Is it possible that being alone does not mean being lonely. Sometimes you are better off alone, doing the right thing. If you find yourself in an environment, where corruption is the trending habit, you can choose to be the only one who refuses to accept and speak against it at every opportunity. When everybody around you is scheming against everybody else to move higher up the corporate ladder, you can opt to be the only one who focuses on genuine promotion and appreciation. Sometimes we will find ourselves in families where every offspring wants to be the favourite by trashing the others. You can be the pillar of genuine love and friendship. Teamwork is great and very important, but it will only bring forth positive results if each player is a genuine at heart. In every team or group, there will always be an unwilling participant in the vices, but who is compelled by circumstances or is too afraid to be alone. It will be a heavenly feeling if you could turn such souls and bring them into your small team. That is how great, cruel and corrupt regimes are brought down. It starts with a single person who stands up and says ... NO! If you ever find yourself alone, look within, find that which makes you happy, and pursue it with a smile. D Githui (30thMay'26)