WISDOM NOT AGE...

This year began with a high note. One of my biggest expectations is to finish my course work and find some relief from school work. It is not as easy as i may have thought. Neither was my undergraduate studies. Nonetheless, i strain to reach for the prize. Nothing comes easy, and if it does, you will lose it the same way.

Obama was, is and will be my biggest hero. To me, he represents some sense of reaching out for the impossible. It goes beyond surface inspiration. It is reality in the face of adversity and against all odds. His background had nothing to support his future, infact, it was as tattered as any ordinary person who grew up i a broken home. Yes he could!! and Yes he did!! He is Mr. President of USA. To some, he is the president of the world. He holds that much power, yet to him the question of responsibility never quite gets out of his mind. He is sober and focused on the task ahead.

Very few of our leaders would be in state of sobrierity when power is in their hands. They often try too hard to grab as much as they can and thus shifting their focus on trying to keep what they are holding, rather than release it and allow truthfulness and hardwork to prevail. Greed is the order of the day.

i put it to our african leaders to emulate this young leader who has proved that wisdom does not come with age, rather with selflessness.

As for me, i know that the hurdles that i encounter are only there to be countered. If no one has done it, i might as well be the first. Yes i can!!

Why Obama?

I am among the many millions who wish to be identified by this great name. But many factors considered, i may not easily find one dot that links me to President Barack Obama. First i am a woman. second i am Kenyan. And third, am a statistic that will never get into White House for whatever reason there may ever exist - though i can...

One thread i choose to use to connect me to greatness is the words that Barack Obama used to inspire millions of Americans and who got up one fine day and decided to give him the crown of leadership. I choose to believe that YES I CAN, even when all odds seem impossible to penetrate through.

I choose to believe that as a woman, i can achieve what generations, races, gender have thought impossible to achieve.

I choose to believe that the coluor of my skin has nothing to do with the colour of my brains.

I choose to believe that Africa is as resourceful as producing the president of United States of America.

I choose to believe that hope is a penetrable wall that stands between me and my dreams.

I choose to believe that YES I CAN believe in the most unqualified circumstances, especially if there are theories proven against me.

I choose to believe that I am one like Barack Obama, awaiting to make history!!