Weakness in itself provides us with an opportunity to grow as long as it is realized and we use it as a catalyst to shift toward positive change. My greatest weak point, the one I often tried to ignore, is going out all the way to help people but not doing same for myself. I can have a desire to do something beneficial for myself but I often lack the willpower to start it, or continue it or bring it to a completion.
When asked to describe myself I never know what to say, but I should know myself the best, right? I like to look at myself as a genuine, thoughtful young lady.. I care more for others than I do myself but I have a huge nonchalant attitude. I don’t really show anger or sadness much, I always smile because I’m optimistic about life, and I was taught to be caring and thoughtful.
For instance, I could recall when a course mate of mine brought in her belongings to stay with me in the hostel. It began from spending the night in my space to spending days and then weeks and weeks finally turned into months, for about a period of two semesters. I could not get angry but I was not happy about it because she did not inform me throughout her stay and I am someone that enjoys my company.
As a matter of fact, the lady and I were not even close then. Also, her dad gave her money to pay for her hostel fees but she ate it all up. Was I being foolish, to have accepted her?
As humans, it is undeniable that we all have our fortes and faintness and therefore, there is the need to work on our weaknesses in our quest to become superior human beings.
If you are in my shoes, you will understand with me that people like us are easily manipulated and are stepped upon and we get hurt.
Yet, beneath the surface of this weakness lay a yearning for control, a desire to transform chaos into clarity. I knew it was time to confront this flaw, to unravel the threads of disarray and weave them into a arras of productivity and purpose.
Rather than blame the whole world for one person’s offense, I chose to be intentional about who gets into my space because if one part of an apple gets rotten, it does not mean the whole apple is bad.
Identifying my weakness is the first step to utilizing it. Deep down I know that there are times we may want to deny or pretend that we are all perfect and that these weaknesses do not exist but they do exist. One beautiful thing about weaknesses is that it helps us realize that we all need each other.
Like the instance I gave about my course mate, her strength has outshined my weakness, and my strength has outshined her weakness.
I have other weaknesses I would have liked to share, however, I just picked one major weakness of mine. Others would include, lateness, forgetfulness- you would not want to know how my family and I returned from a church service in the night, only to arrive home and it was discovered that I misplaced our house key and almost made everyone sleep outside.
That will be all for now.
This content is in response to the Hive learner's contest, week 127e1.
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