Having a tough time once in a while is normal for me as long as we are humans. The situation may not really be tough as such but because is something we have not really faced in life or Maybe we have faced such situations on a lighter note. We will definitely see it as tough time. What I really mean is that the situation you call tough time is someone else normal. Some people might just be use to it and is no longer a tough time for you.
Putting it in a better way, I see tough time as an elevator. This are situations that one will be exposed to it and get enough experiences that will serve as a ladder for the future victory in life. So, you see we can't run away from tough times, instead we embrace it with our tow hands and believe God for a way out.
For today's topic I will love to share an experience that really shocked me to the brim. I was almost done with life. Life became so hard for me that I felt like I have made a very worse mistake that have ever been made by anyone. From that situation I decided to go with this slogan that I saw online sometime back- tough time never last, but tough people do. I hope you believe that too?
Two years ago I decided to do something that will surprise my husband. Since we got married we have lived in the northern part of Nigeria and we have been there as tenants. We have also moved from one compound to another. Each time I remember it I feel very bad because our children are grow up and still we don't have a house of our own. I decided to do something. Guess what it is?
There is this plot of land that we acquired for sometime now and I hear my husband talking about selling it off and packing to the village. That is just the last thing that I want to hear. So what do I do to stop that? was the question. I decided to start up a building project without informing my husband. Guys I thought that you can just wake up one day and start building a house and before you know it the house is completed. Hahaha 馃槀. If I say that I was wrong it will be an understatement. I was wrong times wrong. I wasn't even with much money for the project. All that I was trying to do was to make my husband happy by standing that house project. I indeed made him happy at the detriment of my own happiness
When we started, there were so many things I don't know that was sopposed to be in place. So, the engineer was asking for stones for the foundation, the men digging the foundation were asking me for the money I never planned for. How to get water was also a problem. All of these became a big problem for me because I have never experienced it before. I had to face it all along without letting my husband know about it. When he got to know we have already gone far and he was so happy that he can have a house to call his own. The goal was achieved but it was actually a very tough time for me.
This post was inspired by the hive learners community contest for week 101, edition 2: one tough time.
