I pledge to live in Unity with everyone. I know my unity didn’t work so well in 2024.
I had some issues with others. I had also some issues with myself. I didn’t define how I could be united with others. In 2025, I am surely going to pursue my unity. Being in unity with others will not mean I will be humiliated without saying a word. I will say “No” to any form of humiliation or exploitation but with love. I will fight for my rights but that won’t destroy my unity with others. I will base my unity on reconciliation. I will disagree sometimes, but will later reconcile. I will fight sometimes, but will soon reconcile immediately after the fight. Unity will be my slogan in 2025.
As Dr John Garang was termed the father of peace, I will be a great man for peace in 2025! I will preach peace whereas I will be in 2025. In my office, I will preach it. In my home, I will preach it. In my lecture hall, I will preach it. In my neighbourhood, I will preach it. In the community meetings, I will preach it. In the taxi, I will preach peace. Peace will be written on my back. It will be written on my forehead. In my eyes, people will see peace. I will make everyone love peace. I will vaccinate both young and old with peace. If I see two people wanting to fight, I will tell them that they are friends; they should not fight but embrace peace! Peace be upon everyone in 2025!
I pledge to develop myself! I will read books to develop myself. I will listen to some teachings on YouTube to add knowledge. I will master a skill! I didn’t learn any skill in 2024 for survival. I will learn from other people. I will also help others develop themselves. If it means mentoring them, I will do it. If it means counselling some of them, I will do it. If it means motivating them, I will do it. I will help others discover their uniqueness. Others are unique but they need to be told. I will create awareness of the importance of personal development.
This is important! I will move out of my comfort zone! I have been a teacher. I thought teaching was the only way but in 2025, that won’t work. I fear leaving teaching thinking I won’t be valuable. I thought it was only teaching making me live happy. I have learned I can add value to life whether a teacher or not. I am the master of my happiness. I don’t need any external force to make me happy. If my comfort zone is my mindset, I will change my mindset. If my comfort zone is my job, I will change my job. If my comfort zone is my association, I will change my association. No comfort zone in 2025 for Nyak!
I am not taking the burdens of 2024 to 2025! I know things didn’t go so well in 2024. I have a lot of regrets and blame. But I am not taking them to 2025. I have given myself for what I didn’t do very well in 2025. I didn’t plan so well. I offended some people for nothing. I corrupted it somehow. I neglected my duties. I didn’t give any support to my parents. I didn’t give help to the needy. I accepted humiliation and exploitation. I was enslaved but didn’t bounce back. I didn’t make good money for myself. I underestimated my potential. I undermined my worth. I got frustrations in and out. Despite all those, I am going to 2025 with a pure mind! I will start 2025 with a fresh mind.
I will expand my social world in 2025! I will create time to be with my family members. I will have valuable time with my friends. In my office, I will talk with everyone. I will greet my neighbors. I promise to know a hundred names of people! I have learned the secret of knowing people’s names. It gives a sense of belonging. If you know someone’s name, it means you own the person. Any person feels free with you if you know his/her name. A name is the first identity of a person. I will not end up knowing people’s names alone, I will get to know more about them. I believe in the power of spoken words. Try to talk to people; you will learn a lot of things. I will chat with my Facebook friends. I will be with people in family or community meetings. I will schedule visitations. My social world won’t be the same in 2025!
I must start a business in 2025! Shame on me! I have lived for 33 years now but have never started a business! I have grown up with the mindset of being employed. I didn’t know employment is slavering. Being an employee, you have no financial freedom and time freedom! You work under pressure. I have experienced it so bitterly. I got employed for seven good years but life can’t change. I got warned for staying out of the workplace for only 30 minutes when I had nothing to do at the workplace. I could dedicate 8 hours a day but my payment could not meet my time spent. I was insulted and condemned for only a small thing. With business, I will have time freedom and financial freedom. I better devote my time and energy to what will benefit my children after me. Business changes life a million times more than employment.
I likewise, encourage my people to go for business. We will get out of poverty by dialling into the business world. In Africa, every child goes to school with a mindset of being employed after school. It is the reason we die poor in Africa. The big business people in the West donate to the poor employed individuals in Africa. Instead of those ten educated individuals to form a company, they form an NGO. They will waste all their time lobbying for funds. The people donating the funds are the business people. Why not go for business instead?
Bullshit single life! I am pledging a woman for 2025! Nyak will live two in 2025! I have tasted single life! It is bitter than concentrated boiled neem leaves for a sick person. Single life is hell for a mature person. You have no one to share ideas with. You have no one to advise you. You see children playing and you feel like calling fire from heaven to burn them because you don’t have a child there. Visitors are coming home but no one to welcome them. You come back from work but one is there to smile and say, sweetheart or Daddy, welcome back from work. It is very cold but no one to keep you warm. Hahaha, it is so weird to go out alone! I hate single life. My single friends, let’s pledge to get wives in 2025.
I will pledge to continue writing for the nation! I will touch the lives of so many people in my nation. I might not have written enough opinions for my people in 2024 but I must try my best in 2025. I will make my people read.
eading is life. We read to enjoy ourselves. We read for information. We read to appreciate the work of others. We need to empower. We read to educate others. Building a reading culture will make you live happy and exposed. I know people have poor reading culture but I will continue to write anyway. I got a little bit discouraged when I published my first book because people could just tell me that it was not necessary to publish a book. You would have chosen to empower me instead. We need more writers in our nation. The few who are trying won’t continue to write if discouraged. Let’s learn to encourage them though their writings don’t make a lot of impacts in our lives now. They will one time impact us. I will write for the nation.
I finally pledge to live a humble and simple life! I have achievements but they won’t make me live above everyone. With humility, I will respect everyone. With humility, I will learn from everyone. With humility, I will listen to people’s advice. With humility too I will value everyone’s life. I will be simple in my words. I will be simple in my actions. I will be simple in my deeds. Pride won’t get any chance to be in my life. I know I am very educated but it is not something to boast of. I can’t be special because I am very educated. Everyone is special whether educated or not; whether rich or poor; whether master or slave. We should treat everyone with respect. I pledge to do so.
Oh yes! We have come to an end! I have pledged for 2025. What do you pledge for 2025? Write yours and publish it next week. Be kind to the nation.