Spes Mandatum

09/08/2026

Builders are Invaluable.

In life, some want to build and go on to build or try to build, while others only want to pay and use that which has been built.

But for a sustainable society or world, the spirit of building must be alive and active.

The hope we share here is that builders may never go out of stock. Indeed, good builders are blest.

It's important that we start building something good today, whether we are beginning from the foundation or not.

SM cares 🤗.

08/08/2026

Reaching Up

Every new beginning is normally associated with the hope for better days and better things to come. The new beginning could be a new day, new week, new month, new year or even just a new moment!

In every breath, therefore, it's important to keep it in mind that the best of the things we hope to get are still achievable.

At times, they could be likened to some precious fruits high up on a tree, for instance.

For a sane person, these fruits shouldn't just be stoned down, and they shouldn't be plucked carelessly.

The plucking might need some planning: Scaffolding may be needed, climbing may not just be enough.

A combination of ladder, scaffold, go-to-hell or some other tools and methods of accessing the fruit may be necessary.

But the bottom line is that anyone who is seriously interested and determined to take a 'high flying' fruit, so to say, should be prepared, ready and willing to take some smart steps needed to safely access the fruit - in order not to spoil it while taking it and also in order not to miss it entirely.

The truth about the reality of reaching up and being able to access 'the fruit' is that getting it comes with a cool sense of fulfilment!

A single step may not take one straight up to the fruit.

'Yesterday' would have been a better day to start planning and taking some measurable, necessary steps towards accessing the 'fruit'. But the steps can still start today, not tomorrow.

One of the steps of today could be as basic as getting a mentor and taking good advice, depending on the 'fruit' in view.

For you, what could be that single topmost 'fruit' in your scheme? Is it owning a home? Is it getting a university degree? Is it being able to feed well everyday? Is it being able to have the means to do a lot of charitable deeds, or even a few?

The key to the access to the fruit is: A sustained, positive, directional step at a time, whether one is climbing or using a direct plucking tool, depending on the position of the fruit, the topology of the ground sorrounding it, the nature of ground, etc.

Whatever the factors affecting the access, if the will is really there, then there ought to be a way - a legitimate one!

Load your hope chamber and get fired up. Engage the right gear each time. Go get the fruit/s. Yes, you can.

To the automobile, it takes the Combustion Chamber and 'Gas' to get fired up; To humans, it takes the Hope Chamber and 'Motivation' to get fired up. Every such firing-up should by default be cabable of causing a motion.

In the automobile, the axles and ancillary metal connections make motion possible.

In human, the firing up must be translated to motion/action by the good coordination of the mental and body muscles.

Never starve your Hope Chamber of 'Motivation' and then follow up accordingly with 'good actions/steps'. As you feed your Hope Chamber, do same for others out there who might need it - neighbors and strangers alike. Try not to walk completely alone. Lend a hand or hold a hand.

Every single day, may our good hopes get an immense boost as a result of some personal efforts we are putting in, or rather as a result of the steps we are taking.

SM cares 🤗

31/07/2026

Life, first.

Safety, second.

Work, third.

And that good hope of yours is most likely assured.

Keep thinking alright, and keep moving aright👍.

SM cares 🤗.

30/07/2026

Feed the lungs good air.

Feed the stomach good food.

Feed the brain good knowledge.

Feed the hands good work.

Feed the bones and muscles good exercise.

Stay alive, doing something good, adequately at the right time.

And you are probably on the right way to actualizing the good hopes in your heart - the great expectations of your heart.

Take note: For all, it all pretty much starts from within. Take good action, now!

SM cares 🤗

29/07/2026

Good work & prayer are inseparable from life, for a purposeful living.

But at the end of the day, what unites both work and prayer is hope.

May all work well and see all their good hopes come true. Of course, to work is to pray, as the saying goes.

Remember - If you can, lend a hand or allow someone lean on you, any time, any day possible.

As you are hoping that God answers you, take care to note that you can also be the answer to the prayer someone else is hoping on God for.

Look out for opportunities to help someone. Thank you very much.

SM cares 🤗

28/07/2026

We're philosophical, we think right, we move right. And we remain hopeful for better days and better conditions for all.

