Elon Musk, Tesla and Spacex’s boss, once remarked in my paraphrasing “any technology needs three versions for it to optimise effectively in its setting”. For a man who pioneers frontiers on technology innovation, there is little room available to oppose him given the trailblazing that he continues to dish out. But is it really true and reliable to state that? Can I make my life synonymous with a technological version?
I’m writing this article deliberately in the last hour of 28 March 2018. It’s my queer way to bid farewell to the decade that has classified me in the twenties. I’m not sentimental than I’m mindful that I will never be here again. That realisation triggers an introspection of where I have been ever since my mom kicked me out of her comfortable womb.
Well, that it was comfortable is obviously an inference and comparison to life outside. Life outside an incubator is less warmer, less confined and overly less fluid. And that is the reality of this life. The earliest memories that I recall are from six years old, my first day at junior school. It’s been years since that day, twenty four years to be precise and I can only reminisce the journey with mixed feelings.
As you read this, today, I just turned thirty years of age. Wow! Wow, because it has been three decades of living. Obviously if you are above thirty, you are probably saying that’s not a big deal! I hear you but please allow me to let my age sink in and celebrate it. I feel old enough to be young but still young to be old. Someone who goes by the name of the daughter of Job from the Bible pulled my leg saying being thirty is the start of a mini midlife crisis(laugh out loud). Well, it got me a bit iffy.
There is something rather rewarding though about being thirty years of age, I just can’t quite validate it. Maybe it has something to do with recollections from history as below:
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt – [Genesis 41:46a KJV]
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years – [2 Samuel 5:4 KJV]
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli – [Luke 3:23 KJV]
All these three men were of immense significance to our world today and they achieved their milestones at the age of thirty. And whatever it is that got them in beast mode at this age, I take it!
However, I cannot help but wonder what I should write about myself to match up the scriptures on the same juncture? What do the people in my life get to record about me? What have I managed to master that can be passed down as legacy if I’m to die today? What can the generations after me learn from my life? What contribution have I made that’s of significance?
I now can relate to all those that have shared their frustrations with me when they reached thirty. I couldn’t relate then but now I do. Being thirty opens a certain inexplicable perspective that I never had. It’s an almost invading perception that seems to disrespect your mind.
Needless to mention, being thirty is not the end of the world. Our arrivals at it are hugely different and relative based upon how we have been living before that. Others regret, others rejoice and others just don’t care and others are a mixed sort.
Perhaps what I have firmly grasped in my three decades is that life is not counted in number of years but in life itself! The number of years that you live reveal nothing about the quality of your living for some have lived fullest lives in only five or less years. It’s not about keeping count of the number but about the impact and value that one brings in their lifetime.
As I start my newest chapter into another decade I can only be grateful for the gift of life. I wouldn’t replace anything about everything that has led me to this place called here. I take both my losses and wins and intentionally seek to translate them into gold. I appreciate my family, friends, tutors. I also appreciate the enemies that have pushed me thus far. Nothing has changed on the outside but everything has changed on the inside.
Simply put, I’m clear about what I’m about and I’m more than pumped to work on it! The path is clear and God is present to execute it, to just do it!
The goal is to let the 3.0 version of me optimise and the rest is history!(I hope Elon Musk was right on this one😄)
Happy 30th Birthday Brad!
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Happy Birthday Brad