Back in it with some more flavour. It is me, G-flexxx writing on lifes issues. I will give you a brief explanation of where the name came from and what it has become lately. The name G-flexxx came from my good friend Kudzai Guri who gave it to me back in 2004 during our high school days. He thought it described my personality so i took it on to make it my alter ego and bring out my energy! That fire and desire comes out through my alter ego. Nothing bad but a little confidence. So today has touched a little sensitive nerve in my body! I was having a conversation with some of my friends from my country about the music industry and how things turn out. We spoke about some of the artists that have suffered from a flop after such a successful beginning to the career. The conversation turned to why Zimbabwe has not prooduced some of the most successful people in the world that are on the levels of billionaires and multi millionaires. here it goes
Coming from Africa i believe we have a billion and one problems that exist in our heads let alone outside our heads. Some of our mentalities are backward and do not suit those of the first world that is why other countries are moving forward and we move backward. Life is difficult. Life is not fair. The human world is about who you know and where you come from. Social classes keep people where they are because those at the top do their best to stay there. But life does not just end like that. You do not see the rich staying rich and the poor staying poor. People move up and down the socail classes all the time. How many times do we laugh at successful people falling hard because of failure and ending up poorer than the average person. I see some of the things that are keeping Zimbabweans where they are and not progressing.
Firstly, collectively as Zimbabweans we do not chase after our dreams to the fullest. We make a move for our dreams but we do not chase them. Looking at other nationalities you can see the kind of determination they have to make it in life. Zimbabweans chase after things but we do not chase after our dreams. I do not believe we sacrifice enough for what we want to do. Tv shows like So You Think Can Dance and American Idols show us the extremes of determination. Some people sleep outside an audition location just to have that opportunity. Some people go and dance with injuries just to prove their worth. Why cant we do that as a people? We like to go after things with security. So many of us are going to be accountants, business people, doctors and lawyers. We do not like things that do not have answers. Life does not have easy answers, you have to search for them and find out what they are. We all have desires to be something else but we dont try our best to make them happen. We try hard but not our best. Some of our actors have made it to hollywood so we need to ask exactly what it took to make it there. I'm pretty sure they will tell us that it was through hard work, sacrifice and taking opportunites.
A person does not need a million opportunities to make it in life but when you see an opening you must go for it no matter how small because it can lead you to others. May be other people have problems identifying an opportunity. I guess i had that problem once in my life because it is only later when another person utilises it then you think of a situation when you had something similar. I wont lie, I am working towards taking it and making it my own. Working to be the next best thing. I cannot live thinking that because I am from an average background i wont make it in life. So those coming from the ghetto do what then. Do not blame lifes pressures for where you are and where you think you are headed. Look at your life and think of ways you can improve it. If you dont know look at someone around you that you can see is doing well. Ask that person what they are doing right so that you know what you can work on to improve your life.
Everyone has contacts so what? We can all use the excuse I didnt have contacts when we dont make it in life. Jump on the horse and show your worth. Thats what shows how great you are. Look at Nigerian musicians making a name for themselves through Mtv. They mastered business and the results are easily seen even though their country is not in the best situation, I think it is a country to look out for in the future. Hopefully they get over many of their problems to become a powerhouse out of Africa. People need to stop coming up with excuses coz I think there are people with worse experiences than those of a Zimbabwean. It may come out like an attack on people but its a time people must think outside the box. Dont see yourself as an addition to a population but as an individual striving to achieve something. All the time and effort in schools wasnt just fluke. Its time to open your eyes and see whats happening in this world cause I'm sure your are missing something if you are not happy with where you are. See the opportunities. Open up your mind so that you can see things like never before. Forget the conditions you grew up in. Times change and the world changes with it.
Til next time, I hope I leave my readers with something to think about
G-flexxx signing out...........
