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The Danger of Equating Marriage with happiness

05/05/2021 / Linnie / 0 Comments

From the book, The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama, I took one sentence with me:

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

The fantastic Gates announced their plan to divorce on Twitter, and we all had an opinion. I was surprised to see a great number of people relating the money and the marriage to happiness. I always thought if money doesn’t bring happiness, marriage would not bring happiness. That there is no one thing that brings happiness.

“I think that if one is seeking to build a truly satisfying relationship, the best way of bringing this about is to get to know the deeper nature of the person and relate to her or him on that level, instead of merely on the basis of superficial characteristics.”
– Dalai Lama

04/05/2021 / Linnie / 0 Comments

So as to understand why many black Africans are mistreated and end up dying in the Gulf region, we must digest four complex issues:
1. blackness in the Arab mind.
2. racism in the Arab world.
3. oral memories of slavery in Arabia.
4. sexuality in the Arab world.#GulfDeathTrap
— Dr. John Njenga Karugia PhD. aka Lemayian (@johnnjenga) May 3, 2021

Growth Catalysts analizing the mental health implications of Kenyans working in the Gulf

Working Conditions an African can expect in Gulf Countries and why

04/05/2021 / Linnie / 0 Comments

In 2017, I wrote this article about the ongoing slave trade in Libya. If you look at Libya’s neighbors, where do you think the buyers of African bodies come? Obviously from Libya itself but can we speculate that some Gulf neighbors also drop by to buy people.

Some questions and answers

Q1: If black people are being sold in the Gulf region, what kind of working conditions can we expect in that region?

Simple answer: You can expect slave-like working conditions.

Restoring Relationships and Community is central to Restoring Well-being

02/05/2021 / Linnie / 0 Comments

Inspiration for this post came from the numerous threads, on Twitter by Dr Louise Hansen. The threads are a deep dedication to two Australian-born children, Tharnicaa and Kopika who have been held in Australian refugee detention for more than three years.

Healing Trauma: “The prevailing brain-disease model overlooks four fundamental truths: (1) our capacity to destroy one another is matched by our capacity to heal one another. Restoring relationships and community is central to restoring well-being; #Justice4Australia #Auspol 1/30
— Dr Louise Hansen 🌷🕊🐀 (@drlouisehansen) April 2, 2021

01/05/2021 / Linnie / 0 Comments

When we truly love, we trust
When we Trust we accept risk
Trust without vulnerability is confidence
Trust without the possibility of a positive outcome
is self-destructive
— daktariLinnie🇰🇪🇸🇪 (@LinniewaGC) April 30, 2021