Marc Reflects
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"Writer of African reflections, practical life lessons and lived experiences. I explore personal growth, resilience, and entrepreneurship through stories that uplift, challenge, and connect people at the heart level. Let’s grow together.”
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This Is How Worthy African Education Should Look Like
By Marc Reflects, September 2025 I still remember sitting in a hot classroom, my notebook filled with neat summaries about Napoleon Bonaparte. I could tell you the date of his coronation, the details of his European conquests, even his exile to Elba. But back in my village, the water pump had been broken for weeks, and none of us including my teachers had the knowledge or tools to fix it.
By Marc Reflects 4 months ago in Journal
Rwanda’s Journey of Restoration: Healing Land, Healing Lives
By Marc Reflects, September 2025 I often pause to look at Rwanda’s rolling hills, and I am struck by how the land tells its own story. Once stripped bare by deforestation, over-farming, and survival pressures, these hills now bear signs of healing. And yet, this healing has not been simple; it has required courage, sacrifice, and sometimes painful trade-offs. Our journey of restoration is not just about saving trees or wetlands only but it is about reshaping lives, livelihoods, and futures.
By Marc Reflects 4 months ago in Earth
The Global Migration Paradox: Youth Run to Cities, Elders Return to Villages
|By Marc Reflects, August 2025 Is life absurd as the King Salomon in the Bible once talked about it? I find myself returning to that thought as I watch the strange patterns of movement I see currently all around the world. Everywhere I look, there seems to be a tug-of-war between cities and the countryside. Young people leave their villages and small towns for the bright lights of the city, hoping to find jobs, education, and a life bigger than what their home communities can offer. And at the same time, I see older people often retirees leaving those same cities in search of fresh air, quiet streets, and a slower rhythm of life.
By Marc Reflects 4 months ago in Humans
Rwanda: A Risen Nation of 31 Years
By Marc Reflects | August 2025 I can boldly affirm this: 'Even the deepest wounds can heal, and even the most broken nations can rise again'. Rwanda, a small country of 26,338 km² but seemingly vast in spirit, is a living example of that truth.
By Marc Reflects 5 months ago in The Swamp
The Mr. Challenger Challenged
BY Marc Reflects | August 2025 I have often thought of climate change as something distant, something that scientists debated in conferences or politicians argued about in parliaments. But then I met him—Mr. Challenger. His name itself sounded defiant, like someone destined to fight the odds. Yet his story revealed the opposite: the world, shaped by climate extremes, was now challenging him.
By Marc Reflects 5 months ago in Earth
In the City, your first brother is money . AI-Generated.
Marc Reflects "Once you get there, your own brother will be called money." I heard that phrase from old Karisa the day I packed my bag to leave the village. It was dusty and hot, and I remember the way he stood near the footpath that led to the main road — bent slightly with age, but his eyes sharper than ever.
By Marc Reflects 6 months ago in Motivation
We Were Not Born Just to Survive: A Quiet Rebellion Against Settling. AI-Generated.
By Marc Reflects Introduction: When Struggle Becomes Normal In many places, especially across parts of Africa, the idea of “just making it through” is not a season—it’s a way of life. We survive, not because we lack dreams, but because the system teaches us to aim low. I have come to believe that many of us—especially those born into scarcity—are not lazy. We are trained by necessity.
By Marc Reflects 6 months ago in Motivation
Two Green Golds That Could Change Your Life in Africa. AI-Generated.
By Marc Reflects I once thought that wealth was only for the chosen few — the lucky, the highly educated, or those born in cities. But one day, an agronomist friend shook that belief to its core. “Why do you always complain about being broke,” he asked me gently, “when you're standing on land that could make you wealthy?”
By Marc Reflects 7 months ago in Motivation
Rising Above the Storm: 4 Anchors That Kept Me Standing. AI-Generated.
By Marc Reflects There was a season in my life when nothing made sense. Anxiety weighed on my chest like a boulder. A strange illness made me question my future. I felt broken, helpless, and exhausted by worry. And yet, I made it through — not because my problems disappeared, but because I learned to ground myself in four unshakable anchors. These are not just faith-based or emotional tools. They’re supported by science, wisdom, and real-world application. I share them today with the hope that they will serve you too.
By Marc Reflects 7 months ago in Longevity
Created to Create: Why I Stopped Competing and Started Building. AI-Generated.
By Marc Reflects There came a time in my journey when I had to stop and ask myself: Am I really living, or just copying? Am I building something real, or simply trying to outdo the person next to me?
By Marc Reflects 7 months ago in Motivation
