THINGS THAT MAY HOLD YOU BACK TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PERSON

The human being born without fear, but, when he started to explore the things around him, they begin saying things like, “get away from there, “don’t touch it”, “stop”, “contemplate”, “ Danger things”, “Look out”, “be vigilant”, and other many similar words scaring and horrifying the man. Your parents and people around you begin teaching you to be afraid by programming the fears into your heart and all these scaring things will hold you back to be a successful person for the rest of your life. You are the only one who can deprogram yourself by the most negative powerful words of all, “ No, You can’t do that”, “I am not smart enough”, “ I am not creative enough”, “I am not educated enough”, “ I can’t, I am not good enough”.

Henry Ford once said, “If you believe you can do a thing, or you believe you can’t, in either case, you’re probably right.” So, it’s you who decide the positive or negative thought and in either chose you will test its fruits.

The success is behind several failures, and if you lose the patience, you will probably lose the long-run victories. Take it as easy, have a good glimpse to the failure factors and contemplate the lessons learnt to endeavor future objectives. It’s sure if you conceive that you are not enough creative and not capable of doing the things, vice versa you can change your perceive towards positive and convince to yourself that you are capable of doing the things and can challenge to your peers. One of the famous words inherited from Napoleon Hill was, “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve”. So, that means, if you believe that you are not well enough and see bridges of barriers ahead of you, you can also believe that you are enough and have the capacity to interact and integrate to others and you can also kick out the fears that hold you back.

Every second that passed is non-refundable; therefore, instead of obsessing your mind within the past events, the future long-term events ought to enchant you. Get eliminate the idée fixe and also the one-track mind, expand the scope and never regret the decisions you made and be content to it. Innovate the things, determine it, hasten to it, away from procrastination, and the jaundice-full friends that might mislead you.

Your soul wants encourage just like the roses need a rain. Don’t be dependent and wait for others to approve what you would like, you need to be the one who creates and approves his opinion stopping the fear of rejection. Break the bridges of panic and fear and don’t wait till others disapprove your thoughts, take the responsibility of yourself as a whole.

When you do nothing at all, you accomplish nothing at all. If you become hypertensive to the opinions of others and constantly seek the approval of the opposite sex, co-workers, spouse, friend, and etcetera it would turned to you to accept the destructive criticism that eventually would abandon you from the success.

Repeat the words, “I can do it, I can do it, I can do it”. To unlock your mental powers, unleash the brake to overcome the barriers ahead of you, dare to travel forward, constantly think about success, develop the habit of courage, and finally realize that every great success is often preceded by failure.

Don’t see the challenges ahead of you are impenetrable barriers, if so, you are prone and susceptible to the misdirection, keep clutching each single challenge and tackle it before it erupts, because there are no secrets to success, it is the result of preparation, diligence, and hard work.

Finally, the most powerful weapon you have is your mind, so use it effectively. There are many secrets of fears that are good things to you to know. They’re all learned, they can, therefore, be unlearned, by practice, so don’t let fears hold you back.

Elmi H Samatar
samatar2020@hotmail.com

INTUU MURUQ SHAQEEYN LAHAA MAAN HA SHAQEEYO

Dadku waxeey dhahaan Abwaan Maxamuud Cabdullahi Sangub dadka waa ka horeeya xagga fikirka, malaheeyga waxaa iila daliil ah heesta uu isagu sameeyay ee Cabdi Cali Bacalwaan ku luuqeeyo ahna qeeyb #JACEEYL lana qabtay taariikh ahaan 8 June 1968 kuna magacaabay WALALAC BEENEY moodana in ay sifeeyneeyso Soomaalida maanta, kuna bilaabata;

- Wadda qura maraay
- Iswey daarsaneey
- Is wadaajiyaay
- Isma waheshatooy
- Waaxyo iskuyaleey
- Kala weecsaneey

Soomaalida waxaa lagu tilmaamaa dad ku wanaagsan is walaashiga, is weheshiga iyo is taakuleeyntaba haddana waxeey isku leeysaa kuna kala tagtaa wax aan micno adduun oo buuran aan laheeyn laguna xalin lahaa qaab is qoonsi ka fog kana fudud. Sida miraha Abwaanka ka muuqata waa dad is wanaajiya haddana kala weecsan had iyo jeeraale malaheeygana laga yaabee in Abwaanku siyaasad ula dan lahaa weedhahiisa.

