Our brothers and sisters leave their homes to look for jobs to feed their siblings and parents. Some leave their homes to look for opportunities and discover their potential. Some go to their homes because their parents are harsh towards them every chance they get. Some leave their homes because of being mistreated by their relatives. Stop assuming that whenever you don’t see them for a long time, they are probably out there messing their lives, smoking, making friends at higher places, clubbing, having fun, sleeping with older men for fun or not coming home because of being ashamed of their homes or townships. Life is hard, people. It’s not easy to be at home watching your siblings suffer, knowing that you are the only one who can help. It’s not easy to be in a place where you feel like your life is stagnant because of being in your comfort zone. It’s not easy to be with people who constantly remind you of how a failure you are because your peers are buying cars and houses and getting married while you’re ‘useless’ because you’re not doing anything about your life. It’s not easy to be with people who make you feel like you’re an orphan, people who make you feel like they might poison you, and you might wake up dead the following day because of them. People are trying to cope out there. Let’s learn to accept that our situations differ, stop assuming and remember to be more understanding.