Month: Dec 2020

Birthdays

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I turn 25 today. Yay! To me.
I’m having mixed feelings about it though.
On one hand, I’ve achieved a lot at this age, and at the other end, I’m not where I imagined I’d be at this age.

I mean, I wrote my finals and became a doctor at 24.
I’m healthy and never had to be admitted in the hospital.
I have a great family.
I’m a wonderful sister to my siblings and an awesome aunt to my niece’s.
But that about where the achievements end. Maybe there are more, but they don’t readily come to mind.

Then, there are the other reasons.
I’m 25 and I’ve never been in a relationship. I figured I’ll be in a committed relationship at this age. But here am I, single
My life so far, hasn’t been fun. I’ve always been the girl who obeyed the rules and walked the straight line. And now, I’m starting to recognise the things I lost on the way. No adventures, no relationships, no risks taken. To give you a glimpse of what I mean, I went on my first date this year. At 24 years. That’s how “bad” the situation is/was.

Maybe I’m just a girl ranting about her life and being ungrateful for what she has. Whatever it may be. I’m still thankful I’ve gotten this far in life.
So here’s me wishing myself “A very Happy Birthday”
And cheers to a better and bigger tomorrow.

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The Christmas Cheer.

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Christmas has always being my favourite time of the year: the excitement, the songs, the palpable joy on people’s faces, families coming together to celebrate, the food and drinks, and so much more.

This year, as Christmas drew nearer, I realised I wasn’t excited about it as I used to be. Maybe it’s because I was constantly at work and I didn’t get to hear the Christmas songs in town and see the preparations as I had previously, because I was going to be working on Christmas day. But whatever the reason may be, I wasn’t looking forward to Christmas.

2 days to Christmas, I decided to rewatch one of my favourite childhood animations, “The Polar Express”, Its a Christmas animation about a young boy who was getting to age where christmas wasn’t as alluring as it used to be. He unexpectedly gets a ticket aboard a train called the polar express which makes yearly trips around Christmas picking up little children to go see Santa  Claus physically. At the end of the movie, the boy gets back his belief about Christmas.

I honestly can’t remember what lead me to do so. But afterwards, I was glad I did. It gave me a glimpse of how I looked forwards to Christmas in the past. Even when my Christmas turned out to be ordinary. So I decided to go download christmas songs and listen to them as I worked. A few hours later, the Christmas cheer was coming back to me.

The profound lesson this left me with is, if I can’t find the cheer and joy around me, I’ll go create mine. So go create yours. Find your joy and soak it up.

So, This is me wishing you guys a Merry Christmas.
Have fun today. Eat and drink and be merry.
And don’t forget, Jesus is the reason for the reason.
Cheers.