Camouflage like Chameleons

Photo Credit: Janet Machuka

Some people were born with smiles in there hearts. Not because of being lucky but because of teaching the heart to smile that translated it to a beautiful facial expression that warms the hearts of whoever's eyes falls on such people. Life is not what you find it and ride on it effortlessly. It is never that way. Life is what you put into action trusting in your efforts that it will turn out to be the best ever. 

For those who live in places that have different kinds of animals; the likes of chameleons and snails, you will realize that a chameleon can stay on the same twig several days but still looking healthy as ever. We all know chameleons never eat leaves. They feed on flesh; insects such as flies and bees. More a times, you will see it stretch it's tongue to reach out for its feed. The delicacy can be seven centimeters away but a careful approach is calculated for it to capture it's prey easily, swiftly and carefully. That's how it will survive until it's time to bid goodbye from the face of the earth. It's camouflage makes it possible to escape a number of dangers as it gets through its life. But that is just a tiny animal with such tactics. 

What about you? What about me? If you go through your life in a daily basis, making a marking scheme of your own, will you score more that half 100%? Will you be of being difference from the way the chameleons do? How many times do you camouflage yourself from the worldly pleasures and pressures? Which calculated ways do you use to attack your enemies of success?

You as an individual can be a chameleon if you let yourself to the test. You can escape from drugs abuse, immorality and deceitful acts just through camouflage. What matters is decision and choice.

Just imagine a chameleon on the same same twig for five days with little movements but still looking strong. Have you ever imagined yourself in that kind of a situation? It can be lack of money that makes you never afford some fashionable things of your desire. It can be your looks that you dislike and yet you are beautifully and wonderfully made by God. It can be that you are not smart in school. But that's nothing. That does not mark or make you decide that your destiny is doomed, NEVER! 

Smart people can make worthwhile decisions. You can be poor in subject examinations but best in coming up with ideas that will change your life and those of others; near, far and beyond. The greatest people are not those who used to be number one in class but those who became their own Bosses in what they decide, execute and act upon it. When you own your efforts even if you stay in the same situation so long as you are working then nothing can stop your greatness from exploding. You can walk the furthest end but never make a difference. The difference is governed by your ambitions. 

Camouflaged Chameleon: Photo Courtesy

Everyone needs food similarly to all creatures. What matters is how you calculate yourself to acquire that food. Some people can spend their days indoors but make millions of money while others will always be on the roads but still remain poor. Being rich is all about how you plan for your wealth- even if little- and being poor is all about how you spend your wealth. Some people can spend more and remain rich while others will spend more and remain poor. What matters is How Smart You Are With The Kind of Decisions You Make. Ensure that you fit into it. Be of camouflage.

A number of people will associate a chameleon with deceit and ugliness but that's what you believe it is. For the chameleon it is different. There's a purpose to why it can change colours. There's a reason to why it has a long tongue. There's a purpose to why you are dark melanized while she is light melanized. It's never because of choice but because that's how you are to be. 

For instance, you will find a family of two daughters. One is bright in class while the other one is good at knitting. As a parent you claim your child is cursed, doomed and all sorts of words you may use because she cannot perform in class. That's why we are different. That's why there exists a unique you and a different me. That's why we can be of the same age but one grows rich or famous faster and earlier than the other. It's not coincidence but the way your actions, choices, decisions and ideas are executed. 

Never pressure yourself to move faster if you cannot. It's better you walk with the pace you can. Camouflage yourself. Just like a chameleon uses its colour to escape danger, use your five senses to escape harm. As you camouflage yourself, never let tribalism divide you. Never accept politics to separate us. Be like them when you are with them do long as the act you are executing will bring forth Peace, Justice, Harmony and Love. We are one in spite of our slight differences. Be of one UNION like a chameleon and it's SURROUNDING. Be a chameleon that sustains itself wisely and tactfully. 

©Janet Machuka