Like many people will say that every disappointment is a blessing, at some point I agreed with them but later I got to realized that not all disappointment comes with a blessing. Yes you heard me right!! So I will rephrase the statement by saying “not every disappointment is a blessing.” There are some that will come your way, you will be left with no other option but to question God. I have experienced lots of disappointment from friends, family members and even distant relatives but yet I still keep my head going.
There was even a time I just had to take things the way it is because those you think highly of will end up showing you their true colors. Permit me to say that in most cases, disappointment is inevitable and the painful part of it is getting it from someone you never expected it from. I could remember when I traveled to the village and I informed my brother that I was around based on the fact that he lived there, I told him because someone that has always helped our family came to Nigeria. This woman has always been so nice to us, she took very good care of me and also supported my siblings in her own way, she would always send them money and gifts even while she was out of the countr.
She finally came to Nigeria because of her mother’s birthday which they celebrated in the village with everyone present, it was a thing of joy and an avenue for my siblings to get to see this wonderful woman and to also show appreciation for what she has done for the family. I informed my two brothers and my little sister, everyone came except one of my brother. It was so annoying because he’s house wasn’t even far from hers, I even invited him for her mother’s birthday but he didn’t show up, all through the woman’s stay in the village my brother didn’t show his face.
When i and the woman were going to see one of our aunt, I saw my brother walking by the road side and it just got me more angry, I was so disappointed that someone I think highly of, someone that when he has issues I will quickly call the lady for help chose not to even say hello to her. I called my other siblings telling them the issue, they were also disappointed to the extent that they called him, even when he promised to come around, at the end he didn’t show up. Anyways, to cut the long story short, the lady traveled back and my brother was unable to show his face, because of the anger in me I decided not to ever call him again. It took him months before he could check up on his kid sister but I didn’t even bother, at the end I decided to forgive his actions. There are still many other disappointments I would have loved to share but I guess I will stop here for today.
