Creative Confidence. A Letter To Young People, By Umar Farouk Jahun
AREWA AGENDA – We were born at different times, our journey started from the process of spermatogenesis to the last breath we could all have.
This life is a series of contextual events, a very place of blissful feelings with no true vicinity, a period for a dawning downcast to others and Easter eggs for some, a place like nowhere, a period of longer and shorter episodes, a period of calming and anxious tenses, a place like nowhere.
We often see life as if it is in slow motion, from here yesterday to today to overmorrow-that is simply how we all live, time is obsolete, and earnestly, I don’t believe in it being in motion. The cycle of time is measured in years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds and or the series of past events.
There are times when you think that you aren’t doing much or progressing enough. You look at yourself and compare with your peers who are achieving more than you are. But remember that our stories are different. Keep the faith, believe and trust the process
My Brother remember everyone’s path to glory and success stories have already been planned by Almighty God, still you have to work hard on building a good future for yourself. Please don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
I urge you to live for something larger than yourselves. Only then will you find meaning, discover, know yourself and realized your potential.
As a matter of fact, I started realizing the essence of my true self too long ago, precisely, when I was in Primary and Junior Secondary school. Sometimes public schools was enrich with creative and innovative teachers, I had a chance of meeting two. Malam Haruna Uba and Malam Sani Shittu who was my uncle, their guidance, mentorship, and support remain an everlasting dot in my life.
It happened that my introverted self would rather be flogged than speak in front of my class, I’d rather die, than to speak in public. I often run and run because of fear of two things; intimidation and afraid of making mistake. But then who am I, who am I to do things perfectly, that fear, that intimidation has really made me suffered the consequences of my introverted self.
While deep inside my heart, I want to speak from my mind, I want to to to tell the world, and not only telling, but I also want to change as many things as I could. These gentlemen, makes me understand that the world is really a dangerous place to live, and the world is full of few good options and the worst option is sitting idle doing nothing that will make it a better home for all. The pain of it usually catches up with me and wipes my smile away, but the sense of joy, that joy of standing and talking remains within me.
My Brother, check it and be guided, the 24 hours of your day has never changed, it is still and it will remain 24 hours till the end of the world. Anything that cannot change will cease to exist and that is exactly what had happened to time.
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You should understand that, sometimes there is sweetness in pain, sometimes there is hunger in gluttony, sometimes there is hatred in love and many times there is nothing in many things.
You should feel that inner peace and power that you feel only when your soul has made contact with you while talking to fellow humans. Your words can be absurd, they can be inconsistent with plain dictates of common sense, they can be nonsensical, ridiculous to others, but to you, they may mean the world, they mean freedom of thoughts, they mean lightness and they mean “close-to-nature-bliss” I wholeheartedly love talking, and not just talking, making sense and talking directly to my audience’ minds.
At the core of Hausa Civilization is the expression of human emotion, brevity, daring beyond discretion and just being bravado. The popular Hausa traditional games and heritage can tell you more about this. Talking and addressing society’s challenges were left in the hands of traditional rulers, religious leaders and very few among the civil race.
The so-called modern Hausas are not really portraying what Hausas were, love, singing and anything feminine, are regarded as weakness and symbol of fear. So your feelings, regard them with distrust, disdain, and fear especially given your manly upbringing and surroundings. However, all your memories, points of interest and most important lessons in life seem to be intertwined with moments of intense feelings.
My Brother grown-up and confidence, debating with too much enthusiasm.
Once, I had a conversation with a woman on a public car from Wudil to Jahun. I can’t remember her face exactly, or her name, but I can see her glittering turquoise blue eyes and her soft white skin (though I can’t remember the color of her clothes, she smell nice). She was a bit older than me, but I was drawn to her composure and the way the words came out of her mouth in short, powerful and meaningful phrases, she often mixes her slang English wording tunes with Hausa proverbs, making her a mistress of her words.
She said something to the effect that life is an adventure, one that is unique and particular to every single one of us. She didn’t say anything new but the way she said it resonated with me and left me mesmerized. She made me feel special and intelligent. Most of all, she made me feel powerful and like anything was possible, even at my ripe old age of twentieth.
I thought that you still have many chapters to fill in the story of your life. Your lives are defined by the moments we experience and the positive impacts we have made in the lives of others, it is just a journey, journey to the destination of no return.
Live your life to the fullest, turn all stones and see what is beneath them, explore opportunities and privileges, mark your run, be cautious with your life and take a very good care of yourself, because once this life is over that is all, you cannot undo it, it is journey to the destination of no return.
Umar Farouk wrote from Jigawa. He can reach via +2347032843368, [email protected]
Arewa Agenda is a Publication of young writers from Northern Nigeria towards peaceful coexistence and national development through positive narratives.
