I took this piece from my unpublished memoir :
in this life you have to force yourself to be content with what you have at any particular time and strive to better your lot. if you go about being envious of others you'll live a most miserable life. make the most of what you have and people will see the jewel in you.
my mother used to say every disappointment is a blessing and even if it isn't she'll force it to become a blessing for her.
some years back, my mum was very ill and doctors could not diagnose what the problem was, i was still a child then but i never forgot her confession; day and night mum kept muttering to her self 'i will not die'. Now that I'm older I've come to understand the power of our words. it was those words that actually kept her alive. she is over 60yrs and still waxing stronger.
my mother has always been a strong willed person; she can never apologize to a wrong because she doesn't think that she can do wrong. much as i detest that, i see a whole lot of her in me.
To people that are not close to me they think I'm all so sweet and gullible but people that know the real me know that I'm far from that. i can be so sweet and all but I'm nothing near gullible.
Life has taught me to expect anything from people because when you come right down to it people will be what they are...humans.
There are some things that i just don't understand in this life and i probably will not understand it in this lifetime; for instance, how can a man raise his hands on his wife or any woman for that matter; how can someone hate himself to the point of committing suicide; how can a man be gay what with all the fine sistas out there; how can someone be without being in love or at least having a crush on someone; how can someone not want to have a child.....the list goes on and on
in this life you have to force yourself to be content with what you have at any particular time and strive to better your lot. if you go about being envious of others you'll live a most miserable life. make the most of what you have and people will see the jewel in you.
my mother used to say every disappointment is a blessing and even if it isn't she'll force it to become a blessing for her.
some years back, my mum was very ill and doctors could not diagnose what the problem was, i was still a child then but i never forgot her confession; day and night mum kept muttering to her self 'i will not die'. Now that I'm older I've come to understand the power of our words. it was those words that actually kept her alive. she is over 60yrs and still waxing stronger.
my mother has always been a strong willed person; she can never apologize to a wrong because she doesn't think that she can do wrong. much as i detest that, i see a whole lot of her in me.
To people that are not close to me they think I'm all so sweet and gullible but people that know the real me know that I'm far from that. i can be so sweet and all but I'm nothing near gullible.
Life has taught me to expect anything from people because when you come right down to it people will be what they are...humans.
There are some things that i just don't understand in this life and i probably will not understand it in this lifetime; for instance, how can a man raise his hands on his wife or any woman for that matter; how can someone hate himself to the point of committing suicide; how can a man be gay what with all the fine sistas out there; how can someone be without being in love or at least having a crush on someone; how can someone not want to have a child.....the list goes on and on
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