This is not for everybody, but I am sure it is for somebody in this
room. The person sitting next to you, behind you or in front of you.
The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. Proverbs
22: 6 “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not
turn from it”
As People we fall at times and we fall in different ways, a
running man can fall and before you know it he is up and dusting himself while
running again. A shy lady can fall and stay there covering her eyes until
somebody help her up, someone else may fall and take her time to stand and
refuse to be assisted up. Falling is never an issue, how you get up, and how
long it takes you might be. Some people fall and get dizzy, making them stand
the soonest might be detrimental as they can fall harder the second time
around.
In life we fall in so many ways and we represent the above
mentioned characters. It is important to understand what makes us fall, is it the
shoes we wearing, the surface, weather condition, a simple
trap or our own carelessness.
1.
Weather condition represents something that you
don’t have control over, family issues, separation, financial difficulty,
relocation, etc.
2.
The
shoes represent the company you keep; some of us are better off without friends
because we never influence anyone, however we take every garbage others feed
us. We have become so fake for us to be accepted by the people we call friends,
who are we when nobody sees us?
3.
The surface represent the places we frequent
or visit, you will never have been in the situation you are in now had you not
gone where you went. Ngabe awudubulekanga(Never got shot), awugwazekanga(Never stabbed), awukhulelwanga (did not get pregnant) above
all awufeyilanga(Never failed).
4.
The last
one(carelessness) represents the things that we have been warned about before, like going at night, drinking alcohol as a young person. I believe this is
a warning for somebody today. Somebody who wish that I came yesterday, last week,
last month or even last year or they would not be in a situation they are in now.
It is not about the audience but you, you need to get the
balance and stand, if you need help, signal someone, because the road does not
become shorter just because you have fallen, you still need to complete the
remaining part of the journey.
Why do you guys behaves like you come from the same background
and family? Your friends parents can afford him or her anything, their lunch-box
is colourful, and on the other hand you know the situation at home is not well.
You are the hope of the family and yet you are so blinded by temporally things.
Some one here had yesterday’s food for breakfast today, because things are
really bad, that should be a motivation to say one day I will afford everything
I cannot today. Sleeping with a sugar daddy or mommy will not solve your challenge,
but make it worse with pregnancy, HIV and AIDS and poverty.
Talking about poverty, it does not begin when one looks for
work and there is none that matches his or her profile. Poverty is like building a
house, it has all the steps you take when building, the foundation, windows and
the roof. You guys are at the foundation of the poverty stage, it is up to you
to continue building on it or destroy it by choosing to focus on building your
future to be better than your parents.
Most of us have fallen because our families are not where we
would like to see them, we need to stand as young as we are and do the right
thing that leads to success. Do not look down upon yourselves, humble
beginnings build character and confidence.
Every big tree you see today was just a bud one day.
Every uncontrollable veld fire normally start with just a
small spark
Every flood start with one rain drop, something small,
insignificant, could not even penetrate the earth but together they cause so
much damage.
How can you get back on track of your life?
1.
Act your age, don’t skip stages in life.
2.
Respect your teachers and other learners.
3.
Have a plan for your life, and put it where you
can see it every day.
4.
Manage your time wisely. You will never be young
forever.
5.
Listen more and talk less.
Like I said, it is not about the audience, but you getting
where you suppose to go on time.
