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From the time I became of age and had knowledge of good and bad in life, I have always looked forward to a perfect world where everything will be perfect no more pain, no more suffering, no more sickness, and no more death.
A lot of people these days are just out for enjoyment; nobody wants to leave that life when success and growth are always tied to suffering. Must you suffer to get everything?
Some people even see those who do not want to suffer as lazy and irresponsible. Yes, I did not grow up with a silver spoon, nor was I born with a golden spoon in my mouth. My family was not poor, neither are we wealthy or rich; we are just middle class, and it was okay for me because I learned to always be content with what I have.
As kids in my house, we always had this story from my parents. My father struggled to send himself to school, and after that, he sponsored my mom through school, and at the end of the day, two hearts that loved each other and were meant to be stayed together and birthed us.
My siblings and I two girls and two boys although I am the last baby of the house, I had an elder sister and two brothers, although my elder sister is late now. Lately, life hasn't always been rosy for any of us. My parents tried their best to give us the best education they could offer and prepared us academically, emotionally, mentally, and streetwise for whatever life would throw at us in the future.
And yet, sometimes, no matter how hard you try to plan life and brace yourself for future life struggles that you know will definitely come, when they come, they hit you down so hard that most of the time, you find it hard to get a hold of yourself and still stand strong. This is because life struggles come with what we least expect, and they come with something we have never seen before. It takes a lot of strength and courage to stand up to everything and still come out smiling.
What if we had a perfect world with no death, no disease, no suffering, no crisis, and no war? Maybe my father would have been alive now if there were no death. Maybe my sister wouldn't have died if there were no diseases, cancer, and so many more life-threatening diseases that leave you with a 50/50 chance of survival.
Maybe everything would have gone exactly the way we wanted it to go, and life would have been better and more straightforward for all of us. But I still stand by my opinion; I am not one to say that you must suffer or go through a very severe type of suffering to achieve what you want in life. Yes, hard work is required; dedication is required. But what if, at the end of this suffering, you die before you get what you are suffering for?
I would always tell people around me that life is not too hard, but sometimes we make it too hard for ourselves. Yes, we have to suffer, especially in my country, Nigeria; we have to suffer on a daily basis, and yes, we also have to be happy. We also have to live our lives freely as much as we know that there is nothing we can do about diseases and death. But what more can we do than try to do our best to live our lives in the best way possible? Because nobody knows what is going to happen in the next hour.
This is one thing I would always tell my kids: I do not want you to suffer the way I suffered. Whatever I am doing now is to make life easier and more beautiful for you, and in all your endeavors to be successful, you will definitely go through hard times. Always make yourself happy and live your life as if there is no tomorrow, but responsibly.
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