2022 came pregnant!
I have finally overcome the hesitation to write these words, literally on paper. You see, writing on the tablet of my heart has become a familiar culture, scratch that, once upon a time, a tale began on the lips of my mind. Truth be told, capturing the words as I did whilst I wrote them in my mind is not the same as writing them out, any writer will tell you so.
I am thankful for 2022, and I state this personally because it was full, every facet of my life was dealt with thoroughly. Each punch was responded to with either a whimper, premium tears, or “hard guy” mechanism.
The thought that comes with this statement makes me laugh, hysterically so, even though my face remains bland; it’s an inside joke.
If you have met me, and we have spoken in-depth about life (I’m an adult, that’s about the one thing I speak about), then you must have heard me talk about learning.
Learning is not exactly through teachings, most times, comes through experiences and decisions, some costly, others, not so much.
And you know God has a fantastic way of molding you (fi le fun baba yen). I stan a sculptor. How can you not be proud of your process, of your material, of who you envision as your person, your “becoming”, how can you not?
Truth be told, as much as I like to give my all, sometimes I like the easy route.
I remember I had a presentation with a client. Over a hundred slides to be exact. Then I heard that I wasn’t going to be presenting to the brand manager alone, but to her boss, arrrghhh!
The day was not the typical smiling one, you know, you’d know the day had a tooth ache. However, I lifted up quick prayers to my father telling him to change the date of the meeting since I was waiting for 30 minutes and they had not joined. I reached out to them and they apologized profusely stating they had thought the meeting was set for a later date. Dearly beloved, I had the meeting!
At the end, I realized yet again, what an active person God is in my process. It literally said, “overcome the hurdle oga, more dey come”
And I perfectly understood, after the meeting though. Then I asked myself one question, how do you become worldwide if you cannot be molded, how can you not take corrections and be better.
I must tell you that sometimes, it doesn’t make sense to me as I have explicitly stated and truthfully, tests are repeated, because “coconut heads” exist.
I am expectant for the tests in 2023, yes the tests. You might not feel this way, but this is me. I look at my victory and I understand what victory means. Sometimes it’s so real, you’d almost think “tough skin” is not a figure of speech.
So, do me a favour and walk with me as I take you through the lessons I gained.
1. Decide to heal and not plan to; your healing starts when you decide to.
2. Choose your worry.
3. Let go and Let God. Comot body!
4. Don’t put a price on your peace of mind; you’ll need that shit as you grow older.
5. Stay hydrated and mind your business.
6. Love your self, don’t become alien to yourself in years to come.
7. Don’t hate your process. It’s gets better, not necessarily easier. But it does get better. This was my mantra for the year and it was so.
