A personal story by Honest P. Mukwenya

Jesus is King!
There is a moment that changes how you see everything — for me, it was standing at my father's graveside, holding a life's worth of unspoken conversations in my chest. He was gone, and with him went the plans I had assumed we still had time for. That moment became the seed of everything I now write, speak, and stand for.

I am a transformational speaker, author, and personal development coach from Zimbabwe. My journey into this work was never a career choice in the traditional sense — it was a calling shaped by loss, by faith, and by a stubborn conviction that people are walking around with gifts, dreams, and relationships they keep postponing, believing there will always be a "later."

My first book, Get Serious!, was born out of frustration — watching talented, capable people settle for less because they were waiting for the "right time" to pursue what mattered. It was a call to intentionality. My second, Speak Life Into Existence, went deeper into the power of words — how what we declare over our lives shapes what we become.

But my latest work, All We've Is Now, is the most personal. It carries my father's legacy in every chapter. Writing it forced me to confront a hard truth: time is not something we own. It is something we are trusted with, and now is the only moment that ever truly answers when life calls. This year, I released the Legacy Edition of the book — an expanded reflection on intergenerational purpose, accountability, and what it means to build something worth handing down.

Beyond the books, my work today spans speaking platforms and coaching engagements, where I get to sit with people — young and old — and unpack what it truly means to live with intention. Every stage I stand on carries the same message: stop waiting for permission to live fully.

If there is one thing I want readers of this magazine to take from my story, it is this — your legacy is not something you leave behind one day. It is something you build every single day, starting now.

All We've Is Now: Legacy Edition launches on 29 August 2026 in Harare.