MY SINCERE APPRECIATION.

Arguably, I wish to state that love can be experimented. Yesterday, I humorously came out from the social laboratory with smiles all over my face because I experimented with a data of different kinds. The result was displayed in a litmus paper and analyzed on bar chart hahahaha........
I need not mention that the positive results realised was motivating to investigate further  and analyze deeper.

I finally understood that life is absolutely meaningless if it does not impact society. Sometimes, in our quest to cause a change,  people antagonise you, vilify you and make you look like a bad dog so as they can hang you.

Whilst this makes leaving a principled life extremely difficult, it is rather more enchanting when few discerning minds see sense in your values and virtues. How more enchanting will it be, seeing multitude of people in the midst of a seeming polarised system, extend love to you, motivate and eulogise you in that manner? Obviously, great satisfaction!!!

Such sincere expression of love by friends, colleagues, comrades and mentors, gives nothing more than indescribable gratification, self worth and positive personal outlook.

Going straight to my point, I was overwhelmed and exasperated yesterday, reading through hundreds and hundreds of messages from my phone. Messages of hope, messages of acknowledgement and other several brackets of kind words that were extended to me as I was celebrating my birthday.

An eve to my birthday, I stayed awake, deeply doing self examination, reminiscing the gains and losses of my relatively short period stay on this earth. I wept because I saw myself as a failure who is still unable to realise many dreams I conceived a couple of years ago. I saw myself as a rejected stone and concluded that my work has never been acknowledged and appreciated. I thought I have done my best as a village young man growing up and meandering through the many impediments of life. It was a very emotional time I had ever had.

I told myself that I had no reason to celebrate than to weep and shake off my frustration!!

In the dawn of my birthday, when I started receiving numerous calls and messages, my mood apparently changed. I conceived an entirely different perception about myself, obviously positive. Many who; monitored me from far, worked with me in the struggles especially student activists, young politicians, writers and school mates gave me messages that awaken my conscience to see my own value and worth. No matter how others could have faked their best wishes, many could obviously be sincere.

 Every single message gave me satisfaction, hope and motivation to face the rather convoluted society we have found ourselves in.

It is on that score, I consider today, the greatest opportunity to extend my very sincere gratitude to all those who reached me through calls and messages to join me celebrate my birthday. I do acknowledge your solidarity with critical attention.

May the Good Lord continue to strengthen our bonds, open up opportunities to contribute our quota to nation building. Indeed, we cannot afford to fail our current generation. I can assure you that as much as you have me in heart, I will have you in heart and mind.

I wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors. Though an award winning writer, no amount of words can describe my joy and appreciation for your best wishes. I simply do not have such vocabulary  in the current state of mind I have found myself  in.

Best Regards!!

Denis Andaban
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