Lessons from sand dunes

Tracy Mutowekuziva
The creation of barchans has always been a lesson in my life. What happens is that, as sand is being transported across the desert it bumps into obstacles usually a dead animal or a piece of vegetation.
Its speed is reduced and it settles down and starts accumulating behind the obstacle. The accumulating sand will trap all other sand particles moving in its direction and hence with time, a huge sand dune or barchan is formed.

There are similar processes in life. There are people who failed in some areas, be it school or business.

These people just settle down, and allow themselves to be barriers in other people’s callings.

They have failed to reach where they wanted to get and will make sure that no one else gets to their goal.

There are people who have failed in your area of interest and will try to “warn” how impossible it will be for you to reach your goal.

The mere fact that they tried doing the same thing you want to do today does not mean you are going to have the same fate as them.

There are self appointed “experts and mentors” who will try to give you advise based on their personal experiences.

So what if he has a degree in Sociology and didn’t get a job? What does that mean to you when you are studying Sociology? It doesn’t mean anything.

You can still succeed even though a lot of people have failed in that same area.

Just use a different method that best suits you. Never allow yourself to be mentored by people with a barchan mentality.

“I have reached the limit. No one can go further.

“If l didn’t do it means no one ever can.” That is so wrong.

Never take advice from settlers, quitters or failures.

They will just trap you. Never look at life through other peoples spectacles. Are you feeling trapped right now or you are adding to those who quit.

Get up right now and find your way because the longer you are taking to get up the more you are being cemented to the bunch of looser and quitters in your field.

If you are not working on your Sociology degree because your elder brother’s friend who did the same programme does not have a job, you are wasting time. Instead you should be figuring a way to make it work for you.

Move from the space where you are shaped by what others experienced and start doing what you can.