"The Pauper's Funeral" What! and not one to heave the pious sigh! Not one whose sorrow-swoln and aching eye For social scenes, for life's endearments fled, Shall drop a tear and dwell upon the dead! Poor wretched Outcast! I will weep for thee, And sorrow for forlorn humanity. Yes I will weep, but not that thou art come To the stern Sabbath of the silent tomb: For squalid Want, and the black scorpion Care, Heart-withering fiends! shall never enter there. I sorrow for the ills thy life has known As thro' the world's long pilgrimage, alone, Haunted by Poverty and woe-begone, Unloved, unfriended, thou didst journey on: Thy youth in ignorance and labour past, And thine old age all barrenness and blast! Hard was thy Fate, which, while it doom'd to woe, Denied thee wisdom to support the blow; And robb'd of all its energy thy mind, Ere yet it cast thee on thy fellow-kind, Abject of thought, the victim of distress, To wander in the world's wide wilderness. Poor Outcast sleep in peace! the wintry storm Blows bleak no more on thine unshelter'd form; Thy woes are past; thou restest in the tomb;-- I pause--and ponder on the days to come. — Robert Southey #poemoftheday #cityvibes #kericho

I watched that race with my heart in my throat. Peres Jepchirchir and Joyciline Jepkosgei were pushing each other at a crazy pace — the kind where every breath looks borrowed. You could almost feel the pain through the screen. Then it happened at the water station. Peres grabbed her bottle. Joyciline, right beside her, missed hers. In a race where every second is life or death… Peres turned and gave Joyciline her own water. I honestly froze. That wasn’t strategy. That was pure humanity. She chose kindness over an edge. Not because she had to — but because she could. In that moment, I was reminded that greatness isn’t just about crossing the line first. It’s about how you treat the person running beside you when it would be easier not to. That was elite sportsmanship. Real strength. 🦾 #ValenciaMarathon #Sportsmanship #HumanityFirst #RunWithHeart #RespectTheRace #PeresJepchirchir #JoycilineJepkosgei #JohnKorir #AthleticsKenya

I followed Governor Mutai's response to the circulating video and his apology. He received appropriate feedback after sharing a press release of his apology. This is what Kenyans had to tell him. Governor Mutahi Kahiga, this statement of yours is not an apology it’s a coward’s confession wrapped in political grammar. You call your remarks “personal views”? Let’s be honest those were not personal views, they were tribal venom, laced with hate and arrogance. You didn’t speak as a private citizen; you spoke as the Governor of Nyeri County, a national leader, and the Vice Chair of the Council of Governors. Every word you uttered carried the weight of your office, and every syllable dripped with contempt for an entire community that has contributed immensely to the making of this nation. You now say you were “misunderstood.” Governor, stop insulting the intelligence of Kenyans. We all heard you clearly. You didn’t stumble over words; you spoke with conviction. The language you used was not accidental it was tribal, divisive, and demeaning. What you said wasn’t just about Raila Odinga; it was about the millions of Luos who saw in your tone the same hate that has killed Kenya’s unity for decades. You’re a father, a teacher, and a leader yet you stood in public and poured poison into the ears of young Kenyans. What values do you teach your children? Do you tell them to despise their Luo classmates? Do you whisper to them that leadership belongs only to their tribe? If this is the example you set as a father and governor, then you’ve failed both your home and your country. Let’s be real stepping down from the Vice Chair of the Council of Governors is not accountability, it’s damage control. You didn’t resign out of integrity; you resigned because Kenyans saw through your tribal mask. You resigned because you became a liability to the same government you were trying to please. If your conscience was truly alive, you would not just step down from CoG you would step back from politics altogether and spend time learning the meaning of humanity. You claim you “meant well” when you said Raila’s death sends everyone back to the drawing board. Tell us, Governor since when did death become a political reset button? Raila Odinga was not just a politician; he was a symbol of struggle, democracy, and resilience. To use his death as a punchline for political commentary is not just insensitive it’s wicked. You, Governor, have become a national embarrassment. You have shamed your county, embarrassed your office, and stained your own name in the eyes of history. You have shown the world that tribal arrogance still lives in the hearts of men who should be building bridges. The children who will one day read about this will know you as the governor who mocked unity at a burial, who divided Kenyans when they were mourning. Kenya does not need leaders who speak the language of hate in 2025. We need leaders who speak the truth of equality, justice, and peace. You, Mutahi Kahiga, owe the Luo Nation more than an apology you owe this country repentance. Because when leaders like you speak, they don’t just divide tribes they destroy futures.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself. – Alan Watts #motivationalquote #positivethinking #dailyboost

