By Margaret Kamba 

I am at a loss of words with some things I see happening. I constantly ask myself questions I can't seem to answer. I replay situations in my head, hoping that different outcomes could occur but with no luck. 

I don't understand why people can't accept the things they can not change. Neither do I understand why people behave the way they do sometimes. I don't know why some people think certain privileges are only meant for them and not any other person.

It is unfortunate that some things happen the way they do and with negative impacts too. Somehow, it all seems to boil down to a cultural erosion or perhaps a choice of being heartless, selfish, and simply evil.

Have you ever wondered why our children these days don't quite seem to have any life skills? I have continuously questioned their reasoning capacity and wondered if I was like this at some point in time. 

Believe it or not, these children are extremely intelligent and brilliantly so. They are literally sharp shooters but can easily be ranked zero in the other areas of life. I guess this is why some people are making money by offering these life skills courses.

I am not sure if generations before my own were hustlers like the current generations. Things seemed to be easy back then, or is it because someone else took on the burden?

These days, life is just so hard. Without any side hustling, you literally live from hand to mouth. 

I met a former colleague who moved to Namibia for contract work and was telling me that if she were here, she wouldn't survive. I knew her to be a hustler back in those days. I don't know what happened along the way because the girl I saw that day professed that the men and women in the country at the moment are very resilient.

It is not easy for people at the moment, but day in and day out, the hustling goes on in order to put food on the table. The situation has led to an inculcation of innovativeness that has gone beyond imagination.

Even amidst all this innovation, you still find the lazy and down trodden people woodwinking others in order to make a quick buck. You wonder if they have no conscience. You wonder if these men and women are the same age with money that they steal in broad daylight without thinking twice.

His Excellency, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, has countless times talked about hard honest work and how each Zimbabwean must ensure that they play their part in building Zimbabwe. 

We are Zimbabweans and noone else will build Zimbabwe for us. This is why we are resilient. This is why what we touch turns to gold. This is why we succeed wherever in the world we find ourselves. In all this let's never forget where we come from. Let's never forget that Zimbabwe is our home.