I find it endlessly amusing when men expect a level of domestic labour from me that I don't even do for myself. If I haven't built my own life around cooking every single day, what exactly makes you think you'll be the exception?
If you want something, you can't be docile about it. You have to want to get it. You must have that inner desire to get it, and you must be very fierce about it. The world will not easily let you have it if you are too submissive about it. You have to be very extremely aggressive and it has to be in your nature to snatch it.
My wife will drink enough caffeine to kill a horse, binge a murder documentary, and then look me dead in the eye and say...
"I'm having a lot of anxiety today."
You cannot spend years breaking a child's spirit and then expect a few words in adulthood to repair what took years to destroy. You cannot teach a child to fear your footsteps, your voice, your moods, and your anger, then expect them to see you as a source of comfort later in life
it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself.
Moyo ulibe plan yeniyeni. Nde osati daily kudzuka feeling confused or like you’re only surviving instead of living. One day, all of this will come to an end ndipo palibe azakumbukile kuti mumakhala busy motani kapena umavutika motani. Whatever you do in life, don’t just chase success, enjoy every moment, big or small. That’s what makes life worth living.
IOM Malawi, through the #SRHRHIVKnowsNoBorders Project, has provided start-up kits and vocational tools to 60 youth and sex workers in Mchinji, yesterday. The support will help turn skills into sustainable livelihoods, fostering economic empowerment and resilience.