One of the beauties of having friends, family, elders, and people generally around us is the likelihood of getting mind-blowing advice and words of encouragement that will go on to become significant roadmaps that guide our paths in life and help us make the right decisions at the nick of time. I've been privileged to be advised on several occasions, and today I'll share one such advice with you.
Like I said earlier, I've been blessed with several pieces of good advice from people around me in countless times, and that's why you can simply tag me as a product of good advice because almost all I've become and achieved are due to the good advice I'm getting from those around me, and I'm ever grateful that I moved with the right set of people who want the best for my life.
So without taking much of your time, I'll share some advice that I got a few years ago from one of the dearest people in my life. It's one that's still significant to me at this present moment in my journey towards having a life partner, and I hope you'll enjoy the read.
One of the best pieces of advice I've gotten in recent years was from my aunt, my dad's younger sister to be precise, and this came at a time when I was feeling loads of pressure from everyone around me, the pressure being regarding me getting married and how time isn't on my side and how some of my juniors are already married and here I'm single without any plans of getting married anytime soon.
From those pressures, I was destabilized and was about to dive into something I didn't bargain for just because of how serious this pressure was, but fortunately for me then, my aunt called me on the phone and we spoke for several minutes. When I saw the call, I even thought she was about to lecture and pressure me just like every other elderly person who has been calling me since the wedding of my junior sister has been doing.
Unlike what I thought her words were different from that of everyone else that has been calling, first she greeted me and said she's been directed to call me by my parents, but I need not to worry because she's calling to say something entirely different. She started off by letting me know she's aware of how much pressure I'm going through presently from everyone and what it might lead me into.
She told me marriage isn't a race, and neither is it a competition, so it doesn't matter who got married first or last, and I shouldn't give in to the pressures coming from everyone, She told me giving in to such pressure will only lead to me settling for less or someone below my choice of life partner, and in a situation when such becomes the case, my home wouldn't be a safe haven for I and such an alleged partner because those individual errors I didn't take out time to check if I could live with and adapt will end up becoming an issue for us, and none of those pressuring me now won't be there to share in that.
That's advice went a long way to change my mind and perspective on how I wanted to rush into something I wasn't ready for, and it is still effective to date. Although she also made me understand that there is no late comer in marriage, but that shouldn't be a yardstick for me not to do the needful when I found the right person and was fully prepared financially and in every other aspect. I'm thankful to her because, had I not been advised by her then, I might just be in a home where I'm enduring rather than enjoying by now.
That's about all for one of the best pieces of advice I've been given. I hope you enjoyed the read. The write-up was promoted by the HIVE Learners community feature topic, read through kronias article to get more information.
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Thanks so much for your time, have a blessed and productive day.
