YOU NEED THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO PROSPER!!

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.

DEEP IN THOUGHT, HOPE THIS EMPOWERS YOU...

 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 !!!!

LESS ABOUT "POLITRICKS" AND MORE ABOUT LEADERSHIP

One can safely conclude that the campaigns period leading up to Kenya’s general elections is again, here with us. For quite some time we have all been yearning for a revolution, change, new faces, new everything but this almost always remains nothing but just a simple little wish deep within us. All we always hear are the same old voices, a bit louder, saying the same old things “promises” that they always say every election period. I wonder why we always fall for this guys “politicians” sweet nothings, yet we are the very same people who raise up our voices behind the scenes to share with a friend that we are tired??? Is it possible for me to do something more than just complain all day behind the scenes? YES it is. Change is not always easy but it is possible. It starts with you and me. The power to make this change we thirst so much for a reality, lies in our hands as the electorate. If only we could realize and appreciate just how much political power lies in the hands of the electorate, then no one from the political class would dare joke with us. Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.  We are the ones we’ve been waiting for, we are the change that we seek. Start now by saying NO to those who still think that it’s all about having a deep pocket and YES to those who’s definition of success is seeing you and me EMPOWERED. Your vote is the single most powerful tool that you can use to exercise your choice during the polls. When that time comes make a wise choice and vote for CHANGE!!

I NEED SLEEP

We’ve all been out there today going about our diverse daily hustles and bustles as is the norm. Be it school, businesses we run, employers we serve, communities we serve e.t.c  it is almost impossible not to flashback to the highs and lows of the day, our successes and failures, missed opportunities, sad at events that did not turn out exactly as planned by us and above all comparing all this to what your inner and outer circles of friends have achieved. Is it not interesting to see how social media in this era, has made that easy? At the click of a button, on facebook for example, you notice your newly wed friend. A fact that leaves you as the last man or woman standing in the singles club. You get to see your former high school or campus classmate’s latest ride and new house in locations you’ve dreamt off all your life that suddenly seems so mysterious in a manner likely to suggest possible connections to “Madam Anne Waiguru.” Haha, just saying, no hard feelings. Generally you get to view profiles of people you may or may not know in this global village that we now are and get an understanding of what life to them means, based on their ways of living

Personally I would love to just jump into bed and drift away into a world full of so many dreams. Some so sweet that we wish never to wake up but bec  ause I am only human too, here I am in bed, half asleep warming up my cold pillow as unanswered questions glide in and out of mind. This is how almost all my nights always are. But instead I choose to focus on me and me alone. I’m not self centred lakni, just that little precious Alone time we always like to have. So how was my day, any learnt lessons, given another chance to see tomorrow what would I do differently and above all, have I grown and developed, doesn’t matter how small the change is, but still, have I grown into a better being compared to who I was yesterday? Some very easy questions from sight yet complicated when given some thought, that I think count a lot. Only then can I get some rest with great satisfaction that atleast my valuable 24 hours,  freely given to us all, were economically used.

Sleeping is nice. You forget about everything for a little while but before I embrace my dreams throughout this night, how about I leave you thinking about this: “Don’t compare your results to someone else’s. You can never be another person, you can only be a better version of yourself.” Today has been cancelled. Go back to bed and embrace your dreams throughout the night. TOMORROW COMES WITH A WHOLE NEW LIGHT!!

My Ideal Friday Night !!

