SATISFACTION, SELF ESTEEM, SELFISHNESS & SURPRISE:
Written by Daniel Masese on July 8, 2024
Monday,8th.July.2024.
- The first stage in abuse of authority, power and strength is the Surprise Stage: I alone amass incalculably these.
- The second stage in the abuse of authority, power and strength is the Self Esteem Stage: I alone need these.
- The third stage in the abuse of authority and strength is the Satisfaction Stage: I alone deserve these.
- The Fourth, lastly not the least Stage is the Selfishness Stage: I alone demand these.
Who is a Garbage Collector? This is one who only regrettably attracts the most worst. Challenge their stances and statements. Compel the oozing of honesty.
Who is the Sherman Tank? This is one who rides over other people. Consider the baby; discard the bathing water. Stand for the rights.
Who is the Thumb Sucker? This is the self-pity, pouting individual. Expose them to smudges and veneer void troubles. Don’t reward them.
Who is the User? This is an individual who incessantly and brazenly demands lots of attention, energy, resources and time. The sun, the moon, the stars, the clouds and all the celestial beings should revolve and revere them. Set cut and dried boundaries. Demand accountability and responsibilities.
Who is the Volcano? This is the explosive and unpredictable individual. Listen intently to understand, unearth, unpack and unravel microscopically, surgically and relevantly. Hit the nail on the head. Expunge them from the crowds.
Who is the Wet Blanket? This is the individual who is profusely immersed in doldrums. Be honest. Thou shalt never let them be on the leadership frontline.
2nd. Samuel 21:1-14.
The Tenets Of Despots:
They Kill:
(I). Communication,
(II). Culture,
(III). Emotions and Feelings ,
(IV). Engagement,
(V). Enthusiasm within an individual and the entire organization at large,
(VI). Motivation and
(VII). Trust.
The Red Flags Of Insecurity:
Comparison.
Compensation: we are victimised; we need recognition, prestige and compensation.
Competition.
Compulsion: in order to court others’ admiration, we must do or say this and that. Impulsivity takes their center stage.
Condemnation: myopically and in a raw baked manner judge themselves and others; conduit and self-pity are the aftertastes.
Control: our interests and selfish driven ambitions must be jealously protected by hook or crook; come rain, come sunshine; for love or for war. We must take charge and voraciously must we be the steering wheel.
Sacrifices: King David made a lot of sacrifices enroute to Jerusalem.
Services: King David, sufficiently, philanthropically and unreservedly shared meals to every Tom, Dick and Harry.
Surrender: King David fully submitted to the ALMIGHTY LORD GOD’S dictates. Is he not the man after the ALMIGHTY LORD GOD’S heart?
2nd. Samuel 6:1-23.
The Catalyst gets it going.
The Consolidator keeps it going.
The Designer thinketh it up.
The Developer follows it up.
The Entrepreneur relies on him/herself. He or she possesses the Tree’s Philosophy: self reliance.
The Executive relies on others. He or she possesses the Ants’ Philosophy: they share sufficiently, philanthropically and unreservedly.
The Manager organizes.
The Motivator encourages.
In three days, a fish gets rotten.
The overripe orange has to exit the stage to create room for more puissant and budding oranges to reign over the ecosystem benefitting the fauna, flora and all the creations under the sun.
In Senegal in 1980: the African Traditionalist Poet, Scholar and the first President of Senegal His Excellency President Le’opold Se’dar Senghor hanged the boots; factually speaking: the first President in Africa to exit the Presidential Office voluntarily. No African language had the judicious and sufficient words to describe this more rarer, than a green dog, occurrence. His Excellency President Abdou Diouf stepped into his shoes; peradventure the skyrocketing in height African President; soft-spoken a gentleman was he who exited in an orderly fashion after two years only.
The South African President His Excellency Nelson Henry Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mphakanyiswa Tata Madiba Mandela effectively exited the stage even before the fag end of his first Presidential term.
His Deputy Mr. Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki succeeded him in the elections of 1999 being the President of South Africa from Monday,14th.June.1999 to Sunday, 28th.September.2008; resigning at his African National Congress Party’s request.
Following the demise of the President of Nigeria His Excellency Umaru Musa Yar’Adua GCFR, President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010; President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan ascended to the presidency on Wednesday,5th.May.2010; failing to close the deal. He was walloped in the Sunday,15th.March.2015 polls by Mr. Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, the Nigerian President from 2015 to 2023. Briskly minus acrimony did he exit the stage.
In 2016 in Ghana: President John Dramani Mahama then the Vice President succeeded President John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills who died while in office on Tuesday, 24th.July.2012; however he was trounced by the current President His Excellency William Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He exited the office in a dignified manner.
His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama served the presidency of Ghana from Tuesday,24th.July.2012 to Saturday,7th.January.2017.
In June 2020 in Malawi: the Opposition Triton among the minnows Mr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, Politician and Theologian scuttled the incumbent President His Excellency Arthur Peter Mutharika’s second term dream.
In 2014: His Excellency President Arthur Peter Mutharika had outwitted Her Highness Madam Joyce Hilda Banda; yet another Deputy who had succeeded a dead President and failed to defend the crown. Her Eminence, Her Excellency and Her Highness Madam Joyce Hilda Banda was the Malawian President from Saturday, the Sabbath Day,7th.April.2012 to the Sabbath Day, Saturday,31st.May.2014. She became the President in April 2012 following the sudden demise of President Brighton Webster Ryson Thom Bingu Wa Mutharika, the President of the Democratic Progressive Party ( His Excellency Arthur Peter Mutharika’s elder brother).
In Zambia: His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema routed President Edgar Chagwa Lungu in the August 2021 elections after the former’s first elected term. The Zambian separation has been quote quarrelsome.
The 1995 recipient of the Ballon d’Or, undeniably the only African footballer to be feted the global Fifa’s player and three time African Footballer of the Year: on Friday,17th.November.2023 did concede the elections to the Opposition Leader Mr. Joseph Baokai after a cut-throat razor thin run-off race. His concession capered with his gratefulness greatly catalyzed a smooth transition of power in the West African nation previously riddled and wrecked by bloody civil war.
He is His Excellency Ex-president George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah.
The most destructive habit is worry.
The most greatest joy is giving sufficiently, philanthropically and unreservedly.
The most greatest loss is loss of self-respect.
The most ugliest personality trait is selfishness.
The most endangered species are the dedicated leaders.
The most greatest natural resources are our children and our youths.
The most effective sleeping pill is the peace of mind.
The most greatest crippling failure diseases are excuses.
The most greatest puissant force in life is love.
The most greatest dangerous pariah is gossip.
The most greatest global incredible computer is the brain.
The most greatest worst thing to be without is hope.
The most greatest deadliest weapon is the tongue.
The two most power-filled words are I can.
The most greatest asset is faith.
The most worthless emotion is self-pity.
The most resplendent attire is the smile.
The most prized possession is integrity.
The most puissant channel of communication is prayer.
The most contagious spirit is enthusiasm.
The most important being in life and in the whole world is the ALMIGHTY LORD GOD.
Life ends when we stop dreaming.
Hope ends when we stop believing.
Love ends when we stop caring.
Friendship ends when we stop sharing sufficiently, philanthropically and unreservedly.
By Professor and Philosopher Daniel Masese.
