Can One have it all?!!!

Contrary to what we try to make ourselves believe these days the'glass ceiling' still exists in the coporate world to a large extent. Business is still being done based on the 'old schoolboy' network. There are still roles which a woman cannot take up.

I am able to to live with this as unfair as it may seem. But i am beginning to wonder if life also has a form of glass ceiling that it imposes on us a form of check and balance. This line of thought was brought about by me looking at the lives of so many people and i could not seem to find a person who had it all down pat.

Looking from outside one might begin to think a particular person or persons have it worked out but a closer look always reveals an area of struggle.. These struggles are evident in one of these categories family, health and career.

As cynical as this might sound, this apparent leveller has taught me that while my shortcomings might be glaring to the next critic, it might not be as debilitating as the critic's shortcoming. Life would be a much more livable place if we all could learn to deal with and probably overcome our shortcomings rather than go about with a magnifying glass trying to glare at other people's shortcomings.

The Dance called life

I love to dance, its the one thing that gives me limitless pleasure. So anything that makes the slightest reference to dancing piques my interest. Just the other day, I watched a program on various types of dances and a certain line of thought crossed my mind how very much similar life is to dance.
For me life is a series of dances;

At times it is a slow senuous style
At other times it is a fast and energetic one
At times it is a beautiful solo that enraptures any audience
At times its a group routine that is filled with mischief

Other times its a cheeky duet that is filled with innuendos and suspense
Some of the time one leads
Other times one is being led
The rest of the time its filled with carefully choreographed steps that move simultaneously.


Having thought long and hard about it and bearing in mind how much i enjoy dancing, I can only surmise that life is meant to be enjoyed to the fullest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vox Populi Vox dei?

I grew up believing the maxim 'voice of people is the voice of God'. But of late i have begun to question the validity of the popular saying. Often times before taking decisions i ask the people whose opinion i value for advice on which route to take. Whenever i am seeking counsel i console myself with a particular verse of the good book which says something about safety in the multitude of counsel.

In as much as the verse is valid and there are circumstances where one does need the counsel of people who have travelled down a particular path, one needs to realise that 'safety' is a 6 letter word just like any other. What if the way to achieve your dreams is not to play it safe? In my quest to come up with an informed opinion as to whether the voice of people is the voice of God. I went to the one place i have known to always provide me with answers for any and every question.

The first thing that struck me was the story of Abraham. At a point in time of his life, God called him and asked him to set off for land which He would show him. Now thats a tall order!!! For one to get up and go without as much as a particular location in mind and at the very least not even a sat nav to help chart your course. I am pretty certain that when he told his father, his father would have begged, cajoled and mostly likely threatened to disown him. His mother, now that would have been another kettle of fish!!!! she would have used all forms of means to try to make him stay, especially the most popular and most effective weapons from the female arsenal; tears.

Family and friends alike would have told him not to leave, but Abraham heeded the voice of God and the rest as they say is history.

Another example that further ilustrated the difference between the voice of God and the voice of people is the disciples experience with Jesus walking on water. Jesus only gave Peter one word, 'come' . Your guess is as good as mine on what the other disciples made of Peter's bid to walk on water to meet Jesus. I reckon there where 3 categories of disciples on the boat with Peter. The first category would have been made up of a group that didnt believe Peter could achieve the feat. The next category would have been made up of the ones who where afraid for him and did not want him to try. The last group would have been of those who where fiercely competitive and did not want him to succeed.

Another pointer was that these disciples also did not recognise who was calling Peter as they thought it was a ghost.

Having pondered on these, i came to the conclusion that when God talks to you, you should not expect everybody to have heard the same thing. The one who has spoken expressly to you, is able to guide you. I have also come to the conclusion that Vox populi Vox Dei was probably coined by a Latin ruler who used the saying as a tool for enshrining some form of democracy.