WHISPERS OF INSPIRATION

Dear God,  Ever merciful to a broken humanity, Kindly fill us with your blessings anew. Please stretch your healing hands on the afflicted. Be pleased to console your grieving children and be charitable to strengthen those in pain. For those forgotten and ignored, For those who thirst for love and the vulnerable, For those who are hit hard by this pandemic, For all who experience fear and anxiety, And for those who are dying slowly, In your mercy, protect and grant them peace of mind and spirit. Grant good health. Grant solace. Grant wisdom to all. In your compassion, teach us to care and connect with our conviction to do the right things. Bless us with the insight to appreciate every moment of our lives.  And graciously enlighten us to always value each other and work towards a better world. Please, bless and preserve your children this day, I pray. 🙏🏿🙏🏿 I wish you a great day. Continue to be safe and Remain Blessed.  Greetings🌸 ©KYB ✍🏿13/08/2020

There is a lot of space in our environment that permits some of our outdoor engagements. As kids, we played in these open spaces and had loads of fun, while exploring this infant freedom. There were no walls around the house in our community then, and one could easily run to drink water from these houses when we're thirsty or run for cover when we felt threatened on those playgrounds.  The closest barriers we saw then were flower hedges and bamboo or wire mesh fences around people's backyard farms or gardens. There was nothing like these huge concrete walls we now have.  We have erected more walls around ourselves, which has somehow caged us from really exploring our surroundings. It is as if our enlightenment in this age is equated with the sophistication of these barricades around our houses. Unfortunately, these huge concrete walls around us only reinforce our attempt to be individualistic.  And the saddest aspect is that we are consciously or unconsciously trapp