It was only a Kiss

When I was somewhere around twelve years old I read a part of scripture that said the following: “‘When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening “(Leviticus 15:16). As a young boy who was just discovering sex and experimenting, it really bothered me why a truly righteous God would call something that happened naturally unholy.

What complicated things was the fact that it was beyond my control. Anybody who knows the male body system will tell you that Semen will come out of the male body whether you like it or not. Either you will have sex with some girl under some tree somewhere. Or if you can abstain and will refrain from touching yourself, the sperm will build up in the body and one night when you are asleep it will come out of its own accord through a wet dream and that’s just irrepressible. It’s just a guy thing.

I am Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg, the guy who conceptualized Facebook from scratch, the guy who wrote every detail and created every feature onto the very first Facebook web pages people ever saw, after  working on a website at Harvard College that rated  female students there against each other in terms of beauty noticed one very interesting thing. He noticed that his website had a great audience because people went there to see other people they knew, who were in their circle of friends. This then became the central focus of what later was created after, Facebook.

He was right, the main attraction of Facebook is that we go there to chat with our friends, see their pictures, and see what’s happening in their lives. In short the reason we habit such social networks is so we can share the lives of our friends rather than the lives of those we do not know. It’s like the lives of the people we see are an extension of our own lives. We live a particular part of life through them.

Achy-Breaky Hearts

 Many men alive today have lived inside a dream before, where all things are possible and there isn’t a care in the world. It’s called ‘Innocence of Youth’. At this point in life the human being’s problems aren’t that many or are non-existent so life is good. One lives for the moment, having the times of his life. At every opportunity he chases pleasure and has as much fun as possible. He is oblivious to the pain of those around him. The future looks bright and life is as good as it can get.

Then one day the bubble bursts! The unconscious mind is jolted as the box of life is stirred. A bad medical report tells them they will not after all live forever. A pregnant girlfriend tells them their days of fun are over and they need to start planning for a family. Or the death of a badly loved relation reaches out, grasps their heart and squeezes so very hard that their breathe is stopped for a time.

Why can’t we?

I’m writing this just after witnessing Malawian Christian Rap artist, Gosple, perform at Blantyre Baptist Church, Blantyre on Saturday,26 November 2011. This show was said to be one that would revolutionize gospel shows in Malawi. I went there for several reasons other than that. I heard an artist from the UK called Jahaziel was going to perform so I went to see what he was made of, I dint even know that ‘the Gosple’ was on the list of performers. I also went there because I heard it was free, go figure.

In my opinion, the show did not disappoint. Performances were witnessed not only by Gosple and Jahaziel but also “True2daname”, KBG and Q. Malewezi. It was a fusion of poetry, and music that crossed genres: I heard Hip Hop, Rock, Reggae and Dancehall plus R’n’B and Soul music. All this without the concert skipping a beat in regards to the messages they were sending with their witty lyrics and mannerisms. It was really something, an experience I would want to re-live.

The Pursuits of Men

In life the mortal man concerns himself with the pursuit of three things: Others dream of doing great things and gaining popularity and fame. Some seek riches so they can do anything they please in the world and have anything they desire. And the rest seek the edification or satisfaction of their bodies, to drown in pleasure and all sorts of enjoyments. Some live for all three.

Generations come and go. The young men grow old and die, babies are born to take their place. And so the cycle continues, it is endless, for the old pass on to the young the same traditions and ways of life, humanity only changes as time changes.

Women are Liars by Necessity

Life, tradition and circumstances among other things naturally condition women to lie. A best case scenario that shows this clearly is this: when a guy sleeps with 10 women he is considered a true male but when a woman does the same she is frowned upon and considered loose. A good reputation is a valuable asset to women you know. So when asked how many men the woman has slept with she will answer 3 so that she will appear to be a good woman even if the number really is 7.

It’s like the expectations of society buried in tradition pressure her into telling this lie. Circumstances also pressure her into being dishonest; I mean there are 3 out of 10 men that a woman will admit to her self are good men worthy enough to settle with, do you expect her to tell 1 of these 3 that she has slept with more than 5 men? Won’t it just drive him away in fear that she is a ‘galatchana’ or whore?

Remember All

Before the Israelites entered the land God had promised to give them, the land of Canaan, Moses charged them to ‘remember’ the Lord their God in the land He was going to give them (Deuteronomy 8).He was in effect asking them to remember the good things the Lord had done from the time that they were in Egypt to that particular time.

The Israelites of course did not obey but later on forgot their God and rebelled against him. This led them to end up having their land overtaken by foreign armies, their cities destroyed and the people sent into exile in Babylon.