We have schools going on strike each day burning their own belongings. Have the parents failed in the upbringing, has our morals corrupted as a society following the post election violence By Scraping out the mocks, reducing the tuition hours, is the government giving in to the students can we find a long term solution?
According to Webb, F.S (1999), health is a range of states with physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social components. At a minimum, health means freedom from physical diseases, social maladjustment and other negative states. When one mentions health, different things come to mind. Others think of food, exercises, diet and many other things. However, I will not dwell on these as I feel emphasis has been laid on these and especially good nutrition. I will therefore focus on the spiritual aspect of good health.
When I joined the education for life Programme, I was not clear on my values, but with help and soul searching, I realized that one thing that has the greatest influence in my life, a value I cannot trade for anything, is my faith, which is directly related to my spirituality. Spirituality is the aspect of being concerned with religion or the human spirit (Hornby A.S 2000). Religion is something of great influence and very important in our lives. I am aware of the many religions of the world, but I can only speak from a Christian point of view, as I consider myself one.
Spiritual wellness is one of the major health components and they are all interrelated. For example, your spiritual wellness will probably contribute to your social wellness, which will contribute to your emotional wellness, and this may ensure physical wellness as well. To achieve this one needs a high sense of discipline and above all make it a personal responsibility. Having identified spiritual wellness as a major contributor to good health, I would like to look at some of its benefits.
First of all the church has values, which help and guide us in our daily life. An example is the church advocacy for abstinence before marriage. This, if followed, will help reduce the spread of HIV/Aids and as a result maintaining good health by avoiding infection.
Secondly, getting in touch with ones spirituality gives one peace of mind, which albeit everyone needs. However, you can only have peace of mind if you can easily and effectively make decisions, and this can only be possible if you have clearly spelt out your values. It is important to ensure that your values are based on Christian principles. The other benefit of spiritual wellness is that it helps to form our thought process. The Bible says we are fearfully and wonderfully made, we are created in the image of God and that our body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit. This gives me a positive self-image and I regard myself as a beautiful creature, thus relating well with people around me in confidence. As a result, I promote my social wellness, which might boost my emotional wellness. With such a positive image, I will not do anything to harm y body, I will relate with people in such a way to present the image of God, thus promoting good health.
These are just a few of the many benefits of Spiritual wellness. However, it takes time and discipline to achieve this.
I would like to pose a challenge to all of us. We spend most of our time taking care of other aspects of our health: physical, social and emotional health leaving out our spiritual wellness, forgetting that, all these aspects are interrelated and they need to be balanced. Are we going to uplift our spiritual wellness?Secondly, how are we going to go about it? Think and do something about it. Remember your health is your responsibility.
Millicent Atieno
i agree with you! spiritual health gives birth to physical and social health so to speak…our spirituality is of much important than our physical health.its so sad to see how many of us have neglected their spiritual well being.we have so much time to look for money to take care of our physical health. forgetting that God is the owner of everything.
Nonetheless we should strive for physical health.we are what we eat. always watch what goes down your throat. take responsibility. you are the only person that can take care of you.
people would want to be around you if you are a good example to follow. if you are the kind of a person that eats anything on the way who would want to emulate that!!
your behavior is what attracts people to you, so take responsibility of your physical and spiritual health and social health will come knocking on your door.
Yes! If you would be loved, love and be lovable (Franklin).Love, only a four letter word yet so big. No one has quite been able to define it. Everyone has their own definition for it. When two people, a man and a wife, finally become one in holy matrimony, they are said to have shown an outward commitment of their love for each other. A one Disraeli said, ‘we are all born for love . . . It is the principle of existence and its only end.
There is no greater feeling of content than that brought about by acts of Love. This experience though, is an on going and ever growing process-at least it should be. I will not talk about the married though since I am not yet myself.
Young people fall in love. It is a beautiful necessity of our nature to love something. So how can we have rich and healthy love relationships? How can we realise this love?
First and foremost, I think it is important for young people and those intending to get married to be aware of the stages involved in establishing love relationships. I realise that we are all unique and there are no two relationships that are quite similar. However, healthy relationships have some things in common. Importantly each partner in a healthy relationship must have a positive self image. Once you feel strong and sure of yourself, you are better able to know what to look for in a partner. Then you need to be aware, always, that love develops in stages.