Waxaan ku dhihi lahaa Soomaalida dhamaan INTUU MURUQ SHAQEEYN LAHAA MAAN HA SHAQEEYO. Halka aan maanta joogno iyo dunida waa kaaf iyo kala dheeri haddana waxaan nahay dad isla qab weeyn mararka qaarna aadan moodin dad wax ka qaldanyihiin dunidana ku habsaamay dhankasta ooy ahaataba. Halka maanta dunida ku talaabsaday tiigsigeed Siyaasiyiinta Soomaalida kama muuqato, waxeeyna ku mashquulsanyihiin badankood wax rajo beel ku ah umad weeynta Soomaaliyeed.

Waa lama huraan in lahelo dad himilo leh sababi karana horu u kac iyo hammi wanaagsan, waayo mujtamaca Soomaalida ma ahan dad cuqdad badan waana umad awood u leh hilmaami karana wixii ay hoggaamiyayaashii dhaqanka iyo damiirka xumaay ku sameeyeen dhaxdooda. Ugu dambeeyn qof walba ha is hagaajiyo waayo danta guud ayaa ku xiran qaasatan dadka xil doonka ah.

Salaama.

Elmi Samatar

Balkanization of Somalia

XAALUFINTA DHIRTA IYO XAALADDA DHUXUSHA SOOMAALIYA

Dekedda Baraawe

Marka aan soo hadal qaadno aafooyinka dagaalada sokeeye u geeysteen wadankeena waxa ugu muhiimsani waa xaalufinta dhirta iyo nabaad guurka deegaanka. Naso beelka iyo rajo la’aanta ku dhacday dad iyo duunyaba waxeey sidoo kalena ku dhacday deegaanka, ganacsato Soomaaliyeed oo aan damiir wanaagsan laheeyn kana naxeeyn mustaqbalka jiilkan joogo iyo kan berriba ayaa uga ganacsatay dhirtii wadanka sida sharciga ka baxsan. Dhulka Soomaaliya oo aad ugu nugul nabaad guurka sababtuna tahay isagoo cimilo ahaan lamadagaan xigeen ah roobkuna ku yaryahay ayaa haddana waxaan loo aabo yeelin jarista dhirta nuucyada ugu muhiimsan ee wadanka ka baxo taas oo sababta in carada kore ee nafaqada leh aay dabeesha iyo cagta noolaha kale ku sameeyaan nabaad guur si sahlan.

Dadka Soomaaliya 62% waxaa lagu qiyaasaa xoolo dhaqato waxaadna dareemi kartaa muhiimadda aay u leedahay ilaalinta dhirta iyo deegaankaba maadaama nolosha dadka Soomaaliyeed saddax meelood labo meel si toos ah ugu xirantahay noloshooda, intakalena si aan toos aheeyn iyagana ugu xiranyihiin.

Taariikhda markii ugu horeeysay 1928-dii waa markii ay bilaabatay diyaarinta dhuxusha waxaana hindisaheeda lahaa gumeestihii Talyaaniga oo dhuxushaas shidaal ahaan ugu isticmaali jiray gaadiiidkiisa. Maamulkii Ingiriiska ee Talyaaniga kala wareegay maxmiyaddii Soomaaliya wuxuu shatiyo ganacsi siiyay shirkado Soomaali ah oo gaarayo ilaa 17, waxaana dhuxushii ugu horeeysay laga dhoofiyo Gobolka Banaadir 1946dii wuxuuna gumeeystuhu oo ogaal jiray ganacsatada in ay dhoofiya xaddi mucayan ah sanadkiiba. Mudadii xornimada 1960 ilaa 1969 waxaa lagu qiyaasay shirkadaha la siiyay shati ganacsi 74 shirkadood, markii Kacaanki la wareegay xukunka waa sii bateen waxaa Gobolka Banaadir kaliya heeystay shati ganacsi 114 shirkadood. Dowladdii Maxamed Siyaad Barre hogaaminayay waxeey mar dambe soo rogtay mamnuucidda dhoofinta dhuxusha waxeeyna wacyigalin u sameeysay dadkii ku hoowlana. Sanadihii 1974 ilaa 1978 waxeey Dowladdii kacaanka siisay ahmiyad xoogan dhoowrista deegaanka iyo duurjoogtaba waxeeyna xoojisay Hey’adihii kushaqada lahaa daaqa qaranka.

