Hello everyone, I trust you all are doing great.
Today, I’ll be flashing back to 2017 - 2019.
To be honest, some challenges truly help us grow as humans. Back then in 2019, things were so bad that I could barely fend for myself. I was still a student back then and I already have so many challenges I’m facing.
When I look back, I look back with a grateful heart. I don’t have it all yet but I’m so much different from where I was coming from.
I’ll never forget a time in 2018 when I was searching for where I could do my SIWESS and it was hell! I traveled to different states but I finally found where I could do it in Akure ondo state. As I mentioned earlier, things were bad already for me at that time and I now had to move away from my comfort zone. The house I lived in for that few months was really bad and I could barely feed myself on breakfast alone. Looking back today I’m super grateful.
In all of these again, I have always been a joyful person. I don’t allow my situations to take my joy away from me. I affirm this phrase every time that “nothing will take my joy away” and so shall it always be in Jesus name amen!
This is a choice I make every day and I’m not going to lie it isn’t always easy because I’m human and I have emotions. But, I always find reasons to be joyful back then.
Being joyful is a choice. It is very good to focus on the good side of life and practice resilience. One thing I also want us to know is that things will not always work out for good, it is not always easy. But it is very possible to still find joy as it is a choice.
I’ve had so many highs and lows. I have felt like giving up many times but I choose joy in those moments because I always remember that I have a choice which is I should either let my circumstances define me or I choose to live and rise above them.
What also helped me was that I surrounded myself with positivity. I’m a very positive person and it has always worked for me. I spent my time with positive people also and my loved ones.
I kept on chasing what I have always done and it has worked for me in miraculous ways. In the midst of this chaos dealing with school problems and financial problems, I still chose and found peace.
In conclusion, don’t let anything take your joy away! Focus on the good and also be grateful. I really want to encourage us to make this choice of choosing joy and trust that everything is going to work out for good. I don’t have it all yet and I’m trusting the process with God on my side.
Remember, nothing can take your joy away from the choices you make. Trust, be purposeful, and have a heart full of gratitude.
Thank for your time.
This was so heartwarming to read, it’s not everyday you see a man pen down his emotions like this. Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece and I am happy that you are in a good place now.
it takes a lot of hard work, but we think God things are looking better than before, and we are not where we used to be.