Childhood anecdotes
will always be flawlessly polished.
A journey defined by growth,
actions, and ambitions.
Mentorship marked by love,
wisdom, and faithfulness.
Fleeting reflections on a time
we can never reclaim.
Maternal grandpa owned a car where boot lid came back and folded down
From underneath our shearing shed he'd bag up lots of sheep manure
Tied to tray on back of car , travel four hundred kilometres back to town
Would pile the poo on his suburban garden
where he grew beetroot lettuce and some corn
to water and weed this vegie patch
he would rise at break of dawn
So thank you grandpa for this mentorship
since those days, I've loaded ute, with many different kinds of poo
There's horses, goats, ducks, donkey, cow, hens and sheep
I'm not much into waste , with compost dunny, to soil, mine adds much richness too
I have many different types of fruit and lots of greens to make a meal
with world events a lack of food, maybe not too long, it could all get real
When I began the journey, fifty odd years ago
to become a parent
There were no books or journals then
to guide this experiment
It's mostly based on mentorship
each of us has gained
Often full of potholes
mistakes we have obtained
So when I look in hindsight
not having skills required
Had parenting been my full time job
I would surely have been fired
But life provides us
with a chance to make amends
To bless with love my children
and treat them as my friends
There is no doubt challenges
existing on the way
Some families face adversity
every single day
Sometimes it seems
that life is back to front
The wisdom that we need when young
arrives when ageing fills our wont
To be a grandparent prior to parenting
would elicit a necessary skill
To raise five children, share more prudence
to a loving life, which they can then fulfil
May 22 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Ezra 8-10
Key Verse – Ezra 8:22 …The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHOSE HAND
IS UPON US THAT SEEK HIM
Praise be to God for His hand upon us that seek Him with:
Honest spiritual submission
Honourable sacrifice
Humble surrender
Heartful service
Healed spirit
Ezra 9:5 Praise be to the Lord for attending to us
while we spread out our hands unto Him:
Praying for His might
Pleading for His mercy
Presenting His majesty
Performing by His molding
Pursuing through His mentorship
Ezra 10:3 Praise be to the Saviour for making us have
covenant with Him as His:
Saved saints by His grace
Sanctified stewards along His generosity
Steadfast soldiers along His gripping governance
Scripture-soaked students girded with His guidance
Strengthened servants goaded by His goodness and gladness. Amen!
May 22, 2024
A New Poem:
Family Is:
The first thing that makes sense...
It blossoms at every direction it grows...
The flourishing nature of family
Is beauty-impersonified....
Sparks fly when the core tenets
Of family is mixed with a stint of love...
The rich brew that family concocts
Is savoured by invigorating inducive
Recipes like patience, parental care and love
And wholistic mentorship.
Family is...
Humanity, in this complex world...
Courage, manifested through a mother and father's
Loving guidance...
Unity, imminent in the evergreen tenet of togetherness....
And above all, family is...
Love; for all the age-old tales of sacrifice
Altruism, and Strength drawn From the influence of
Love.
For these and many more:
Family is everything lovable
ISAIAH A. ASANGALISAH
April 10 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Samuel 22-24
Key Verse – 2Samuel 22:2 … The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO IS OUR ROCK AND FORTRESS
Praise be to God for being our Rock and Fortress Who:
Delivers us from enemies’ rage
Drives us toward eternity’s reward
Destines us for everlasting restoration
Directs us into empowered revival
Deters us against ephemeral riches’ restlessness
2Samuel 23:10 Praise be to the Lord Who brings us
great victory unto by His:
Saving love
Shining light
Sustaining life
Satisfying liberty
Securing leadership
2Samuel 24:14 Praise be to the Saviour for
allowing us to fall into His hand of:
Good mercies and glorious majesty
Great moves along glowing miracles
Gracious moments with guarding might
Gentle maneuvers of governing mentorship
Generous magnanimity midst glowing marvels. Amen!
April 10, 2024
The best things in life are free
Love is free
Peace is free
Kindness is free
Happiness is free
Joy is free
Care is free
Togetherness is free
Expression is free
Opinion is free
Choice is free
The best things in life is free
The universe is free
Our planet is a free zone
Life is free
The air is free
To live freely is to live fullfiled
To fight is free
Our world is free
Our reality should be free
Our education should be free
Our mentorship should be free
Our knowledge should be free
Above all our freedom
Should be free cos
The best things in life are free
In robes of empathy, a judge should stand,
Learning mental struggles, extending a hand,
Understanding the pipeline's unjust strife,
For underprivileged souls, a chance at life.
