A glimpse into my 25 years working and serving with…
On this date 6 February, in 2001, I started working for the United Nations (UN) at the then International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), in my hometown Arusha, Tanzania. Today, 6 February 2026, marks 25 years of working and serving with the United Nations. Then I was only 19 years old, fresh from high school,…
Created in the image of God? Oops
Apparently, we are created in the image of God. In this article, I explore what I would discover to be a powerful and humbling phenomenon of what being “created in the image of God” both physically and in essence is. For starters, if I were to ask you to create an image of God in…
Hello God! I have questions for you…
God, I have an urge to ask and need to question! Who is God? What is God? Where is God? How is God God? When did God happen? How am I related to God? Is there a relationship between me and God? In my previous article Thank you 42, I noted that I do not…
Sunday morning arguments with my mind
It is Sunday morning, and my mind is almost awake, but I am still fast asleep. I know this, as I am already negotiating with my mind to give me more time to sleep before it takes over my life. There’s a lingering feeling of that nice deep sleep that needs to be had, even…
Happy 1st Heavenly Anniversary, my sister Norah
Dear Norah, Do they even call you Norah in heaven? How is it there? Do you even see or recognise me anymore? Do you even hear me? Your death has been one hard piece of puzzle to put together, a year after. But one piece that came quickly and very clear to me is that…
Are you Alarmed or Excited to wake-up?
I think the first few hours of waking up, especially in the morning, should be deeply meaningful. Waking up in the morning is a powerful phenomenon in life that we should be excited about and not taken for granted. But do we really wake up excited in the morning? I don’t know if you have…
Thank you 42!
It is written on my “earthly” birth certificate that, on 1 July 1981, I was born. On this same date in 2023, I contemplate me. I now have three white hairs (called “mvi” in Kiswahili) on my beard, two of which are only visible if I have not shaved. Some say it’s a sign of…
Healing from “emotional turmoil” (Part of 1 of 2)
Are you feeling emotionally hurt, disappointed, let down, or unhappy? Do you know why? Do you really know why? How do you heal from this phenomenon that I refer to as “emotional turmoil”? As humans, we think, imagine, and create our realities. In this “mtazamo wangu wa leo” (my today’s perspective), I unpack, from my…
No “buts” in learning to trust the Universe
I will have an incredible day – I said to myself in the morning! She, the universe, then says – it is done. But during the day, my simple mind, with the help of 1,000 voices in my head, still try to be in control. The universe has it in control – let go and…
Waking up to the sounds of birds
It is so lovely to wake up hearing the sounds of birds in the morning. I am alive, and the universe lives on. As I tried to listen carefully to the birds, I found myself smiling. I couldn’t help but notice how they constantly talk over each other. In human terms, it sounds like a…
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