What If...

 

What if I did not rewind high school? Would I be better off or was my decision 14 years ago worth my successes, challenges, my rock bottom, or even my achievements, and wisdom? I actually wanted to pursue an LLB at Nairobi Uni, but my love for mathematics and laziness for note writing fated me to return back to wearing school uniform. I persevered for two terms and I was done with it. I went to the prestigious Kenyatta Uni or the famed KU. Here, I studied Economics and Finance coupled with CPA. Did I make a mistake wearing uniform? For regardless of the prestigious course, I did not finish. What if I went to UoN and pursued my LLB, Maybe I could have won a case against some lethal entity earning me millions if not several thousands. What if I finished KU, I'd be a boring father to somebody. Now, am single and clean as a whistle. No kid, nothing, Just a book and a few shillings in my bank account. "What if"  is a statement that could go on and on like a loop in coding. I had my rock bottom, and my challenges and my sweats have brought me to where I am today. Speaking the truth, none of my successes yielded more success than my challenges and trials. My struggles have brought other struggles which have brought more complex struggles, which in turn have yielded extraordinary results. As compared to what my successes, the outright ones, like education and such, none has brought me to where I stand today. 

Why "What if"? The universe is created to accommodate each and every one of us, born and to be born. Turing to relationships, what if, what if they never left. What if you never left? All these are questions we should ask ourselves in our moments of self-discovery. Not every time, and it is bad to dwell in the past. So, what is my point? Today, am a proud author of a book and I won this blog. Over the years, I have seen and feared to talk to many young and recognized writers and authors like me. Visited Sarit Centre for the 2019 Writers Space Africa Conference hosted by one Antony Onugba. Got chances to volunteer my writing services to noble causes over the years. It has been fantastic. So, I do not regret going back and wearing uniform, let alone not finish Campo on the first try. I mean, I am on the marathon of letting my struggles shape my future. Juu wueh! Writing and convincing people to read your work is an uphill task. Regardless, I work hard to publish educative and entertaining content once a week. I would put it that decisions that were made at early points of development would seem like mistakes today. But that is not the case, those decisions brought about challenges that brought results. In turn, they are the decisions that bring the best out of us at that point in time. Future ambitions may seem like the horizon of our livelihoods until they are achieved. And with such a situation, living after the achievements one would lessen the value of things one values the most today. 

What if I did not write and pass on this wisdom to the very Kenyans needing the life hacks I push through the web. It is with these I find the passion to keep writing and sharing my experiences, walking on the thin ropes of ethical writing to create tantalizing articles. We should appreciate the struggles more than our successes for the primal aim of living

a satisfactory life. "What if"