Move Up, Don't Park!

My first taste of school was when I was enrolled by my parents at Tshabalala Pre-school. I loved the experience. I remember doing finger painting, taking soup daily, the sleeping session, the swings and then riding the tricycles at break time. It was such fun. I was taught one important thing: writing out my name. Soon it was time to enroll for Grade 1 at Masuku Primary School in Tshabalala, Bulawayo. I wonder today where I would be had I spent the next 30 years of my life learning the same lessons and never progressing. Apart from abusing myself I would have abused the system and clogged it. Learning, growth and progression are natural life processes. 

The only way that you can change is to learn and grow. Learning the lessons of the past many times over will not create new discoveries. You cannot learn if you are not exposed. You will not be exposed if you prefer darkness to light; stagnation to challenge and comfort to exploration. You have to get out of your comfort zone. 

You may never see how much you are regressing if you see yourself as the gold standard of achievement. Wake up to the brutal facts of life: you are not where you could be given your capacity, potential and the sea of grace you stand on. To take the fame you have in your village as global acclaim is self deception. For a kapenta fish to think and then behave like a shark is unfortunate. Growth and change comes from the humility to learn, the passion to progress, the fortitude to maintain focus and the resolve to keep growing. 

Go to the next grade, take the next class, pursue the next goal. Don't park!