THE YOUTHING MAGAZINE the SUM-IT-UP issue | Page 29

Self motivation is good, and is encouraged.
However, when you are too self confident you
might end up loosing everything and everyone
and before you cut them off as you set on a new
journey have these in your mind:
1. Not everyone is fake.
Not everyone is taking you for a ride. You might
be the one who has developed an ego, treat
everyone th best way you'd want to be treated
and trust me you'll receive more in return.
2. You both developed different interests.
You ain't talking anymore, right? And now you
feel that he/she deserves to get out of your circle
because of being fake. I have an aswer for you.
You both developed different interests and
different tastes. It has nothing to do with what
you are thinking about the other person.
Personally, been in a sitution where my high
school best friends turned out to be strangers
once we got out of the gate. That does not
make me delete their contancts, we still check
on each other once in a while and everything
just run smoothly. Therefore, even though you
don't converse like before, they are still worth
checking on. You never know what life has in
store for you.
3. You might be the one on the wrong.
The greatest treasure is your brain. It facilitates
everything that you do and yoy rely so much on
it. At times you even forget that you are still
human, prone to making bad decisions. The self
belief that we are always right has taken toll of
us. Sometimes we might wrong the same
people we end up cutting off, oblivious that we
are the cause of the drift. Self checking is worth
before taking an action.
In a nutshell, humans are for humans and
animals for animals. You cannot cut off a fellow
to befriend a dog just because a dog is the
man's best friend, a very cheap philosophy. Let's
all unite and embrace love, make more friends
as possible and enjoy the fruits if our labour
together. Embrace our different cultures and
live true to our purpose. Nothing fascinates than
helping a brother and sister achieve a dream, a
mere grattitude can change your life forever. Let
us all fight the bad culture of seclusion, society is
what we perceieve to be right though 'vitu kwa
ground ni different sana.'
Instead of cutting off, take charge of the new
year and set your resolutions and work hard to
achieving them.
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year.