The problem with a Single Story

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Single story is having one story about someone or a place. When one negative side of a  story is told over and over again makes people believe that its true.

None of us is made of a single story,we are sum of many stories which makes us who we are, but when someone repetitively refer us to that one story which we failed, is absurd.

Though we felled down then but we dusted ourselves off and we are now better than then, we are stronger and happier. We learned from what we went through, improve our weakness and now we are better persons than yesterday.

Yes there are those times we were struggling to make both ends meet, and do you know what, we managed. There were those times you heard of us facing difficulties but waded through and came out victoriously.

We are no longer where you left us, we have moved, we crossed that full river by Gods grace and now we are in the other side.
We are confronting day to day challenges of life but we are certain that we are going to win.

We are NOT made of a single story!

Comments

  1. Tanui George29 November 2018 at 01:08

    Indeed we are sum total of the stories... Both sides of the coin as they say. Most at times strengths outweighs our weaknesses.. But the our enemies capitalize on our weaknesses . Good gesture Mr Optismist

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  2. Optimist5 December 2018 at 21:51

    True,i hate when people mapp us to acsingke life situation

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