No bail bondsman's grip, a system redefined,
Where fairness and justice are closely aligned,
Juveniles, tender hearts, scarred by the past,
Guidance and understanding, to heal and hold fast.
With wisdom and care, these wounds they'll address,
Through patient discussions, the pain they'll assess,
No father figure's absence to define their fate,
But mentorship and love, helping them navigate.
A courtroom transformed, compassion as a guide,
Breaking chains of injustice, where destinies collide,
Each decision made, reflects a compassionate art,
A judge who mends souls and mends every heart.
The Lies I Was Told About School
I was told at my first entrance
That schooling is my survival chance
Later knowledge not school made me bold
Oh I discovered, what a lie I was told!
I was told that school is education
But a stereotyped learning brought frustration
Yes, it gave a little but stole my joy
I decipher, its breeding will make me a toy
I was told schooling is success,
A barge of true happiness.
Until I saw successes without school And I saw scholar in poverty's pool
School brings fulfillment
When it's guarded with every commitment.
But how can I be sure of peace
When with her arms, my fears increase?
Now, I refused to be deceived
By every lie I once believed
I learn beyond parentship
I choose a better mentorship
May Allah bless our parents
I was told at my first entrance
That schooling is my survival chance
Later knowledge not school made me bold
Oh I discovered, what a lie I was told!
I was told that school is education
But a stereotyped learning brought frustration
Yes, it gave a little but stole my joy
I decipher, its breeding will make me a toy
I was told schooling is success,
A barge of true happiness.
Until I saw successes without school
And I saw scholar in poverty's pool
School brings fulfillment
When it's guarded with every commitment
But how can I be sure of peace
When with her arms, my fears increase?
Now, I refused to be deceived
By every lie I once believed
I learn beyond scholarship
I choose a better mentorship
There was no brilliance
in the photo I took.
No inspired flash
as time's translucence
caught up with us...
Filtered past blinds,
early Sun's elegance
haloed her grey cloud curls,
soft blurred the lines
between past and presence
I said: "Just tilt your head
a little bit to the left..
Now where's that Smile?"
Captured she is.
In my heart's new album.
Pocketed providence.
With her Silver and Gold
" pennies for thoughts..."
In the photo she looks
like a shy child
aglow in the sunshine.
After a storm.
Posted: 7th November, 2019.
Dedicated to my Mum.
You've lived up to your names: Thelma Grace- "Willful, and Graceful..."
It might take some time for a daughter to realize how many positive " life lessons " she has learnt from the First Woman in her life.
I am grateful for your motherly mentorship. Never to be forgotten!
I love you with all my <3.
FRIEND-SHIP
Friends exchange friend-ship
Engendering an awesome companionship
Just like birds of a fellow showmanship
In the circus of life mentorship
Ringing the dig-dong affair of relationship
On the ambiance of mutual partnership
Edward ( Bud ) Atfield
Brother / Uncle
There is little to inspire this,
a day of reflection, but loads of hope.
There is a brother / uncle I will miss,
who has reached the end of life’s rope.
At the end of the Grim Reapers noose
his spirit, his soul to be free – let loose.
Time passed – eighty three years- age and cancer
have now taken their toll, he now knows the answer.
The time has come, to leave for changes
as his life’s flow, ebbs and rearranges
it’s atoms, it’s energy, it’s essence, it’s meaning,
to find all, in the new, that he will be feeling.
I am, oh so sorry that I will not be there
to say goodbye, offer best wishes as you fly
off to places far beyond the sight of these blind eyes
as we stare off into the blackness of, we know not where ?
I see where you once stood, standing before us, in our
memories hoard, now and forever more, during this hour.
I fondly remember your mentorship,
emulating, to be a mechanic, my apprenticeship.
I fondly remember the hours we drank, did talk.
In – but not all – your footsteps I tried to walk.
Love Bill .
B. J. “A ” 2
April 7th 2004
Wisdom wonders in thy wealthy wells
Oh, oasis of opportunities and obeisance
Many men got matured through thy mentorship
Edification of the enslaved is the desired ends
Novice never niggles in her noble nursery
World of wickedness and woes
Opening lives to oppression and offence
Mighty men are marred by thy members
Elites are eroded by thy errors
Novices are not for they entered thy net
Women: world of wisdom and woes
Operating with openness and onslaught
Many were martyred by thy matriarchal mask
Errors and excellence are enclosed in thy essence
Now I know, you’ve got novelty and naughtiness
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