Masaka Scouts Council

Duty to God. Duty to Others. Duty to Others.

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@MasakaScouts Chairperson @Kabugo_ during the Greater Masaka Scouts Camp 2022
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Don't marry because your age mates are marrying. Their responsibilities won't be yours to carry.

Build a life that can accommodate a family. Don't create a family and pray life accommodates you.

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Son, don't marry to prove you're a man. Even poverty can produce wedding photos. Before you produce children, make sure your dreams aren't still breastfeeding.

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Many of you scream "he abandoned us" about a man the DNA already cleared.

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You will be forgotten either way. So live in such a manner that, while you remain, you belong to yourself. -Marcus Aurelius

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In some families, the most dangerous sentence is, "But we're related." Suddenly, bad behaviour gets a free uniform and a family title.

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Family is a bloodline, not a lifetime licence to destroy your peace.

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Your network isn't your net worth. Your net worth is who shows up when your net is worth nothing.

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The one spreading rumours about you forgot the day you paid their school fees. They held a meeting about your character. Meanwhile three people you helped quietly prayed for you tonight.

Don't argue with people who've already decided who you are. Keep being the person who shows up. Time is a better lawyer.

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As soon as it becomes clear that you’re competing with me, I will let you have a hollow win. I don’t compete. I don’t do things for attention or recognition.

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Weak people covertly stalk those they envy and hate and try to fight them.

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The rumour about you got shared 40 times. Not one person who actually knows you passed it on. Read that again.

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Heavenly Father, thank You for the people who remembered us when we had nothing impressive to offer. Thank You for opportunities that came through unexpected conversations and for the kindness of people who opened doors without demanding anything in return.

As the weekend begins, we pray for those who feel forgotten. Some have sent applications without receiving replies. Others have watched colleagues get promoted while their own contributions remain invisible. Some have the qualifications but lack the connections.

Father, this Saturday, protect our hearts from envy and bitterness. Help us keep developing our abilities even when recognition is delayed. May we never become so desperate to be noticed that we compromise our integrity.

Your Word says, "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time." (1 Peter 5:6).

Do it again, Father. You called David from the fields while everyone else seemed to be looking elsewhere. His family had not even considered him for the occasion, but You knew where he was.

Remember those whose names have not yet been mentioned in the rooms where opportunities are decided.

In Jesus' name we pray. AMEN.

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The day you stop needing to outshine people, you'll discover how much energy you wasted carrying imaginary enemies.

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Let them win the argument, the attention and the imaginary championship. You have somewhere meaningful to be.

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There are people who know more about your movements than they know about their own future. Sad business.

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When you see a man or a woman just talking about other people, know they are running away from themselves. People who like to talk about other people... In their private moment, they're empty, they're lonely, they're sad, they're angry.

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You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. - R. Buckminster Fuller

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If you need me to lose to feel tall, stand on the box. i'll hold it.

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Plans fell apart. The only one who stayed was God. So yes, I mention Him a lot. He's the only receipt I've got.

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A man may never ask for help. That doesn't mean he doesn't need it. Watch the man who keeps saying “I’m good” while his voice quietly resigns from the conversation.