Thuita J. Maina's Blog: Reflections of a Christian, page 4

Celebrating Others' Success - Reflections of a Young Man

One thing I am learning to do is celebrating the success of others, whether younger or older than me, because we are all in this world together...

Rising From Guilt - Reflections of a Young Man

We learnt in school that there are three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. All other colors come from the use of those three primary colors....

Doing the Little Things That Excite Us - Reflections of a Young Man

In the 17th and 18th centuries, scientists like Benjamin Franklin started experimenting with electricity. I don't know what motivated them to do...

Homage to Princess Diana - Reflections of a Young Man

The first time I heard of Princess Diana was one night in 1997 when Dad informed us that she had died. More than ten years later, I read Peter...

Part 2: Developing Courage - Reflections of a Young Man

Recently, I mentioned on this blog a communication textbook I once came across in a library. The book had another inspiring speech but one about...

Was Young & Foolishly Mistaken - Reflections of a Young Man

I enjoy listening to Dolly Parton. She sings beautifully and inspirationally. One song of hers that I like is "Holding On to Nothin'" which she...

Celebrating Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Reflections of a Young Man

Early in the morning of last Thursday, I was about to start browsing the internet when I saw a picture of Ngugi wa Thiong'o on my browser. The...

Never Giving Up - Reflections of a Young Man

Bill Clinton became the third youngest U.S. president when he was elected to office in November 1992. He later on said in his memoir that one of...

Learning to Like Ourselves - Reflections of a Young Man

When I was a first-year engineering student at JKUAT in 2007, I once went to the library, dipped into a communication textbook and came across a...

An Uncle to Be Honored - Reflections of a Young Man

Uncle Ndonga, a brother of Mum, stayed with us here in Kiserian in the '90s. He looked after cattle, grew crops on our farm and took care of us....