Roseann Wawira

...........The midwife announces, "it's indeed a girl!" Everyone within earshot wears an irresistible smile and hearts warm up to welcome yet another little woman into the world. Her role in the universe is clearly cut out , and she starts training in readiness for her mission as soon as her hands are strong enough to hold something. Her first birthday present is a beautiful doll, which gives her a countenance similar to the one mama had when she(the little girl) checked into the world. She has her first time experience of sacrifice when she shoves aside her plate of food, to take care of the new found love. Today she's training her (the doll) how to sit, tomorrow she is plaiting her hair, the other day she's carrying her on her back soothing her to sleep. Did I forget that mama is now being instructed to serve food for two? Though soon she'll start preparing meals for her child (doll) and doing her laundry as well. As her obsession with do

In some remote village at the heart of Africa’s east gate, a heavily expectant woman checks-in at the health center . Her time is due and her agony throws the clinic into a commotion. Moments later, she gifts the world two adorable little humans. It’s a boy and a girl, the midwife exclaims in joy, wiping off drops of sweat from her forehead. Mom and dad are so excited; Mary and Martin will be their names, they agree amid sobs and tears of joy. Five years later, Mary has been accustomed to sticking around mama whenever she is at home, observing her closely as she performs the household duties. Once in a while mama throws some counsel at Mary; it may not make much sense at her tender age but her soft brain is absorbing every word of wisdom leaving mama’s mouth. All the while, Martin has learn ed to abide by his strict time budget; on the to-do-list are three special activities – play-eat-sleep, which the young lad observes religiously without fail. Mary has similar tasks

Can you pronounce the weird looking word o n the post’s title? Is there any difference in meaning between the word ‘reality’ or ‘REALITY’ and 'rEaLIty'? Why does the word look weird? What should someone do when they come across such a word in a piece of writing? Omit the word and try to comprehend the meaning of the rest of the sentence? Or read it anyway, despite the asynchrony? For instance, assuming a reader decides to omit the word, the title will read, ‘this is’ and if the same reader decides to overlook the error, the title will read, ‘This is Reality’. Do you realize the significance of each decision? Apparently, this is how gifted individuals (GIs) appear in the eyes of the larger society – ‘weird’. And in absolute disregard of reality, they’re coldly shoved aside like some pieces of complex puzzles. Hey folks! embrace and celebrate uniqueness. However the amount of jitters they give you thanks to their monstrous strengths or despite how much they irritat

In the previous post Injustice: The demon of doom , we discovered that the only way we can suppress injustice in the world is by instilling the virtue of ‘love and respect for humanity’ in every human under the sun. However, a world population of 7 billion people is not a small village. No wonder injustice has continued to blossom, threatening to bring our society to its knees. I'll remain optimistic in the knowledge that the only thing that doesn’t have a solution here on earth is death. Hopefully, we’ll implement the much needed solution. Maybe you’re reasoning together with me and thinking, what if we introduce a ‘World Social Ethics Organization’ just like World Health Organization and mandate this organization to ensure every child born to the world is given social ethics doses(lessons) for the first eighteen years of their life. In the same way WHO is involved in the process of immunization, where children are mandated to receive some crucial jabs within the first

Injustice is an age-old vice that has tormented humanity since sin found its way to the world. It’s an agent of regression that fights against humanity and posterity. Many mortals have been subject to the burdensome yoke of Injustice at one time or another. With advancing of age, Injustice has gained momentum and has become like a fierce tsunami; it has shaken crucial pillars of our society. The world is writhing in pain in the claws of the demon of doom. Injustice fans the flames of many social evils on one hand and squeezes life out of the dreams of its victims on the other. The despicable demon of doom has successfully managed to lord it over humans who apparently have a strange weak willpower to fight back. This vice is older than all of us; we come, suffer helplessly, lament endlessly and go. Every time a new life checks-in on earth, the world heaves a sigh of relief and rejoices that finally someone has arrived to take the bull by its horns and put to an end the rut

Our society holds dear the principle of modesty. We really strive to abide by the virtue of humility, which is a good thing. However, we often cross the line and drift to unhealthy levels of modesty. ‘Is there such a thing as unhealthy modesty?’ – perhaps. You see, suppressing strengths and abilities to a point where they become rusty, so as to fit in and avoid being seen as lacking modesty is not right at all. Maybe someone is wondering, ‘who does that?’ As a matter of fact, most gifted individuals are guilty on this one. They often tone down their strengths/abilities so as not to appear overbearing on their peers or to avoid being labeled show-offs. With time they master their act and blend in; they settle for average performance. Our system of education is largely to blame for this due to its failure to provide differentiated learning for gifted students. From the onset, gifted learners are made to believe that what the system has availed is what is necessary. Howev