Cock And Bull

• Tonic For Aggravated Minds

  Posted: October 25, 2011, 1:27 pm by Administrator

  Last evening, I was meeting with a group of friends and relatives to plan for a funeral of one of our own that had passed away a few days ago. And as we were deliberating on some burial issues, one of the older women in the group got a phone call. From the frightened shaking of her voice as she talked on the phone, it was obvious that she was distraught. Once she hang up, she informed the rest of us that there had been a grenade attack in a busy part of the city. This was the second such terror act in Nairobi in the last 24 hours.

  Within seconds, the meeting was thrown into disarray. People began lamenting loudly about insecurity while others made frantic calls to find out more information. Someone suggested that we wind up and go home immediately. And just as it seemed as if our meeting was about to fall apart, someone – in a very firm, calm and clear voice – addressed the most panicked woman in the group by saying, “If you were meant to be dead, it would be your funeral we are arranging right now.” That seemed to make a lot of sense to everyone. The wisdom in that single observation worked like a tonic for the aggravated minds and within a short time, we got back to the meeting and continued deliberating.

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Fish cakes

Alas a fish cake.

Yet more fish cakes

Guess what ... yeah ... fish cakes.

The end of the fish cakes