You Have a Win in Every Day

That moment when the heart jumps
Full of joy and pride, needs not wait
Till that day when you shall finally
Open the doors to your grand palace

Master of the Art

When your passion is your occupation
Pursued with a quest equal to an obsession
Like an unstoppable river rumbling in the veins
The pasture is green, come rain or sunshine
The sweat of the work is only felt as sweet
The outlook is as brilliant as rays of sunlight
Regardless of the raging weather of the day
The match is as perfect as the stars in the sky
The blend is as complete as milk in coffee
The satisfaction brings stress down to its knees
The zeal and will are as solid as a fortress
The level of devotion is as deep as it is bottomless
Elation and peace take over the chambers of the heart
And that is to say, you are the master of the art

Moving on is Winning

When the goal misses the target and the game is lost
Turning to bitterness is not the way to win the game
Neither will blaming the weather of the world win it
Only moving on and trying again is the way to win it all

The Best is Yet to Come

I ask the moon, please don’t go away
You are all I have got, oh, what can I say
You are my only ray of light, please stay
Without you how will I work and play
Without you how will my heart be happy
But the moon goes anyway

Let Your Light Shine

When you get busy going far and wide
Looking for the light in various places
To shine the path to the future of your dreams
To make it as bright as the brilliant sunlight
You are counting on the headlights of others
That is placing your hope beyond your control
Remember that you have your own headlights
At your sole command day and night
The best lights for the path to your future
There is none better than your own headlights
Put a stop to your wandering for light
And switch on your priceless headlights
And take full control of your steering wheel
Summon the confidence and shoot forward

The Result is Just a Bonus

What matters is giving your all
That is the big deal
The hard work that goes into it
Your intellect, your energy, your time
Your resources all put into that goal
Then you earn the right to claim a triumph
No matter what the outcome be

The Best Time

The best time to eat the cake is now
Fresh from that brainy oven
Soft, tender and delicious
Shiny, colorful and appealing
The aroma is as strong as it is delicious
Invoking the profuse salivation of appetite
That senses an impending feast
There is no better time to enjoy a cake than now

The Way to the Top

It is not a work of accident
Nor a hand of chance
Nor a matter of luck
There is no catapult to send one
Flying to the top like a stone

The Northwestern Fellows

Jumping high into the air
Filled by the Kellogg fire
Aiming higher than mediocrity
Determined to defy gravity
The drive in their veins irresistible
The energy in their blood incredible
They are as unstoppable as a bullet
Their zeal is like unquenchable thirst
The Kellogg spirit flows in their veins
Filling every corner of their brains
Victory is ever their companion
Africa's future they will champion

Getting Sky High

Are you going to build a pillar
 that is going to touch the sky?
Then take each day and dutifully
  add it to this pillar to get taller
Make each day an important
 building block around the clock
Every day counts no matter
  how fate looks faint or bent
Till the day the pillar now gigantic,
 towering high does touch the sky
When all the days and the moments
 will have become a pillar

It's OK

Did you just come across chaos
Where nothing makes sense?
Did your heart drop down
Thinking that your hope is gone?
That is okay, it is always that way
With things that count a great deal
Go on and find your way across
There is no room for retreat

Hail to the Challenge of Tomorrow

As long as tomorrow 

Is bound to come 

So are the challenges 

Like a faithful couple

The two are inseparable

Combat those Distractions

Distractions are like wolves
That threaten to tear apart your dreams
Leaving them in neglected tatters
Like discarded bits of papers
Your dreams are left in rags

No Work No Gain

There is going to be no gain
Out of the blank thin air
Only a seed of relentless passion
Cultivated over a period of commitment
A period of tireless determination
Is bound to bring forth
That fruit of unfeigned contentment

That Little Voice

When that little voice inside the head
Gets busy and noisy
Saying that you are too small for the big goal
That you are not good enough for the star role
It is time to shut the doors of the ears
To keep at bay that noise of jeers

Do Not Underestimate Yourself

You are looking down on yourself
Because you are a mere drop in the massive ocean
Yet you are in fact the ocean
It is a massive ocean only because of you
And all the other numerous little drops
Each drop is as important as any other
You, like the other drops, are priceless to the ocean
Fire up that pride in you for being an important part of the great ocean

The Surprise Visitor

Opportunity is in no mood to send a messenger
Carrying a statement of her busy itinerary
She is a queen, won't bother issuing you a schedule
That details her planned visits to your doorsteps
Like a surprise visitor, she comes unannounced
Expecting you to be ready to accommodate her
She expects you to anticipate her around the clock

That Time Will Always Come

Destiny is just like the egg
The time will always come
When it will surely hatch
So long as you keep it warm
So long as it has all the care
Out will come the long held joy

A Positive Perspective

It came in my darkened mind
Like a bright dawn in the morn 
That brings the first ray of the day
Promising a day so bright in sight
Clearing away the hapless darkness
It was a voice in the head that said:
In fact, all is well as far as I can tell
The mind just needed a light in the night

The Ultimate Winner

Thus you are struggling trying to win big
By closing the taps that feed everyone else
Your heart plans to be the ultimate winner
By stopping the flow of success reaching others
You aspire to be the only happy winner
Such a win only unleashes a battle of conscience
Until you discover the true winner's secret
You open up the taps of success to others
You let everyone else have a go at winning
That is how you become the ultimate winner

Anger is a Burden

Filled with vengeance, you hate someone
Seething with anger you are thrusting the sword
Steaming with malice you want to hurt the other
But this angry sword is double edged
As you stab the other person, the other end
Is piercing deeper and deeper into your own heart

The Ladder

Now and then you wrangle and squabble with failure
Engaging each other into a fierce brawl
You are so bitter with failure as you struggle
You are trying hard to reach the very top
You are aiming to be where gold and honor abound
Where your most desired dreams lie waiting
Until when with much effort you reach the top
And with much relief you look down, victorious