

I’m a bit like the Bushman in the movie, “The Gods Must Be Crazy” who apologized to the carcass of the goat he had just killed, saying he’s sorry but his family needs food.

Snakes, hawks and monitor lizards have been the main predators on my farm. Once in a while a neglected dog has come around and picked a chick or eaten some eggs, but the two reptiles, snakes and monitor lizards have been my greatest headache.

If there was another way, I wouldn’t poison the monitor lizards. They pass through fences and climb short walls, making difficult to keep them away from the farm premises and houses.

When I started the farm, the greatest threat was petty thieves. But fencing, vigilance and law enforcement have deterred petty theft.

I hope the commercially available snake repellent will help keep off all the reptiles.

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Tree Climbing.

Posted on January 8, 2026 by mosrubn

What is it about childhood and tree climbing? Among the able bodied of my age herein my village, there’s hardly anybody who hasn’t been up a tree in their childhood, especially a mango tree. And there are many stories of broken limbs in the primary school days. While some of us hid our falling off mango trees because we didn’t sustain apparent injuries, only to surface later in life, some other children were not so lucky.

My elder brother fell off a mango tree and broke his arm, so did my elder sister suffer a twisted arm too. My uncle fell off a mango tree and broke both arms. Recently I was talking to somebody about my spinal issues and he told me that he has a spinal problem too, because early in his life, he fell off a mango tree.

My younger brother over thirty years ago, fell off the historical mango tree in our compound while he was trying to reach a ripe mango. He bit his tongue on impact and his speech isn’t as good as it should be since then. Unfortunately too, when he came down with the branch and the ripe mango, our little sister immediately picked it up and ate it. The boy cried for his mango without showing any care about his injuries.

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Door Slamming.

Posted on January 7, 2026 by mosrubn
Is it some kind of compensatory behavior?

Many years ago I read a sign on a door in a bank that read, “Please shut the door gently, everytime you bang the door the wall cracks. Thank you.” I was quite young then and didn’t know much about the science behind it, but I took that message seriously.

Both in my home and the schools that I went to, there was no such thing as slamming doors. Infact in one school which I attended, doors opened when we reported for the term and we’re closed when the term ended, save for the lab, TD room, wood/metal workshops and the library. Our classrooms and dormitories were ever open 24/7.

When I got my own home, I have been mindful of how doors are closed or shut; we don’t slam doors. Both my wife and children don’t do it. I have never heard any of our two kids slam doors, yet we’ve never told them not to. I guess they didn’t find us doing it and they too adopted it.

However, through the years I have hosted different people in my home who slam doors, both children and adults. And no matter whether I complain or advise otherwise, they go on and do their thing.

Besides what the the sign at the bank door said, I find the sound of slamming doors very irritating. But how’s it that folks just keep slamming doors?

Is it an anger management matter or something else. Civility too would inform me to be gentle with the door.

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Oh How Times Have Changed!

Posted on January 6, 2026 by mosrubn
Could this be what the Apostle Paul told Timothy?

I wonder if I am expecting too much of the youth that I live, and work with, in my community and country. Or times have changed and I am not moving with the times? Or is it the fulfilment of biblical prophecy?

When I was growing up obedience was what was expected of children to parents, youth to elders, servants to masters, students to teachers, Christians to all forms of authority.

These days, though, disobedience seems to be no big deal, everybody does it, especially the youth. And it’s as if there are no consequences, unlike in my time when I would be certain of painful consequences if I engaged in any act of disobedience.

Sometimes, in the face of disobedience, I stop and wonder if I am over demanding or over reacting, or just unrealistic? This evening evening an act of disobedience disappointed me, and it was beginning to hurt but I decided to pray. Later I calmed down and in my quiet moments I thought of what Paul taught Timothy, wondering if the answer to the question of disobedience lay there.

‭2 Timothy 3:1-5 NLT‬
[1] You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. [2] For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. [3] They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. [4] They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. [5] They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

https://bible.com/bible/116/2ti.3.1-5.NLT

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