SM cares

26/07/2026

The Woman. The Mother.

Grandpa: Greg, we have had a long spell without a single discussion.

Greg: Yes, Grandpa, I've been having tight schedules for a long time now. What's up? How are you doing?

Grandpa: Great. But I just feel we need to chat.

Greg: Okay, Grandpa, casual, general talk or ehh?

Grandpa: Not general per se. Has to do with the vessel of life called woman. You remember we just celebrated them a couple of weeks ago.

Greg: Okay, Grandpa. Open the lid then.

Grandpa: I'll start with a preamble. Won't take much of your time.

Greg: Go on, Grandpa.

Grandpa: In the natural beginning of human life, the availability of a functional system called 'womb' was one of the requirements or conducive conditions that made the coming of a spirit into a tangible existence possible. This secured, then there's the coming together of two seed cells to cause a spark which results in the beginning of the germination of a body. Biologists can tell better but essentially, once there is a commencement of this germination of a body, a spirit is apportioned to it. Theologians can explain this part better. This spirit is directly from the owner of life who is omnipresent and always readily disposed to share the spirit of life.

So, the body is rightly defined as a structure for the dwelling of the spirit of the owner of life, a tiny portion of it, I believe. Then there are elements, nutrients and supplements that work together to maintain certain threshold conditions for the survival of life in the womb.

Greg: I can see I'm in for a biotheology class.

Grandpa: Not really(laughing). Just giving you some reality tips on some reasons why you must have an unreserved natural respect for the woman.

Greg: I understand.

Grandpa: After God Himself, it's the woman. His basic plan for the delivery of the instrument of the salvation of human race, as we were taught , had no man in the scope. It was after the delivery of that instrument that man got involved. Of course, the instrument in question was a man. That's how He wanted it. Don't know why. And I believe that if He had wanted the system to ordinarily be like that in every woman, He could have established it as such.

But He merely wanted to give relevance to the man - to do a 1 second job in the 9 month job. The 1 second versus 9 month comparison renders the role of man in the actual moulding job very infinitesimal if not irrelevant. And honestly, I often think that without woman, God, probably would have long gotten tired of moulding in particular, assuming He was using the Adam method. Blessed indeed, be these vessels that have supported the continued physical presence of human life on earth.

Greg: The men may not like this your analysis.

Grandpa. Yes, some may not like it. But the question is whether it's the truth or not. And if it's the truth, we can go and rest and forget what they will say.

Greg: Long live the woman.

Grandpa: Long live the mothers. And of course, the fathers. It's definitely part of the hopes we share with our partners, Spes Mandatum, that all that is good goes well for the mother and for the father. That's it for today, Greg. Talk again soon.

25/07/2026

The Great Vision of the Fruit of Peace of Mind!

After all said and done, the primary hope we all have in life is the hope of a good life in a good world. Yes, the reality of a good life in a good world may be just be sufficient to ensure a meaningful level of the fruit of peace of mind in the soul of every world citizen.

Now, be affluent as much as you can. Yes, it's good to be affluent and have the luxury of life - even though affluence does not necessarily guarantee the fruit of peace of mind, but for the objective of a good life in a good world for all, we don't think the world needs more of millionaires or billionaires - in the context of them just having huge measurable net worth on their own!

For this objective of a good life in a good world, we believe the world rather needs more of ordinary people who are able to meet their basic needs, doing legal jobs and possibly have some change for bills, emergency and charity - without having to run HBP over the basic needs of life.

The basic needs of food to eat, water to drink, clothes to wear and roof over head remain the first stage security every human being deserves - the security that is not given by guns or security personnel - the security that gives the fruit of peace of mind, the best of riches.

We plead that you who are reading this, by all means, do the best in your capacity, to advance universal efforts to achieve the basic needs of life that may reasonably guarantee that often unrecognized/unconsidered basic fruit of life - peace of mind.

What you need to do could be as little as showing the light to someone or planting a good seed in someone's life. Kindly check out our earlier post on the cornerstones 'must do' we share, and then make a personal commitment to help make it better for at least one person out there.

