malbie

malbie

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Poet and Creative Writer

St. Mgume @iammgume

20 Aug, 26

A huge mistake it is, to theorize before one has the data. Inevitably, one begins to twist facts to fit theories, instead of theories to fit the facts.

20 Jul, 26

Maybe we would be happier.
We would be more patient, more willing to live,
if we remembered that we are a constant work in progress,
holding onto hope until we witness its completion.

If we remembered that we were made a little lower than angels,
Maybe we would not hold ourselves to their standards.

Maybe we would be more forgiving.
Because in knowing ourselves, even as we are known,
We would know others even as they are,
not as we wish they could be.

~Marie

20 Jul, 26

Let there be no blur between the narrow path and the broad road.
Let my life leave no room for confusion.

May conviction overpower comfort,
And righteousness rest upon acceptance.
"I do not want the world to look at me and perceive me to be on the same page with it."
~Marie

20 Jul, 26 (E)

Powerful international bodies, including the World Bank, theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS),central banks, World Economic Forum (WEF) and major tech corporations are actively orchestrating the worldwide digitisation of identity, finance, and governance.
To execute this, countries are rolling out Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
This foundational framework links digital IDs, cashless payments, and centralized data- sharing platforms together to control and deliver all public and private services.
https://thedigitalagenda.o...

20 Jul, 26

At some point I believed I could write the pain away, joy into existence, and love into requital. And that same faith comes around whenever I need words to carry me.

20 Jul, 26

Cc: Uganda_Police

St. Mgume @iammgume

20 Jul, 26

Everyone's gonna hurt you. Just find those worth suffering for.

St. Mgume @iammgume

20 Jul, 26

This post has made me realize one thing:

I'll find some time and we grab a cup of coffee.
Bill's on me.

20 Jul, 26

You can't be great if conventionalism is your life's ideology. There comes a point where you must know what you want, how you want your life to be, and refuse to let that be defined by how everyone else lives. You were put on this earth to live as yourself, not as a clone of someone else.

My biggest flex in life is being able to live as I believe. I will know I have lived if the way I live and experience life aligns with my convictions about it.

20 Jul, 26

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"

No. What didn't kill me just failed. It didn't apologize, either. Given another chance, it would try again, and I don't know if it wouldn't succeed. It has no intentions of making me anything else other than a corpse. So no, I'm not making peace with it or thanking it for making me stronger. I'm trying to destroy it before it gets another chance to actually kill me. 😂🤣

20 Jul, 26

20 Jul, 26

You forgot a full-stop.

20 Jun, 26

Here I am again. I was just working on my grammar and vocabulary

20 Jul, 26

The best piece I ever wrote about myself.

20 Jul, 26

There are people who are mean when you differ. So there is need to beg them or they will do something very bad to you. 😂

DigitalAgendaForum @digitalagendaforum

20 Jul, 26

📢 June 2026 Issue: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 Newsletter is here!

From Uganda's cash withdrawal limits to Sony's '𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥-𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲' backlash—this edition tackles ownership, AI, cashless economies and prophetic warnings.

Read & reflect:➡️ https://bit.ly/4bD5kUy

Or at: thedigitalagenda.org/newsletter

#TheDigitalAgenda | #Cashless | #CBDCs | #DigitalID | #Ownership

20 Jul, 26

St. Mgume @iammgume

20 Jun, 26

Some people are somewhere starving and you're doing your third cook-a-thon because the first two records were broken...
I see you!

20 Jun, 26

It is not low self-esteem. I know exactly who I am, and I am confident in that. That's why I don't allow someone else's lack of urgency or enthusiasm towards me to change my character and principles.

Actually, constantly "matching energy" is the peak of low self-esteem because it means allowing other people's behavior shift your entire personality. If every time your true self is not received positively you become someone different, you're no longer acting from your own convictions, you're living life reactively. You have no self esteem because you don't even have a "self" to begin with.

20 Jun, 26

It couldn't be said better

20 Jun, 26

If we wake up every morning listening to, reading about, and studying other people...who to interact with, who to avoid, who to date, who not to date, how negative the opposite gender is, or how flawed this generation has become...when do we ever find the time to look at ourselves?

When do we pause to examine our own hearts, correct our own flaws, and become the kind of people we expect everyone else to be?

St. Mgume @iammgume

20 Jun, 26

St. Mgume @iammgume

20 Jun, 26

Growing up, younger women often told us how we were "not their level".
They were partying with older men, getting into clubs for free, sitting in VIP sections, having no jobs but wearing expensive clothes, hair and the latest phones, with their bills being paid.

They had so many older men they could call for money and gifts, and we saw cars coming to pick these women up at universities every Friday night. They called us broke for not having a car and money at 22 years old even thought they themselves didn't have (a) car(s).

Meanwhile, we hustled and focused on making money. We finally made it in our late 30's, and now you want us to go date a woman who is 40 because she is “mature”? How? Multiple dicks? Penile mileage? "Abortionst"? High body counts?

Let's go enjoy what you enjoyed at a young age. What happened to those men you were partying with? Why didn’t they marry you?

Who the x*ck wants a retired bed to bed midfielder, just because she is a baddie?

Ascend @ascendemmy

20 Jun, 26

Beautifully put. Everyone deserves to read this.

20 Jun, 26 (E)

I was so afraid of change.
It always came with goodbyes, with pain.

So one day, I decided to expose myself to it as often as I could,
hoping that if change stayed long enough,
it would become familiar,
and I would finally find comfort in it.

Now I don't know whether I healed from the fear...
or simply became numb.

20 Jun, 26

I don't know when we stopped understanding that writers create characters and stories that aren't necessarily about themselves. I think fiction eventually became reality and now, every poem, story, or metaphor started being treated as a personal confession.

As a writer, I can write about love while not being in love. I can write the saddest piece when I'm genuinely happy, and the happiest when life feels heavy. That's the beauty of writing, it allows me to imagine and create beyond my own experiences.

William Shakespeare wrote about murderers, kings, lovers, tyrants, and fools. No one assumed he had lived all those lives. Yet today, people read a figurative piece and immediately start asking personal questions about you instead of engaging with the message you are trying to put out. It's strange that this even has to be explained.

I learned that the hard way when I wrote a piece titled "Confessions of a Reformed Whore" 🤦🏾‍♂️ It was about salvation. 🙌😂

20 Jun, 26 (E)

Me: Late for work.

Also me:
If I don't write down whatever came to my mind at 3 a.m, I might explode and die. 😂

20 Jun, 26 (E)

She's laughter that lingers like a hymn through the trees.
She's hands made of warmth and eyes full of peace.
With footsteps like verses, she rewrites the day.
Every glance she gives is a vow in its way.

And oh, when she smiles, the world bows its head.
Every worry falls silent. Every fear softly shed.
She's not just the moment, she's the hope I now hold.
She walks like a wish that's been kissed by the soul.

I watched her walk toward us in white and in blue.
And my heart made a promise right here in this room.
No riches, no crowns, just a name on my breath and a life to be written from this yes to our death.

When she smiles, even time takes a seat.
Every heartbeat align. Every silence feels sweet.
She's not just the moment. She's the sun's glow on the tide.
She walks like a wish. She is the bride.

The Bride...Little notes. 🖤

20 Jun, 26 (E)

I watched her walk toward us in white and in blue.
And my heart made a promise right here in this room.
No riches, no crowns, just a name on my breath and a life to be written from this yes to our death.
...Little notes💙🤍

20 Jun, 26

A "Mouse potato" is someone who spends a lot of time at a computer.

Not my words. 😂