So I watched Beauty and the Beast last night.
No, it wasn’t on my Must Watch
List nor was I particularly looking forward to it but it was an old story that
I had never read and besides, a colleague had a clear copy on his flash that I copied
for free. (Copy Right Law police, come get me!).
I think I will keep it for my
little niece in S1 because she can learn a few lessons about life as a girl.
For starters, appearances mean
nothing as long as someone has a clear vision of where they want to go in life.
Although Belle lived in a really small village, she always felt that there was
a far greater destiny for her. It’s this self-assuredness that made the whole
village think she was from another world.
I remember this one time, back
when I was still in the village, my half-brother, his then girlfriend and I got
to talking about our future kids’ education. While they talked about village
school life and those boarding schools, I painted a picture of “drop my kids as
I go to work with my wife, pick them up in the evening…”. His girl was like, “I
know what you are talking about; I see it with my uncles in town.” My point was made. I was planning for a life
out of that small South Western Ugandan village.
In most cases, what you dream of
and where you place yourself in this planet is where you will go. What you search
for is what you get and, unfortunately, where you give up your search becomes
your destination. A colleague who went to school with model Aamito Lagum told
us that she always said that she wasn’t meant for Kampala life. She always dreamt
of a big city life and do you know where she is now? New York City, living big
as a highly sought after international model with covers of some of the biggest
magazines in the world under her belt.
Let me relate this story to two important
girls in my life: my blood sisters. I believe that their world was four walls
and a roof that never went beyond Mbarara Town, and that at one point, they
stopped dreaming and reached their destination. They were easily charmed by one
Guston’s looks and never realized there could have been a castle and a prince
disguised as a beast beyond just Guston’s pretty face.
My next story will be the boys,, oh and big thanks to my friend who proofread at no cost (Never
take sm1’s efforts to help you for granted for they have a lot to do with their
life yet spare time for you).
lesson