Burburki Soomaaliya shirkadaha dhuxusha ka ganacsada ee sameeysmay waxaa lagu qiyaasa 680 shirkadood oo 38 kamid ahi dhoofiyaan dhuxusha.  Laga soo bilaabo 1997 ilaa 2002 dhuxusha Soomaaliya laga dhoofiyay waxaa lagu qiyaasaa 800,000mt ilaa 1,000,000mt sanadkiiba waxaana laga dhoofiyay dhuxushaas Kismaayo, Hobyo, Muqdisho, Bari, Baraawe iyo Ceel-Cadde waxaana loo dhoofiyaa wadama Sudaan, Khaliijka iyo Cumaan ay ka mid yihiin oo u isticmaala in ay ku kulaalaan badeecada ama Shiishadda ay cabaan iyo cunto karinta.

Celcelis ahaan xaabada dadka Soomaaliyeed miyi iyo magaalaba ku shitaan waxaa lagu qiyaa 400,000 mt sanadkiiba, waxeeyna noqoneeysa tirada dhuxusha gudaha lagu isticmaalo iyo tan la dhoofiyo celcelis ahaan 1,200,000mt sanadkiiba, waxaana la jaraa 12,000,000 oo geed sanadkiiba.

Waxyaabaha sababa lamadagaanka

Ugu yaraan kalabar keeymaha adduunka waxa la dhirtii laga jaray lagana dhigay lamadagaan 10,000 sano oo lasoo dhaafay, waxaana cadadka ugu badan dhirtaa la xaalufiyay 50-kii sano ee lasoo dhaafay. Sanad kasta dhulka dhirta la xaalufiyo (Deforestation) wuxuu la egyahay 13.7 Milyan oo hektar (hectares). Waxyaaba loo isticmaalo keeymaha iyo dhirta la xaalufiyay waxaa ka mid ah; (1) Beeraha (Agriculture); Beeraha waa kuwa ugu horeeya ee sabab in keeymaha lagubo lana xaalufiyo si loogu diyaariyo beerashada. Uruka u xilsaaran quruumaha midoobay isbadalka Cimilada iyo katala bixinteeda ee (UNFCCC) wuxuu leeyahay; (i) Beeraleeyda yaryar ee aan badana ganacsi u isticmaalin beerashadooda ee keymaha adduunka guba ama jara waa 48% (Subsistence farming), (ii) Beeraleeyda ganacsatada ah waxeey jaraan dhirta adduunka 34% (commercial agriculture), (iii) Ganacsata ka ganacsata Tiirarka, qalabka dhismaha IWM waxeey keeymaha jaraan 14% (Logging deforestation), (iv) 5% waxaa loo jaraa dhirta adduunka in laga helo xaabo ( fuel wood or firewood deforestation). (2) Deegaameeynta (Settlements); Waxaa adduunka kusoo badanaya koritaanka bini aadama iyo kobaca magaalooyinkaba, waxaana si loo helo deegaan la xaalufiyaa lama degaanna laga dhigaa dhul aad u baaxad weeyn. (3) Carro guur ama Nabaad guur (Soil erosion); Carra guurku waxaa sababa Abaaraha, Kobaca adduunka ee dhul beereedka iyo Dhirta oo lajaro si kastaba ha ku timaadee, waxaana deegaanadaas qabsado Carro buuro noqdo oo aan deegaan iyo tacbashaba ku fiicneeyn.

Dhirta laga jaro dhuxusha

Dadka dhuxusha diyaariyaa uma aabo yeelaan geedaha waxeeyna jiridda ka jaraan geed kasta oo ay isleeyihiin dhuxul ayuu noqon karaa haba ugu badnaadeen geedaha leeysku yiraando geed qodxeedka (Acacia Species) waxaana jiridda hoose laga jaraa geedo aad u farabadan si loo diyaariyo dhuxul aad u badan. Xilayadii wadanka ay ka jireen maamulka iyo kala dambeeynta waxaa loo ogolaa ganacsatada dhuxusha in geedaha ay ka jaraan laamaha si markale looga faa’ideeysto geedka haddase sharcigaasi majiro kaaga darane waxaa la keenay Mashiino loo isticmaalo jarista geedaha oo halkii maalin lagu jari karo 2-4 geed halka waagii hore qofka ka shaqeeyo dhuxusha ku qaadan jirtay diyaarinta iyo googooynta halgeed muddo 5-7 maalin ah badanaa. Geedaha ugu wanaagsan dhuxushana laga diyaariyo waxaa ka mid ah; Qansax; Qurac, Jiiq, Galool, Sarmaan iyo geedo kale oo badan, nasiib darro waxaa dhacday markii laga dhameeyay geedihii dhuxusha in lajaray geed miroodkii sida Cambaha waxaana la sheegaa in ay ka dhacday Gobolka Shabeellada Hoose dhacdadani.

