Life has it's series of challenges and difficulties and you know, the most interesting part of it is how all the pains vanishes away once the problem is solved. You just seem to forget about how things were so tough for you that you even cried your eyes out and how you kept calling yourself a failure and feeling so undeserving of everything that is happening to you.
Those difficulties gives us the opportunity to shape ourselves into the person we are meant to be. It's only when a caterpillar face the difficult of breaking out of it's cocoon that it comes out as a beautiful butterfly. There is never any difficulty that has the purpose of turning us into someone else but who we truly are.
As long as we live on this Earth, we are bound to face difficulties in different areas of life and the way we handle these difficulties are what in turn defines us. Growing up as a child I had so many difficulties but the major one of them was living without my mom. There were days when I was so sad and I start hating on my mum for leaving because I do believe that things would have been a lot easier for my dad and my siblings if she was around.
I remember there were times in school when we got some acknowledgement from our teachers for how well-behaved my siblings and I were and they always gave the praises to my mum but I made sure to tell them it was all my dad! Life was difficult without my mom but somehow we managed. I was only able to cope well because I had my dad's Support and also a very good support from my siblings. They were always there for me and they made so many difficulties seem like nothing.
My experience living without a mum wasn't so bad after all, I got to realize that no one is ever going to be there forever and also I learned that everything that we face happens for a reason so we should always learn to be grateful and move on. When I hated my mum for a long time for leaving, it got to a point when I got to realize that it was all a waste because I didn't even know the exact reason she left us so there wasn't any point hating her.
Today, I'm doing so well with my mom and I have gotten to realize that she has her reasons for what she did and since my siblings and I are still doing well, then just Maybe that was all God's plan for us and it isn't so bad as we thought it was at the start. I got to know how to cope with everything that comes my way and that has helped me adjust in almost every situation I find myself in.
Since my mum wasn't around to give me the advise I needed at some point, that made me took delight in Learning from so many other mother figures and that has helped me see things in so many perspectives. And for the fact that I get to think in different ways, it has helped me relate better with a lot of people and I think that is all thanks to the difficulties I faced for not living with my mother.
There were days I wished I had a mother under the same roof as me and my siblings but then it was for a better good because I really do appreciate the kind of person I'm becoming and it was only made possible thanks to those nights when I cried so hard because I didn't had my Mom around. Those tears made me stronger and better every single time and I'm so grateful for them!
That's my response for the Hivelearners community on "EMBRACING THOSE DIFFICULTIES'