One of the most beautiful thing about me is my ability do what is needed no matter how difficult it might seem. You can call it a state of mind but I feel it is something that becomes general knowledge the moment we become adult. Speaking of the most beautiful that happened to me last month, well it was something huge enough for to blow my mind.
In a similar prompt, I spoke about the fallout I had with one of my relatives due to his inability to fulfill a promise. As smart as might seem, I'm very headstrong whenever I have a reason to be and one of the trigger is when I feel like I'm being played or I'm being taken for a fool. I'm a a fan of forgiveness but forgetting is never my thing. I have a very reliable memory, it doesn't erase or forget anything. The pain will definitely lessen over time but never the memory.
As a result of this, I got pissed and I kept my distance from this person. I refused to attend any occasion hosted by him and his family. As time goes on they discovered I was keeping my distance, but since they were older than I'm, they probably felt too big to apologize but I also did not care for one. We lived our lives separately and whenever they are around to see my parents, I make myself scarce. This went on and on for over two years but things changed in September this year.
I was in need of something within their capacity, it was a space I wanted to use as a farm land. It turns out they have a fenced land that they were not making use of. When I became aware of it, I said to myself, I should just let it go but my mind wouldn't. I kept asking myself a question, so the reason why you would let go of this opportunity is because you had a grudge? come on act like an adult. The thing about me is that I don't joke with my dreams, even if I have to make friends with my enemies, so be it. Moreover, an entrepreneur doesn't have enemies, we make deals with anyone.
So I picked my phone one morning and I called this person. I said to myself,"the worst that would happen is that, he would say no to my request", I can't die from being rejected. It was the man's wife that picked the call because the man was not in close proximity, I spoke to her and it took a while before she replied, she was probably relaying the message to her husband because I could hear her whispering and to my surprise, the reply I got was, "You can go ahead and use the place, it is not like we have any plans of using it". I was surprised and speechless.
The possibility of getting a positive reply was slim but I knew if they eventually decided to give it to me, it wouldn't be easy but it was. I got the land from the call and went ahead to make use of it after securing the keys to the land from them. A dream that seem impossible became possible, I have always wanted to go into all sort of farm but I never had enough space to experiment my desire but through an expected means I got one.
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