by ephraimdivine | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week’s blog commented on status in the community being more than how far back you can claim your African Nova Scotian ancestry, important though that is. Credibility and standing in society should revolve around your personal contribution to bettering yourself...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
In last week’s brief article I stated that we must not take credit for, and capitalise on, the sacrifices and successes of others as if we had played some active part in them. We must make our own sacrifices and create our own successes, building on the past certainly...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
One of my favourite writers, speakers, raconteurs, poets, is Maya Angelou (4th April, 1928-28th May, 2014). Amongst many pearls that are part of her legacy is the following certainty: ‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week I reminded the reader that each one of us occupies a unique space in life and is in possession of special talents. Some of those gifts can be used to contribute to developing ourselves and to helping others through some of the challenges faced in life. A...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
In a 2011 feature film titled, Shaolin, the head of the Shaolin temple (the Abbot) at the centre of the film is speaking to one of the monks who feel worthless, and is of the view that he has nothing of significance to offer anyone. The Abbot says to the monk ‘…life...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
I heard with dismay at the weekend, Saturday 12th November 2016, and on the following Monday on the television news bulletins and in the newspapers, about the 6th killing of a young Black man this year in Halifax, Nova Scotia; the eleventh homicide in 2016. The...
