HOW FAST YOU RUN DEPENDS ON WHAT IS CHASING YOU

It’s true that how fast you run depends on what is chasing you. Why? Because others are being chased by mere cat trouble, problems, struggles and challenges and because it’s only a cat, they can afford to relax and be at ease. They can afford to have fun, live anyhow and take it easy. But some of us however can’t afford to be at ease because we are being chased by lion troubles, problems, struggles and challenges. When you are being chased by lion troubles, you run differently and you run with urgency otherwise that thing will kill you. So you work, eat, sleep and live responsibly because you are fully cognizant of the struggles that follow you and the disadvantages from your background.

So I get bothered at times with the way some people portray themselves on Facebook and how it’s far from who they really are. Picture this: Someone inboxes me and says “I need help to pay school fees. Please am an orphan.” Then a few hours later, they post a picture in the mirror with a beer and their latest iPhone pro max. So I get confused because am thinking… “ If you can afford the Porsche champagne life on social media with fine make-up, expensive clothes and an expensive phone surely you can afford school fees? But alas that is our generation. They portray a rich image online meantime they have lion size poverty chasing them.

Some people try too…