This is Reposted!! When You Feel Empty and in Pain, Please Listen to the Words of Almighty God…. 🔗👉Contact us via WhatsApp: https://shurl.me/ENSQWhatsApp Almighty God says: “The pain, troubles, and emptiness of man’s flesh, and all of the wretched things in the world of man—they all appeared after Satan corrupted man. After man was corrupted by Satan, Satan began to torment man, and so man fell ever further, his sickness became ever more profound, his pain ever greater, and he had an increasing sense that the world is empty and miserable, that it is impossible to survive in this world, and that living in this world is increasingly hopeless. So this pain was all brought upon man by Satan, and came after Satan corrupted man and they became degenerated.” —The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. The Significance of God’s Tasting of Worldly Suffering “When a person is without God, when they cannot see Him, when they cannot truly and clearly know God’s sovereignty, every day is meaningless, worthless, and indescribably painful. No matter where a person is, and what their job is, their means of survival and the goals that they pursue bring them nothing but endless heartache, and pain that is difficult to get over, such that they cannot bear to look back on their past. Only by accepting the Creator’s sovereignty, submitting to His orchestrations and arrangements, and pursuing the attainment of true human life, can a person gradually break free from all heartache and pain, and gradually rid themselves of all the emptiness of human life.” —The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique III “Because the essence of God is holy, that means that only through God can you embark on the right, bright path of human life; only through God can you know the meaning of life; only through God can you live out real humanity and both possess and know the truth. Only through God can you obtain life from the truth. Only God Himself can help you shun evil and deliver you from the harm and control of Satan. Besides God, no one and nothing can save you from the sea of suffering so that you suffer no longer. This is determined by the essence of God. Only God Himself saves you so selflessly; only God is ultimately responsible for your future, for your destiny and for your life, and He arranges all things for you. This is something that nothing created or non-created can achieve. Because nothing created or non-created possesses an essence like the essence of God, no person or thing has the ability to save you or to lead you. This is the importance of God’s essence to man.” —The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique VI In the beginning, the humanity that God created knew no birth, aging, sickness, or death. They had no troubles or sorrows, living a happy and carefree life in the Garden of Eden under God’s guidance. Later, humanity was misled and corrupted by Satan. They believed Satan’s lies, sinned, and betrayed God. As a result, they lost God’s care and protection and have lived under Satan’s power ever since, enduring a life of labor, sorrow, and pain. This suffering and distress make everyone feel that living in this world is too bitter, too tiring, and too difficult. Today, to save us, God has personally become flesh and come among humankind—He is Christ of the last days, Almighty God. He has expressed millions of words that can resolve all our difficulties and problems. By frequently reading the words of Almighty God, we can see more clearly issues concerning life, work, family, marriage, and more. We will no longer be constrained and bound by these matters, and our lives will not be so bitter and exhausting. So, would you like to read more of the words of Almighty God and attain true peace and joy in your heart? Please join our free online study group via the WhatsApp link. http://youtube.com/post/UgkxJ5qrlPLELylIXRG_NNfFMa6HXlejtYZ-?si=_bgHi5K45KqAk3Za https://www.holyspiritspeaks.org/

"Mother's Day Proclamation" Arise then...women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: "We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, For caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, the women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs." From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice." Blood does not wipe our dishonor, Nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil At the summons of war, Let women now leave all that may be left of home For a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means Whereby the great human family can live in peace... Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, But of God - In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask That a general congress of women without limit of nationality, May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient And the earliest period consistent with its objects, To promote the alliance of the different nationalities, The amicable settlement of international questions, The great and general interests of peace. — Julia Ward Howe #poemoftheday #cityvibes #kericho

"To Marie Louise (Shew)" Of all who hail thy presence as the morning-- Of all to whom thine absence is the night-- The blotting utterly from out high heaven The sacred sun--of all who, weeping, bless thee Hourly for hope--for life--ah, above all, For the resurrection of deep buried faith In truth, in virtue, in humanity-- Of all who, on despair's unhallowed bed Lying down to die, have suddenly arisen At thy soft-murmured words, "Let there be light!" At thy soft-murmured words that were fulfilled In thy seraphic glancing of thine eyes-- Of all who owe thee most, whose gratitude Nearest resembles worship,--oh, remember The truest, the most fervently devoted, And think that these weak lines are written by him-- By him who, as he pens them, thrills to think His spirit is communing with an angel's. — Edgar Allan Poe #poemoftheday #cityvibes #kericho

So I was watching AJ’s latest video (you know the one—afterlife, Scole experiments, all that deep stuff), and I went to the comments section. And man, I came across this response from a Hindu friend of mine that really hit me. Here’s what he said (paraphrased a bit): “As a Hindu, all these ideas about the afterlife, consciousness, and even multiverses are deeply embedded in our scriptures. It’s not just philosophy—it’s documented stuff. When I saw the Scole Experiments, it honestly felt like science was slowly catching up with what our sages wrote centuries ago. Even the name 'Manu'—which came up—blew my mind. Manu is a legendary figure in Hindu mythology, kind of like our version of Noah. He survived the great deluge and saved humanity. That parallel? Insane. I’ll be honest—I believe in the afterlife. I believe in spirits and ghosts. I know I have a bias. But I listened to every word AJ said, and what gave me hope is that someone skeptical could still be so open-minded. That’s rare. It reminded me that the world doesn’t need everyone to agree—it needs more people willing to understand. And AJ did that. He questioned everything, but with respect. With curiosity. And that made me love his content even more. Humanity needs more people like that. People who challenge, but listen. Who speak, but stay humble. We love you, AJ. You’re one of the real ones.” And honestly? That’s the kind of energy I want more of in the world. Believers, skeptics, thinkers—talking to each other. Not yelling, not dismissing. Just listening. Big love to AJ. And even bigger love to the people out here trying to bridge worlds with empathy and curiosity. #Afterlife, #Spirituality, #HinduWisdom, #ScoleExperiments, #OpenMind, #Skepticism, #AJOnYouTube, #MultiverseTheory, #ManuAndTheFlood, #NoahsArkHinduVersion, #Consciousness, #EmpathyInDebate, #WeLoveYouAJ, #BeliefVsScience, #AncientMeetsModern https://youtu.be/JRnFkpLZrsA?si=yj5r6BI-IOa1RkVy