Ours is by far the most technologically and intellectually advanced generation to traverse the earth. Yet, on the contrary, it scores lowly on the moral front. One is left to wonder why the disconnect. How ironical that traveling to the moon (and back) is much easier than loving and appreciating one another! 

Battled Hopes for New Horizons is a fascinating exposition of how focus, discipline, and sense of purpose are requisite in the quest for one's aspirations in life. Success is for the toughest and most tenacious. After all, a bright dawn follows the darkest of nights. 

Wacharo has her eyes firmly fixed on the prize. Nothing, it seems, will stop her in her tracts. She's knocked down, but never out. She's weary, but never wears out. Setbacks are stepping stones in disguise. Hers is a case of being in a problem is not the problem; how you behave in the problem is the problem. 

Her hopes for a brighter future, like the horizon, are renewed like a new day. Her outlook on life is a challenge to us, individually and collectively, to do all it takes to make the world a better place to live in