The issue abject poverty confronting the people of the poorest nations seems getting out of hands and our so-called world leaders seem holding their jaws. How can we explain the nations that produce cotton whose people can not get clothe to wear?

I think the capitalistic nature of the developed world policies is speedly aggravating the problem of poverty in the 3rd world. The reason is because many of these developed nations were only interested in tapping resources of the 3rd world for their own benefit under the pretext that they are helping to solve the problem of poverty.

* For economic or whatever reason, America spent billions of US dollars in an unjustifiable war in Iraq and consequently inflicted more poverty on the people of Iraq.

* We spend billions on space exploration whereas we spend nothing to make poorest people happy even once in their life time.

* They grow coffee in Chile not for their own consumption but for these selfish and greedy westerners who paid token for the services of these coffee farmers and in return make millions profit.

* They grow cotton in Burkina Faso but can they boast of good clothe? No; because they have got nothing to buy them!

* They have oil in Venezuela, Nigeria etc and yet people are queuing at the fuel stations whereas oil is more than enough where they naturally had none (they said it's their freedom and it has to be acquired by all means).

* We spend billions to make war implements but we failed to make a single peace...

* HIV, AIDS and other slight sickness are killing people from the poorest nations and we seem unconcerned (we've got the right medication) but we refused to give them out because we want to make a 'giant stride' profit.

As said above, can we in anyway justify our actions against our fellow human being just because we seem more powerful either militarily or economically? The problem of poverty today seems more prolonging and elongating because our so-called world leaders are not interested in building bridges that will link them with the poorest people of the world but instead they built wall purposely to segregate them from the poorest. Can they be forgiven? I guess no!

My prayer...

O God, pour out on us the water of life
that we may quench our thirst
and draw our strength from you.
Help us to stand alongside those
who struggle daily for clean water
so that all may be
refreshed and renewed by your love.
Amen.

Deliver us, O God,
from the pointless actions of evildoers.
Protect us from those who are violent,
and careless of who they hurt.
Redeem us from our anger,
comfort us in our loss,
and fill us with your peace.

For, I know that God maintains the cause of the needy,
and hears those who call out,
requires that we strengthen the weak,
and that we feed the hungry,
both now and always.
Amen

When I had a closer and critical look at the problems confronting the whole world I arrived at the point that the genesis of the tribulations befalling us is our politics of revenge. Flashing back to the brutal attack of 9/11 where up to 3,000 Americans were killed, and in retaliation America had killed more than ten times that number of people in Afghanistan and Iraq, and devastated the lives of probably a hundred times more people.

When a mob in Fallujah desecrated and burned the bodies of four Americans, American armies retaliated with overwhelming force, killing about 1,000 Iraqis, destroying the city by their bombardment, and sacrificing the lives of 100 American soldiers, who, in terms of economics, are mostly the poorest people in America.

The events between Israel and Palestine also had been flaming by retaliation and thousand of innocent lives had been lose in this process. How can we make our world peaceful with retaliation? This cycle of revenge can only be broken when we all stand up against the immorality of injustice, war and terrorism and struggle for the beauty of peace, justice, and freedom for all. Yes. One may call them a dream. But then, what is life if one cannot pursue his or her dreams?

A dream is a seed

The seed of a tree

A tree full of life

And the things you can be

Your dreams are the windows

Through which you can see

A hint of your future

And the things you will be

Each night when you sleep

You're feeding the seed

The seed of the tree

Of who you will be...

I believe in friendship
Coz it has what it takes to make one’s dreams come true.
Friends are always beside one through tick and thin.
Friends are light and warmth when the road gets rough.

They lend you a shoulder;
They hold your hand;
They encourage you when you hesitate.
Coz they know you can make it.

And they say Never stop trying!
You never know what you can achieve
Or where your dreams will take you!
Do you believe in friendship?
Coz I do!

Not the national lottery
Or the European Jackpot
But the most needed courage
As important as life itself
And that is the courage to keep going.

When life seems dark
When sky seems cloudy
And its limitations seem unending
When life looks gloomy and not bloomy
And the going is getting tough

When hope seems unrealisable
And the essence of living seems confusing
What else should a man think of
National Lottery or Bingo Jackpot?
I think it's the courage to get going

Though there are times
When life worth terminated
But with courage
Plus endurance and commitment
And minus tiredness
What seems unachievable would be achieved
For the journey of 100km begins with a step

Get up
Wake up
And buckle up your minds
Be focused and keep going
Surely the sky will be the limit.