We are forever standing at its ledge, whether we agree with it or not, it is coming, or rather always here; the question that always remains is how you will deal with change.
Change itself knows only the truth of self; it does not know anything other than its inevitable occurrence. We can embrace change with love or resist it with its antithesis; nevertheless, it will persist to occur no matter our insistence. The antithesis to change is stagnancy, which is a slow and grueling fate for mankind in all of its perception of progression. Certainly, within stagnation change occurs, which is often menacing to the future.
It is better to possess a compassionate heart than one bound by the letter of the law; what is the law to man, a proclaimed sinner, saved only by his perception of fulfilling the law. If every man is a sinner, the fulfillment of the law, to him, is forever elusive. If two antithetic laws that are applicable to the same subject, how can he fulfill the laws and be righteous in whole within the eyes of change? If he is to love with his right-hand, and rebuke with his left; does not the entire body share the blame?
Since love is in concert with the laws of change, then castigation is the instigator of stagnation. Our love is meant to perpetuate change, but if not careful, love stricken with the ills of self becomes the rot that is hatred.
—Tshombe Sekou
The substratum of a man of valor, a good husband, and leader rest chiefly in the obedience and honor he has for his parents and thus God; for this is the order of things as the Most High has commanded the harmony of life.
~Tshombe Sekou
There is an entire generation that knows only war; what will be of the future besides the increased appetite for conflict. Man has done much in the way of the world, but one perfected achievement stands most profound above all, it is his propensity to destroy with all of the power of his creations. In all that we have done in the name of bringing peace to the world, much has been destroyed by war and conflict; conflict founded on the ideas of economics, religious conviction and differences, and the protection of individual freedoms; and to what end since all are temporary. We have known more than our fair share of war, our existence has to mean more than the trading of gunfire, self-righteousness, and cupidity; we are human, possessing the power to be more than we are now.
We offer a glimpse of our soul's universe, the accounting of our existence; how we want the world to know us is conveyed through expressionism; it is the artistic expression that defines how we are perceived in this world, be it evinced through poetic or graphic invigoration, it provides a basic foundation of our human experience on this earth. When a poem is read, a soul is offered for understanding; when a canvas has been scarred, it is at the mercy of the beholder to determine its beauty; therefore I am defined by the fruit bared and your sapience.
—Tshombe Sekou
Success requires faith. Every success I have ever measured was strongly rooted in a concreted faith. I am not talking ritualistic doctrine or belief by law, but pure and unadulterated faith of heart and spirit. It is the willingness to believe without subjection by expectation; what you do out of obligation is antonymous to that of will. Though there are promulgated plans and process for success, faith has to be rested upon to believe it possible. For anything I want to happen, I must believe it possible first and have faith in its manifestation.
—Tshombe Sekou
Love: a powerful force that is meant for doing some real good, but in the hands of mankind has been subjected to far more painful things. We know real love when we see it; it is recognized because we've been looking for it despite the false acceptances and settlements of what has presented itself as a forgery in its stead—we know it because it is us.
In our quest to find this genuine love we destroy much, even some that has been genuine in heart; destroyed by our own ignorance to know it, and thus destroying ourselves in the process. Hear love with your spirit and what is true feel with your heart; all else are but distracting senses we've come to rely upon, which often lead us astray.
—Tshombe Sekou
Freedom is the struggle of all; an effort that must be viscidly sought by every living individual. There is no success in individual freedom, for it is as a bird that perches high in an exfoliated tree for shelter from the wind; safe for a time, soon to be ruined. Freedom is the condition of being free, the assumption of power to think and act without restraint. Let’s look at what it means to “be” and its implication by its suffix; it is the act of existing, yet with animation, action of purpose to move absent any restrictions and limitations; to have life. Therefore, to have freedom one must have free-dominion; if such autonomy is not possessed, there must be a clear plan to acquire it.
Since wisdom and prudency reveals that all is present; meaning nothing is new; it is possible to conceive that all in the present that shares the same suffrage would do best to stand resolute in common solidarity. Since all experience the same strain, to unite in a democratic movement is the most sensible choice. The free struggle of many is the commonality that brings about the success of liberty. Such a coalition between people in a democracy must always remain sacred, for to betray it is to become the very tyranny that yoked the living; and if to live is to be free, then to be enslaved is to exist without life. Therefore, to be against or betray the idealism of a true democracy is to destroy life itself.
There is strength in numbers, yet quality in few; but what is quality absent the strength of durability? The solution is to use the few to improve the quality of quantity; it is better to use the diverse talents of many, than to deplete the acuity of the few.
Though diamond and gold fetch a high price due to their scarcity, more so the latter than the former; it is their counterfeits that steal the benefits of their illustriousness. It is by repute that the quantity gains quality, only if accomplished by cunning artifice. It is a mighty skill to have many who casts the light of a few; this is brilliance!
—Tshombe Sekou
To act in temper is foolishness, for reasoning has taken its leave of absence; leaving all actions without purpose and destined for failure. It is reason that gives us balance, and anger is but a snare that entraps and blinds. Be one who possesses the calm of silence, and the stillness of the moon; shine for a time, in the dark-stir meditate on that which is prudent in action and not swift to satisfy the beast of rage that acts without purpose. It is better to live with a spirit that is slow to anger, than one that is swift and absent of prudence.
So is the way of faith, that none should be swift to discard the patience of the soul for the swift rewards of the unlawful, for the penalties are dire though just. Confuse not faith for pietism, for piety satisfies faith in the way that reason justifies action. Action without reason is as those without faith, yet pray as if to bend the ear of the Divine; it is worthless to seek the counsel of the divine absent of faith, so is to act without the calmness of mind. Find peace when the tides of the spirit are high, and you will remain in good standing to be met with success.
Only a fool acts absent of reason, yet it is the purpose of being the fool.
—Tshombe Sekou
