Resolutions.......?????.......BAH HUMBUG!
How many will be making resolutions this year? How many will be breaking it before February 2012? It seems almost like a tradition to make and many times break resolutions. In today’s world, it is viewed as almost acceptable as many make jokes about resolutions and its eventual demise. Many years ago, I realized that resolutions were just not for me. I don’t believe in them and as such I don’t make them. Yes, feel free to say bah humbug. Making resolutions can be equated to having a conversation with a drunk man, yes, he will promise the moon and the stars but when the alcohol or shayo as my people call it clears off, he does not remember a word he spoke in his drunken state. The question then becomes, then what do I do then? Am I okay with my flaws? Do I believe that I am perfect and I have nothing to change? First, there is nothing that beats being se...Read moreIf Mugabe won't die today, T.B. Joshua is not a prophet of God.
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ARIKANA
Chihombori, Aquilina Kayidza Pamberi, Locadia Tembo, Loreta Nyathi, that
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