success is amoving target

SUCCESS IS A MOVING TARGET

 I celebrated the festive season back at home. My hometown Kirinyaga. This was a good decision to make because I had to choose between Nakuru and Kirinyaga. Nakuru is where my parents live while Kirinyaga is where my grandparents live. This was my first Christmas away from home. However, it was worthwhile. I must agree that there must have been a supernatural kind force that intervened through the entire vacation. It results were extremely amusing. 

My aunt and uncle who live with my grandmother are practice aptly farming. They grow both cash crops and food crops. They also keep animals and birds.  They are a rich couple in the village as they own a small retail store where they sell everything to the entire village. This makes the family popular. It was amazing learning the skills of farming. I can take great pride in my newly acquired skills. Most important is Strawberry farming. The benefit with harvesting is you harvest as you eat. That will be a memorable experience full of good memories. I was a part of a great farming process. We planted French Beans too.

We were all eager to know how many marks my cousin Maureen scored. She was a candidate last year. The day was finally here. The delay in getting the feedback just made us more eager. My uncle suggested that we should all send the message again. Eventually we received the feedback. She was not excited about it. She felt as if she had let her parents down.

“My daughter scored 330 marks she has extremely tried. Faith your daughter was a 400 material student but scored 363,” defensive my aunt told her friends.

“I am genuinely proud of her,” revealed my aunt.             

Hearing this consoled Maureen and she stopped crying. She could not believe her parents were that proud of her. She thought they were trying to make her feel better about herself but that was not the case. 

“Today we will eat chicken. I have a reason to celebrate.” Said her mother proudly.

That night we ate two chickens and ugali. It is our traditional cuisine. Later, when the father arrived he bought her a full kilo of goat meat. These were her best meals. After the feast we were all excited about Maureen’s success. But her hidden sorrow was visible in her father’s sight and he would not allow his daughter to decord their joy with the wrong aspect. He carefully spoke to her to create a moment of clarity in her life about success. 

“Success is a moving target that must be tracked and continually pursued. Achieving success in one area does not substitute the failure in another. Success is not highly scored marks. It is the best of your ability that makes you feel self fulfillment.” Said the dad warmly in a convincing way.

These words assured Maureen that really she had conquered the challenge at her best. She felt the joy she had shared with us was genuine.

SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN; THERE IS NO GREATER AGONY THAN IN AN UNTOLD STORY

Solita was harvesting some wild fruits. She was ecstatic. All she had was memories, for the first time a man had shown warm interest in her. She had never imagined it even in her wildest imagination. A man as him would ever lay his eyes on her and promise to marry her. She could neither talk nor hear. But the man still managed to convince her about his never ending love for her. She could pick five fruits at intervals then spend some time day dreaming of this man. He would marry him, she thought. In thirty minutes or so, the man appeared again riding in his master’s horse. Today he had the opportunity to fulfill his desires. He smiled then walked towards her. Lost in her dreams, she was detached from this world.

“Solita my angel!”Said the man as he forcefully grabbed her hand.

She was scared at first from her facial expression; looking at him innocently. Recording the message he quickly masked his evil intentions and stared at her hand.

“I thought you threw away the bracelet I gave you.” Said the man as he let go her hand.

She could not understand anything. He quickly realized it and started using the fake sign language he used to conquer her heart. Shortly, he grabbed her again and she was frightened. She could not understand anything but she could tell the man was up to no good. She tried screaming but no one could hear her. She hit him in his eyes and ran towards their bamboo hut where she lived with her sister and grandfather. She tripped and fell. The man got hold of her and enjoyed his carnal state against her will. She felt defiled and ran to the river to clean her body.

Back at home her grandfather was very worried about her. He knew that the forest was not a safe place for his granddaughters. He quickly grabbed his gun and ran towards the forest. On his way, he met with Solita. Her face was pale and her eyes were peach.

“What is wrong with you my dear Solita?” Enquired the old man.

He was confused about her state. Never had he seen her that devastated. He quickly covered her with her blanket and let her lay on her bed to relax. Later, her sister arrived from the mansion. Her sister, Becca, had being married by a rich man’s brother who lived in a mansion with him. She came home jovial about seeing her grandfather again. She hugged him warmly and entered the hut to see her sister. She had never seen her sister in such a state too. She was a very protective and caring sister to her.

“Solita, did anyone beat you or rape you?” Asked Becca in despair.

She could not speak with anyone. She could not find strength to express her deprived innocence. She could not bear the agony she felt. She only remained silent. The agony in her untold story burnt inside her. All she felt was vengeance.

LOVE THYSELF

“Love yourself you may die without spending half of your life enjoying your company,” read the diary. “Life is a short period of time and being born a woman is a responsibility.” She read on. She would not let go this book. It was her late mum’s diary. She had passed on when she had just given birth to her.  Today she had turned 16 and her aunt fulfilled her mother’s wish. She had made her sister promise her that she would give her diary to her daughter which would act as her guideline as she grew into girlhood.

