MONDAY MUSINGS By Wangechi Kuria TRANSCEND YOUR FEARS I know it’s more than a cliché to state that “As a man thinks so is he”. You have probably heard this saying numerous times to the extent that it no longer has a meaning; it is just another statement. The harsh reality of life though is that, your thinking, truly is the ancestor of your performance .Thinking forms the reality in your world as you can never rise above your thoughts and perceptions. Your impossibility thinking becomes a self fulfilling prophecy until you chose to break away from the chains of fear, face it head on and soar high up into the sky. Fear is nothing more than a door way into the highest version of your highest vision. The things that scare you are spectacular opportunities to lead you to vast success in personal growth and development. WHATEVER YOU RESIST ON THIS EARTH WILL PERSIST, BUT WHAT YOU BEFRIEND, YOU WILL TRANSCEND. This became very vivid to me in December last year when I attended a national youth conference. In attendance were university students from all over the country pursuing different fields of study. On day two of the conference ,we were required to have an inter-university debate about gang violence; the causes , the effects and the strides the government has made towards curbing this vice .I loved the topic simply because it touched a lot development economics (development economics makes me tick and is what I want to spend my life doing), however, deep inside I knew I would never represent my campus because I fear crowds. I hated standing in front of hundreds of people to share my thoughts; I loved being the brain behind the concept. So on that day when K.U. students sat around the table to discuss the points you can imagine who was shouting the most, me!!. When asked to represent them I resisted frantically trying to convince everyone that I would fail them because I am shy .Unfortunately or fortunately depending on your angle everyone settled on me . A hollow feeling took over my body and knots all over my stomach. One of those moments you wish the world would split and swallow you right at that moment. I ended up competing .The debate took 3 days .The body in charge was the Kenya National Debating Council .I kept wishing that I would be knocked out on the first day. After all, no one would lay a hand on me. It would be a case of, I represented them but it just turned out that I was not as good as they thought . The third day came and I was in the team finale. Slowly it then dawned on me that I was actually not that bad; that I could actually speak to a crowd and convince them to believe in what I believe in. My thinking started to trace a new arc, an arc of possibilities that I can be the person behind the concept and the person delivering the concept. No wonder on the last day of the competition though not the first, but out of 32 students, I was the first runner up and this earned me recognition from KNDC and a direct ticket to the National Inter-university Debate to be held in June this year . This occurrence has completely changed my life. I can tell you for sure, crowds no longer scare me anymore .Though the usual tension is always there at first, over the past 5 months I have done far more than I ever imagined. I therefore encourage you to clear stains of fear from your window and see your world through a whole new set of possibilities. I wish you all a lovely week . From Wangechi Kuria
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:30:00 +0000
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