You may go ahead and earn my trust. But I must warn you, it’s not cheap

I have given up on trying to unravel God’s grace. I am content with being a perpetual recipient of its beneficiary.

Everything that is was once envisioned.

I am wiser by the day. Each day comes with its distinctive trials and triumphs. Each day offers a full session of learning. so much that there is no room for electives. No room for carrying over of yesterday's courses. No room for covering tomorrow's courses today. Today is all I have, and it’s all I will work with. So, "tomorrow" should wait for its turn when it becomes "today" to get my attention.

Isn't it ironic that we often condemn in others what we hate in ourselves? We project our shortcomings on others and confront them in their lives, not in ours. We excuse our weaknesses, but sharply oppose the same weaknesses in others. We discharge and acquit our misdemeanors but hold others accountable for theirs. In what is an obvious injustice, we consider the log in our eyes too small to be seen but the speck in others' eyes too big to be ignored.

Power that is wielded with reckless abandonment is destructive to the holder and to the people under his influence. The power that transforms is subtly wielded, compassionately administered and responsibly utilized. Real power lies not in the brandishing but in the restraints of authority. Leaders that sparingly deploy their authority leave a long trail of transformed lives and communities.

Don’t stand alone. Get in the mix. Except when you are standing on your core values.

GREED is a heart issue. Once you have a disquiet in your heart about a deal, stand back to think. Are you about to destroy others in order to climb the success ladder? Let the greedy ones realize that we have only one world. And this one world survives and progresses when the inhabitants - out of the fear of God and respect for humanity, break away from the grip of GREED.

Attitude is the king you installed, - knowingly or unknowingly - and before whom you bow at all times.

Tell God you don’t know and He takes the lead. Tell Him you know and He lets you take the lead.