Bye June, Hello July
Only know you've been high when you are feeling low and you only hate the road when you're missing home.
Hello Reader,
As I write this letter to you, my body aches and I really can't trace the source of the pain. I had a lazy weekend and I did was to take down my twists and put my hair in a bun. Why am I so tired? But then I have this letter to send to you and I don't want to make up excuses, so here am I, sending you this letter, writing to you, in my pain with all the love I have in my heart for you.
June has been nothing but beautiful with plenty of rain. How did it go for you?
Yeah six months gone just like that and I am not here to bore you with action plans, goal settings, smart goals rattamata. My journal prompt asked me what my biggest win so far is and I wrote with my purple ink in bold caps; SURVIVAL.
That's right.
It's been six months and I am grateful for my survival. God has carried me this far. There's no way I could have done this on my own. Where is the strength that I have? Yes, I am saddled with responsibilities here and there, trying to be there for my family, coping with new challenges and greater demands at work, walking the journey of grief with God and my family, building a small business in a depressing economy and finding my voice and path in this crazy world but I do not look like it.
God has not promised us a bed of roses but he's promised us his presence to walk with us through our journey in life.
Yes, people will hurt us
They will slander and betray us
Our loved ones will come and go
We will witness pain, suffering, laughter and joy altogether
But these moments will teach us to linger and enjoy every phase we're in. We will learn to be strong. We will learn forgiveness and most importantly, we will learn to survive and live. Then we'll learn that every day and every breath is a miracle.
May God help you to take every moment such as the blinking of your eyes, the terrible stench of your fart, waking up to snooze your alarm, the smell of rain touching earth, the laughter of your loved ones as a divine and miraculous act of God and not just nature.
Ó dì gbà kan ná
Amen
Not just nature🥹