Hello, everyone.
I welcome you to my blog. One thing I learnt over the years is kindness goes a long way in easing people's pains and burdens, and kindness should not only be shown to people we know or are acquainted with; rather, it should be shown to everyone and anyone we cross paths with. You don't know what people who cross your path are dealing with, and how you treat them either helps them win the battle or causes them to lose the battle. You are either a stepping stone out of depression and frustration, or you are that load that causes one to drown even more.
Funny enough, everyone is dealing with one thing or another; nobody is completely problem-free. Even those who we think are problem-free are actually dealing with something. Everyone walking on the face of the earth has something, whether big or small, bothering them. Some people's problems might be easy to solve for you, but it does not change the fact that it is a problem for them and does not give one the right to talk bad about it. That problem you also see as a big one is something minor for another person.
In my final year in school I hit rock bottom; things went sideways both for me and my entire family. Our finances were completely ruined to the point I was almost not able to pay my school fee. Paying my school fee and doing basic things I used to do before became a struggle and were so difficult to do; there was no help coming in from anywhere. Usually when I fell, I had my family to pick me back up, but now we were all on the ground. Who is going to pick them up?
I kept going for lectures and then the treats and memos flying up and down about how those who have not paid school feel well and are not allowed into the hall, and as a final-year student, I did not only need money to pay my school fee but also money for my final-year project. I wake up sad, sleep sad. I was slowly slipping into depression because how do I become a dropout in my final year? I did not drop out in levels before my final year, so why now? That was the question I kept asking myself, and I could not tell people about it because at that point everyone, especially at my level, needed money for their final year project and could not offer much help.
It was a completely silent battle, and I had to keep dealing with it until somehow I was able to overcome it. It was a terrible experience, and to date not everyone knows I had to deal with such a thing. I had to sell off some investments and even some personal properties just to make sure I stayed in school, and it was not a nice experience, but somehow the people I was coming in contact with were helping me without even knowing it. How they talked to me and how they treated me all helped me stay on track.
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