By Dr Paul Bundi Human beings are endowed with remarkable resilience, which can only be broken when they choose to give up. Says Viktor Frankl in his seminal book, Man's Search for Meaning; ''it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future-sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in thd most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.'' Man's life is primarily driven by the desire for future, the unshakable belief that the future holds promise. We invariably cease to live when we think we have hit a dead end, or that there's nothing more to be had by living. Theoretically, there is no limit to man's achievement, and that is what drives men to wake up and strive day after day. The opposite is spiritual, psychological death, which manifests way ahead of physical death. Lesson? Losing today doesn't mean losing always. You can lose 10 times and win the 11th time. Or, you
Not like Uhuru Kenyatta who has been quoted saying; "let them ban miraa! Sisi hatuna shinda! We will get miraa buyers from humuhumu." Eti "sisi hatuna shinda", meaning that him and his family hawana shinda and they do not care how many families depend economically on the sale and export of that crop. Eti "we will get miraa buyers and chewers from humu humu"...will he order employers to buy miraa for their employees just like he directed companies (after telling tourists to pack and go) to the send their workers on compulsory tourism vacations to fill the empty hotels and parks as reflected in his recent tourism master plan? NO PLAN, NO INTERJECTION, NOT TRY, NO SOLUTION! THIS GUY MUST GO HOME FOR KENYA'S ECONOMY TO BE STABLE.
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