GRATITUDE, POSITIVITY AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

Last night, a friend called me. After the usual pleasantries, we talked about the situation of things in the country, how everything has become so expensive. We concluded by thanking God for His provision and prayed to be able to afford them no matter how expensive they get.

She then heaved a huge sigh and told me how she had been seeing a familiar face around Station market (if you know Kaduna very well) and one day, she was moved to ask. You see, the lady sells okra. She added that the okra in her pan should not be more than two thousand Naira. She approached the lady and it turned out they were Secondary School classmates!

My friend works in a Government parastatal and has side businesses. Now, there was a former classmate selling okra by the rail lines! Long story short, the next time my friend went there, she gifted the lady a little cash in an envelope and says she avoids that route now because she had become somewhat of a celebrity to the women there and that the lady was always trying to gift her her wares.

Three years ago, my sister was sick and in the hospital. It got to a time that every night, there would be a scream and accompanying wailing. People were dying. At that point, our only prayer was for God to grant her healing and He did! Were we better than those whose loved ones died? I don’t think so. Were we praying more and were we more deserving? I doubt that. God’s ways are not ours!

We are so quick to lament our situations forgetting that where we are in life, is where many dream to be. When I catch myself trying to worry about certain things, I shake it off quickly and give thanks. It could be worse (God forbid). Nobody has it all. I repeat, nobody has it all, even the richest people on earth have wants. 

My prayer is for God to grant me good health and long life. I believe with those two, every dream of mine will come to fruition one day. For once there is life, there is hope. You pray the same for yourself, don’t you?

Do have a great week people. Keep hope alive and always give thanks.