Sometimes life takes you from a place where everything seems to be falling into place to a season where simply keeping your head above water feels like a challenge.
If you're in that season right now, don't give up on yourself. Keep learning, keep growing, keep showing up, and keep moving forward. Just because things were better once doesn't mean they can't be better again.
My uncle gave one of his flats to a struggling couple to live in. They have been staying there rent-free for three years.
Last month, the roof started leaking. Every time it rained, water poured into the house.
They called to complain. My uncle told them to fix it themselves since they were the ones living there.
The wife said:
โWe canโt be repairing another personโs house, sir. It is your house, and you are the one who is supposed to fix it.โ
She hung up.
Last week, my uncle chased them out.
A new chapter.
Grateful for the lessons, proud of the growth, and excited for everything still ahead.
A little wiser, a little stronger, and more grateful than ever.
Here's to another year of becoming.
Happy Birthday to me. ๐ฅโจ
The owner of the school where my sister teaches is based in the UK.
The school closed today, and he was around.
When he saw the teachers' clothes, he said, "You're earning โฆ150,000 a month. Why can't you dress better?"
The teachers looked at one another in shock.
Then one of them replied, "Sir, we earn โฆ80,000 a month."
That was when he discovered that the principal had been paying the teachers โฆ80,000 instead of the โฆ150,000 he approved.