She wished that her daughter would live a much longer life than hers. The only best gift she had to offer was the diary she dedicated her life to. Her mother had passed on because of the wrong choices she had made. She only hoped that fate would play kind magic on her daughter.  

 “Please make my wrongs right,” read the next page. These words left her crying. She felt the entitlement her mother had left her upon her own life. Not only is she obligated to herself but also her mum. She was fully accountable of her life. This was the first chapter of the diary. Every word written on the diary impacted the weight it weighed. She felt as if her mother was advising her each day. She felt that though her mother was dead she lived in the unseen. The unseen that was visible to her. She saw her mother all over the diary. She obeyed every advice  just as the Christians obey the Ten Commandments. She had decided to follow her mother’s advice.

“Every chapter of this book has a lesson, learn from it. Example is the best teacher, learn from mine,” read the last sentence of the chapter. She had learnt a lot by now. These were not just words. They were from her mother who wished nothing but the best for her. It was the intensity she felt as she read them. She felt as if she were feeding from divine wisdom that satisfied her body, soul and spirit. The next chapter was about her love life.

“This must be juicy,” she imaged. Eventually, she would learn about the man whom her mother loved most but ended up hurting her mother most.

“I must be careful.” She promised herself.

DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES

The current job markets are not sufficient compared to the high population of young people. Many young people suffer the implication of this high population. The leading implication is unemployment. The job market require high standards of excellency both educationally and expertise wise. A self fulfilling job need an individual with both academic and experience records. This criteria leaves young people to the option of self employment. 

However, self employment is not immune to unemployment. This is so as many young people are not economically independent. Economic independent is a pillar to self employment. It facilitates upfront capital for the investment that an individual is interested in. The government has provided youth funds that should solve this problem as well raise the young people’s spirit to do business. This should act as an eye-opener to young people who focus to acquire economic empowerment. Every investment has it’s risks and profits which attract investors. Enabling environments encourage investors to invest even with the risks involved. Risks should reinvent investors and cause them to stabilize their investments into greater businesses.

Carpet cleaning is an investment that can prosper in a many environments. Real Estate being one of the greatest investment in our country, it should encourage the young people to exhaust such opportunities. It is a dormant opportunity which young people should resolve to exploit. 

Carpet cleaning needs a small amount starting capital. This should make this opportunity viable rather than cause young people to shy away from it. It needs a lot of labor if done manually. Technologies being at the centre stage of development, innovators have invented machines used to clean carpets. The machines are not expensive. Application of machinery is advisable as it prevents carpets from wearing out and tear which attracts many customers. It is also an advantage to the cleaner who uses less labor which causes better profits. Use of machines substitutes man power for electricity which is cheaper and easier to manage. Use of machinery is efficient and improves quality which is beneficial to consumers. It creates a wider market as

Carpet cleaning is not mandatory to hire a cleaning space. It can be down on a clean surface such as grass. This is an advantage that reduces expenses. It as well does not need drying machines as natural light can dry it easily and fast.  

 The expansion of Carpet Cleaning business will take an individual to go to extremely high heights. This is so as this idea is not only seen as a necessity but also a luxury. One can move to cleaning house carpets to field carpet used by players to play on in national stadiums.  It can lead an individual to clean national red carpets as well. This business is hygienic and prevents people from disease caused by dirt.  This shows that carpet cleaning is a great opportunity.

 Carpet Cleaning is as well a diversified idea. It enhances birth of related ideas such as sofa cleaning and house cleaning services. These ideas are easier to manage due to the relevant skills gained from the major idea.

This opportunity is rare and young people should exploit it. Many estates lack Carpet cleaning services. This is an encouraging environment where there is gap which needs to be filled as there is also demand. Young people should invest their energy in such idea which will eventually grow. This is beneficial as it not only benefits one individual but also the generations of the individual due to its flexibility. The growth of social media makes it easier and cheaper to reach audiences. This is an articulation of flexibility which can lead to an individual multitask as opposed to employment.

Young people should therefore be optimistic and take up business ideas Carpet cleaning among others with an attitude of excellency. This will raise the country’s economy and cause to be more competitive compared to other economies. Young people make up the largest part of the country’s entire population. Thereby improvement of the young people state economically, socially or politically will improve the country’s state as well. This is so because their composition makes up the backbone of the country. Young people are entitled to embrace opportunities which will impact rare change in this country. The devolved government makes it easier for young people to acquire skills easily. Therefore young people take this not as a challenge but a motivator that demands them to always want to achieve the great opportunities that exerts pressure on them and take up their role in developing the country.

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