“The waters are not disturbed until the wind touches them.” — Eastern Proverb Emotion is the body’s response to the mind’s whisper. Every feeling that passes through us begins as a thought often one so quiet we never hear it. The mind imagines, predicts, or remembers and the body follows with sensation. A racing heart,…
“The tighter you grasp the sand, the faster it slips through your fingers.” — Ancient Proverb We spend much of life trying to control what was never meant to be controlled. The outcome of a conversation, the pace of our growth, how others see us, even the timing of peace. The mind convinces us that…
They promised freedom but freedom without challenge becomes obedience. Across Africa a quiet war is unfolding. Not between armies and rebels but between power and accountability. In capitals where parliaments meet and elections are televised, democracy looks alive. Yet beneath the surface it breathes shallowly. The voices that question authority are fewer. The parties that…
“The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven.” — John Milton There are days when the world outside seems unchanged yet inside everything feels heavier. You wake up and the sky looks the same, the air smells the same, life goes on as…
At some point in your journey you stop asking why things happened the way they did and start whispering thank you. Not because life suddenly became easier but because your eyes finally learned to see beyond the surface of your struggles. Gratitude is not luck. It is awareness. It is the quiet moment when you…
Healing is often misunderstood. We think it means erasing the past removing scars or pretending pain never existed. We imagine a clean slate when in reality healing is messy. It is remembering with clarity without letting memory dictate your present. It is holding the pieces of yourself that were broken and discovering that they are…
The Finish Line and the Hidden Toll In the cooling dawn air of Iten high in Kenya’s Rift Valley elite runners lace up and head out onto the dusty roads. For many this is the promised path to something better—prizes international fame perhaps a way out of a life lived on the margins. But alongside…
Kenya’s inflation rate stood at 4.6 percent in October 2025 according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). On paper that number looks stable even reassuring but for millions of Kenyans the story beneath that statistic feels entirely different. In Nairobi’s Gikomba Market where traders haggle over prices before sunrise a tomato seller named…
When we talk about politics, leadership and governance in Africa, two voices often rise above the rest. One is that of the seasoned political veteran who remembers the long nights of liberation and the fragile dawn of independence. The other is that of the youth who questions systems that seem designed to protect power instead…
We live in a world that applauds the loud the flashy and the always-on. From a young age we are taught that visibility equals value that being seen is the same as being worthy. Social media makes it worse. Every post every update every carefully curated success story is a reminder that your achievements must…
