Ibrahim Musa wario (from Kinna ward of g/t sub county Isiolo county.sincere message to learned isiolo residents. dear isiolo county professionals and youth I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is we must change if we are to get better.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. The given quote is famously believed to be quoted by the great scientist, Einstein. In its first appearance, it may sound a bit clumsy in tone. In reality, though, it is one of the best life lessons one can count upon in life.
I believe being honest in every situation helps you build credibility. When you tell the truth, you never have to retrace your steps. There is real freedom in being able to live without having to keep track of various storylines. Being honest is about living with simplicity. You need not think about what to say or how to frame your argument and it’s that simple.
Your honesty helps to build confidence; you gradually end up realizing that people like you and are in your life because of who you are. Those that authentically care about others, help them by being real with them, and allowing them to uplift their own lives through honesty as well.
In addition to everything, honesty and integrity pave the way for greater intimacy. People who are trustworthy and honest attract friends like they themselves are. Pretending to be something you are not requires constant attention to detail. Apparently there are several pretenders around then I thought those who are worse than muderers .Honest people are better able to relax
To decode its meaning, lets take a deeper dive into the meaning of the words ‘counts’ and ‘counted’. Here, ‘things which one counts on’ are those things which has real importance in one’s life. They matter a lot on our personality development, the way we perceive life and the way we come out of our grief period. ‘Things which can be counted’ can be understood as related to material aspect like money, property, or something having less intrinsic and more of monetary value.
So, what we can literally understand from the given quote is that- all those things which we can count (things which can be counted- say, money) ain’t always important in life (not always count). Similarly, the things which really do matter (that counts) are those which can’t always be counted (measured). Here, we can interpret the word counts as something which holds importance and we can rely upon in difficult times- like, family, friends, emotions, a little act by some acquaintance, anything. The interpretation for the phrase ‘things that can be counted’ is more related to money.
Einstein probably would have quoted the above quote in the context of mathematics and Physics related sums and problems (that can be counted). They really would not have mattered to him at a point of time in his life when he combined these famous words. And probably he would have understood the importance of all those immaterial, uncountable humanly attributes that he had missed all this while.
The same goes for many of us in our lives. The youth my colleagues of present times , unfortunately we are busy running behind the luxuries of life- money, home, car, comfort, etc. Certainly for a better life, these things are necessary to an extent. But sacrificing one for the other, especially neglecting your parents, responsibilities, attacking a humanitarian course meant to help needy and poor in a society you belong to for the material comfort of life isn’t a wise decision.
Similarly, we can also understand the meaning of the quote as a bigger number (things that can be counted) do not always represent a greater value (can not always be counted upon). For example, Large number of poverty alleviation schemes, committees, reports wont eliminate poverty in our county. Just because government is coming forth with a lot of schemes on paper doesn’t mean problem is getting lesser. What matters is the right implementation of a single scheme, diligently. For example, starting from planning Commission’s working group, and volunteering as learned class in isiolo county must have to come forth and stear policy advocacy and awareness, we must think and think hard because our people are suffering and yet they have elected government in place who are suppose to deliver services to them,...look at what makueni county is doing and how it has improved the living standard of it's population up to 58%, likewise with west pokkot county look at what govoner longangapou has done in 3 years time,the county that it's history is cattle rastling and insecurity with it's neighborhood now has more "gumbaru" is more than our primary schools, grown-ups people who usually use to be cattle raiders are all in school studying, their number is also of our primary school children in different schools,...west pokkot is now supplying food stuff which they produce to their neighboring counties, their animal products is supplied almost every where even abroad, this are people whom 90% were illiterates 5 years back,..they suffer the most when drought and famine strikes Kenya..look how they have tranfomed in a short period of time? What is happening in isiolo is what we as learned members of isiolo have to ask ourselves?...this people formulated policies as per demand of their societies and implemented them accordingly through their budgetary process.2.5 Bellion ksh and above given to isiolo county by national Treasury every financial year is alot of money to formulate and implement policies that can transform population of nearly 268k people...why can't we do a shody and baselase budgetary process every year at the cost of poor people?why is "mega international slaughter project " started in previous regime installed todate? With all this funds coming in every year?..do we have any idea how many could have benefited from that project is only it's accomplished?how many jobless youth could have been employed? And instead of creating this awareness and open eyes for our society we just sit there and being sycophants for the same people who are purposely denying you your right?..what are we?
Climate change is one of the major cause of poverty in Isiolo just like any other places and this crucial subject of environment has yet not seen the focused effort from those concerned and also those affected . Just there are numerous schemes, forums, platforms, one cant even count properly as they are so numerous in number in every social media applications where professionals are put under one forum. The efforts and genuine intention is still missing even at this grave hour of global warming. A similar case was there in our county with Planning commission and Finance commission- they had overlapping functions. commissions, double manpower, funds for a single task that could have been easily achieved even if there was a single body dedicated to it.nobody is not seeing those meant to overnight the executive in Isiolo have joined hands with them and seriously looting funds meant for poor society to death?
What counts at the end is that poverty is eliminated, people are more aware towards their acts which are harming environment and there are cordial relations between center and in our county for development to be equally balanced. For this, n-number of committees, forums, schemes, and commissions do not matter. What is actually important (thing which counts) is whatever efforts are there, they are accomplished with full commitment.
Many of us are very well aware of the fact that the best things in life are hidden behind the small acts & things and not always in material possession. In personal sphere, people value the importance of degree form a highly famous institute over degree from a government college. Certainly,education from a good institute makes you a capable person but that does not mean a student from lesser known college is necessarily less capable, as generally believed in our society. What is counted here is the name and prestige of the college; what counts actually is the hardwok one puts in his/her work and the knowledge one possess and how to use the knowledge not only for oneself but for ones Community as well.
Similarly, People respect those who have wealth or those who occupy highly prestigious positions. They are said to be generous. What one counts here is the monetary help they are providing as an act of charity; or may be the lavish lifestyle which makes them appear smarter. What really counts here is no matter the person is having money in his/her hands or not; he/she is really having resources at his/hr disposal or not but is still willing enough to help others and make a difference in their life though his/her small acts.
The great social reformers of our country since ancient times, the poets and saints through their little acts tried to bring a change in the miserable condition of our society ridden with caste system even, JATTANI ALI TANDU left us a legacy for example he told us the importance of education savings and investments . Those educated are meant to be society's eye opener. But what is happening in isiolo is the opposite of what we are tought.
Moreover the great freedom fighters of our country Kenya spend their entire lives for the independence of their country. Their qualities of compassion towards other human beings made them stand apart from rest of the masses. What counts here is their efforts, their humanly qualities which money and wealth cant bring. These qualities cant be counted (measured), but they certainly count.
Hence, what matters the most in one’s life is little things which we generally ignore being so indulged in earning comfort and material things. Their importance is realized when time slips from our hands. So its necessary to really understand the difference between the intrinsic and face value of things. One needs to understand the importance of inculcating the humanly attributes in one’s personality. That would really make you a better person and make your life the best among others.
IBRAHIM MUSA WARIO
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