THE RE-UNION- BACK TO HUMANITY BASICS

The other day we were talking of a re-union, and I noted it has been close to ten years. In two years, it will be 10 good years. A lot can happen in 10. And I am curious to see everyone.I know many of us have certainly changed form, and I can't wait to see us.

The Days of Undernourishment 

As I am doing the #100DayChallenge of #DemystifyingEntrepreneurship, I am forced to look back to the events to trace the dots.And as Steve Jobs says, you cannot connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect looking back, everything sort of makes sense now.

And I must admit, there is such a miracle about how far God has brought us. Many, as I meet with, I am astound by the magnitude of growth both physically and otherwise, and I am spending half the time impressed in agape about what time can do eh.

There have been many events; Travels, Experiences, Promotions, Homes,  Births, Families, Jobs, Awards and Businesses, Weddings and sometimes Losses and Deaths that made us stop and reflect about our journeys, the many of them. For a minute we stop running and we are reminded of WE, and the need to stay plugged in to living and not chasing.

Esther Neema

An entire pot that has been a spectacle of some extremes. And sometimes it feels like life has gone so fast and yet a little slowly on some parts. Just like that we got in to our 30's, things falling in to place when we had imagined they wouldn't, and sometimes you spend smiling of the miracles that have happened. With memories of going for our first interviews in over-sized coats borrowed from our parents, aunts, uncles name it. 

Memories of when interviews were a ceremony and how we thought the Quarter life Crisis was the end of the world. The twenties was when our muscles were forming, and so many of us have had our tears and our laughter at this phase, as if molding cannot happen without drama. Any conversation about maturity could end up in tears and nose blowing and snorting that would make any boss regret starting such a delicate topic to the youth.

At the Launch Of Belle Enterprise Themed Events

And Just like that we are not twenty anymore. We are strong and courageous and running our show, accepting our journeys as different as they are. We are many things we wished we would be in some cases,  and on some occasions we are constantly reminded there are some things that we still wish for. But are beginning to accept, such as life, there seems to always be something we are often going after. But as my boss would say, don't postponed joy, happiness is not attached to anything. So I have learned to find joy in everything, yes even birds chirping in the morning. And the only regret is the minute I spend sulking.

My grown self, now a founder :) : Esther Neema: Founder Dream Tribe

And when we look back, certainly everything has changed. Now having started my on business and sounding even like a different person, I barely recognize self sometimes. The only thing that sometimes reminds us of who we were is our Facebook posts from the past which give us a chuckle, and reminds us of the spirit free people that had no inhibitions. Half the times we are wondering if we were mad or possessed, we were ridiculous. Of how we would say it as it is without fear of judgement. Because truly at that point, people didn't really judge as much. Of the days we were sure everybody loved us. We were not cynical about being exposed to "negative energies"or we didn't consider anyone "toxic" and have imaginary enemies and haters. We thought of humanity to be amazing, and would have done anything to save humanity or to put a smile on humanity.

The "graduation photo-shoot"

Today, sometimes sited with people whom we had such closeness and not know what to say, or how to say anything at all. That sometimes there have been walls build around us that have changed us, that the "real world"sometimes had taught us the wrong lessons about life and living. That have given us egos and pride, and we are not the same. And sometimes, we just want to remember the times when we were our awesome selves in touch with our inner child, who we should strive to keep even as we grow old. The one that had no care or even any hate.  Such a we used to say at DOULOS, Kwani ni Nyama??? And that was enough to forgive and forget, not blocking and un-following everyone who is different in our thoughts or who corrected our typos in public. He he he he, that may not change.

Now sometimes our hearts are heavy with some grudge of people who don't even know we are carrying them. Carrying beef with air even. Why so serious eh? I ask self when I am angry at nobody.

He he he he, only just when you begin to say life is not that serious, you realize, it really is serious. Perhaps because right now at this moment, you are not stuck in the trap of the past, wishing you were still a baby as the first time, you are now constantly conscious that you are writing your story, naturally history, and that you must be very in charge of it. It makes you more deliberate and choose better. You start to believe in causes, you have many things you stand for, and you may forget to be unserious sometimes.

That is why I have started the 100 Day Challenge of #DemystifyingEntrepreneurship. For I have found new passions and new joys, but they are leading me back to the roots, the journey of where everything started. Should you want to be an entrepreneur, you are welcome to follow on:  DREAM TRIBE and join us on DREAM CLUB. So often you will see me talking a lot of serious stuff, and not some luxury writing, which is quite not amazing. I hope that with time, I will write just for the sake of writing, again.

Today, I decided, maybe it is time to go back to basics. To write on things that make me feel the self. Which has been my greatest learning, that life is not an escape to anything outside the self, but indeed a journey to being the self even more, Becoming. So, I hope this reunion if it does happen, will be a great reminder of the selves. Coming back to meet selves. Of the most wonderful beings that were given the power to read and write and a towel to serve, that have now taken over the world and made it their own runway. That will be very interesting. But still those that can take a joke and be a joke.

So my greatest learning this year has been, to never let the coldness of earth turn you bitter. And to never let the cruelty of earth turn you in to a cruel person. Strive always to be better, for that wonderful version that we are is exactly what the world needs. An eye for an eye, just makes the world blind.