Human beings experience physical growth from infanthood to toddlerhood and into adulthood; however, there are different ramifications of growth in our lives, and most of them come with a price. I took my time to reflect on my journey so far in life from December last year to this day, and the truth is that a lot has changed about me despite being a long year with both negative and positive changes. I have experienced tough times that revealed another hidden side of me, which made me grow better mentally, spiritually, and even financially.
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I began my year with a positive mindset. I set my goals, wrote them down, and began working towards them, only for my family and me to experience great financial loss and several bad news that got me devastated. It was so difficult to scale through the first quarter of the year. As each day passes, I watch my husband feel depressed more. I started seeking ways to get him out of his overwhelming situations. At this point, I saw myself thinking like a man, embracing more maturity to handle situations, growing more spiritually, and handling the situation to the best of my ability.
Sometimes, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel, and I got a bit relieved. There was a shift in my mindset. I imagined what could be expected of me if I were to keep handling the whole family expenses all alone, like I did for months when my husband was experiencing a bad time. You know, the world we live in is quite unpredictable; anything unplanned can happen, and this thought 馃挱 made me embrace the growth I encountered during our most difficult phase of the year. I continued to flow with the positive energy of working harder both in chain and off chain. I also continued to deepen my relationship with my maker until I experienced another unpleasant situation with my son. The whole experience got me demoralized, and I began to question my creator and even grew cold spiritually. I didn't find praying important anymore. I felt that God had finally forsaken me for allowing this ugly situation to happen again. Both emotionally, physically, financially, and spiritually, I was greatly affected, but on that faithful day, I decided to run back to my abandoned mentor. Yes, I used to have a mentor who has in many ways affected my life positively, but at a point, I felt busy and thought that I could walk alone, forgetting that iron sharpens iron. My decision to run back to my mentor was one of the positive changes I embraced too, as my encounter with this mentor changed a lot about me to date. So much shift in my mindset for good. So far, I have embraced spiritual growth, mental growth, and changes in my perspectives on life. I have learned how to best manage human beings to ensure a healthy relationship and lots more. I have indeed grown, and the credit goes to my mentor, but this wouldn't have happened if I remained in my comfort zone, lamenting. It's good that I made an effort and embraced the changes that come with it.
Finally, I have also experienced significant growth in Hive. I couldn't have imagined reaching this milestone so soon. I never saw it coming, but here I have it. I began my year with 1800 HP, and today, I have grown to 6,000 HP+. That's a lot of difference from what my HP was last December to date. I have embraced all the growth so far, holding it tighter so it doesn't slip away from me.
This post is in response to the #HiveLearners community contest on the topic titled SINCE LAST DECEMBER.
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