When You Are Young...

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When you are young......''everything seems possible"
When you are young......''everything is about the now''
When you are young......''life seems to revolve around you''
When you are young......''posterity doesn't make much sense to you''
When you are young......''unnecessary competition amongst your peers seems to be the standard''
When you are young......''Integrity and accountability is not found in your dictionary.

Life revolves around us just perfectly well for one to learn certain vital things about life (if you are observant).
I admire every youth, Its the prime of everyone's life and its equally a time we make the most mistakes of our life.
Fortunately, its the time we should learn and get better equipped for the most interesting part of our later life. 

If I've learnt anything in life, its to live one day at a time, but most importantly to live my best with all integrity and honor. 


When you are in your 20s or 30s, its easy to get drunk with life. We break rules, live without standards. Just anything goes for us. We fail to keep the future in sight.

The ''now'' seems to be the only thing we live for. Wrong decisions are made and consequences are dammed. We join the band wagon and keep our eyes closed not minding the destination. It seems all fun until reality sets at a later age.

I would want to see life as a journey to an unknown destination.

We encounter a lot on the way yet we decide what we pick, who we drop and who takes charge of our wheels. The mistake we make is not minding who takes charge of the wheels or who we pick in the early years of the journey.
We only find out later that some of the passengers we allowed had dropped some dirt or baggage in our vehicle and we have to deal with disposing it.

Some times, disposing and cleaning up takes a life time...

A lot has been said but I'll like to drop this here: You maybe young today, but you won't be young tomorrow.
Let posterity matter to you.
May integrity be your watch word.
Unhealthy competitions of ''who has what'' is ephemeral.
Life itself is a journey and it doesn't matter when you start, cause guess what...........we may not all have the same exact destination.
Finally, success is relative, choose your lane wisely and channel your strength to the right things. 

We are all learning...I'm not exactly an expert and I haven't figured it all out yet.


Kender is back....and BIG thanks for reading

Comments

Chris said…
Kender, I love the tone of your write ups. It depicts who you are. I'ld love to meet you one day....
3 July 2018 at 14:56
Ogechukwuadaora said…
Thank you for always sharing the truth with us.
13 July 2018 at 14:50
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