I’m excited that things are finally going my way. Finally, life decided to show me its good side.
It is interesting how dreams and plans work. In life we dream big, even when the dream feels as far away as the other side of the ocean. A man who owns a bicycle dreams that one day he would own an expensive car. That man is me. I always dream and plan big. Of all the plans I have cooked in my head, nothing beats the one I have been nursing since I graduated from high school and got into the university. Ever since I got into the university, I have always dreamt of establishing something gigantic. Something that would give my future a flawless direction. I carried out my research and realized that to bring this particular dream to life, a lot of things had to be in place. Things I could not reach even if I stood on my tippy toes. Still, I believed. I held on to that dream like it mattered to me the most.
For a long time, I lived with this dream. I planned. I prepared. I strategized. I restrategized. I imagined the future in detail. I have a very strong and sharp imagination, so it all played beautifully in my head. It played beautifully, but not for long, because soon, THAT voice came knocking. The little voice that constantly planted doubt in my heart. “What if it flops? What if it never happens? What if I am just dreaming too big?” It would always say. Pray, curse it! It was my sworn enemy.
But of course, every time, I pushed the voice away. I shoved it under the table. I swept it under the mat. Even, there was a time I almost drowned it. I would pat myself on the back and say “Justfavour, believe in yourself.” I believed in myself. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be here now. It was hard for me to get rid of the voice, it kept reminding me that something could go wrong. Despite that, I continued to believe in myself.
Today, I still haven’t achieved my dream but the difference now is that it no longer feels far away. It no longer feels unachievable. Now, it feels like that dream is within my reach and all I just need to do is stretch and keep stretching until I grab it. It seems I have managed to win the fight against the voice. The voice that always made me think the dream is beyond my reach.
Today, I am excited. I am grateful and I’m proud of myself. And with time, that dream will become reality.
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