"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner” Robert De Niro
Kitu ingine vijanaa. Your environment contributes alot in the attitude you’re going to have when approaching issues. So at all cost,you must avoid people whos first response when they see you trying to do something is “Hiyo huwezi” . We call them losers. They could be family,strangers or friends. Hawa ukikaa nao sahao kukafunga my friend. Watakurudisha nyuma kama Ruto. Its not that you’re limited,its the fact that their perception of you is limited.
At all cost,We must not allow peoples perception of us limit us. And the truth is,most of these things we want that appear to be so far away,are so close. Let us sorround ourselves with people who believe in us. The positivity enables us to make conscious decisions. Mtu asikwambie huwezi
Theres something else in the atmosphere that nobody has quite decoded how to address. Vijana wamejaza fake smiles from morning to evening,in efforts to camouflage the sadness lying within them. There is a wave of sadness and defeatism among the youth,that is emerging as a result of the uncertainty in their future. With no support or someone to hold their hand,they have been disposed to an insane world,and the society expects them to maintain sanity.
Adulting has not been very welcoming to these young men. What they were taught life would be after school,is not what they have found. They are in total confusion,they know they should be doing something,they feel the potential burning in them,but have no idea what,or where to start. They cannot put these thoughts across to their parents,because even the parents themselves have played a part in subjecting them to this misery.
The parents have put so much expectation from them,simply because they took them to school,and they believe that is all that is needed. Inakua ni vigumu sana kumwambia mzazi umeshindwa kuipata namna ya kujianzilisha kimaisha ata baada ya kukupa elimu ya juu. And in this,as each day passes,the burning flame in these young man diminishes as darkness replaces it. He will begin to hate himself ,and everything around him. It is a silent pandemic,and the silence itself is a call for help.