A lone herb bursting through concrete shows that the right attitude can turn the smallest crack through the wall into a breakthrough. Grow, push, and thrive—wherever you’re planted.

The other evening, just as the skies over Bungoma began to grumble their evening warning, I stopped by a small kibanda on the outskirts of town.
It had been a long day at the branch—numbers, calls, missed texts, and the ever-ticking clock of sales targets. My mind was spinning, but my stomach was louder.

As I waited for the vendor to wrap up my tomatoes and sukuma, something caught my eye.
On the old cracked cement wall behind her stall—faded and battered by years of smoke and weather—something green had burst forth.

It wasn’t in a pot.
It wasn’t planted.
It was just… growing, right there from the wall itself.
A vibrant little herb—oregano or something close—dangling confidently from a narrow crack in the concrete.

The vendor noticed me staring and smiled.
“Everyone asks,” she said. “No one planted it. But it keeps coming back. Refuses to die.”

And just like that, the message hit me deeper than any motivational quote I’d read all week.

Sometimes, the Most Powerful Sermons Don’t Come from Pulpits.

That plant didn’t wait for perfect soil. It didn’t sit around hoping for support.
It found a tiny crack—barely wide enough to breathe—and it decided to grow anyway.

No gardener.
No fertilizer.
No irrigation.
Yet it thrives.

It wasn’t just nature.
It was a message written in green resilience.

We Don’t Always Choose the Wall, But We Can Choose the Fight.

Some of us were born into struggle.
Others are thrown into it by job loss, heartbreak, burnout, or financial pressure.

You may not have chosen the wall you’re growing from—but you still get to choose how you respond.

You can shrink and give up.
Or you can push through—even if all you have is a crack of hope.

Let that little plant be your reminder:
Even from hostile walls, something beautiful can still grow.

A Crack through the wall Is Not a Weakness – It’s a Starting Line.

That plant reminded me: life doesn’t always hand us fertile ground—it gives us gaps.
Tiny windows. Narrow chances.

The question is:
What do you do with yours?

Your “crack in the wall” might be:

• A side hustle with little capital
• A job you feel underqualified for
• A quiet dream no one believes in yet
• A second chance you weren’t sure you deserved

Don’t wait for perfect conditions.
Start now. Grow with what you’ve got.

Personal Reflection.

That night, I brought home more than vegetables.
I carried a piece of that plant—literally. The vendor gave me a small offshoot.

“We do not always choose our environments. But we do get to choose our response.”

That’s the heart of this blog.
That’s the lesson I want to remember, and maybe one you needed to hear today too.

Keep growing. Keep pushing. You are stronger than your surroundings.