12/31/2016 Lessons 2016Tic-Toc! Tic!-Toc! In exactly 1 hour 30 minutes the clock will hit 0000hrs.A new time, a new day and a new year.2017 will be here with us. It’s cold outside and all I can hear are voices of people singing in a nearby church. I tell myself, ‘’it’s the last day of the year what do you expect?’’ As I sit on my doorstep with my laptop on my thighs, trying to come up with my 2017 resolutions, a voice in my head goes,
‘’Hey, why don’t you look back on how 2016 has been and the lessons you’ve learnt?’’. I murmur to myself, ‘’looking back won’t hurt I guess, ok, let’s do this.’’ The thought of it gives me goose bumps, it’s scary, and I don’t want to take a stroll down memory lane because 2016 has been one hell of a year for me. I messed up most of the times. Everything and anything that I seemed to touch fell apart. I got wounded by people, even those I didn’t expect they would. My heart was shuttered and it did hurt like a bitch. I was all alone. I hoped that time would heal all wounds but the losses were greater, the cuts were deeper and the process to become whole again became difficult. I convinced myself that I had a black cloud over my head. But no, there was a part within me that craved to be healed and so I turned to God. I asked Him for strength and courage to face all the challenges and temptations that came my way. I knew the ‘Big Guy’ above was listening and watching and I knew He had my back as always. I got lost in distractions and as time moved along, I grew stronger, picked myself up and I was ready to begin anew. I had the willingness to embrace a new path and the determination to overcome any obstacles .Before I realized it, things were falling into place little by little. I had done it all by myself with God’s help. I know you are asking yourself, ‘chic, did you achieve anything in 2016?’ Well, Yes! I achieved everything on my vision board and boom! 2016 has been such a big SUCCESS! So what lessons have I drawn from 2016? Well, my list is endless right now but I’ll just mention the few that made me who I am today. I’ve learnt that some broken things should always stay broken and they won’t always need to be fixed or put back together the way they were before. I’ve also learnt that good people can change in a minute and that people can be a fake too. I’ve also learnt that people can hurt you so much and not give a shit about how you feel and through all the bullshit I have been through, I’ve learnt how to mend and pick up the pieces of my broken heart. Lastly, I learnt how to be strong and let go of the pain in my life but the most important thing 2016 has taught me is the gift of forgiveness. ‘’The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong’’-Mahatma Gandhi Oya! 2017, let’s do this! Comments are closed.
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