The Letter of My Life ... 7 Years Later

I rarely write letters. I wrote and mailed my very first letter in January of 1992. I was in std 4. A week before, my parents had dumped me @ MGPS to begin life as a boarder, at the timid age of 9. The big boys @ MGPS had just done what big boys @ MGPS do to small monos; take their food from home, take their pocket money, and practice WWF moves on them . To this date, I have never crafted another letter to my parents, and I mean NEVER, and I love them to bits ...

This post is about a letter I wrote in October 2000. I was preparing for the KCSE. I it to GOD. Ndio, sir God - the one above. I have always carried it with me whenever I change locations. In a few weeks, this letter, in as bad a shape as the original paper is, I will be framing this letter and hanging it in my crib. It has become the letter of my life, a wondrous testament to the blessings God has bestowed in my life thus far, and more importantly, a constant reminder of the great blessings that await me going forward with my life.

I am copying this letter, word for word as I wrote it back in 2-thao. I have witnessed a great blessing from God the last couple of weeks. As such, the sole intent of reprinting this letter is to praise God for his providence, and to seek his strength going forward in the new path that he has charted for me.

God Help Me To Succeed (October, 2000)

God help me to succeed
To be of good courage
To believe in myself
To be hardworking, devoted and dedicated

God help me to succeed
To double my efforts
To know that you
Are on my side

God help me to succeed
To know that the issue
Is not succeeding:
But how well

God help me to succeed
To know that I can make it
And to know that you
Shall not forsake me

God help me to succeed
Not to wane in my confidence
Not to bring to disappointment
I, others and you.

I want an A.


PS:

Thank you God for your goodness.