First of all there is the attraction stage; something about the person catches your attention. You are attracted to each other. This could be anything from they way they carry themselves around, who they associate with, how they talk, the list is endless. Secondly is the casual friendship stage; you and the person who interests you enjoy activities together, for example you may enjoy movies, games together and even organise such activities together. Here you explore more on each other’s characteristics. At this stage everyone is on their best behaviour and commitments are not appropriate at this stage yet. As you get to know more about each other, your friendship moves to another stage, the close friendship. As you spend more time with each other you get to learn about each other’s feelings and values. You begin to discover each other’s emotional and spiritual tendencies. At this stage the relationship may progress or retreat. The intimate stage is where the friends now start to reveal their faults. They let down their masks of best behaviour. By this time each trusts the other’s acceptance because the true self of each-complete with faults-has been seen by the other. At this stage a couple may decide to “go steady” or may relax back to being close friends. Finally is the stage of mature love. In this stage all the initial hurdles are past. Each partner continues developing socially, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. The degree of closeness of mature love makes conflicts likely, but the partners learn to resolve conflict in healthy ways.
I decided to mention these stages because, they help you judge at what point you are in your relationship, and if you are ready to move on to the next stage or not. Healthy intimate relationships grow in stages that should not be rushed.
Relationships and in this case romantic relationships are important. But it is only satisfying if it is done the right way and with the right person.
When we talk of the right way and the right person, what is it that can help us realise this? Values. I know in the current commercialised world, this is something that is not so much emphasised, but it is of great importance. Having a partner with whom you share the same beliefs and values, in fact makes it easier when it comes to certain decisions. For example a partner who values abstinence is better off with someone who believes in the same. I know sometimes people are caught up in the pressures of life and end up making hasty decisions. However, if you find someone who shares in the same values as you do, and if you take a relationship through the necessary stages of developing a love relationship, then you will be all smiles at the end of it all, when you finally say ‘I DO’ and seal your love in the Holy matrimony.
“It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. –Tennyson”
MILLICENT ATIENO
Woo, love makes the world go round, ~they say~.i don’t know what the world would be like if there was no love. BORING, HA!
every one craves for love, its a beautiful feeling, even God feels good when we express our love to Him. i tend to think there is a vacuum in our hearts that can only be filled by nothing else but love. Adam was given everything by God, but i think he wondered what was the meaning of all that if he didn’t have somebody to enjoy it with, and you know the story, God fulfilled his hearts desires.and the rest is history.
but having said that, its good to be cautious of who we choose to give our hearts to, i come from a school of thought that says, love is a choice, that’s why we choose just one person in a world of billions! young people be careful… it all begins with God, ask Him to direct you..don’t be in a hurry. be patience. love will always be there.
Love according to me,its a mistry which is very difficult to understand unless God gives u wisdom/knowledge on how to express it,there are various aspects of love inorder to express love then u need to combine all aspects together without leaving one out u will get successfull love!
Music, in a simple definition are sounds that are arranged in a way that is pleasant or exciting to listen to. Whenever I hear music there is a certain feeling that overwhelms me, and I like to think it brings different feelings to different people. What does music make you feel?
In life we draw our motivation and inspiration from various things. Some read inspirational material; books, articles and they find a reason to keep going on. Others get their motivation through sharing and listening to people’s experiences. Sermons are also a great source of motivation and inspiration for many believers. There is undeniably some power in all this sources of motivation.
The same goes for music, one of my greatest motivational sources. I believe there is power in music, or should I say I believe in musical power.
I have loved music since I was a very little girl, I would stop just to listen to people sing. Then I would feel so calm. There are times when I am so down, I put on encouraging music, and you know what, I feel so encouraged, that I am ready to get back on my feet.I honestly think music is therapeutic. Have you ever at one point in your life felt you have lost sense of direction, you are emotionally down and do not want to talk to anyone? Well it has happened to me severally, especially when I was not getting along with my parents and I did not want to hear advice from anyone. I would put on some music, depending on my emotions, if I was feeling angry I would put on some fast music.
When I felt stressed I would put on some slow music. During this time I would not talk to anyone and this would go on for some few minutes after listening to the music. By this time I would be totally healed and would talk, but softly though, to the person who hurt me. I cannot quite explain what happens, but I know music has and still helps me cool off and relax. There are those times you just do not want to talk to anyone or struggle with something, well, listening to music is not a struggle you do not have to say anything you just listen.
Music is such a powerful way of passing a message, when sung. They say song is the highest form of expression because it is the most direct expression of the emotions of the soul. Whenever I have felt a strong emotion over an issue I write a song and sing it out to my self or the nearest person available and I feel contented. Better still I try to find a song that expresses my feelings and play it.
