Worry not, if it was meant to be it shall

There are times when things seem so hard you wish you had not tried at all. What pains the most as a young person is seeing your peers having made it in life and it seems you were left behind. You had the same burning ambition to succeed.

At times you even thought you worked harder than them, but were left out of the equation. That is the point you agree that life is unfair. I am only human and at times I get jealous. I mean who wouldn't in such a scenario?

However in the few years that I have spent on this earth, I have learned that nothing good comes with jealousy, only self pity and discouragement. The best I could do is wish them well and pocket some lessons that elevated them to the top.

Everyday, I worry about the future. Will I get that job, drive that dream car and wear fancy designer clothes? Everyone in campus dreams of a better life. Nothing is as frustrating as graduating and no promising means of earning comes your way.

Looking back at the previous chapters of my life, the phrase 'nimetoka mbali' clearly applies. Back then, I still worried about the future which is now my present. Life can be funny. The most important lesson that I have learnt though is that if it was meant to be, it shall be. I was called to my dream high school, my needs were met and alas! I joined campus. Those were dreams that gave me sleepless nights. I worried and hoped they will come true and hey, they did!

Clearly none of us knows what the future holds for them. I read somewhere that there are two days in the year that you can absolutely do nothing about, yesterday and tomorrow. Whatever we do with our today will either make a better or worse tomorrow. So this is what I will do with my today; worry less, dream big, try and retry when I fail and smile even when things are tough. I know there is a better tomorrow. Tomorrow, I know I will be favoured. I will be victorious. I will be celebrated and will testify of my success.

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