Dream of Nairobication

The Dream and The Reallity

Defination: The dream of taking whatever the city throws at you and transforming it into a great a success, the Nairobi way.

These are interesting times we are living in people and I’m thankful to be alive in this era. Its about time Nairobi we stood up and Nairobicate this nation. I’m talking taking action to improve ourselves and taking that first step now! I’m talking to this generation, my generation. Yes, the few rich run it but we own this nation! They didn’t teach us how to make it for ourselves but so we have to strive to learn for ourselves. Open our minds to the vast opportunities that stare at us in the face and just scream “fuck!” and grab that bull by the horn! They fed us with rigid thoughts and ideas that worked in the colonial times and inculcated it in our minds the notion that there’s no other way to do it. So they got us young people trapped in an intricate maze of confusion always wanting to do something but we spend most of our time thinking what it is we want to do! And seeking approval from the same people who spent most their lives religiously following a routine- a well outlined list and procedure of what they are expected to do, they didn’t have their minds jog. And if I learned anything from this charade of an education system is that you leave a body part without functioning long enough it will become dormant, the story of evolution so they must have become daft, and guess what? we inherit it. That’s what they taught me, is that what they taught you too? How lame.

Anyway, its time to get out of the cocoon and its already happening! Good news, that is. But more people need to join in in building the story of this dream, make a bigger dream with greater achievements. I was asked by a cool sister tweep @joliea: when does this dream of yours  cease to become a dream and instead a reality. And I explained, my dream, which I want to make it our collective dream as young people and to begin right here in the city I adore, does not end. Its an endless dream that becomes reality every second that passes by, but the dream continues to develop its story ahead of its becoming a reality. And it goes on and on, we can but develop the dream to become a great dream so that we can have the great reality that I presume we all desire for ourselves right here at home. So what do we have to do? I say let us all bring our dreams together to create a beautiful collage of dreams that we shall call the dream of  Nairobication. I dare to dream, dream large. Then act now! Tell someone about your dream and damn it make it happen! Just start. And if the stories of our dreams meet along the way they will compliment each other and blend. I shall support you and you shall support me.

I say stop attending seminars already, scheduling meeting here and there every now and then, haven’t you attended enough of those? Put them motivational books down  now, I see you all. I say stop giving yourselves those stupid excuses, its called procrastination. Any zone can be your comfort zone so get up. You want to feel important but that doesn’t help, pure talk. I’m that guy too sometimes I ask myself if you are so smart then why are so broke? I want to hear what your dream(s) is and I might share mine with you. Then we can act to make it happen for ourselves, and we will tell our grandchildren the story of how we first conceived the ideas that made us build something for ourselves, things they would by then also enjoy.

If you are brave enough, tell me what your dream is. I might also tell you mine and we can work to make one big happy dream reality. This is it.

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