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Parables by the well
Parables is a blog by Joseph Osei-Bonsu, creative writer and filmmaker, which reveals concepts about absolute truth through the unique combination of short stories, anecdotes, quotes, with breathtaking photography.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Cutting the umbilical cord
The safest way to avoid major tests in your life is to decide not to fulfill your vision. In other words, just decide not to be yourself, and you won't have too much trouble in life. Of course you also will end up being and doing nothing." - Myles Munroe.
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Once
upon a time, there lived a young man called Ajingo. He was a senior at
the University of Cape Coast, in Ghana, pursuing Music as his major. He
was a natural at playing both the piano and football. He pursued both
disciplines passionately, against the desires of the wicked Dean of
Music. The Dean was an arrogant and heavy-handed professor, who made the
lives of all his students miserable with his somewhat inhumane attitude
towards them. As far as the Dean was concerned, every music student in
the university was his subordinate, and all the music students were
expected to behave as such.
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A time for war
" For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven...A time for war and a time for peace." - King Solomon
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The Art of Emotional Manipulation
"To err is human; to forgive, divine." - Alexander Pope
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Return of the bĂȘte noire
*The story you're about to read is completely fictional and has no bias intentions to spite or appraise any of the characters described in it*
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Mo' pain, no gain
"A thousand saints cannot stop one imp from wreaking havoc: they can only hope and pray that it doesn't. After all the 'amens' have been said, the imp wreaks havoc anyway." - Joseph Osei-Bonsu"
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"For twenty years I served your father and this bank very well. In all that time, your bank never lost a lawsuit. In all those years I never asked for a single thing, other than the hours I billed the bank. If any of your customers, employees or competitors tried to bribe me into undermining you, I never betrayed you. Nor did I ever ask you to meet or beat their offer. No, I remained loyal! You made me put in extra hours that I never billed you for. I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights. Yes, for twenty years I slaved for this bank! I worked for fourteen years for your father: six years for you. And you barely gave me a raise on my salaries! In fact, if it wasn't for the company's policies, you would probably be sending me away empty-handed!", complained the bitter lawyer.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Forgetting to remember
"I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.”
― Mitch Albom
I called her upon receiving the tragic news. It turns out I didn't even need to call at all: Fosua was fine and dandy. How could a teenage girl who had just lost her brother, her father and her home in one night, be so sober and so calm? Yes, both men died from different causes; however, the conundrum lied in the timings of their deaths - both at the eleventh hour.
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