01/11/2025
A man can stay up till 2:00 a.m., wake up by 6:00 a.m., be in debt, broke, alone, and still have faith that one day everything will work out. Itâs called being a man not because itâs noble, but because sometimes, you simply have no other choice.
Sometimes, being a man in this generation is like being a phone with 3% battery, 12 apps running, and still pretending to be okay because âthe charger is coming even if you are miles away.â Every day, youâre expected to perform miracles with minimal resources provide, protect, and persevere even when your own tank is running on fumes.
Youâll smile in group photos knowing your M-PESA balance looks like a bad joke. Youâll encourage your friends to âtrust the processâ when you, yourself, are wondering if the process even knows your existence. Youâll walk around with confidence so polished it could win awards, while inside, youâre budgeting coins like a United Nations conference.
We men are taught early that life wonât ask how we feel, only what you have done. So you learn to swallow your storms, laugh in pain, and plan your comeback like a movie script. You learn that sometimes, hope isnât a soft feeling itâs a decision you renew every morning when you still get up and go again, despite every reason not to.
Yes, itâs tough. Youâll lose friends who donât understand your silence, lovers who think youâve changed, and opportunities that slipped away because you were busy surviving. Youâll question your worth, your timing, and sometimes even your existence. But in the same breath, youâll discover grit, endurance, and a quiet type of bravery that only those whoâve faced darkness can understand.
And please, letâs not forget the comedy of it all because if you donât laugh, youâll cry. Like that moment when you promise yourself, âfrom next month Iâm saving,â but next month shows up wearing rent, bills, and responsibilities like cologne and you can't avoid them.
Still, through it all, thereâs something deeply powerful about the resilience of men who keep showing up. The ones who may not have it all together, but still hold it together. Who believe in their comeback story, even when the current chapter looks like a plot twist from a bad series.
So to every man reading this, KEEP GOING STRONG. Youâre not lazy, youâre just tired. Youâre not lost, youâre evolving. Youâre not behind, youâre on your own path, and maybe life is just building your patience muscles for a bigger blessing. One day, youâll look back and realize that what broke you, built you. That those long nights and lonely mornings were molding your strength, character, and peace.
Until then keep the faith, keep the humor, and most importantly, keep showing up. Because even when the world doesnât see it, thereâs quiet greatness in just not giving up.
And if no oneâs told you lately, youâre doing okay, bro. Maybe not great, but definitely okay. And for now, thatâs enough. đŻ