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...

THE SAME SUN THAT MELTS ICE HARDENS CLAY. When US President Donald Trump built a fence between USA and Mexico, it was meant to block Mexican from entering the US, as we speak, strange and unprecedented things have happened in this period of Corona Virus, the government of Mexico is doing everything possible to stop US citizens from entering their country. What goes around comes around, US citizens are destroying their own fence to enter Mexico due to increasing COVID-19 infections. USA has more than 450,000 cases of COVID-19 while Mexico has less than 500 cases. US citizens are running away from their homes to be refugees in Mexico, this is a lesson, even a rich person can borrow a needle from a poor person. Don't despise your fellow being because of where you are today. Tables can turn. When God blesses you financially, don't build walls, but expand your table to accommodate the poor. Position is not possession. Don't be mean because nobody knows what the future hol...

Residence of Kabogor in Emining ward- Baringo County saw a spectacular swarm of desert  locust which had covered the sky descending from the slopes of Sirwa-Kapkein hills. It first touched down at Ngendui and Oinopsos almost blocking Ravine - Tenges road, before advancing to Kipsongol and chemutagar of Cheberen location and to Isanche, Kipswerer, sonochun, kamulat, kaptabarar and finally to kindonin before vanishing to kamalanget of Kabogor sub location and to other sides of lombala and Ngubereti. The locust spent only 1hr in the area but left a traceable mark on trees and grass. People followed step by step scaring them away and wondering of their eating nature of leaves and grass which left some trees leaveless within minutes. The old ( kipkoimet(chongin) and korongoro) said that the same locust visited the area in the early years of 1950s and 60,s so to them it was history repeating itself. To Kaplelach age set to Chumo, this was their first time to witness locust in their ...

Walk away  from people who put  you down. Walk away  from fights that will  never be resolved.  Walk away from trying  to please people who will  never see your worth.  The more you walk away  from things that poison  your soul, the healthier  you will be. This is the bitter reality of life that we give importance to those people who always degrade us and doesn’t give us any value. So it’s better to walk away from such people who will put your level down. Never ever involve yourself in such fights that don’t have any end. The most important thing is to stay away from such people who will not give you value and importance in their life. They don’t consider you in front of them. The more you stay away from such people the more you will save yourself and your soul from being poisoned. These people will harm you and will also affect your health. So it’s better to stay away from such people and stay happy and healthy. This life is given ...

It’s with a heavy heart that I write you this note, knowing the amount of pain it is going to cause you. Mum, I want you to know that I love you dearly and will ever love you. If I am given the opportunity to live again I will still choose you as my mum and our family will still be my place of birth. But unfortunately, I know that there is not going to be any such opportunity. Mum, I didn’t want to do this, but I was compelled by circumstances beyond my control to take the plunge. I tried my best to pull through, but my best was not good enough. I battled alone for about thirteen months now until my strength failed me. You and dad could not decipher what I was going through and maybe I should not blame you for that. My one and only brother came very close to understanding what I was passing through but it was too much for his young mind to comprehend. Mum, I know that you and dad loved me and did everything you could to prove that to me but I was not feeling loved. ...

"Mochomin chi kou ye ichomegei, amagurenen chi kiy ye metinye kiy ne nengung" by a renowned kalenjin elder. Sich komongunet ile kou ye sobei  cheptailel ne nomu sobet ak koberuri bikyik, aegu agane kiy eng taitatab bik ak bororiet. Mobuch kogiletabgei ne igiligei ichenge sobon,morue mungu,kerin ago tetei che miach agobo inye mutai. Iterteri tugul che uen eng taingung ak kosuldaun mungu che imokchinigei. Moting'u chi borotetab chi, mungu inegei ne igochin chi.