Today, I stood at the line of death. Not really the ultimate picture of death, but I have learnt that death has no second glances. I got stuck in the elevator at the Senate building in Makerere University. The panic that built up was more on the things I have not accomplished and the things I have dreamt of doing but held back. I thought of the boredom of rules that have held me captive and the unpardonable fact that I am stuck at surviving through life. I finally managed to get out before the electricity came back and vowed not to use the elevator of that institution again.
But that got me thinking about the limitations we stay locked in. The fear to ask for what we want, the procrastination we dwindle to and the put-off dreams we hope to achieve in the future. It was all there in the marked out line that exists in our heads and we cannot go beyond it. I have often told myself, "if it is to be, it is up to me", while those words hold a reality in my life, I find myself a lot of times, hanging by the line that society has marked out for me. The line that screams out this is how far you can go. I also always tell myself that, my dreams are my actuality but how true that has been for the past few months was tasted in that elevator moment.
It is true, that we all have dreams and ambitions and while not all of us have the ability to brings to pass all our dreams, we stand at liberty to make life happen. There I was standing in fear at the reality that a mediocre life is not a legacy worth leaving behind. So for you and me, there is an awakening, to break the status-quo of life and beat the odds. Many will tell you that, but the reality lies in doing something about that that you have heard. Work hard and walk above the marked line.
My friend always says, break the glass. We live with people that have reached the ceiling glass, cracked it and broken it open. They walk passed the marked out line and each day surpass the laid out passage of life.
I thought of all the ladies I have admired instead of become. I thought of Julia Sebutinde, my woman crush of all time, Maggie Kigozi, Geraldine Ssali Bussulwa, Mother duck (who is the only female thoracic radiologist in Uganda) and many other women that have been singled out of breaking status-quo. It then dawned on me, I needed to get up and stop speaking but act.
But not just me, you as well dear darling, if life has opened possibilities for you, it is your turn now to soar and find a destiny worth recording down, May you be written about in books, May you inspire a little girl to dream big and may you leave a mark above the marked out line. Become the Most Valuable Player in the game of life, beat the odds, jump the hurdles, believe in yourself and listen to the journey's guidance.
It takes a heart ready to beat normal, to see that there is more to this life than what has been presented. They ought to be something more and I am out to find it. May my spirit be never content with living behind the marked out line.
But that got me thinking about the limitations we stay locked in. The fear to ask for what we want, the procrastination we dwindle to and the put-off dreams we hope to achieve in the future. It was all there in the marked out line that exists in our heads and we cannot go beyond it. I have often told myself, "if it is to be, it is up to me", while those words hold a reality in my life, I find myself a lot of times, hanging by the line that society has marked out for me. The line that screams out this is how far you can go. I also always tell myself that, my dreams are my actuality but how true that has been for the past few months was tasted in that elevator moment.
It is true, that we all have dreams and ambitions and while not all of us have the ability to brings to pass all our dreams, we stand at liberty to make life happen. There I was standing in fear at the reality that a mediocre life is not a legacy worth leaving behind. So for you and me, there is an awakening, to break the status-quo of life and beat the odds. Many will tell you that, but the reality lies in doing something about that that you have heard. Work hard and walk above the marked line.
My friend always says, break the glass. We live with people that have reached the ceiling glass, cracked it and broken it open. They walk passed the marked out line and each day surpass the laid out passage of life.
I thought of all the ladies I have admired instead of become. I thought of Julia Sebutinde, my woman crush of all time, Maggie Kigozi, Geraldine Ssali Bussulwa, Mother duck (who is the only female thoracic radiologist in Uganda) and many other women that have been singled out of breaking status-quo. It then dawned on me, I needed to get up and stop speaking but act.
But not just me, you as well dear darling, if life has opened possibilities for you, it is your turn now to soar and find a destiny worth recording down, May you be written about in books, May you inspire a little girl to dream big and may you leave a mark above the marked out line. Become the Most Valuable Player in the game of life, beat the odds, jump the hurdles, believe in yourself and listen to the journey's guidance.
It takes a heart ready to beat normal, to see that there is more to this life than what has been presented. They ought to be something more and I am out to find it. May my spirit be never content with living behind the marked out line.
