Category: NUGGETS
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UPROOTED
The expert’s assessment of the situation revealed that the roots of our majestic, shady escape had burrowed so deeply through the retaining wall that they had caused mild to severe damage. Although we were told that some sections of the wall boasted minor rifts while other sections had been completely separated, we chose to ignore…
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Your Roots …Your Responsibility
I have never been the type of person to fancy the high-maintenance gardening required to produce an immaculately manicured lawn accentuated by majestic flowers. This was not because I lacked an appreciation for beauty, but simply because I disdained the sheer labor required to maintain such plush surroundings. I neither had the time nor the…
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“TIME-OUT”
In animated tones that mirrored his very vivid gestures, Kamal recounted every shift, dribble, pass, and shot that resulted in his team winning the match. There was however something about the way his pitch decrescendoed and became dispirited that drew my attention to the fact that he was about to talk about something that meant…
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Just Seh Fe’
“Anyhow dem even seh fe’ mi gone”, that was exactly how I felt on the morning of July 27, 2020 and I expressed this feeling to the Lord as I reasoned with him prior to carrying out the task I believed that he was sending me to do. “Lord”, I argued, “the deadline has passed…
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HAVE YOU BEEN BEBBLED
Bebbling: The process of cutting, reshaping a stone to achieve a flat surface. I first learnt of this term some time ago when I was led to ask a stone cutter what he intended to do with the stones he had masterfully reshaped. I was led to ask the question because the same stones, which…
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THE BUTTERFLY
2 Peter 1:3, NLT: “By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life…. ****************************************************** I remember the day as if it were yesterday. I was so proud of myself, for I had seemingly learned the joy of finding the right words for the right occasion. Meeting the gaze…
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VALUED
My dream unfolded in what appeared to be a police station setting. I observed workers frantically looking for and enquiring about the whereabouts of a box of evidence that had been left on a desk. I watched as a coworker casually motioned in the direction of a garbage dump. The investigator knowing the value of…
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The Race
I was between sleep and wake when the imagery of a race started to play out infront of me. In the race there was a runner who was a good distance ahead of the other runners so much so that I was beginning to lose interest in watching the race as I thought he would…
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Cover Your Head
DEM TOO WICKED!!!, he thundered. There was something about the sheer emotion empowering these words that somehow caught my attention. Listening as the discussions continued, I overheard what was at the heart of the comment. “Dem thief the crop that is bad and not too bad, he continued, but dem tek the head to; No…