Hello Hivians,
My name is Gemangel and this is my first time posting on this community, and I must say, I am thrilled to share one of the biggest lessons I learned this week.
Recently, I’ve been feeling really bothered about my future with the economy and all. I began to wonder what the future held for me or if I was even ready. As a matter of fact, I started to put so much pressure on myself, and so many questions crawled in. A question like, What’s out there after school? In these four years, what if it was all for nothing? I’m really ready. How solid are my plans, really? I began feeling really down in the mouth about it, and it practically affected my entire week.
What bothered me most was that October 7 was right around the corner, and that was going to be my 21st birthday. There was so much I thought I would achieve at 21, and I still couldn't really make much of my life. The other day, when I went to my dad’s office, there was construction going on.
They were on the decking stage, and there and then, it dawned on me. I realized that life was like a building; it comprises stages, and the tallest of buildings took time. There's the foundation, framing the structure until it gets to the roofing. I also realized that when the foundation is rushed, the risk of collapsing the entire structure is likely to happen.
The foundation is the most important part of growing, and it takes a lot of time. I realized that all this time, I’ve been pushing myself too hard. I was still in my foundation stage, and I was already thinking about decking. It was too much pressure, wasn’t it? And then I began to look at life this way, always being grateful for the little I had already achieved.
The fact that I had a clear picture of where I was going was good enough, and by the way, building takes time and no knowledge is wasted.
As my pastor would say, you may not be where you want to be, but thank God you are not where you used to be.
Thank you for reader and yes do let my know your thought in the comment section.
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All the pictures were originally captured by me.