Denial of Reality is a Costly Affair

How easily we forget, just like a seed life too is all about growth. Everything in life is subject to the test of time and the effect of time on every person, condition, circumstance, you name it, is maturity.

Future is and will always be a product of the present. To arrive at destination ‘future’ you’ve got to be coming from somewhere (present). In the same way, past has an effect on present and the potential to spill over to the future. But if one is able to arrest the unfavorable effects of the past in the present by employing corrective measures aimed at neutralizing the effects while at the same time taking the right actions in relation to the present, then he/she can be assured of a favorable future. This only confirms that taking control of present is the most important and timeless gift you’ll ever give to your life.

An idea harnessed or an opportunity seized is highly likely to grow into a success story. In the same way a problem ignored or a challenge evaded is equally likely to balloon into disastrous outcome. (Why? Because application of time to anything and everything causes growth and results in maturity.) The former will leave you in celebration while the latter brings nothing but regrets.

When it comes to problems and challenges, human beings have a tendency of hiding their face from reality because it’s more convenient and comfortable to do so at the moment. Naturally, most people would rather lounge in their comfort zones than face the daunting task of solving their problems and challenges in the present. But what they forget is problems and challenges left unresolved only gets bigger, monstrous and severe with time.

Therefore, before you wrap another day, sit down, evaluate your present, mend and patch up where necessary then visualize how you need your future to look like and start taking the necessary steps required to get you there.

They say experience is the best teacher but you don’t have to take the wrong route when the right one is clearly mapped. By the way, experience will certainly teach you but by the time you acquire the vital information, it might be too late.

Tips

Never turn a blind eye on reality.

Counter problems and challenges with solutions instead of joining the ‘renowned choir of complainers’.

Comments

Help The Boy Child; Heal The Society

...........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...

Is The Health Of A Nation A Reflection Of The Health Of Its Families?

Family is the basic unit of society. Therefore, it goes without saying that society is a composition of families. Hence, a morally ill society is a reflection of morally ill families. When we talk of social evils like corruption, injustice, misuse of power etc. more often we shift our focus to leaders forgetting that leadership is just a title; these people are children born and bred in our families. For instance, whenever a leader is exposed on issues of integrity or rather lack of it, we descend upon them with hate and criticism; we demonize them and even ostracize them. What hypocrisy! We adopt holier than thou attitudes and forget that we too are hanging on the same integrity scale; the only difference being, we’ve not been placed under an auditor’s lens (Almost every human being is or will be a leader at some point in their life. Whether you’re heading a nation, a religious body, a learning institution, a home etc. as long as someone is looking up to you for guidance, pro...

Importance of Introducing Personal Finance To 5 Year Olds

I would have loved to fly with a headline like ‘Instilling Positive Work Ethics In 5 Year Olds’, but I was afraid millennials and generation Zs will shrug the post off, screaming ‘child labor!' Thus the more subtle title 'Importance of Introducing Personal Finance To 5 Year Olds'. Actually, the two concepts are like a single coin, I have simply favored one side over the other. Now that my post has escaped the trash bin and I got the attention of fellow millennials and our younger siblings, let me address the entire public. My name (Wawira – someone who works) has kinda haunted me my entire life. Work has its way with me. It has this powerful force that keeps pulling me towards it. So I don’t recall when I started working. But I remember in traces when I was still very young, I used to bite off more than I could chew quite often, which always resulted in frustration. Nevertheless, I never enjoyed resting until I completed what I FELT needed to be done. While growi...

Roseann Wawira

Search This Blog