It’s hard to have hopes and dreams when everything around you is falling apart. Every day we have to watch our lives sink down the drain, we want to create a toxic generation when we know that in the end it is us who hold control over the country.

Don’t lose hope, every day is hard, there is not light before darkness, there isn’t any success before hardship and there isn’t life without challenges. What’s life without challenges, what’s a person without breath, what’s a car without petrol, what’s a book without words?

As people we need to realise that a good future between people can be created when we accept each other’s pasts, support each other’s presents and encourage each other’s futures. Remember everyone in your life has their own baggage, you just need someone who cares and loves you enough to help you unpack.

Life isn’t a death sentence, but to be lived. We all have second chances in life, one to make mistakes and the other to mend. I am what I am today because life taught me that when they don’t invite you, don’t go, if they don’t involve you, don’t get involved. Know your place in other people’s lives. If they don’t love you, love them back. You can’t recapitulate somebody’s charisma, you can’t confirm them because others laugh at you in difficult times and others support you, others become jealous when there is a foundation of success in your future and there is demolition on their side.

I know I am not perfect, but in most cases I’m an ally. I’m hated because I care for my future. I’m surrounded by loved ones and those who hate me, but I’ve learnt there is no dog that barks at a standing car. Let yourself lead, let them be second best at all times. Feel threatened not, trust yourself, always!

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