Well life doesn't only hit you in its own way it also creates a page for you in its book. We all learn everyday both the good and the bad things, the choices we make determines how we get treated by Mr. life.
So I jungled down the path of my life and I'm so excited with how far my view on life has changed massively and to realize that I am much different from who I used to be, in a more positive way that I so prefer the new me to the old me.
You all will agree with me that we only learn a lesson from life when a sad or negative thing occurs either to us, someone we know or the people around us but then I started seeing life in a different way when I lost my self and started feeling lonely.
I can remember some few years ago I was amongst those set of people that hated being corrected probably because we always believed that whatever suggestions we brought to the table was the best though so I thought.
Unfortunately, it only made my friends most times to stay away from me because they felt I was always rubbing it to their faces that I was much smarter than they are and no one enjoys such feeling, trust me.
This made me become so lonely, of course no one wanted to mingle with a self centered person I started doing things on my own most times there was no one to talk to or associate with.
I thought I could endure it for awhile and that they would come around at some point, but then gradually I started feeling depressed and sad all the time. The feeling kept increasing from stage to stage then at a point I lost control of myself it became so bad that even while walking on the streets or road I will mumble words to myself.
Then one day I had a conversation within myself that I needed someone or rather we all need someone to lean on, we can't possibly do everything on our own and they are some certain things we can't achieve without the help of others. After I had this self to self conversation I felt a little bit relieved and alive then I started giving others room to express themselves.
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Initially, I still found it difficult but then with time I started adjusting and enjoying the company of others, giving them room to express themselves, agreeing with their opinions and ideas on things, that was when I realized that 'indeed no man is an island' and if I kept doing things my own way without listening to the opinion of others I would never learn new things.