Love simply described,...

These quotes pretty much expresses my personal pursuit of happiness. One should never settle for the half-step. You only have one life to live. Live it in happiness, rich or poor. As the Dalai Lama  said:- "our love for each other should exceed our need for each other"

Remember:running water is life affirming

101112@03.54@londres

Pour vous: Titi, Avec mon amour toujours!

Après la pluie comme le beau temp

Après la pluie comme le beau temp

The storm gathered and again I was caught in the midst of the madness. 

The still of time held me transfixed  and gripped by the fear within

Thoughts of despair arise

Feverish cold sweats

Demise imminent 

Future comes into sharp focus

Bleak  is the outlook

The lights dims,...

Another night spent in sweat and tears

Sweat and tears as I arise

It wasn't a dream,...

Another unending cycle of despair merging day and night

Familiar becomes my focus 

Acceptance my possibilities

Dread and self loathing 

Rituals of Work, Eat,Drift,Home,Pray

Familiar???

A recurring unending nightmare of days rolled into night into days

Seamlessly loaded with faint memories of Omar

Why? How? And When?

Answers elude me

Acceptance my possibilities?

The storm gathered and again I was caught in the midst of the madness 

I sought refuge in you but,..

No restitude did you offer

But i never stopped believing

Never stopped hoping

Never rested on my laurel

Then you spoke to me

So loud it was deafening

It all happened so quick

Casa, Rabat, Casa, Tribunal, Adul

Moments of joy

Moments of self discovery

The joys of being held

Joy and pain like sunshine and rain

The simple pleasures of sharing

Sharing and loving

Loving and being loved

A soulmate in an unforgiving world

Could it be?

Omar, Cecillia, Tunde???

Oui, après la pluie,...le beau temp

Pour Titi,  mon amour.

 Vraiment,...après la pluie,..le beau temp

Remember: runningwater affirms life.

09102012@londres

Have you had an Emotional Health Check?

This is a serious discourse because of the times we are living in. Too often we are driven along the emotional roller-coaster of life we forget to stop and assess our emotional level of wellbeing.

 An emotional health check is if you  like , a state of the union meeting with your mind, body and spirit. The aim is an emotional MOT, designed  to verify where and if you might be lacking. This should be conducted at least every 3months. Mini reviews should be done every weekend. I call this: "steal a moment, gain a life". Basically, if you are doing these mini self evaluation it will enable you to identify cracks in your emotional well being. Ensuring issues identified can be resolved before they fester and harm or disrupt your positive energies.

 "Steal a moment, gain a life" : a process by which we identify frailties in our emotional well being and by so doing, live a longer and more productive life.

Our emotional status is often governed by the people we share our lives with. Be it employers, family, friends lovers or casual acquaintance. And so the questions are: 

A. Where do you start?

Ans: Always With do I love myself?

Without loving who you are, you cannot begin to love nor appreciate others. Nor they you. With this answered we need to look at what I call "the emotional template"  These are codes of conducts by which you live your life and may include the following:

A. Do I take ownership for my actions?

B. What energies am I projecting?

C. What's perceived, what's real?

D. Am I striking an emotional balance?

E. Am I worthy?

F. What are my core beliefs?

Most of the above are self explanatory, so I shan't be explaining each "coc" Suffice to say, that each action begins with the first step. Essentially, do I have issues that require an emotional rinse cycle. Once identified, the elephant in the room can be taken out to graze. 

What are the benefits of an emotional health check?

Many would assume the answer or answers were obvious. However, think about it this way. If you've never had a breakdown, how would you recognise you needed treatment. Point here is, we should never assume. The lines between serenity and madness is very thin. Our daily pursuit of paying the bill leaves us very little time to even consider the madness within. We only really find consciousness once we have found damage. 

The purpose of my piece is to generate conversation and a momentum for self analysis and awareness. An emotional health check will give you mind, body and spiritual balance. This equilibrium will help you find perception and understanding of others. 

In the next piece, we shall examine: Body and in the final part: Spirituality. 

Remember: runningwater flows thru a myriads of sources.

04102012@18.55

Ode to Modupe

Modupe fun e aburo

You make me smile 

Just the simple thought of your name: olusola modupe. 

Could you have been better named?

From my earliest memory to my latest 

Candy and sweetness are what comes to mind when I think of you 

But wait 

I remember being caught by mama for staring at her in the toilets when we were young.

