I am going to tell you a true-life story about how something I did got me through the right path. It's something that I was afraid of just because of financial setbacks. We should all know that sometimes we choose a choice where it will.be difficult to turn back. Some will neither go ahead nor move backwards. This shows that such a person's life will remain stagnant. Fear sometimes is dangerous and can kill your career if not properly looked into.
I was living with my friend some years back where I was just earning a peanut in a school I teach. I aimed to work harder to take the next step to success, but the more I try the more my problems increase. It was not an easy journey but I tried my best to make it happen and indeed I broke through all the challenges and eradicated fear from my dictionary.
It came to pass when I was living with my friend in a room with no toilet. Neither is there a bathroom. There was a patch-up toilet and bathroom just somewhere in the compound. I was so tied to my friend to the extent of inculcating fears. He is the kind of person who wants things for himself, but not for anyone close to him. I thought I was living in bondage staying with him which happened to be real.
The fact remains that I was not having the opportunity to look for greener pastures, although we were sharing the rent and everything that pertains to the house we were living in. The whole thing in the house was bought equally except the generator which he bought by himself. We buy food by contributing an equal amount of money.
God opened his way and he was seeing money somehow but to me, nothing was coming forth except my work which happened to be just meagre. I tried hard and put more effort to make headway, but nothing was coming forth.
It was difficult for me to rent my apartment and even make a move. I made a move to rent one, but just because of fear, I dropped it and forfeited the money I had paid to rent the apartment. People started telling me to make a move to rent one but were unable to. I was living with him until something just came over me to take a step forward. This time I was firm on renting an apartment for myself without letting him know about it. The rent was huge but I just need to take it to have a new start. I started the painting and completed it before I later called him to break the news to him. He was shocked to hear that I had gotten a place that happened to be a room and parlour self-contained.
So, I was removed from bondage and indeed I began to make it good in life and my mode of working changed as I'm not living alone without someone trying to make me live under stress and pressure.
I got married after three months of leaving which made me the happiest man on earth. Now I fear no one except my God almighty who gave me a reason to be alive today.
Sometimes, if we do not remove ourselves from some kind of bondage, we cannot be able to progress. But when we move and lift ourselves from the stress and bondage we are, then life will seem easy. When you are still in it, you may be doubting whether to leave or to stay, but running for your life must be the best option.
Life is easy when you step up to take over your life instead of allowing someone to dictate for you out of fear. This was where I found myself until I took a step that made me better now.
Do you have someone you are afraid of right now? Are you in bondage just at this moment? If so, then take a step that will change your life for the better. Take the best decision of your life instead of dying in silence.
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