Each and every time I think about our pretty little sister,
my heart skips a mighty beat. She is fairly still a young girl whose still
growing and developing, learning new things each day, having different
experiences on a daily basis and above all still trying to figure herself out.
This is quite the normal, I guess we all passed through primary, high school ,
campus and are probably now living our dreams out there. Throughout all this
stages, life has definitely not been the same. Each phase has been quite
unique, with its equal measure of ups and downs that make life interesting and
at the end of it all teach us valuable lessons that no syllabus or course work
would ever cover. From all this stages of life you develop diverse perspectives
on life that at times seem confusing. Thoughts race up and down your little
brain like fire eating up dry grass on a daily basis to a point that almost
blows up your fragile mind. Unanswered questions keep you awake all night yet
not even the slightest clue to the answers of your tormenting questions come to
mind. In such times you feel so confused and start to question why you even
exist, you doubt your existence here on earth and think that maybe it were
better if you did not even exist in the first place. This is when we look for
people to confide in, we start looking for people to help us collect the broken
pieces, put them together and see you off at the airport as your new aircraft
of life takes of. Sadly though, some of us choose to remain silent and fight
the unending battles on our own till the very end. I think I used to do just
that, a path that sometimes does not lead you to desirable destinations but did
you ever stop and think for a minute just how stressful it is to explain what’s
going on in your head when you don’t even understand it yourself. This is how
intriguing life can be at times. It gets
even more amazing when you can no longer keep quiet and begin talking to the
people around you. It doesn’t matter how wrong or distorted their advice may
be, but simply because they have been your desk mates, classmates, course
mates, closest friends or coolest kid in your class for the longest time know,
you choose to throw caution and reason out of the window and get yourself right
into the middle of a catastrophe with your eyes wide open. Then your broken
pieces break into even smaller pieces and live you completely shattered and
almost irreversible, the end result is that you end up giving up on life and
engaging yourself in self destructive activities not because you want to but
because you no longer have nothing to live for. The current times that we live
in and the generations that exist have made life for our youths even more
complex. Millenials as we are commonly referred to us are creatures you would
love to hate. Their definition of fun is what an older generation would find
totally un acceptable, a taboo but still they get away with it behind our backs. Their
definition of hard work is what my dad would define as being the laziest being
on earth. Our not so healthy diets pared up with some unhealthy leisure
activities that we often indulge in make a great recipe for a generation with a
short life span but guess what they shout into your ears when you try sinking
some sense into their heads?? I do agree with them that indeed we do live only
once but then again, if we live right , once is enough!!
All this and much more that I possibly cannot exhaust on a
single blog post make me wish that our pretty little sister would stay in
school a little bit longer. Atleast there, we have good and trustworthy
teachers who make it part of their job description to make sure that this
little girls grow into upright ladies that can be relied upon by the country
and world at large to bring change and impact the people positively.
Unfortunately though, what happens once some of this girls clear school and go
to far away universities in search of an Education is completely different, so
much so that their former teachers would hate to be associated with them once
more. For some, the principled, disciplined and strong in character, they go on
to be great and enviable personalities out there. This percentage is however,
never that huge as most if not all fall victims of this cruel world. At the end
it’s never that serious because as they say this are some of life’s inevitable
stages from which major lessons are learnt. Determined and purpose driven
individuals always find there way out of such messes and eventually convert
them into great messages that end up inspiring others out there. This journey is
worth all the seconds that have been invested in it but then again why not
avoid it all and possibly follow a path with minimal detours along the
way???Why not save all the time and energy that you would use up doing nothing
with your life just to come up with a life lesson???Would it not make more
sense if that time and energy was invested in growing our country and the world
at large???I think it makes more sense that way and in the process you end up
being a blessing in people’s life. Who knows, maybe you could be destined to be
the next president of this great country of ours , Kenya, but because of your
wrong, immature decisions, you take longer than it was intended, for you to get
there. People will have to suffer and wait a little bit longer because their
destined savior has to first break free from chains that they locked up
themselves.
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Reality at times
tends to be rude and puts us in unfavorable situations that we must face or run
away from like the weak choose to do. The strong confront it as it is and make
the most out of each and every moment as it comes. In a few months they will be
out here ready to face the world. I am not sure how well prepared they will be
for this new stage of life but atleast there is something that can be done to
keep yourself on the right track. There will always be some stumbling blocks
along the way that may threaten to cut short your journey but having the right
group of friends to hold your hand and stand by your side as you save yourself
could as well be the answer. A friend you can trust, a friend who lets you be
you and who is always real. A friend who would rather tell you the truth no
matter how it would hurt at the moment simply because they do care. It doesn’t have to be a million of them who
are only there when its time to laugh and live you all alone when its time to
cry . One good friend who trusts and believes in you
and your abilities, a friend who believes in your dream and supports you just
the way you do the same, is more than
enough. Quality over quantity. Find a friend who wants to help you win and grow
and forever treasure them !!!!