TO MAKE RESOLUTIONS FOR 2014 YOUR SELF CONFIDENCE MATTERS.

For 2013 alone I have a lot to narrate both in the negative and in the positive,all in all this year has enabled me grow and become a deferent and a better me.

There are things and people who became pivotal in my growth,people especially who offered me the opportunity to grow and those that became the reason for my sadness , there are those that despite my mistakes on the way they gave me hope and never got fed up with me.Today I appreciate them all.


Secondly I Chose Books for spiritual nourishment, inspiration and knowledge, a part from the Bible which has always became my primary source of daily Bread there are other Books that have helped me grow. "If you will Lead "by Daug Moran a Book written from a poems titled "if" by an overzealous British Soldiers shaped my leadership.The power of positive Thinking, Imitation Is Limitation by John Mason and Napoleon Hill's "Think And Grow Rich" which I will take his Self Confidence formula to be the method of actualizing my Resolutions for the year 2014.

We will all make resolutions for the new year and there is something Napoleon Hill says in his Book.He says that as we resolve to throw off the influence of any unfortunate environment and as we build our lives to order taking inventory of our mental assets and liabilities you will discover that our greatest weakness is lack of Confidence.
I therefore take the first step to use the Self Confidence Formula so that as I make my resolution for the new year I will be confident enough to meet my resolutions.

This is the Self Confidence Formula.

FIRST . I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I DEMAND of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.

SECOND. I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward,
physical action, and gradually transform themselves into physical reality, therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person.

THIRD . I know through the principle of auto-suggestion, any desire that I persistently hold in my mind will
eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object back of it, therefore, I will
devote ten minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of SELF-CONFIDENCE.

FOURTH . I have clearly written down a description of my DEFINITE CHIEF AIM in life, and I will never stop trying, until I shall have developed sufficient self-confidence for its attainment.

FIFTH . I fully realize that no wealth or position can long
endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use, and the cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me, because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause
others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.

I Samson Kiptum sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory, and repeat it aloud once a day, with full FAITH
that it will gradually influence my THOUGHTS and ACTIONS so that I will become a self-reliant, and successful person.

Wishing you all a Prosperous and Blessed 2014.

TOUCHED BY THE STORY OF A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC.

I took my remote control this morning and on my normal surfing I stopped at Kass Tv when I saw a beautiful lady probably in her early 30s speak to a crowd that looked seemingly attentive.
My Curiosity kept me a little more locked to the channel as I was listening to her heart touching story. At first I didn't know her name and therefore I was anxious to know her,minute after minute the lady narrated her story, she started by saying she is a drug addict on her way to recovery and that to me didn't look real as the groomed and fluently speaking lady spoke.

I was wondering how such a beautiful and "Educated " lady would stoop that low to allow alcohol and drugs ruin her life . That was when she mentioned that she is a recovering alcoholic, what I didn't know is her history of alcohol and what alcohol and drugs did to her.

The lady narrated her live in the drink telling the audience that she started drinking at the age of 12,that to me was not practical especially in the place where I was born and bread.That alone made me become more keen.

"I was in Moi Girls High school Eldoret when I was in form two that I was served with my first suspension "The lady told the attentive crowd.

" suspensions are meant to correct the mistake and help the suspended get to his or her senses but mine gave me the opportunity to drink more and more alcohol " The lady continued.

At this moment my remote control was on the couch and all eyes and ears on the Television.

"My second suspension came in form four and being the second I was expelled from the school but my Dad took me to another school " she continued.

Of course at that moment I was getting more and more interested with her story until this point she told the audience of her life in the states that made me increase the volume of my small Tv.
"My Dad sent me abroad for studies and while in America I continued my alcohol life,I would drink myself to hell and that Is when addiction got the better part of me,alcohol was part of my life"Narrated the lady who by then had the crowd by her side.

I was shocked by what she had to do to satisfy her thirst which included nasty things she couldn't tell the crowd, what shocked me more is that she had not attended a single class the main reason she was in the states .She told the audience that she got married twice in order to get money for her Alcohol.

"My second marriage was to a drug baron who introduced me to cocaine and that is how I got into drugs " said the lady.

I wished at that moment to have known the lady and by her mentioning about her deportation that never happened because of her influential family friend I knew the lady was not from an ordinary family.

"After my Dad learned that I was found after disappearing for some months he boarded a plane and within no time he was in the states " she narrated.

She told the crowd that instead of her being deported back to Kenya her family friend at the Kenyan Embassy in the US and her Dad decided to send her for rehab.

Rehab seem to have helped her until her Dad passed away,when she flew to Kenya and after she laid her Dad to rest her Alcoholic problem resurfaced.

"I went to Rehab and worked hard for my Dad whom after I have messed you still could love me" said the lady.

"It is good that we do things for our own that for others " she stressed as she explained why after the Death of her Dad she went back to alcohol.

The good lady had succeeded to capture my attention, my heart was so touched that I could only remember a Biblical verse that says God's Grace is sufficient, what was evident is truly God's Grace,Grace that is so abundant to sustained a wretched man or woman to the day of his/her salvation.
As she told the crowd that after his Bro died from an accident caused by alcohol she decided to seek help and that is how she ended up at the Eldoret based rehab where she recovered and later turned to Jesus where she got saved.

The lady has a lot that can help our slowly dying youth and especially those who have made alcohol and drugs their heroes. If only one learns early the consequences alcohol and drugs would bring to their lives then dropping the habit before addiction would be the best. In fact the Best is giving their lives to Jesus and living a life that is pleasing to God.

At last I came to know the lady and her family and at any point I would recommend institutions and individuals having a problem within alcohol and Drugs to invite and talk with her , Let her advice our youth because there is a lot we don't know that we need to know.

Alcohol Addiction and drug abuse is a disease that affects our self esteem.. that is what I learned today.