Original Riimi Kairo

Spending a considerable amount of time around children exposed me to a profound truth about life.

If you have done the same, you will notice that children below school-going age are naturally curious. Observe children in playgroup and below, and if you are not patient, they may overwhelm you with questions like, “Hii ni nini?” “Wewe unaitwa nani?” “Kwenyu ni wapi?” My personal favorite is, “Mama yako ako wapi?” 😂

But somewhere along the way, this curiosity begins to fade. They are slowly absorbed into the collective ignorance of society.

As they grow older, they start feeling embarrassed about not knowing. They begin to believe they must have answers to everything, often due to pressure from the very people responsible for guiding them. Not knowing becomes unacceptable, and mistakes are treated as failures. As a result, they grow defensive every time they get something wrong.

It is as if humans are expected to be perfect. Sadly, if nothing interrupts this pattern, no tipping point or moment of realization appears, they carry this false belief into adulthood.

Learning then becomes difficult unless it comes the hard way. This is how you meet people who would rather die defending their mistakes than simply admit them, learn, and spare themselves time and embarrassment.

This is when you encounter a grown man confidently claiming that he cannot apologize to his woman. Or ask yourself, when was the last time you heard a woman tell her partner, “I am sorry. I will not make you feel that way again”?

We shinda hapo 😂