Inkastoo dowladda federaalka ee Soomaaliya mamnuucday kagancsiga iyo dhoofinta dhuxusha haddana waxaa si sharci darro ah looga dhoofiyaa magaalooyinka Kismaayo iyo Baraawe, waxeeyna dowladdu xirtay maamulka Baraawe sababo la xiriiray dhoofinta dhuxusha sanadkii hore.

Dekadda Barawe ayaa waxaa ku riseeysan dhuxul badan oo lagu shiraacay baco ka celiya qoraxda iyo roobkaba waxaana ku yimid burbur maadaama ay muddo tiilay dekadda mana ahan mid gali garto dhoofin xitaa haddey dowladdu fasaxdo sidoo kalena looma rari karo meel kabaxsan Baraawe sida dadka lihi sheegayaan qaarkood waayo kama bixi karto safar waxeeyna u nuglaatay burburitaan.

Ilaalinta deegaanka waxa  ay manaafacaad u leedahay noolaha oo idil, sida uu ibnu aadamku uga hayaamo dhulka lama dagaanka noqdo si la mid ah ayay duur joogtana uga hayaantaa. Xukuumaddii Maxamed Siyaad markeey burburtay dad iyo duunyaba waxa laga qaxay shanqarta xabbadda iyo madaafiicda waxaana tiro badan oo duurjoogtii Soomaaliya galeen wadamada dariska ah, wixii kasoo haray ee keeymaha ku dhuuntayna waa looga daba tagay oo laga xaalufiyay dhirtii iyo keeymihii ay ku noolaayeen ha ahaadeen dugaag, shimbiro iyo xamaarataba. Inkastoo dowladda federaalka ahi iyo maamul goboleedyada qaarkood soo rogeen mamnuucidda jarista dhirta haddana ma jirto awood muuqato oo looga hortagi karo dhibaatadaas lagu hayo dhirta Soomaaliya. Xaaladda wadanku ku suganyahay iminka ma jirto awood ay u leeyihiin hey’adaha u xilsaaran deegaanka iyo duurjoogta xakameeynta xaalufinta lagu hayo dhirta sababtoo ah doowladdii dhexe ee wadanka oo aan awood caga badan laheeyn.

Samatar, Dekadda Barawe

W/Q: Elmi H Samatar
E-Mail: samatar2020@hotmail.com
Mogadishu, Somalia

SHOE SHINERS FEELING COMFORT IN MOGADISHU’S STREETS

                                                                                                                                                Feb 7, 2014

Tre-Piano Shoe-Shiners

After couple decades of violence, anarchy and chaos that plunged the country into death, destroy, fleeing, social insane and instability that spread whole Somali regions, now the country is getting security advance that restore the livelihoods of the people, especially in Mogadishu. The load sounds of mortars, and other hazardous weapons that used to wake up Mogadishu’s community usually at midnight and dawn, replaced by the horn of vehicles and the loud sound of youth, who are going to football stadiums and other public amenities.

One of the  Mogadishu shoe shiners, Mohamed said " The only thing that frightens us is the explosion not the bullet round because the bullet round took its time," he added, " In two years before, every hour we heard the sounds of bullets and saw people scattering and rushing quickly, shouting bow down...bow down or lay down... lay down...". although the security is still lax, but there are a big difference and social hope.

The shoe shiners come from the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in Mogadishu’s IDPs, and they don't have good shelter, living in dilapidated huts made of old sacks, clothes, cartoons and sticks that cannot resist them from the fire bullets, rain and sun, are now safe from the gunfire, and they are relaxing the security so far, and the only problem they are expecting is the eviction of landlords or government.

Mohamed, who is a shoe shiner at Km4 area, earns forty thousand Somali shillings every day (approximately 2 dollars), and he contributes the daily meals of his family. Like Mohamed there are a number of street children and shoe shiners who came from the poorest families in IDPs, and host communities, whose dream is learning, but, unfortunately, they do not go to school because their parents cannot afford to pay the school fees. besides, the government implemented “go to school" programs, there are still fewer beneficiaries and the most privileged pupils have no access to these schools.

