The year 2023 is over, and I’m grateful I’ve been able to survive a whole lot of things without having to lose my sanity in the process.
Life has never been easy for me.
In life, there are always times of trials, times of trouble, and tough times that will test you to the core. However, one thing about hard times is that they don’t last. But that’s if you are able to persevere and sail through the stormy waters of life.
Moving forward
I know a whole lot of things happened in 2023 but a lot are also yet to happen in 2024 that we don’t know about yet. And they are not worth thinking about too because there’s no point preparing for something you don’t know about yet.
But the best thing is having a way to stay ready and vigilant for when the time comes to become more resilient than ever. That the only way to sail through. Tests are inevitable but being prepared for any form of life test in the hope that we’ll always push thru works better for our sanity compared to thinking incessantly about our problems.
No matter what
No matter what I face in life, what I do know is that regardless of what darkness may cloud my world, I’ll always find the light without having to treat myself like my sense of worth is being stolen due to being faced with some loss be it money, people, relationship and even creativity. Sometimes we lose our creative nature of problem solving and it hurts.
But then
A man’s heart is meant to break at one point or the other but no matter what you’ve got to put back the pieces and move on from there. If you don’t then you’ll never be able to get your power back nor can anyone do that for you.
Because no one knows where your shoe hurts.
In 2023 I felt like it was going to be my last year on earth. Not that I wish death for myself but due to my situation at that moment in time(which is now all in the past) I just can't help but think I was never going to be able to push through.
It got tough to the extent that I just didn't care about living anymore. However, it got to a point where I just got tired of living like that every day all in fear that death may come for me anytime soon.
I never planned for any of it to happen the way they did
In life when things happen they all start from one thing and then that one thing leads to another and before you know it they become something bigger and out of control that you just won’t be able to find the light anymore like when it was still a small issue.
The lesson to be learned and which I would be taking to 2024 is that I would never let any small issue lead to something bigger and out of control. Just like my dad would always tell me about an African proverb that it's at a young age that you cut a tree that you know could become bigger to the point that it'll become ten times harder to cut compared to when it was still small.
I never had to learn from other people's experiences due to how I saw my life as different from others and when I think about it, I see each of our lives weaved with the same thread but each one weaved differently making each of our experiences unique in their ways.
In 2023 many people tried to play with my intelligence including myself but in 2024 that's never going to happen because when you hit rock bottom the only way is up. I now know my limitations and how my mind can be my greatest enemy and also my best friend.
Catch you next time