ALUTA CONTINUA!

I think I am going to pull all the hairs from the root of my head (though am balding pretty fast, it looks like a small airstrip is forming)!. There is a heavy feeling of going stark raving mad like a lunatic, I mean like really lose yourself & let out the cave person in you out, chest beating like a gorilla & howling at the moon like a wolf. What is happening all around?

The days have become longer than the nights, the nights have become hot & uncomfortable (maybe it is where I live, hmm). In our normal daily pursuit of earning a living, we have at times craved to get some time off just to get to put up our feet on the table & just let it be. The things on the ground are quite different, what is happening now is not what I had imagined it would be, staying indoors is no easy feat. All I can say, I am grateful that I am alive & I can see each day as a blessing.

The closure of businesses as well as institutions in the country has made the days to drag on end. I can hardly wait to get back to normalcy that once were. However, what I do know for sure right now, is that personal hygiene has gone a notch higher. Who would have thought that you would step out to run a few errands & when you come back to the hood you have to thoroughly disinfect yourself & wash your clothes like as if you are exorcising  possession by demons.

We may find it difficult to close a business for 3/4 weeks or a couple of months, but it is more difficult to close a casket of a loved one or someone close to you for eternity. On that note, social distancing has to be the new normal, washing your hands thoroughly the common routine (sanitize if possible) & get home in got time (we still need you tomorrow).

Anyway, enough with the days that have been & let us brace ourselves for the days to come. For we are a strong people & you my friend have a colourful life ahead awaiting you to seize it. Have you lost hope? Do the walls around you seem like as if they are closing in around you? Do you feel stressed? Are you feeling drained with no more energy to move on? Are you having more questions than answers? Is the light at the end of the tunnel seem far away? 

Well, this should not make you feel like a social outcast or having lost your marbles (going crazy), believe me you are normal. Life has a way of making things look so dark & grey you wonder where is that ray of sunshine. You need to know that you are blessed & highly favored. You are your own cheerleader in this life & if you want change it must start with you as the initiator. 

Whenever you wake up in the morning & you are whole, be grateful for that is not something to be taken for granted. We move in life in the direction that we are meant to be going but it has & will never be easy. You want to achieve that goal or attain that dream that will put your name or reputation on the map but be assured that obstacles or barriers will emerge like a phoenix from the ashes.

You may not anticipate the pit falls but one way or the other something will always try to block your path to your destiny. The obstacle could manifest itself as the lack of finances, your disbelieving family, lack of sufficient or missing of opportunities, back stabbing by a colleague or friend, internal work politics & so forth. Do not fret for you have got this. When you believe in yourself there is nothing in this world which is out of your reach.

You will not like it that the road that you are on, seems to be full of all manner of twists & turn. Remember that if you decide to take a short cut in life, this my friend will be short lived. Nothing, acquired or achieved through dubious means last forever. Take an example of those who steal like our politicians or the robbers that invade our homes. Their lives are either halted by a prison term (to some extent) or cut short by a lead bullet. This is your choice to make as what direction you want yours to take.

Always remember that you are the author of your own book, each chapter is dependent on you as you pen off your ambitions & dreams. When you take life head on, there is no door that you can't open & no window you won't be able to close. 

"You will never reach your destination if you stop & throw stones at every dog that barks".