Finally the long, beautiful week has come to an end. Guess what people???Yeah It's Friday or as most people here like referring to it "Furahi day". This is infact the most awaited day of the week and indeed like the name suggests it is full of so much Furaha. The difference though is that we all have our own unique ways of marking this day and getting the most out of it, not only this single day but the entire weekend. We can't all be the same, and the definition of fun may vary from one person to the other. If you don't find somethings interesting but you still do them anyway just because your friends and all the people around you are doing them or because it's the trend right now and you simply don't want to be left out   then you may be on the wrong path. Why hurt yourself just to please other people, why try so much to fit in and in the end you loose yourself in the process , while you can just be yourself and experience life to the fullest happy and fulfilled. Well if that is you don't you worry because it's never too late to change and start all over again. For sometime, I think then I was suffering from an identity crisis and in an effort to find out the real me, I tried so many things, went through very many places, passed through different experiences, did anything and everything without questioning them but still nothing was as fulfilling as I thought they would be. They say that everything in life is a learning process and indeed I learnt mine and I still am. It may have costed me, it may have slowed me from getting to my destiny, people who had great hopes and believed in me may not want to associate with me right now and above all the child I was back then if brought back to life may be disappointed in the adult I became but this is life and things happen. If it was part of my story already written by our maker, the best I could have done was only play the role as scripted. No regrets, just learnt lessons and good ones that I can share with you if interested. One thing I realize now is that it wasn't an identity crisis but an "eye dentity" crisis. How couldn't I have noticed that God is all I ever needed??? Atleast now I know and for Him I live and his purpose for me is what keeps me going unlike back then when it was all about people's acceptance. I can tell you from experience that if you live for others acceptance then you may die from their rejection. Why not try finding christ and make him the Centre of your life???? If your friends don't like you because of being you then those are not genuine friends. They may start referring to you as an outcast but I prefer that to being cast out from the kingdom of the almighty God which promises us much better things. I am only humane and that makes us imperfect, so I don't discriminate my friends judging on who they are, what they do or where they come from. Am not sure yet but I hope that nothing changes amongst my friends, both current and those that we've been through all this together. Once in a while catching up with you guys is inevitable. My Ideal Friday night out though would be this, lighting up a campfire by the tent at a cool, quiet site that is far away from everything and in the middle of nowhere, am not sure there's such a place but am sure there are nice camp sites around. I can already see myself staring into the dark sky admiring the stars and the moon, all this with that special someone to talk the night away with some great music playing in the background. Sometimes it's not always about sex, the best type of intimacy is where you just lay back, laugh together at the stupidest things, hold each other, and enjoy each others company. You can already guess that she ain't around yet and thus writing is my next best friend. Indoor movies would do great to, at times even a "kesha"  would come into the picture. Partying, happening, turning up are just not my cup of tea. YOLO, Our generation says. I can't dispute that fact but if we live right once is enough. This is Me being Me.

THOUGHTFULL, HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!

Finally the long awaited christmas period is over and the new year can't wait any longer to be ushered in.Hurrah!!!Hurrah!!!!Hurrah!!!!Here goes #2016 and suddenly the mood is just so exuberant.Yeah it is for me too and while at it, I cannot help but think of what most people do most at this time of the year. #New year resolution things.We all do them, sadly though after a couple of days,weeks, months, you realize that no energy, time and money was invested into following them up.For a huge percentage of us, me being a very big victim, do things that way and it has now become a normal routine.This year I would like us to try out something different and it's all about being that unique dream chaser out there and making that difference that we've all wanted.As we all know dreaming is free but for us to live them, to turn them into reality, to actualise them, something has to be done, things must get done.We are all in a race , a race not against each other but but towards our destinies.So how  about our plans, our goals, objectives, and dream chasing pursuits all be defined as a RACE.
                                               R>REPUTATION
                                               A>ACHIEVEMENTS
                                                C>CAREER
                                                 E>ESTATE/ INVESTMENTS

Plan and reach out for your dreams.Don't just sit down and watch as others p*ass you by.We all have a role, a special purpose, and a part to play on this earth.WE didn't just come to sit down and spectate but to help solve a problem and make the world a better place for us and generations to come.If you ain't solving anything then you might as well not be living LIFE.Make that your ultimate resolution this new year of #2016 and be sure to observe the great changes , growth and development that you never thought were possible taking place not only in your life but also to those around you too!!!!
Finally as I wish you a happy new year, its my greatest wish that just like me we will all find that unique problem, I'm still working on that, and #SOLVE IT!!!
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#BLESSED TIMES THROUGHOUT
#HAPPY NEW YEAR

