You may be thinking that we can’t sum up and navigate through all of life’s adventures, challenges and demands by simply following certain rules.
Who says we can’t?
Because we also cannot keep a clear logical head capable of meeting issues head on without them
I want the quiet of the sticks, to breathe in; and to use a tired cliche- fresh air. I want to hear the birds sing, to awaken to the crowing of the cocks. Not by the screeching of alarm clocks or matatu touts calling for passengers
There is nothing noble or honourable in proclaiming ‘busyness’ or being ‘too important to wait’ (hence the idiots who cut through queues and shout about supposed ‘slow service’) and overtake on the roads causing accidents as a result.
Those of us with mental health problems are often grouped together with those who have mental disorders. I am talking about the poor forgotten “wendawazimu” roaming half naked on our streets caked in dirt and filth. Those who we have dismissed with finality.
Your worth is not defined by your day job or your designation. Your worth is not directly proportional to your career.
What happens when you lose the source of your livelihood?
You are unique down to your fingerprints. Your path is not going to be the same as anyone else’s. Don’t check to see where people your age, your academic level, in your community are at this point in time.
mobile phone etiquette has become necessary if we are to continue to coexist peacefully and live polite and courteous lives.
Forgiveness does not alter the facts and neither is it meant to. They still did you wrong and you are still traumatised about it. But imagine refusing to see yourself as a victim any more.
As this year comes to a close, I urge you to look back and applaud yourself. I am sure there is a lot that you didn’t think you could survive through and yet you did. You lived to tell about it.
If we lived by certain simple rules then many of our troubles would cease to exist. Or they would, at least, diminish in size.
(photo courtesy of salwa.swaleh.ashur on instagram) Everyone can feel gratitude when all is well. But how many
