I had a lot of friends in school who could draw really beautifully, and I swear I tried my best to be part of the artist team, but it just did not work. So, instead of being part of the team, I took the back door route and did copy and paste, which we called tracing back in the day. I used to put a clean paper on top of the one I wanted to copy, and I remember doing one of a picture of our late Tata Mandela. But I later had to quit my artist ways because everyone at school was doing it.

I do not really know the reasons we pick our careers, but the best thing you can do, especially if you are confused about what you want to do, is to attend career expos. You should also stick to one thing, and always investigate more about what you want to choose. And, most importantly, do not be fascinated by money. Have a second option, but put more effort on the first one, and you will never go wrong.

The reason why these things sometimes do not work for us is because we tend to confuse ourselves, and a major culprit of this confusion is peer pressure and self-doubt, which go hand in hand with having a low self-esteem. It is a concern, especially in our poor communities. I have been exposed to a lot of young people with no direction, and I always wonder what went wrong when I come across 7 out of 10 young people that do not even know how to write their names.

I believe that all this proves that there is a lot of work that still needs to be done in Africa. Starvation, in a lot of communities, is still the order of the day, and we seem to strive to live more than the production of the day. So, to help with this, when we have something to eat today, let us try to find out what we will eat tomorrow.

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I would like to think of myself as someone with a fragile heart, because even the happiest of endings bring a tear to my eyes. I do not know why, but I think it is a heart thing. I also give people the benefit of the doubt.

With certain things, people take my smile for stupidity, and I sometimes wish I could punch them in the face, but then the Bible gets the better of me. I do not really consider myself as a religious person though, even though I am always open to learning about other things. Without a doubt, the Lord is my rock and fortress, and I believe that sometimes you need to know your basis in life. You need to know what you stand for, and do not be shaken or fascinated by other things.

Beliefs always trigger our state of mind, and I admire certain religions that are unapologetic. Even though you wonder if there is any freedom in sustainability, those are some of the problems we encounter as Christians. There are no strict laws or principles which set us apart, and allow us to roam around as free molecules.

Recently, I had a bit of controversy with a few people, and since my question to them seemed as if I was being prejudicial towards an act I did not like, they saw me as wrong for not siding with them. I ended up deciding to apologise because they were now seeing as someone who had less interest in them for favouring a side they were against. But, apologising did not mean I was stupid or a coward, though, and neither did it mean I was wrong and they were right.

I have learnt that some people are very ignorant, and sometimes pride plays a major role in this. They always want to be right, and they can never be wrong. They see themselves as clever, and the rest of us are stupid. This is what happens to some individuals when they are given power: they become the Stalin’s of our times (Dictators). I honestly think it is an illness, and I hope I will one day get the opportunity to have someone explain this situation further to me.

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Tell us: What do you do when you come across people who want to always be seen as right?