Category: Inspiration

I’d like to introduce you all to Riziki. She is 15 years old and is in 9th grade. She lives in Mombasa, Kenya so she has really unique viewpoints on many issues. Riziki wants to be a journalist but her friends and family want her to become a teacher so I offered to give her a platform on my blog to express herself. I will try to post a journal every one to two weeks. Please comment with your thoughts!! Garissa Attack It was on Monday morning when the residents of Garissa were shocked to be woken up by gun shots that were heard everywhere. It was said that thieves had tried to break down a near by hotel so that they could elude with some money. Fortunately, the police caught the thief and he is now detained. Obama’s Tour In Kenya The most awaited person arrived in Kenya in a colorful manner that filled the heart of Kenya full of happiness. He was welcomed with a prayer and then welcomed in the state house. He has supper with the president of Kenya. He enjoyed his tour in Kenya and he wished to come back again. The Welcoming of Pope...

People will criticize you. We’ve all experienced it. It’s just a part of being human and living in this world. But you can’t let it get to you. You have to stick to the person you know you are and what you believe in. When people judge you, it’s usually because of an issue within themselves; they need to feel better about their own imperfections by pointing out yours. Let’s face it, everybody has them; we are human and we make mistakes and we aren’t perfect so judging just masks your own imperfections. It is important that we know that what others say does not define who we are. Only we can decide who we are. The worst punishment in life is having to doubt yourself or feeling that you just aren’t good enough. Nobody deserves to feel like they aren’t good enough for somebody else. You don’t need to seek the validation of others; it honestly doesn’t even matter what others think because only you can really know yourself in ways others cannot. It’s not easy either way but the world can be a harsh place with even harsher inhabitants and if you let the world define you, you...

Life’s mysteries keep us all so anxious to see what tomorrow holds; to see where our individual tangled paths may take us. Within the brightness of day and through the shadows of night, we journey unaware of the surprises that life will bring forth. There is a sort of magic to it all, for darkness may brighten with the flip of a switch. Just as the brightness may dim. As human beings, we are always too eager to know when and where the next light switch may be so that we can prepare ourselves, but there is no way of knowing. Unless we make peace with this fact, we will always try unlock all of life’s mysteries. We will do so out of fear and out of uncertainty of what may come to be. Yet, while trying to uncover what is to be, we do not stop to realize the power we already posses to venture within and discover the beauty that already exists in the now. Though it may seem to be so, being aware of what may come is not as enriching as you would think because, when you know what the future holds, you are then unable...