Little did she know I was merely playing hide and seek with you. 

And even today, even though I hide, you still you still seek my best interest in your own inimitable style.

What i most admire about you 

Is that,...

Although am your elder brother 

You have always looked out for my best interest and with respect  

Even thru my bouts of arrogance and flights of fancy.

There are not many people in this world you can say genuinely love you without question and thru all your faults.

Modupe fun e aburo

I wish that one day I can be 10% of the 100% you have been for me.

Modupe fun e aburo

Olorun a wa pelu e titi laye

I love you without restraint even when it's not so obvious.

Olumide babafunsho oluyomi awolesi.x 201012@04.58

And So to my 10 big questions for the week.

1. Will Mit Romney keep on saying whatever needs to be said without substance, just to win by any means necessary?

2. Does art imitate real life? For example: the Presidents of America are always blacks in American films when world disasters occur.

3. Dave "call me dave Cameron" announced we are at officially 1% growth. So we are out of the double dip. Whilst at the same time record levels of job losses were announced today. How do those whose jobs have been lost feel about his announcement. Small comforts for personal tragedies surely???

4. Do we remember the Kent businessman sent to America to answer charges for selling arms? Isn't it ironic,  he is to plea bargain admitting the crime. Yet the misplaced British media cried wolf initially for his innocence.

5. Will Manchester City ever get past the qualifying stage of the champions league?(hahahaha!!!)

6. Minister in charge of DWP has chopped and slashed and insisted people must find work. Where are these jobs that abled body workers can find  let alone disabled applicants.

7. Angela Merkel may be a despised figure on a recent visit to Athens,...because of the Greek austerity measures. However, can we try some perspective here, she didn't live beyond her Greek means. It was the Greeks that did that and it's not sustainable. Now they are paying the price.

8. What's the point of reality TV shows if nothing more than an effective tool for governments to release negative economic news??

9. Dare I say it: why are most paedophiles of certain background, age, colour and propensity?

10. Similarly, why when I go to the hole- in -the- wall, my fear for money and safety is not number 9 above, but young men of a certain hue and disposition?

Thanks for stopping by: remember:- runningwater can cleanse and quench

Instructions for life in the new millennium

1.      Take into account that great love and great achievements involves great risk.

2.      When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

3.      Follow the three R’s: Respect for self, respect for others, responsibility for all your actions.

4.      Remember not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5.      Learn the rules so you know how to break them.

6.      Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

7.      When you realise you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8.      Spend some time alone every day.

9.      Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

10.  Remember that sometimes silence is the best answer.

11.  Live a good, honourable life. Then when you are older and think back you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12.  A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13.  In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

14.  Share the knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.

15.  Be gentle to the earth.

16.  Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

17.  Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

18.  Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19.  Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

Wise words courtesy of the Dalai Lama.

Did JT end Rio Ferdinand's International Football Career?

It's with interest and amusement that I note the continuing saga of the Ferdinand and Terry footballing icons. Rio Ferdinand's only crime was to support a brother allegedly racially abused by John Terry. This is the same Rio Ferdinand voted as one of the most outstanding defenders in the world in his initial World Cup in 2002 in South Korea and Japan. From the England squad only Sol Campbell shared the honour of making the world eleven. John Terry was a player that had not even been heard of whilst Ferdinand was making a name for himself.

In defending his brother Rio got left out of the England football squad for footballing reasons when a clear choice had to made by the England manager if the pair could work together in the England squad. Terry was chosen for footballing reason by Roy "honest man" Hodgson.  

Asked on a train journey from the emirates stadium by an England fan if Rio Ferdinand still had an England career, he carelessly replied : Rio's England career was over. What a way to learn your career was over after having given your all for your country! 

Hodgson was forced into embarrassingly having to explain his unguarded remark to the press. Once again, his explanation was for footballing reasons. 

Amazing isn't it that your brother allegedly gets abused by a stellar character like John Terry and your reward is the end of your international footballing career. 

It gives new meaning to: Am I my brothers keeper.

So, what do you think, did JT end Rio Ferdinand's international football career? 

A racist usually assumes a position of power hence they think they are better or you are inferior. However, when you drill down into the racist you normally find the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree. A key point is to look closely at JT's father and his family and the truth becomes evident.

Remember: runningwater is fluid and sustains you,..all of us including the racist.