Do Not Blow Your Own Trumpet

“The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.” 

― Criss Jami

Wait: do not blow your own trumpet. Humans are many a time tempted to blow their own trumpets. It comes as a way of wanting to show off either an achievement or anything else we have done. So, in other words, this will be a way of boasting to others. We boast so as to make others envy or admire us. It is not a good thing bragging to others because they will not be impressed by you. In the society, we have such people who are very fond of showing off. Boasting is a vice that will help destroy your public image.

Do Not Boast To Others

So whatever kind of achievement you have gotten lately, let others praise you. Do not risk destroying your trumpet, oops, I mean your public image. Even if others do not praise you because of what you have done, be contended. Someone somewhere has noted what you have done.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

I Am Happy That I Am Blessed

“I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.” - DMX.

Keep Smiling

We should always be happy and contended with what we have. No matter how little or much it is because for sure there is no such time we will have enough of everything. For me, I am happy that God has blessed me in many ways. I might be lacking some essential things here and there but I am grateful because of His blessings. I am sure my God will help me achieve my dreams.

Most often we are busy looking for earthly riches and we forget to thank our Creator

for the care and blessings, He has accorded us. I am not denying the fact that we might be going through many challenges. The best thing is despite the challenges we go through, we will always emerge victorious if we believe in God and ourselves. It is important to always remember that we have been blessed in many ways. That way, we will be able to appreciate what we have as we continue with this life on this side of the sun.

How to Reset IFMIS Password

It is easier to reset IFMIS password for the Kenya Supplier Portal in case you forgot it. The challenge is that if you do not know the procedure, it will not be possible to do so.

Click on Login Assistance

A. STEPS FOR SUPPLIERS

Add https:// before the URL

1. On the supplier portal, use the log-in assistance link,
2. On the provided URL that appears as supplier.treasury.go.ke…etc add https:// before it. This should read as follows: https://supplier.treasury.go.ke
3. Under the username please type the username that was sent to you (the one you used to register in the IFMIS – Kenya Supplier Portal).
4. Please click forgot password button,
5. Open your e-mail to view the link sent to you for resetting password,
6. Click the reset password link,
7. On the provided URL that appears as supplier.treasury.go.ke…etc add https:// before it. This should read as follows: https://supplier.treasury.go.ke
8. Enter username,
9. Type and confirm the new password,
10. Click on confirm password.

You will now be able to access the Kenya Supplier Portal.

Use this option to reset your password or username

B. STEPS FOR USERS IN MDAS AND COUNTIES

1. Log in through the VPN,
2. On the IFMIS home page, use the log-in assistance link,
3. Under the username please type the username then click forgot password button, wait for message confirmation that password is sent to your email,
4. Open your e-mail to view the link sent to you for resetting password,
5. Click the reset password link,
6. Type and confirm the new password.

If A Nation Goes to the Dogs, it is Because of the Politicians

“The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.”
– William Westmoreland

Soldiers in Action

I wish you can read that quote by William Westmoreland again and again. Try to see what he is saying that it is the politicians who start wars, but not the military. And when these wars are started, they are not fought by the politicians, they are fought by the military and the citizens end up suffering the heaviest casualties. Those who have been through wars know the pain and horrors of it. The ordinary man will not gain from war; it is only those who start wars who benefit. Some of them do not care what happens to innocent people and are ready to shed blood in order to gain. What they do not know is that they will have to pay for their actions one day.

What happens in any nation directly depends on the kind of leaders that particular nation has. If there are bad politicians like in most of Africa, then that nation is always dogged by all sorts of calamities. If a nation goes to the dogs, it is because of the politicians who have failed in their duty. Look around where you are and you will definitely see some countries that are heading the bad way. This is because most of their leaders have failed in their duties and most have been overcome by greed.

Why is it that we are no longer fearing God and keeping his commandments? As we derail from the just way, let us remember we will one day be judged by what we have done.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14King James Version (KJV)
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

If you are a leader in any capacity, you have a great responsibility placed on your shoulders. You have to make sure your people are moving forward and making progress, but not heading to retrogression. Wake up to your call of duty and work towards the betterment of the rest of the humanity. If you can not be able to help them, call it quits and let other able leaders take over.

Bad Politics Will Destroy Nations

“Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep.”

– Ray Davies

Of late there has been an emergence of bad politics in many countries. Instead of people having constructive politics, they are inhibiting retrogressive politics. This is mostly because of greed that is deeply rooted in the politicians who are leading these nations. Most of those who are joining politics are doing so with ill intentions. They are self-seekers who will forsake those who elect them to power.

These bad politics have ruined and will continue ruining many countries if something is not done soon. Divisions have been created by these politicians along tribal lines, social class, ethnicity, nations among others. Divide and rule has become their motto. These evil politicians have got no interest of the state of the nation and its inhabitants. Something needs to be done soon.

The only best way is for the electorate to wake up from their slumber. It is time to elect leaders and do away with the politicians. The bad politicians ought to be hunted and taken to jail where they belong. It is their time to pay dearly for all the wrongs they have done. As an ordinary person, think twice before you start listening and doing what that inciting politician is telling you to do. Your friend is that person you suffer together with, the one you go to when in trouble.

Let us support those people with good leadership skills. Let us get rid of the bad politicians from power before they get rid of us.

Do Not Be an Impediment to Others

Do Not Be an Impediment to Others

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

– Henry Ford

Do not be an impediment to others blocking them from achieving what they want. Do not be selfish and do not hinder others from achieving their dreams. You have had your own success, sit back relax and enjoy what you have. If you have not been successful, check if you are working hard. If you are doing what is right, wait for your time to come. 

Let others be successful. In fact, you should join hands with them and help them achieve what they want. What is the need of a lion with a full belly sleeping near the only watering hole in the jungle? It makes no sense, it should sleep somewhere else and let the herbivores come and enjoy a drink too.

Thus, in your life, do not be like a gate that prevents people from entering a building, yet it does not go in itself. Let others enjoy the freedom and happiness like you are doing. Be satisfied with what you have and never oppress those who you think are poor. They are richer than you in other ways that you do not know. Let us love one another and strive to have a peaceful world. Let us care for one another as meerkats do while foraging. They always have a lookout who alerts the others whenever there is danger. We are our brothers keeper.

How Not To Be a Good Writer

How Not To Be a Good Writer

“It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.”

– Robert Benchley

Procrastination is the thief of time

You have heard and read a lot about how to be a good writer. I wonder if you have heard of how not to be a good writer. Yes, there are some things that you can follow or do if you do not want to be a good writer. One of them is not practicing every now and then. If you stop practicing writing, your skills will go down and you will lose that writing enthusiasm.

Another thing you can do is to stop reading. Writers are supposed to read because that is where they learn how to write and also get inspiration tips. By simply stopping to read any materials will render your mind to forget about writing. Yet another thing one can do not to be a good writer is to stop thinking creatively. This will render your mind to become blank and you will lack ideas that you can write about. The other thing you can do is to postpone things to do especially the ones concerned with writing. Just start saying I will do that tomorrow and at the end of the day you will come to realize why they say procrastination is the thief of time.