TIME REALLY FLIES

Wow!!! Are we really in the last month of this year???? Isn't it amazing how fast time tends to move at times and other times you sit down some place and time seems to have taken a break and everything just comes to a standstill, you sleep all afternoon and wake up thinking you've been in bed all day only to find out that it was just a couple of minutes. Thinking about this takes me back in the days when one was in high school. One lesson at its max would last for only 40 minutes but it seemed to take a whole day. Some lessons were too boring, so much so that in between their 40 minutes you would wonder away into the thin air, build endless castles, and only drift back to class after noticing your teachers fatal stare at you. Once he was off you, it was time to turn that little corner of yours back there(whose didn't like that back benchers vibe?? ) into a mini market, at times even that was boring and sleep you did till the very end of the lesson but what a laughing stock that turned you into when your teacher descended on you with a power packed slap that not only woke you up but also left you confused and in pain for the rest of the lesson. Sometimes I still wonder why we had to do some of these subjects that now are  of completely no significance at all in our lives. Don't you like me think that someone should look into it and something done but that's besides the point. What's even amazing is how short 40 minutes is, yet it seemed like a whole day had been spent enclosed within those four walls. I still marvel at how short or fast this year has been. Maybe for you it has been slow while others feel December is here with us a little to soon yet we are all in the same universe. Don't ask me why because just like you am still trying to figure that out and while am at it, making the most out of this valuable resource that God has given us all for free. I made you read all this not in vain though, just to wish you A very joyful and   lovely last month of the year #December. May God bless You, your family, your friends, your finances, He knows all our desires and petitions too, we can only ask that He does according to His will. All these in Jesus mighty name................

Merry merry Christmas!! !!

This has been one of the fastest years of all that I've lived through ever since I was born. At the begining of it, like it's always the norm around, we all had new year resolutions, plans, goals, objectives and many other things in mind for this year. We all started on a high note, felt like we owned this world and that nothing would hold you back from achieving what you set your eyes on. Sadly this exuberant mood did not last for long. Gradually some of us realised that their resolutions were unrealistic, others made them just because everyone else was doing that, others started off well but somewhere along the way they hit a huge rock and that was the end of it, some simply never dreamt at all and watched as others did their things and ofcos there were those who were so much blessed that everything seemed to be flowing in the right direction. Bearing in mind that we all belong to the same God, you may be tempted to ask why that other person and not you??? Okay I am not about to preach but that is a topic we must talk about and understand with clarity someday.
       We've all fallen into one of the above categories, well I cannot rule out the fact that their are those who may have ventured into the up known where their was no path at all and created their own. I just didn't know how to describe that category but it's my hope and prayer that you had a great year, the best you could ever have. Mine has had a mix of everything. Ups and downs, Good and bad moments, happy and sad times, name them all but thank God atleast they all joined efforts to make LIFE as interesting as it was supposed to be. If asked to change anything, I think I would re-live it all apart from one sad moment we all didn't like at all. If it was up to us, then our dear cousin would have lived to eternity. Sadly though, there was nothing we could have done other than leaving it all to God who did as he willed at the time, but I trust that our cousin's  soul rested in peace at home and that one day   we will get to meet again up there.
      Christmas day is tomorrow, only a few hours from now and new years is fast approaching. I bet we are all eagerly waiting for the big day to see how it unfolds and whats in store for us. Some of us may not already be in the festive mood because their minds are fully occcupied with thoughts racing up and down their minds like fire eating up dry grass. Thoughts of what could have been, what didn't happen as you wished it to happen, missed opportunities  e.t. c. We all have issues but no one ever lost their eye sight for looking at the brighter side of things. This is that time of the year when we should set everything else aside for a while and embrace the spirit of  PEACE, LOVE and UNITY. It's that time when all the complaining that you are used to should be left behind or atleast paused for a while because a complaining attitude will only blind you to the blessings you have had althrough and make you miss your blessings as a PERSON, FAMILY, and a COUNTRY as
 Whole. #KENYA. This is that time to appreciate the great people  of significance in our lives, to be around those who inspire and motivate us to reach our dreams even if the whole wide world turns its back on us. #FAMILY.  And to share the little that God has blessed us with. Pardon me for making you read all these but I believe that just like me, you have learnt something new about Christmas. At some point I also thought I knew a lot almost everything until I started reading a little bit more and learnt a little.

Finally without taking a second more of your precious time, I wish you all who spared sometime out of their busy lives to  read this, a MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. It's my wish that we will all look for ways to share LIFE  and GODS  LOVE  this Christmas and every day of the new year #2016. Cheers!!!!