Things fall apart
In a community plagued by a high rate of unemployment, only a handful of young adults who hold tertiary qualifications can afford to secure themselves employment that will sustain their livelihoods. This got me thinking about the odds and prospects of a better tomorrow for those with no such qualifications at all, especially young adults from rural areas or locations where surviving means giving up on ever attaining a qualification in order to bring enough income to see the family through until the next day/week/month. Places where one must do what one can do to survive. In most of these cases, some men and women are forced to learn the true meaning of making sacrifices. Sacrificing their own worldly pleasures and comforts for a better tomorrow to those looking up to them.
From a man's perspective, there are many other downsides to this than securing income on a monthly bases. There is the thought of finding a partner. The challenge of explaining yourself or what is it that you have studied / your position at work / places you have travelled, etc. What car you drive or how much savings you have accumulated. For a man above 30, society dictates that you must have already have a house or paid up property, and a bit of investments here and there...all these expectations wear heavy on some men and see them reduce themselves to a shadow of what they are or capable of becoming.
There are also her friends to deal with. Even if she finds you attractive and sees potential in building with you, you still have that challenge of convincing her friends that you can be the man she needs.
"Friend, what do you see in him?"
"He doesn't strike me as your type."
"What will he be doing while you are at work, what if he....?
These are but a few questions that can further reduce a man an impact on how one sees himself from a perspective of others and can be a catalyst into how one gets reduced to becoming a shadow of themselves
If you have been through a lot or if you have allowed yourself to remain incarcerated by circumstances from your past, know that you are responsible for the years wasted not doing anything to escape your past
Any ambitiou man can free himself from their mental prison if they can think beyond the obvious and focus on finding solutions to their challenges. It is never too late to turn your life around. Your background or current place of residence doesn't define you. What defines you is your courage to make something out of yourself and the willingness to change your current circumstances.
Any ambitiou man can free himself from their mental prison if they can think beyond the obvious and focus on finding solutions to their challenges. It is never too late to turn your life around. Your background or current place of residence doesn't define you. What defines you is your courage to make something out of yourself and the willingness to change your current circumstances.
With new challenges comes new rewards and satisfaction. "you are never too old to learn new ways of doing things", believe in that and never stop applying this in everything you set your mind on doing. I am going to utilise these few opportunities I have been rewarded and make the most of all the years and days I have ahead of me.
I will overcome and prosper.
Dreams don't die but lay dormant until one finds that spark that will reignite the passion and will to start anew.
Find yourself, remember who you were before bad circumstances threw you off your rails. Remember your passion and be brave enough to ask where for assistance when you are uncertain, propose where you see an opening, and ask for opportunities instead of waiting for your name to be called.
Take good care of yourself. Have less regrets and apply yourself without losing your:
(i) Integrity
(ii) Humility
(iii) Kind-heartedness
(iv) Morals
(v) Vision.
Stay true to yourself.
