It’s been quite a while

IT’S BEEN QUITE A WHILE…….
By Andrew M.

It has been quite a while since we interacted under the wire. In the many days that loud silence prevailed I got to learn a fair share of harsh lessons pertaining to life and all there is that basically constitutes the beauty that life is. One of the basic lessons I learnt is that I should never look at you, my reader, and despise you because of either the circumstance I see in you or imagine exists thereof around you. I also learnt that life’s battles are not won through insults since you just might never know, the other person might be the biblical JOSEPH you never imagined he or she would eventually be! Moreover I learnt that waking up each morning to go to work is no reason to imagine that I have finally “arrived” and that jobs and possessions can varnish within a split second but golden souls reign with no limits.

In all this I asked myself, what is more important, the small job I have that makes me forget the bigger picture that life is or just being happy in life, with or without niceties, with or without jobs?

Yes, Clifford, I know that as you are reading this back in the United States you will find a reason to forgive a little more, to accept past mistakes gracefully and to value the bigger picture that life is more than the dollar that you will buy me lunch with come December when you will land in the country.

I have a few logical issues that I learnt in the past few days which we can share in this journey of life as we celebrate each milestone that we achieve:

 Make peace with all your mistakes and erroneous judgements so they don’t spoil your journey towards happiness- remember happiness is not about your job or cash, someone else is in campus is soon graduating to take over your office!!
 What others think and take time to talk about is entirely none of your business- let them talk and spend their airtime calling as you rectify your faults and move forward.
 Do not start comparing your life with others- whether you feel you are better placed compared to them or otherwise- you have absolutely no idea what their journey is all about!

Blessings!