How is life treating you?

“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.” ~ Joseph Campbell.

I was not planning on posting anything this week because; I honestly didn’t have anything to write. However, here I am typing because I suddenly have something to say. Okay, I only have something to say as a result of a question my friend Bose asked me. Out of the blue, she asked: ‘how is life treating you?’ I got carried away by the magnitude of the question I forgot to answer. SMH… I can be weird like that.

I told her life is treating me fairly at least as I’m taking it. As you have guessed, the question inspired this post. Life isn’t always fair is it?! I get irritated a times because, I feel I’m doing everything right and life is just not rewarding my efforts with success. “Don’t I pray enough?” “Don’t I work hard enough (okay I know I can be really lazy)?” “Don’t I do this? don’t I do that?” those questions just pop into my head especially when I see someone that made little/no effort have on a big smile on his/her face ‘cause life just blessed the person. I have come to realize life can treat me anyhow; might be favourable this minute and just so cruel the next but, the real issue is how I respond to life’s treatments.
You have to train yourself daily. Feed your mind with positive thoughts even when the negatives are creeping in so when life throws all the negatives it can find at you, you can drown the negatives in your pool of positives. When something unpleasant happens to you, remember it has its purpose and you can only learn the lessons attached to it depending on the way you respond to it. Instead of crying, feeling down and sorry for yourself, rise up to the challenge. When you fall as we will do, dust yourself up and see life treats you well by willing it to via your actions, attitude, and relationship with God and by stocking your heart with determination, hope and fortitude. I read a post by David Adeleke; he said: “exams of life have no time table.” #Verytrue. Life can be very unpredictable but, the end result of what it throws at you can be predictable depending on your preparation and response.

A friend said to me sometime last week that: “wishing is not the same as wanting.” You can wish and that’s all they will ever be. WISHES… but, when you want, your mind will know to go after it. So stop wishing life will treat you fairly or kindly. Your wishes will make no impact. If you have dreams, want to be rich and successful, take steps and work towards achieving the dreams. Take risks. Commit your ways to God. Read books and listen to messages that will inspire you and add to you. Engage in meaningful conversations that will take you forward rather than drag you backwards. Fill your life with friends that are friends in the true sense of the world. With that said have a lovely week people and remember to always be your own reason for happiness and never get tired of fighting and dreaming. Don’t stop loving and showing care because you were hurt before. Don’t be afraid to open your heart and let people in. show care and love. They are seeds that will come in handy when you need to deal with life’s challenges.

HOW IS LIFE TREATING YOU? TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE...