Fire Of The Lighthouse

It's not possible, I finally said, shaking my head. I looked down at my pages full of red ink and decided, Katai, this greatness thing is just too hard. Most times, when people see me, I move around with a big black book in my hand called "Written In The Stars", where I am always jotting down notes.(that is how much I love writing). This book is my personal journal where I write down my personal revelations, notes (most of them end up on this very blog) and most importantly, dreams. However, at this moment in time, I stared at this page and wondered whether this new thing is possible. Continuing from where I left off, after I decided to be great, I began to think big and great thoughts. I asked and inquired from God, asking Him, what do you want me to do with my l ife? How can you use my passions and gifting to bring out the best version of me? Days later, after constant searching and much thought, I felt my ideas flow. I grabbed my red pen and began to write d...

Dear Reader, let me tell you a story of a young lady I once knew. Greatness. "What's greatness ", a young lady asked herself. She sat down one free afternoon and asked herself that question a countless number of times. Alone at home, she was bored as ever. So to keep herself occupied, she decided to surf the Internet. After watching countless funny videos and scrolling through her Facebook news feed, she decided, You know what, let me search on the people who made good landmarks in history. She went through the archives of great names such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, even Jesus of Nazareth. Inspired by their life changing biographies, she wondered, "What made these people great and memorable?" Were they special? Were they marked out to be different and the rest of us not? Why is it that people were born in their timeline were not remembered until now? She found an answer, well part of it,  by re-reading a blog post she read from th...

One day, I sat wearily at my desk. I love thinking and most of my actions originate from a single thought. I try my best to tune into positivity, but today, I decided to think about life. I was bothered by the fact that life is too random. One moment you think you understand it, next it changes. In my journal of plans and dreams, called "Written in The Stars", there are plans I made in sheer confidence that they will come to pass exactly  how I have written down. But with the passage of time, either see they don't come to pass or something completely different takes place. One day, I got very frustrated and sulked the whole day thinking, " So what is the point of this "making plans"? What if my future isn't as bright as they say it is? Plans for good? Will that happen?" In an instant, thoughts of worry and doubt captured my mind, and it seemed like the worst was ahead of me. It was these thoughts that led to my weariness. This continued for...

When I was a child, I always wanted to be a royal. I grew up with Disney influencing my life and I loved the Disney princesses. With an active imagination, I would dream that I was Sleeping Beauty or Snow White, the Zambian Version. Growing older and mature, I realised that these were all fantasies, but the desire to rule or to lead still burned in me. When I got saved, I heard that under Jesus, we are "heirs to a throne" or "royal priests". You can imagine how I felt when I heard that! So now I get to have a crown, guaranteed respect and an endless supply of food and clothes. Certified awesomeness! This was my thought pattern until one day (it seems like I always have this particular day when I begin to see things as they really are!), it dawned on me that Jesus' translation of royalty was completely different. It was beyond being pampered, celebrated, or being what I call a "D.I.D" (Damsel In Distress, meaning waiting for someone to rescue yo...

Have you ever wanted to meet that one person who will dramatically shift your life to the next level? I know I have. Recently, I have been in a position where I have nothing major occupying my life. Finishing AS levels was great, but I found myself missing in action. I found myself binging on Facebook daily, watching my talented peers showcasing their talent (they know who they are!), making waves and getting connections....and there was me, watching them. So, to make myself feel better, I decided to imagine that if one person in this special setting could meet me, then they could transform my status as a writer and see me for the change I could make... but where is he or she? Clearly, I haven't been looking in the mirror often. Because I would have been seeing her everyday. In this blog entitled, "Kings and Priests", I came to change the thought of waiting for change when change is actually  waiting in you. It is time we looked at seasons we are in and increa...

One calm day, I sat down with my mother and we opened a giant book of records, this particular one dedicated to me. The book had my middle name, Lutanda, written in the front and each page had small vital details about me, from my birth date and time, to simple dates like when I first laughed. One particular detail that caught my eye was the date when I first walked (no, I won't share the date!). I asked my mother whether that day was when I successfully walked. "Yes," she replied "But you had fallen several times before you could actually walk." This simple story happened ages ago, but something dawned on me not too long ago on how this can be a vital lesson.  How about we start to think like children for a second? Most times, we associate our childhood days with fun, laughter...and "childish" behaviour. As we grew older and recap on our former days, we remember the silly things we did in the past and are mostly glad that we grew out of it (whi...

"Peace is a result of retraining your mind to process life as it is rather than as you think it should be."- Wayne W. Dyer As I sat to think about what to write next in this series, I thought of different mindsets that I wanted to adopt, and get rid of. I had a huge list, but I felt moved to write on mindsets that matter, or seem to matter, the most to me at the moment. After some deep thought, I decided to write on peace , the positive mindset I believe we should all have and in this article, I will go further on what it means to have a peaceful mindset. Peace has always been something we desire in our lives and we search for it in the strangest ways. We live in a world where there is constant affliction and peace seems like a treasure one should have because it keeps them from "drowning in life's storms". I had once read a quote that said, "a boat sinks in a storm because the water gets inside. Don't sink in life's storms by letting them ge...