Sick and Weak. Rising above all.

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My Naija people!! How una dey!

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Today is the last day of the year. The merriment here and there. The booming sounds of bangers here and there. The sounds from the pots in preparation for the first meal of the new year. Worship houses testing their microphones. And many more eventful scenarios.

I have been on a back-to-back working time for weeks now. There is not even a single day of rest. I thought I could even relax and have a nice time for myself. I could get a little more chance to do even better than in the past. But I think it's kinda overwhelming not to know what the future has in place for us.

Whatever couldn’t get you down will make you stronger.

Most times I have the mindset of working towards whatever I want. I don't care how scary it might look. I know that if it doesn’t get me down, then definitely I am rising above it. How much more do I have to keep counting and counting, the times I have fallen on my knees, when I weep secretly and then showcase being a strong man on the outside? Times when I got in pain but still had a smile to the world.

365 days and counting.

On my end, I saw no difference between yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Tomorrow is just the day that’s yet to come and then yesterday was the day that has passed. And so does the cycle keep running.

Just kinda sad that it doesn’t work that way when we think of counting our years, weeks, or months. Within it all are some days and all of these days are what forms the week, month, and year.

For a year to become last year, this year, and next year. 365 days must have gone by. Then I would think about how slow the years appear to be sometimes. And at times it just tends to happen like yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Riding through the storms

Last year all I could think of was a better year ahead of me. I never knew this year would be this tough. But I knew no matter how tough it may look, I would make sure I survived it all. Life isn’t a bed filled with roses alone. It surely has some thorns on some corners of it. You can only decide where you want to turn to, but you can’t decide on what you are turning on.

When it rains, you get an umbrella. But when you get in a storm your umbrella would be the one screaming for help. It's either you save yourself or the umbrella. Or you save both. The choice is yours to make.

Thank you for being strong and consistent through it all.

Yeah. I am grateful for life. I am grateful to everyone who has come my way in one way or the other, how much more do I have to thank you all? I am so grateful. To those who picked me up when I was down, to those who decided to be by my side, to those who went ahead of me and led a path to thread. How much more do I have to say Thank you all.

I am still keeping that same promise to remain strong and consistent through it all. The next 365 days shall bring silent battles. But I know I will come out victorious in the end.