I mourn the passing of a sister and dear friend HE Luísa Dias Diogo former Prime Minister of Mozambique. My deepest condolences to her family, to the President @daniel_chapo24 and the people of Mozambique. Luisa and I were sister Finance ministers (2003-2005) when very few women were finance ministers. She soon also became Prime Minister in 2004 the first female PM in her country. She was smart, wise, strategic, dignified and humble. I shall miss her. May her soul rest in perfect peace.
So yeah, let me just share the story regardless!
I honestly never wanted my private life out here, but I’m motivated to share this because someone out there might be walking a similar path.
I finished secondary school as one of the bright students in my set. I always wanted to go into religious life yes, becoming a reverend sister was my dream. In fact, I wanted to be a reverend sister professor 😂. But life had its own plans.
I eventually entered the religious life, but I couldn’t fit in. I was naïve and not ready. Let’s just say I rushed into the whole thing(an episode of its own). Meanwhile, my mates were gaining admission into the university.
When I left the religious life, I returned to see many of my peers already graduated, some even married.
I didn’t know where or how to start. I took a pre-degree form and started school, only to discover after one year that the admission was fake. I left that state out of frustration and got so angry that I vowed never to step my foot in school again.
After many years of wandering and trying to figure things out, I saw this tweet in 2022 and the rest, as they say, is history.
I might not be a professor at 30, but I’m definitely on the path. My secondary school classmates who had smooth transitions are not better than me. I simply started all over again, five years later, and that’s okay.
And yes, I picked up another degree last year… in fact, the degree of my choice.
So please, don’t be discouraged. Your race is different. No two people run the same race. If I can do it, you absolutely can and you will.
This is not a motivational speech, nor a pep talk.
Pick it up and do it anyway! You are never too old for anything.
Selah.
That’s why they said attend antenatal religiously. Because it is common knowledge that newborns should not bathe every single day. What are you scrubbing?