At Spes Mandatum, we believe that the fruit of peace of mind is a basic fruit of life. It's a fruit because it comes from within, just like joy. And like Joy, it can surely be triggered from without, just by the assurance of some basic needs and stuff like that.

It's indeed a part of our great hopes there be found the fruit of peace of mind in the soul of every world citizen!

Think about it. Do something about it: 'Basic needs for all assured; Peace of mind for all.'

Spes Mandatum cares.

23/07/2026

Beginning with good Hope, Working through good Hope, Reaping what was Hoped for.

Below is presented some of the primary cornerstones of the foundations of the hopes we share.

First, we start with a preamble:

We often hear or pray, 'May God bless the works of our hands.' Or 'May we reap the fruits of our Labour.' Both are beautiful expressions of Great Expectations of the human heart. Great expressions of Hope.

Now, the idea of everybody hoping to 'reap fruits' brings to mind the fact that we are all farmers of some sort because at the end of the day, what is most important is to have food on the table. Yes, food is surely the end product of farming. If you are able to buy your food, then you're a 'farmer'. To achieve anything, we need food to stay alive first. Yes, life is first. And for life, we basically need food.

Well, no serious farmer needs a sermon about the fact that there is no shortcut to work.

Naturally or ordinarily, the more you work, the more you reap. The better you work, the better the fruits you reap. That makes 'may we reap the fruits of our labor' a prayer of justice. And indeed a dangerous prayer for lazy people.

But it's actually a good prayer because there ought to be no food for a lazy man.

Having said these, we now present a sequence of some good, cornerstone 'must do', which 'farming' should follow:

- beginning with hope itself (the hope of having food at the end of the farming season and possibly all year round)

- having a good earth (get one or create one - good soil, good heart, good brain)

- having good seeds (good crops, good knowledge, good advice)

- having a good intention (for the purpose of driving hunger from the stomach, ignorance from life - food for the brain)

- having good lighting (represents the energy of the sun, connotes transparency, being able to see the right way, accountability and healing)

- having a good environment (one that is not only fine but conducive in terms of weather and otherwise, one that guarantees adequate sunlight, adequate rainfall, time for work, time for production and time for regeneration - rest)

- having good tools (applications or let's say gadgets that for instance make the clearing of a farm easier than the use of cutlass or razor blade for that same purpose)

- having good cultivation skills(some have hoe but cannot use it well, some have apps in their computers but can only do below 10 percent utilization of the capability of the apps installed.)

- having good planting techniques (putting the crops down is surely different from cultivation, and requires its own skills and tools. One needs to learn the planting tools techniques)

- having patience (patience is a part of the attributes of every farmer. You cannot plant today and reap tomorrow. It's a sort of long term investment.) We acknowledge that there are some short term investments in real life, but some level of patience/ waiting is surely needed between all planting and reaping. During this period normally comes weeding, pest control, staking, etc, for the good of planted crops. So, it is not entirely a period of idle waiting but one of vigilant waiting.

Then finally comes the cap. It is the reward for getting the aforementioned cornerstones right. It is the 'reaping' of a good harvest. Almost naturally following the planting of a good seed in a good soil, under good lighting and weather conditions, of course after good cultivation and planting techniques is the very glory of a good harvest of what was hoped for: abundance of food for the stomach and food for the brain (knowledge). It is the great good hope. And the realization of this hope must not be taken for granted.

Good Hope is not abstract. And so also is the extension of the promise of Good Hope to someone. Good Hope has to be worked out in a particular, measurable sequence.

For clarity, some hopes are bad hopes: the hope to dupe someone, the hope to do one's work poorly, the hope to inflate contract figures, etc.

Good citizens stick to good hopes. And they do the legally needful to get that which is hoped for.

We want to believe that you, who are reading this is a good citizen.

Please keep the torch of good hope burning, as you stay true to those good cornerstones ... and help or get others to do same - to join the crusade.

And if we may ask, what is your own type of farming? Is it football? Or Bricklaying? Or Caring for the sick? Which one else?

We wish you the best in your farming! May you get to experience those good things which you hoped/hope for.

Spes Mandatum cares.

01/05/2026