Every now and again however, we are reminded that regardless of how well we make our plans, there are powers greater than us, and things wont always be EQUAL.
I looked forward to the weekend with anticipation, as plans were made from the beginning of the year, to make this weekend a truly memorable one. That expectation, hope and excitement was however short lived when I suddenly wake up on the 29th of July 2013, I look at my alarm, which has been set for 4am only to find out its just 1:05am, and as I toss in bed, my body really tired and yet restless and unable to sleep, I feel the chill in my bones and realise, that something is not just right!
The only thing left to do at this time however is to pray and shortly afterwards, my phone begins to ring endlessly and clearly I know that at this time of the day, its only a miracle if its good news at the other end. I quickly round up my prayers and as I pick up the phone, all I hear is screams, wails and cries. How could this be, why now, how come, it cant be true....... The words of denial fill my mouth but as much as I hate to admit, its true. Death has finally struck......the stings piercing deep into my heart and so deep that I become breathless.
At that point in time, all that is left is memories; the times shared, the tears shed, the arguments had, the resentment I felt at some point, everything just comes alive, and the next question asked is, what is life? Is the strife, competition, bitterness, hate, unforgiveness, fights etc really worth the waste of time?
The clock is really ticking, tomorrow isnt guaranteed, when we go down, all that is left is memories.
In the busyness of life however, after a certain time of mourning we tend to forget that life is passing. We dont own our lives, the bible says one day, we will stand to give account of the life given to us, how we treated others, the words we spoke, the thoughts we nursed, the helping hand we held out or rather held back. And its quite metaphoric because its still these same things that others have of us, in form of memories when we are no more.
Make peace with your yesterday, work at making today remarkable so that you dont carry along the baggage of regrets, what ifs, had I known etc into your tomorrow. And most of all be at peace with your "CREATOR" because at life's end, that is all that matters! YES!
Its the week-end for most of us, and for some others its just another day to get busy with work, chores, errands, partys, drop-in sections, hairdressers, barber shop, laundry, groceries, My Oh My! The list is endless. It just goes on and on. Some time in the week however, I read an article on burning out. Yes with the busyness of life sometimes, we end up burning ourselves out to the very end, and if you are as critical as I am, you keep on asking yourself if its all necessary? But you dont normally have enough time to dwell on that as a distraction from your yet to be accomplished tasks also props up in your mind, at just about same time. How timely! Lol.
And I am working on this project in which I am experiencing some bumps along the way, and as I go sourcing for some resources, I enter a room that has just men in it. And usual me, I dont know how to enter a place quietly without announcing myself unintentionally. Also I have got large eyes so no amount/size of peoples eyes can intimidate me cos I have already got them so try intimidating me with something else(hahaha). However I happen to know one of the young men in the room and I assume, they are also working on one project or another. Without even introducing myself, I just let out a loud 'HI GUYS' and you you cant believe what your girl gets up to. Hmmmm, I begin interrogating each of them on what they are working on. By the time I get to the third person and he tells me what he is working on, I let out a loud OMG! Its similar to what I am doing, and as I see resources I need with him, I excitedly say, we should be partners you know? whats your name? whats your number? whats your e-mail? And before you know it, all the guys in the room are seriously laughing saying what kind of a girl is this, she has stopped at nothing to get what she wants.Partners Indeed! At that point, I caught myself but it was already out there. However I got the resources I needed and minutes later I was beaming with smiles.
