THE TWENTIES MISTAKES

Ever heard of stories where thieves are caught? You know! The 40 days manenos. They are beaten to death and even fellow thieves contribute in the stoning and the likes.?These thieves contribute in the beating not because they are condemning the theiving act but because they are thinking, "heck! How could you allow yourself to be caught? I know you are wondering where I am headed with this story. I am thinking of the Cheryl Kitonga girl. She has been on every bodies lips for so many hours. She has been condemned! Good Lord! There are those who are condemning sincerely. You know! Considering the moral aspects. But there are those who are condemning her outwardly but deep inside they are cursing. "How could you allow yourself to be caught!"

Okay. So Caroline Mutoko appeared on video condemning Mohammed Ali's latest expose. Somewhere in the clip, she mentioned that 20s is the age where people make many mistakes in life. She didn't by any chance however mention that people in their 20s are allowed to make mistakes as it is being portrayed now. She didn't by any chance support Cheryl's actions as it is being insinuated. She was just trying to state the reality on the ground. Men in their 20s pick and drop girls at their pleasure. Some even have the target of girls they want to sleep with by the time they hit a Certain age. Girls at this age are usually at their most gullible. They are easily lured into relationships because they feel their looks can earn them many things. They want to rock those celebrity looks but who else to fund them other than "sponsor?" This is the age where most mistakes are made. Talk of rebellion! Career and financial mistakes are also usually made during this age.

Let's face it! These mistakes are there and almost everybody has made them. Mistakes that shape us into adulthood. In fact, that responsible thirty something woman had her share of mistakes in her 20s. Even that married man who is now sponsoring a gullible university girl. There is somebody who said, "If you never made a mistake, you never learnt!" Mistakes are there to shape us. It is okay to point out other people's mistakes as long as you learn something at the end of it. But remember this, "It was a mistake when it was made once. Repeated, it became a habit!"