Risking It All: My Journey Of Trust And Lessons

Life itself is a risk, and it is what we do every single day...taking risks, but not until we are either regretting or celebrating we don't realize we have actually taken a risk. Those who gamble or bet are not the only risk takers, everyone is. Those times you wake up with no cash in hand and nothing in your account and you still decide to move, go out and all, that's taking a risk.

I have not be around for so long but I have been around for a while, and I can say I have seen people take risks, I have also taken a lot of intentional risk in my life, but the most recent risk I took wasn’t one that I planned. It just happen to come around and I never see it as one, I had some money saved up, and when I say small, I meant the kind you look at twice before touching it, it was my own kind of savings. And as at then, I was so broke, my savings was all I had, and still I still try to go by my day without touhing it.

But then, a friend came by, a trusted one, he told me about a business, it was related to food and he knows the passion I have for buying and selling of foodstuffs, I just so love it, even though am a guy. It wasn't what I was saving for actually, but since he sounded so sure and all, I thought this might be how God wants me to start.

I didn't think much about it, he's a trusted person, so I agreed and sent him the money, the deliveries was meant to take just a week, I had been planning on how I would borrow money to rent a shop, looking for the best location to start, calculating things I would need be needing to buy and all.

But then, one week, two week, three weeks and still no calls, my own calls went unanswered. I was like have I been scammed, but then I trust this friend of mine, maybe something happened, I tried reaching everyone who could lead me to him, no one knows his whereabouts, just like that....my money was gone.

I was really pained, it was then I realized how risk is not just about what we lose but also what it cost us emotionally. I was angry at myself and angry at the world, I calculated all the things that money could’ve done.....bought a new phone or buy a plot kf land, or even get a lady's bike or even start the foodstuffs business the little way I can. I won't lie, I thought so much about it.

The truth is, everytime we say yes to people, we are literally gambling. Even though this particular risk of mine didn't pay off, not taking one is something on it's own. So, I sat down, think it over and all, I forgave myself and moved on.

We gamble and take risk every single day, knowingly and unknowingly. There was a time I entered a danfo bus that's without brake, I knew but I was In haste, I was even the only passenger, he told me he's going to his mechanic place, still I went in, we take lots of risks, imagine starting a business in an area that's without traffic, that's not crowded and all, its a risk, cause how sure are you rhe business would move and sell fast.. Even loving.

We all take risks one way or the other, some pay off immediately, some teach us lessons, some make us have a rethink. Well mine didn't come with gain, it came with rethinking and growth. We fall and rise, we become heartbroken and we love, we get played and get wiser, we lose money and then gain sense.

Sounds funny right? Well it's the truth, the truth also is that, when we least expect it risks open doors we've prayed and hoped for. I have taken risks, and this particular one, though it didn't go as planned, I can't say I regret it, it pained me though, life itself is a risk but I am still moving forward and growing. So, I will keep taking them, if you are not a risk taker then what are you, it’s either you try or you dry.

All pictures are mine.

Thanks for taking your time to read through, kindly do well to stop by my blog for more amazing, educating and exclusive contents.*

Posted Using INLEO