With Heels, Go up the Staircase.

Double favor loves heeled shoes. Probably  because she is vertically challenged, not complaining though. I alighted the bus this morning and just before I could go up the staircase to the bridge over to the other side, this man shouted from no where " Madam utapanda vipi kwa stairs?", Madam how will you go up the stairs? From where he was standing, there was no way I could go up the stairs in heels. He actually gave me way and went on to follow me to see if I could fall on the staircase. I found it offencive and at the same time funny so I decided not to answer him. When I was safely at the top, he commended me and  went on to say, I have mastered the art and known how to maintain balance. 

As I sat on my desk during lunch time , I reflected on the morning incidence and realised that it had a very important lesson for me. See time and time again we are surrounded by staircases we need to climb to get to the other side of life. When we approach the staircase, we find other people about to go up the stairs but instead of them focusing on their journey , they choose to look at how prepared we have come to go up the stairs.  Unfortunately for us, the bigger group that we meet preempts on our inadequacies, making us doubt if we really are cable of going up the stairs successfully. 

How we react to the preemption is what determines our ability to cross to the other side. Let us not allow doubting Thomas es to digress our focus. Truth is when you approach a staircase you have all that you need to get to the other side. You have already mastered the art of balancing the heels that you are wearing , staircase or no staircase. All you just need is confidence. I will not lie; that man made me wonder what happens if I fall on the staircase. I however kept reminding myself I have done it severally and these were my normal everyday shoes.

Confidently approach and go up the stairs and let those doubting Thomas es commend you when you complete the journey. Know your end product and it won't matter the faulty machines you find along the way.