Abdimalik Hussein Abukar

Another shoe-shiner, Abdimalik Hussein Abukar, orphan and one of Tre Piano shoe shiners is a self-assured and talkative, not timid when it comes to speech and he is free from stuttering, smiling every moment. Abdimalik who is eleven years old is the breadwinner of his family consisting of two brothers, one sister, and a mother, he is strenuous boy and I asked  him how much he earns  a day and how he spent what he earns. Abdimalik said “Mostly I get two to three dollars and I give my mother and once in a blue moon I earn five dollars so that I divide into two parts, giving one part to my mother and the rest I keep it as a hoard because you may not get  anything tomorrow and the family needs is permanent".

Abdimalik and his siblings were born in a Gawurow village in Lower Shabelle, now his family is resident in a Sarkusta Afgoye corridor which lies outskirt of Mogadishu; his father died years before in Merka capital of Lower Shabelle and the consequence of this caused his family to move to Mogadishu as an IDPs. Abdimalik said in stutter-less voice “I am eager to go to school and Madarasa but unfortunately, my mother cannot afford to pay the school and I gave up for studying". Abdimalik and his friends carpool every morning from their homes (IDPs Camp) to KM4 area where they work as shoe shiners and they pay 8000 So.Sh ($0.40 cents) to public bus to go and back per person.

After more than twenty years, the war victims and marginalized society in Somalia, especially south and central those got rid of clan rivalries, the greediness of warmongers, internal and external aggressions don't see still any durable solutions towards their life prosperity, and they cannot predict what their future will be.

In conclusion, the long-lasting turmoil in Somalia caused a substantial loss of community development and destruction of all governmental infrastructures. The education which is the cornerstone of every developed nation is lost in the civil war, and there are no any running mentionable public schools. 

Elmi Samatar
samatar2020@hotmail.com

THE CONTEXT OF LEADERSHIP ACCORDING TO THE AFRICAN LEADERS

Most of the African countries got their sovereignty from the colonialists after 1960s, but, unfortunately, there is no single African country led by a good leader. The African leaders abstain for the implement of good governance, steadfast ruling, and power sharing as well as considering the thoughts of the opposing parts. Instead of that, they tempted their supporters and deluded the youths by false promises and revamp. The notorious character of African leaders is the reprisal of opposition leaders and social activists, who criticize their way of ruling, and always preempt the society from integration, harmony, and pluralism.

The African leaders presumed that they are not subjected to the law, whilst in the constitution of every country elucidate and enlightens that “No one is above the law”. From janitor to the president of the nation every person should be under the law. The African leaders make their families feel as they are in Elysium while others are starving in an emaciated condition without feeling embarrassment and touring every month for tourism. They use the most expensive luxury cars, buy real states outside of their countries, invest foreign countries, and visit the most expensive hospitals for checking only while their people are lacking for primary health care and sometimes take the pregnant mother to stride hours or days to the nearest clinic. All kinds of corruption and mismanagement plagued through the divisions, regions, and states.

The consequences of practicing the bad governance caused the immigration of thousands of African youths, those who put their lives at risk as they go on vehicles from their countries crossing the largest African Sahara and the harshest place on earth. Most of the migrants lost their lives on the hazardous trip and those who survive will not survive the hands of the Libyan smugglers. The youths decide the migration of perilous journeys through several countries before their embarking on a boat from Libya to Europe, while all these types of journey begin with hope, but often end with despair and anguish.

Almost threshold of the immigrants capsized every year with the odyssey trip expecting a new life in Europe, and green pasture in the future.  The reasons behind of the unsound decision on immigration are all means of corruption existing in their countries, where only one group of same ideologies rules the country; they are the executors, judges and lawmakers. This group can detain you, arrest you and keep you in prison without a court for years. In the contemporary world, leadership is the kind of influencing people, inspiring and motivating them to engage with appropriate visions. In short, leaders bring people together and do the things they want, whilst leader is someone who leads others and advocates for positive change with clear future visions. It’s is not the phenomena of creating disputes, rivalries and grudges among the people for the sake of personal gains.

The antidote needed to treat the African leaders is not yet produced; that is why they do the evil deeds and lives with impunity, that is why they decide the decisions they dreamt and the people can’t dare to demonstrate freely, and that is why they enforce the promulgation of new constitution without endorsement of the people and opposing leaders.

This epilogue is intended to enlighten to the presidents and state officers of the African continent to give up the context of “one man’s rule” by implementing the decentralization system, practicing of affirmative action and giving opportunities to the members or oppositions that have not been treated fairly in the past and this is the fundamental of the good governance.

Elmi H Samatar
samatar2020@hotmail.com

Abwaan Diiriye

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