A LETTER TO MY LIFE

It is in the dead of the night and an endless train of thoughts gush in making the noises in my head unbearable forcing me to wake up and put them in writing. At this moment my mind is at liberty of making so many life plans and aspirations. In my head I can do anything and I can become anything. The level of my determination is untameable at this juncture. 

With optimism in abundance, my will to succeed is larger than life itself, with my hope bigger than the Taj Mahal, the career path all laid out like a treasure map to the promised land with detours of a few holiday stops and personal rewards here and there.Like an exotic food recipe my future is all spiced up with great plans of having a cool corner office and a booming career, a small beautiful family and a great life full laughter and happiness.

Just as I was picking the theme colour of my dream house, the dogs outside start barking and disrupt my wishful thinking… Oh! How I wish my wishful aspirations would come true relieving me of all time I spend desiring. I know I am not alone in this for everybody deep inside believes in wanting to do something and be somebody someday. The difference is that some of us just build castles in the air and it ends there whilst others are insatiably driven by the wishes to put them into reality.

Even the great Gandhi said “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. Indeed it does because we all have to start somewhere. My biggest dream is to one day sit on this same spot and write about how I managed to make it all happen, how I managed to put my wishes into reality. And that day I will look back and afford to say the famous procedural tag line “it’s just like yesterday!”

I believe that God has set default destiny to everyone’s life however when it comes to us as individuals our lives are like a piece of cloth that we can tailor it to our liking by determination and faith. We only have wishes because we believe that one day they will come true.

Like any other young woman, I face so many hurdles and challenges in my journey but I take them as mere speed bumps to make sure I take the right turns and stop on the right spots. When I fall, I dust myself and get back up knowing better on how to avoid it next time. We all need something to hold on to when things are tough. Well, with me, my writings are my motivation.

I find solace when I share my thoughts in writing because they remind me where I come from and where I am going telling me I deserve to be where I am, it is okay to be wrong, it’s okay to not be perfect and it’s okay to lose sometimes. Losing motivation is like losing faith because only when you have a strong reason to do something will you be able to do it regardless of the setbacks you encounter.

At the start it may seem impossible and rejections may be inevitable. But I will not give up, I will not accept to be average and I will not give anyone the prerogative to bring me down and demean me. I know if God could get me here then I can go even further and even if I don't get there, at least I reached here! Thus I dare to be true to myself and accept nothing short of greatness as my destiny. 

From the most determined part of my heart, 

Yours truly, 

The Dreamer.

P.S 
I have dedicated my time to write this article as a special note to all my special friends and my good readers who have dreams and aspirations just like I do.