Optimist

Just after I received my fee structure from My University for my PhD, totalling Kshs. 850,000 in 2019, I met my Dad, at Cooperative bank in Nairobi CBD. I explained to him that I had the admission letter and he smiled. I told him however, "Baba, there is a problem. They need Kshs. 850,000." He held my hands, then slowly but reassuringly, said, "Just Begin, my daughter." To ensure his point went home, he got into his account and gave me Kshs. 14,000 in an account that had Kshs. 20,000. I was touched. I added Kshs. 16000 and paid Kshs.30,000 into the account, and my journey to PhD began. Today, having reached the dream, I remember the words of my father. Just Begin.... In everything you do, always remember, JUST BEGIN. Just begin, no matter how difficult it seems to be. It appeared to be difficult, but as time lapsed, I realised dad was right. At some point before my defence, I gave up. I still had a solid Kshs.300,000 to pay and they wouldn't give ...

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers. This was in the initial days. While they were travelling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, ?I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there.? The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that some people were washing clothes in the water and, right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The disciple thought, ?How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink!? So he came back and told Buddha, ?The water in there is very muddy. I don?t think it is fit to drink.? After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake. This time he found that the lake had absolutely clear water in it. The mud had settled down and the water above it lo...