THE GIFT OF A DAY (03); GOOD AFTERNOON

“In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.” - Henry David Thoreau

 

Good Afternoon

The part of the day with the highest concentration of activities is usually the “Afternoon”, it is the practical phase of the day, the opportunity to implement the ideas of the morning and stick to our priority list and plan. However, the afternoon is one part of the day when you should expect the unexpected. What happens when people don’t react the way you planned, when everything seems to fall out of place? The capacity to fully utilize the gift of a day is most times dependent on your ability to react to change.

British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don't know yet. I'm still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your work. Why, I change my mind several times a day!" "That's all very well with a four-ounce manuscript," replied the sculptor, "but not with a four-ton block of stone."

THE GIFT OF A DAY (03); GOOD AFTERNOON

“In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.” - Henry David Thoreau

 

Good Afternoon

The part of the day with the highest concentration of activities is usually the “Afternoon”, it is the practical phase of the day, the opportunity to implement the ideas of the morning and stick to our priority list and plan. However, the afternoon is one part of the day when you should expect the unexpected. What happens when people don’t react the way you planned, when everything seems to fall out of place? The capacity to fully utilize the gift of a day is most times dependent on your ability to react to change.

British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don't know yet. I'm still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your work. Why, I change my mind several times a day!" "That's all very well with a four-ounce manuscript," replied the sculptor, "but not with a four-ton block of stone."

THE GIFT OF A DAY (03); GOOD AFTERNOON

“In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.” - Henry David Thoreau

 

Good Afternoon

The part of the day with the highest concentration of activities is usually the “Afternoon”, it is the practical phase of the day, the opportunity to implement the ideas of the morning and stick to our priority list and plan. However, the afternoon is one part of the day when you should expect the unexpected. What happens when people don’t react the way you planned, when everything seems to fall out of place? The capacity to fully utilize the gift of a day is most times dependent on your ability to react to change.

British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don't know yet. I'm still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your work. Why, I change my mind several times a day!" "That's all very well with a four-ounce manuscript," replied the sculptor, "but not with a four-ton block of stone."

THE GIFT OF A DAY (03); GOOD AFTERNOON

“In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.” - Henry David Thoreau

 

Good Afternoon

The part of the day with the highest concentration of activities is usually the “Afternoon”, it is the practical phase of the day, the opportunity to implement the ideas of the morning and stick to our priority list and plan. However, the afternoon is one part of the day when you should expect the unexpected. What happens when people don’t react the way you planned, when everything seems to fall out of place? The capacity to fully utilize the gift of a day is most times dependent on your ability to react to change.

British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don't know yet. I'm still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your work. Why, I change my mind several times a day!" "That's all very well with a four-ounce manuscript," replied the sculptor, "but not with a four-ton block of stone."

THE GIFT OF A DAY (03); GOOD AFTERNOON

“In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.” - Henry David Thoreau

 

Good Afternoon

The part of the day with the highest concentration of activities is usually the “Afternoon”, it is the practical phase of the day, the opportunity to implement the ideas of the morning and stick to our priority list and plan. However, the afternoon is one part of the day when you should expect the unexpected. What happens when people don’t react the way you planned, when everything seems to fall out of place? The capacity to fully utilize the gift of a day is most times dependent on your ability to react to change.

British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don't know yet. I'm still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your work. Why, I change my mind several times a day!" "That's all very well with a four-ounce manuscript," replied the sculptor, "but not with a four-ton block of stone."

THE GIFT OF A DAY (03); GOOD AFTERNOON

“In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.” - Henry David Thoreau

 

Good Afternoon

The part of the day with the highest concentration of activities is usually the “Afternoon”, it is the practical phase of the day, the opportunity to implement the ideas of the morning and stick to our priority list and plan. However, the afternoon is one part of the day when you should expect the unexpected. What happens when people don’t react the way you planned, when everything seems to fall out of place? The capacity to fully utilize the gift of a day is most times dependent on your ability to react to change.

British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don't know yet. I'm still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your work. Why, I change my mind several times a day!" "That's all very well with a four-ounce manuscript," replied the sculptor, "but not with a four-ton block of stone."

THE GIFT OF A DAY (03); GOOD AFTERNOON

“In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.” - Henry David Thoreau

 

Good Afternoon

The part of the day with the highest concentration of activities is usually the “Afternoon”, it is the practical phase of the day, the opportunity to implement the ideas of the morning and stick to our priority list and plan. However, the afternoon is one part of the day when you should expect the unexpected. What happens when people don’t react the way you planned, when everything seems to fall out of place? The capacity to fully utilize the gift of a day is most times dependent on your ability to react to change.

British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don't know yet. I'm still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your work. Why, I change my mind several times a day!" "That's all very well with a four-ounce manuscript," replied the sculptor, "but not with a four-ton block of stone."

THE GIFT OF FAMILY (8); KEYS TO A GOOD SOCIETY

"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them." - Desmond Tutu

It is true that good governance has a very pivotal role in developing a nation, but the keys to nurturing a peaceful, stable, morally upright, and attractive society; that even provide the platform for economic development lies with a special pair within the family referred to as PARENTS. Even though there is an attempt to redefine who parents are, the original intent, God’s idea refers to a MAN and a WOMAN that are married. Parenting is no mean business, it is the foundation of great societies, and no one said it was going to be easy.

Prevention is better than cure, suggests an English study of criminal behaviour, and the key may be simply parenting. The Cambridge Study of Delinquent Development tracked 411 London males from ages 8 to 32. It found that a man was most likely to be convicted of criminal behaviour if he'd experienced the following between the ages of 8 and 11;
1. A broken home,
2. Low family income,
3. Poor housing,
4. Ántisocial parents and siblings, 
5. Poor parental supervision,