Human and Community Development

Mediocrity is a word mostly used and mostly underrated. The problem is not on the word. It is in the understanding of the reality which we relate to the word. Have you noticed how we almost do things to fulfillment. We don’t really get there, we just get almost there and we presume we have done it. In many cases we don’t see the magnitude of that tendency but that is mediocrity. We often comfort ourselves saying that “we are just average” as if that is tolerable. I have noticed a donor wishing to give breakfast to orphans donating 50kg of Sugar. But what the donor did not realize is we had to sell 25kg of it to buy mealie meal so as to have the porridge served. This is not disrespectful of the efforts one makes but it is a call to pursue a fulfilling outcome. It is a call to excellence or in some circles, Magis. If one decides to spend a day with family at home and you lock yourself on Cable or DSTV all day, that’s mediocrity – you almost spent a day with them. If you go to church eve...

Just yesterday I removed a rather inappropriate link on one of our Christian groups. One of my friends had shared it unintentionally. I did not ask him because I knew he would say I don’t know how it happened. This reminded me of a rather developing sociological phenomenon. As a people we are becoming “increasingly” sleep walkers. We no longer apply the logical rule of “Stop, Think, ACT”. Perhaps it is the routine world we are living in or the busy schedules we go through each day. WE NO LONGER PAY ATTENTION TO DETAILS. In some way we have become robots. Being void of detail in our human experience renders us less human. That affects us in our relational experiences with each other and with the world around us. If one can see the face of another and not notice the tears on it, there is no detail there. If you can shake one’s hand and not notice the bruises on it, there is no detail there. If you can eat a meal and not notice too much or less fat in it, there is no detail there. You ar...