Instrumentals-without words and songs- with words, work well for me.I wonder if some artists realise the power of music. And what effects it has on people, myself as an example. Surely if they thought about this, then they would take time to write music that uplifts rather than destroy. And am just wondering what would happen if the very sick patients in hospital could get a chance to listen to soothing music and not lie down in a lonely quiet hospital bed! Would the power of music make a difference!
Millicent Atieno
A baby that was born on 6th July 2003 and yesterday the baby was turning five years. Radio Waumini celebrated its fifth anniversary in style. Speaking during the massively attended ceremony the radios Director and the executive secretary of communication commission FR MARTIN WANYOIKE said the radio has played a great role in influencing other media houses to evangelize by portraying the best example through its admirable religious programming. Speaking at the same time assistant director in the administration Department DANNIEL WABWIRE gave a short history of Waumini and he also announced the successful acquisition of CCK licence that will enable the radio broadcast countrywide
As radio Waumini celebrates its fifth year of radio ministry and evangelization, the catholic Kenyan community has been called to support the radio. Popes representative to Kenya ALAIN PAUL LEBEAUPIN says, participation in the mission of Christ guiding in guiding faithfulls and the whole community to eternal life, has to be based on the will of the Lord who presents himself as gentle and humble in heart. In his homily at Mji wa furaha during the celebration of radio waumini’s fifth anniversary yesterday, The NUNCIO called on journalists to use well their powers by developing a Christian sense of serving for the truth and work for progress. He however challenged the media at large to be instruments of peace, not to be oppressive and to avoid setting goals for personal gains.
Article by Rose
it is my first lesson but i promise to catch up soon
Thanks Rose for the nice coverage of the station. The message of the apostolic nuncio is so relevant today when truth has been sacrificed in the altars of ‘big money’ or even subdued under blatant lies peddled as news. It is a challenge for every christian worth the name. KUDOS
May the Radio live to continue to champion for social justice.
May it be that through it Jesus’ message permeate to all the corners and hidden spots of our societies.
Congratulations Radio Waumini and may you grow more and stronger teeth! May you mature in grace and style! May you come to age with much valour than that of a renegade!
The blessings of the Lord are with radio waumini, I believe the Hand of the Lord will continue to shine for us. Thanks for the good work
I was part of the celebrating audience. It was marvellous to see how the hand of the Almighty is working through radio waumini.
Glory be to the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit!
long live radiowaumini to continue to evangelize the word of God.
Congratulation rose for the Good work that u did even though it was you first time, keep on that spirit. Turkanas are with u
Good work you have been doing! may the living lord bless you all and every one who listens to the station. Long live radio waumini, and let their be light
Stephen, 
Waigwa, 
FR JACK, and 1 other are discussing. 
marthah nduta is discussing. 
Samson Odera and 
Abuga Nic, and 4 others are discussing. 
antony 11:38 am on July 31, 2008 Permalink |
may be to have the strike end, the school management should come with a comprehensive policy that will address all the problems lying within the students.
FR JACK 10:14 pm on July 31, 2008 Permalink |
The first call of man is to become human. Infact, Jesus became man to show us what it means to be human. However, man assumes he is already very human and therefore tries to becomes the ‘other’. The chaos we have witnessed in schools is not a case in isolation but the situation across the globe. The solution lies in realising that we desperately need to be human. Only a human person has the capacity to seek and receive information and be redeemed by it. otherwise we are only peddling a fib, wringing our hands in mock honor.
Waigwa 11:27 am on August 13, 2008 Permalink |
Tuition is also a contributing problem and I welcome the education ministries option to once again outlaw extra tuition in schools.
Stephen 1:28 pm on August 25, 2008 Permalink |
I wish to point my views on the causes of indiscipline and strikes in schools. For a start many parents have abdicated their roles in bringing up their children and infact they are no longer positive role models and also fail to inspire their children. Secondly, our society tends to glorify wealth over positive upbringing; therefore children from humble backgrounds are often second rated. Our society has also failed to capture the imagination and creativity of the young people and to link this with the objectives of providing them with an education that empowers them. Lastly, I think our managers of education system and the bureaucrats and policy makers have failed to provide creativity and dynamism in the provision of education and therefore it seems to many a waste of time and money. Consequently, the youth have nothing to look forward to and or believe in, they will therefore fall for anything thrown on their path including, criminal gangs like mungiki and taliban, rogue politics, prostitution and its associated problems (teenage pregenancy, single parenthood, HIV and AIDS), drugs. Worst of all they lack the confidence and the ability to face and endure in life.