by Benard Makaa | Feb 24, 2019 | Psychology, What I have learned
The plans of the godly are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous. ~ Proverbs 12:5(NLT) I have been a recipient of both solicited and unsolicited advice all my life. I have even now branded myself a “Flâneur” and I make it a point of talking to...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 22, 2019 | Poems, Psychology
A dragon was pulling a bear into its terrible mouth. A courageous man went and rescued the bear. There are such helpers in the world, who rush to save anyone who cries out. Like Mercy itself, they run toward the screaming. And they can’t be bought off. If you were to...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 18, 2019 | Culture, Travelling
The City of Roses. Bloemfontein, the judicial city of South Africa. My host told me the name comes from two words, “Bloom” + “Fountain”, i.e from blooming of roses and fountains of water. At least that is what it was, before 1994, my host asserts. Before 1994, the...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 18, 2019 | Books, Culture, Philosophy
My Favourite Philosophers1.Benjamin FranklinWikipedia pageBorn January 17, 1706, Died April 17, 1790 (aged 84)Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and...
by Benard Makaa | Jan 24, 2019 | Books, Philosophy
When a friend asks me for advice, if I have been through a similar situation, I tell them this is what I would do. If I don’t know much about the subject, I tell them exactly that. I say “I don’t know”. If the question is a complex one, say questions about life, I...
