Author: Karlos Naimwhaka (Karlos Naimwhaka )

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They say when you are in your twenties, you worry about what people think. In your forties, you do not care what people think and, in your sixties, you realise that no one thinks about you anyway.

Two or more people can go through the exact same ordeal, but their experiences and reactions thereof can be completely different.

Today’s life, at face value, seems all normal. Everyone seems to be fine and going about their everyday activities. Everyone seems to be doing just well and living the best of life – a family, a job, a couple of possessions and sometimes, a little bit of a life of a party. However, just as not everything that glitters is gold, there is always more to what the naked eye may and cannot see.

In his book ‘The Strangest Secret’, Earl Nightingale says he once asked the late Nobel-prize-winning Dr. Albert Schweitzer, “Doctor, what is wrong with man today?” Dr. Schweitzer went silent for a moment and then said, “Man simply don’t think”.  This cannot be further from the truth of what the world has become today.

In recent years, we have seen many people jumping onto the mental health wagon. 

If there is one thing the last three years should really be remembered for was something more phenomenal than what was propagandised.

Happiness is something that most people desire, and many of us strive to achieve. We are continuously flooded with messages about the significance of happiness, and how to achieve it.

Individualism is a philosophical and social movement that emphasises the importance of individual freedom and self-reliance. It is a concept that has been celebrated for centuries and championed as the symbol of a modern, progressive society.

Today’s life is a fleeting experience. Time and material possessions have become the benchmark not only for life’s worth,  but also for the individual feeling of worth and self-concept.