Then the 3,000th blog was written

Finally, another thousand

I earnestly wanted to reach this goal and it is not for the want of trying. By the end of 2019, I was only 4 blogs short and somewhere between the easy or herculean task of tapping in gibberish to typing in complexities, before I relented.

I was on holiday with my lover, Brian, and when I was asked what was the best time we had together, it was every moment I could look up and see him, his interesting mannerisms, the touch, the feel, the kiss and the many things we did together considering we have a long-distance relationship that for now only offers a rendezvous in South Africa.

In my needless striving

Yes, he did urge me on, he said I could do it, but I had exhausted myself to writer’s block, no straining of myself to reach an arbitrary target for which the only reward is self-satisfaction mattered more than doing other useful things. So, I aborted the scheme and we walked off to the V&A Waterfront where we met with and had a long conversation with two ladies, mother and daughter, Brian presumed, I should have put on my second pair of glasses to notice.

In terms of achievements, it is not particularly great, I had written 1,000 blogs in just under 5 years, the next thousand took a little over 4 years and then at 3,000, over 7 years have passed before making the mark. I could list out excuses as long as a 3,000-word thesis, but to what end apart from a propensity to needless verbosity. Besides, the excuses have not changed much in 16 years and sentiments has expressed before remaining the same.

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To the next, with thanks

I don’t know if this is a grandfather age of blogging, but I am thankful to all my readers and supporters who have through the tough times and amazing times participated in my journey, read my stories and marvelled at some of the indecipherable musings without judging me too harshly.

Maybe, the next thousand blogs would happen in a shorter period of time, I would not know, I will just keep on writing, telling stories and sharing experiences. When we get there, there will be a blog announcing the new milestone.

Thank you, one and all.

Life begins again with 40 refreshing breaths

Thankfully and gratefully

Today, I reach 40 with a deep sense of gratitude and a wealth of appreciation.

Things happen in life that fill one with concern and anxiety, first the usual desire for youthful pre-eminence in the quest against aging which for some is a lifelong distracting quest, then there is the frailty of humanity in terms of maintaining a standard of health and well-being.

Other factors that affect one include outlook, relationships, career and security, these being issues that one through the values one acquires over life and faith that develops from beliefs and experience help determine the kind of person you are.

Landmarks and crossroads

This celebration meets me as a man on the cusp of a life changing experience where the need to remain relevant to myself, my relationships, my community and society in general becomes a passionate quest.

Maturity has a strange way of sharpening certain views and blunting other systems, I probably have become more acquiescent of considering people and less tolerant of inconsiderate people.

That intolerance however, needs to be properly managed, I hate getting angry because hormonally it exhausts me as my voice tends to tremble as I begin to lose it; that results in incoherence and that is uncomfortable.

Godliness matters

I have many things to be thankful for; most especially the power and strength that is beyond me but sustains me through the course of life; it is of great religious importance and requires better commitment and adherence to reap benefits of a godly relationship.

Enthuse and infuse

As they say, “Life begins at 40”, and like forty years ago when my quite premature arrival (at 26 weeks) left everyone wondering if I would survive, you can bet that not only is one here to survive, but to thrive, to succeed, to excel and to enthuse others with that same spirit.

There are things to set right, resolutions to make and decisions to review and conclude.

I thank everyone including my very best friends who have come to celebrate this day with me.

Thank you!