Habits provide a fertile ground for your success. Good habits are your strategic foundation for living a happy life. While in school, to win you had to conduct regular notes revision, go to the library, attend classes regularly, be in discussion groups of brilliant students and teach others so as to grasp the concepts better. Good habits make you successful. Bad habits make you poor. What are your habits for 2020? It is week two of the new year, what are you doing consistently so that you win? As Catholics, our religion is built on a foundation of strong habits…
Tool 71 of 104 is to attain intellectual firepower
“The shepherds hurried away to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him, and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds had to say.” Luke 2:16-21 Happy New Year! This new year, 2020 is the start of a decade. I recommend you make a plan for a decade, with clear annual milestones. Decide how you will win – marry into a rich family, start a business or work with entrepreneurs that empower you to win or find a…
Tool 70 of 104 is to live happily as a family
What is a happy family to you? “After the wise men had left, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘ Get up, take the child and his mother with you and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you because Herod intends to search for the Child and do away with him.’ So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, left that night for Egypt, where he stayed until Herod was dead.” Matthew 2:13-15. 19-23 Family is the source of unconditional love. Where members share common…
Tool 69 of 104 is to have a Merry Christmas!
“The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him…” John 1:9-10. You are the true light by the prayers and support you give to our Parish and Reach Out Mbuya. You engage. Support our Parish. Help give hope to the hopeless. Keep it up. As we open a new Decade 2020-2029, many of you in your 20’s, 30’s and 40’s you will marry, build houses, become top leaders in all spheres, travel the world, have children, own large firms, and generally get to the…
Tool 68 of 104 is to not be afraid
“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Emmanuel, a name which means ‘God-is-with-us.’ When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home.” Matthew 1:18-24. No one is born with clothes on. Nature, nurture and choices made affect the quality of your life. An event happened on 12th December 2019 which stuck with me. After I branched on the small road towards home, a man saw my car coming. I use this road every day I am sure…
Tool 67 of 104 is to define values for a happy life
“Jesus answered, ‘Go back and tell John what you hear and see; the blind see again, and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised to life and the Good News is proclaimed to the poor; and happy is the man who does not lose faith in me”, Matthew 11:2-11 I had an opportunity to speak to some couples as part of their marriage preparations at Mbuya Catholic Church. Nothing beats preparation when it comes to life-long commitments like marriage. As Christians, we spend our lifetime preparing for our after death! And our…