There’s something about the holidays that makes grief swell even more than usual. I’m learning just how much, but that’s okay. Sending love to all of us who have lost loved ones, hoping we have the courage to hold on to the precious memories we have❤️
I remember when I passed out of NYSC, my friend and I had a saying, "I'm excited about the future... are you?" We said this so much to each other it became hilarious.
Were we really excited about the future? Me, not so much because I was going back home to Lagos to job hunt, she already passed a bank test and was starting her job immediately.
I was happy for her and wished her all the best. My job hunting started in full force but as I've told the story many times, it was quite a tough time for me. Gradually all my friends got steady jobs and I was left, amongst my close friends, the jobless one.
As I prayed and meditated on open heavens one of those days when it felt like the world hated me and I would never succeed here in Nigeria, the bible verse was Ecclesiastes 9:11. It gave me so much hope not because I was envious of my friends but because I never wanted to be the odd one out of them. I never wanted to be looked on with pity.
Look at my friends and I today, everyone doing well in their own space, none left behind, just that our timing isn't the same.
I know you're feeling like the odd one out, maybe among your family, friends, or colleagues but understand this, "...The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favour to the learned, but time and chance happen to them all."
Keep striving for where you want to be, you'll arrive JUST IN TIME.
I love you. ❤️😊
Stop being frustrated at the slow pace of progress you seem to be making in life.
Behind all the shiny LinkedIn and Instagram updates from your contemporaries, they're exactly as broke and unhappy as you are.
Growth will take time. Give yourself time.
What grammar mistakes irritate you the most?
For me, it's "am" instead of "I'm"
Can we stop? please? Also people who type "smile..." no nowwwww.
#DANGGrammar
My contribution to this country is that I don't litter. Regardless of the size of the trash, I will hold it in my hand till I find a bin. From sweet nylon to plastic
I’m that friend that is rooting for my friends without any iota of envy or jealousy. If you are winning, it’s our win. I want everyone around me to succeed. My friends would attest to the way I push them. Friendship is intentional, deliberate, sincere with a sense of loyalty.