Do What Works For You.
I find as women we are the most judgemental to our own.
We smile haughtily, shake our heads and tut tut at our sisters for not being ‘up to standard’.
I find as women we are the most judgemental to our own.
We smile haughtily, shake our heads and tut tut at our sisters for not being ‘up to standard’.
Tomorrow. Tomorrow I will go see her To myself I say Tomorrow I will start that task I have another
Would it kill you To apologise, to show remorse? Would it demean you to humble yourself, To show weakness? Would
Making the world a better place doesn’t even have to involve partitions, protests or punches
“Sometimes people feel so bad about themselves that the only way they can feel good is by putting others down and hurting them.”
Aisha knew better than to disrespect elders even when they were as annoying as their old neighbor. But she would not know how to stand up for herself even if she was a child without good manners.
She always wished that she was brave like they were; they spoke their minds and were not afraid to disagree with others.
These days I deliberately seek out and choose to see shop signs, car bumper stickers or even Tshirts with positive messages. I choose to see gestures of kindness from strangers, even brave plants struggling to grow on cracks in the concrete.
It left this Mombasa Mommy’s family to ponder if one of us had trouble for the long term with mobility or vision or hearing how we would live day to day. Because we wouldn’t just want to survive- we would want to thrive.
The issue is never ours until it is.
With all that Pinstagram and FaceApp and TwitTube and Fake News feeds us on a daily basis it is enough to want to make you run into a corner and collapse into a foetal position.
Mothers sacrifice their wellbeing for their children’s sake. Sure, we talk of taking care of ourselves but give a mother a choice between her child’s needs and her own, hands down a mother knows what path she will take. Never mind whether her actions will be appreciated or not…..
There are certain wisdom that remain true for everyone at everytime no matter your age- whether we are baby boomers, generation X (like myself ) or millenials.
Whether we are male or female, whatever our faith, whatever our current situation, whatever our station in life this advice I gave to my reluctant audience still applies:
In the likelihood of you being right about something like telling your loved one that if he keeps smoking he will eventually kill himself, chances are high that he still won’t listen.
It is his decision and his choice.