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Nothing to do with my chronic conditions - just a reflection

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Every time i see successful women I want to be like them. The problem is I do not know how to get where they got. I know they had to be committed to something. Then I ask myself. What am I committed to? What is my passion? Growing up in Africa, the only thing you learn as a child is the art of survival. You are taught to go to the right schools and choose a nice white collar career which will get you a medium size office where you will be given meaningless work to do. You have no idea what effects your labour has on citizens. There is no connection between what you do and what results it has on the people you do it for. On the contrary, people are supposed to come to your medium size office and treat you with respect in return for your performance. Is that not sad when you think about it. I have lived in a country for 30 years, where a civil servant serves the people. Your salary comes from taxpayers money and you are supposed to used that money to add value to people's lives. My