GRACE CARDS FOR LIFE TO ENSUE- STREAM ALONG MOMENTS OF TIME

Kealeboga Ngwigwa | Tuesday May 23, 2023 06:00

The company has really made me to be what I am. Everything that I have accumulated and achieved was made possible by being part of the distinguished entity.

I have learnt a lot from the positions that I occupied throughout my employment tenure. A couple of years ago, I started to have differences with management especially on how they wanted to run the entity and with the experience I have gathered, still serving in the same company, wanted or had only intended to do good and protect the life of the business.

Management started to ill-treat me but regardless, I persisted simply because the company gives me the platform to exercise my personal purpose through delivering the company mandate. Lately, I have been feeling so heavy and unmotivated to go to work because the working conditions are just too stiff to tangle. I could not take it at all anymore.

When I reflect back on the assignments I was once tasked with, and how successful I was in undertaking them, I feel confident that I could do the same for my entrepreneurship ambitions. I have never been this convinced about parting ways with my favourite employer but my spouse feels otherwise about my decision. On the other hand, my health status is starting to deteriorate due to my working condition. Please Coach, guide me on what is ideal to be done in moments similar to what I face? Yours, Anonymous

Dear Anonymous, There is a season of everything. There is a season to be born and to die. A season to plough and to harvest. A season to mourn and rejoice. So, it is not alien that you feel that you are nearing your journey end with your best and favourite employer. The universe has a way of communicating with us to sensitise us about these start and end seasons. It is of a fact that you were not going to work for that particular entity the rest of your life. At one point, you had to part ways whether we like it or not. This is one fact that your spouse must be awake to so that she does not limit herself as far as identifying opportunities is concerned. Therefore, it is important that you design yet another plan in case you were to lose your job involuntarily. It is now the season in your life to unleash your talents, skills and experience that you gained throughout the tenure at your employer. Our health is more paramount to each’s life hence it must be taken with an extra cautious approach so that we curb death. So, we must be selfish especially when it comes to issues of our wellbeing. It is our responsibility to protect it with all cost possible. Even though it may be as such, one must have a comprehensive succession plan to invest in so that you do not fall into a financial embarrassment illness. You will never know what is behind the closed door until you open it. Risks are a part of our lives and there is no major movement that could happen and change our lives for the good if they are well accurately calculated. If your conviction is positive and unshaken, I will urge you to go for it. All the best in your endeavours. #ColoringSouls

Dear Coach My daughter has just dropped out of school due to teenage pregnancy. I am so shuttered and embarrassed by the deed she fell into. I am caught between upholding my Christian principles and disobeying them. I am a single mother of three daughters and they are 21, 16 and the youngest is eight-years-old. When my eldest daughter was on the 17th year, she fell pregnant and I purposed it in my heart that I will not allow the young ones to fall on the same trap. I made it a point that I become very friendly and open with the girls so that we can converse on matters that could potentially ruin her life. I believe that I have been an epitome of a modern day parent so that I could accommodate them and could also be open with me. My middle child is such an introvert and she does not engage a lot. Even though it is as such, I have always availed myself as a more approachable parent and did not expect any of that mishap ever. I want her to abort the baby so that she continues with her studies and on the other hand, my religious believe refrains me from acting abortions since it is regarded to be a sin. What should I do Coach? Yours, Anonymous

Dear Anonymous, I am so sorry that you are going through the most challenging era of your life spiritually, emotionally and socially. I have come across a scripture that says; “I knew you before you were formed in your mother’s womb.” These words mean that before anything unfolds, God already knows about him/ her. Now, with this understanding, it was never in our plans nor desires for the child to fall pregnant at a tender age but God himself knew about this specific day in her age. We all know that children are a gift from God hence it is not everyone who attempts to procreate that turns out to be successful. Imagine if you carry out the abortion and it affects her reproductive system negatively somehow and could not be able to bear children in the future. I do not condone the fact that she fell pregnant at a young age but the issue here is that events have broken into reality already. Please do not beat yourself too much that you are failing your daughters. You are such an amazing mother just by opening up to them and discuss socio matters. That child might be a life saver tomorrow. #ColoringSouls Kealeboga Ronald Ngwigwa is a Life Coach, Author, Columnist, Team Builder and an Events Director who believes that emotions build an attitude which ultimately builds one’s character. Forward your enquiries to krcoloringsouls@gmail.com or WhatsApp +26772522213 for advices.