Hello everyone👋
It's so good to be here in the Weekend Community and quite exciting that this community keeps our weekend busy and trust me, it's worth it.
Going through the topics for the weekend,I felt like I should share an experience which took me to.....
OPTION ONE: CURIOUS
DESCRIBE SOMETHING THAT PIQUED YOUR INTEREST OR CURIOSITY BUT YOU ACTUALLY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT.WHY WERE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT IT AND HOW DID YOU SATISFY THAT CURIOSITY.
It was barely 3:00am in the morning,in a small village named “Ikot Ebekpo"in O.N.N.A Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.An adult of age twenty (20)still treated like a young girl of barely ten(10) years of age, felt like she was about walking down the isle with the very prince charming😘,Love of her life🥰 .She struggled to sleep the whole night but she couldn't.This was because,it felt like she would be missing the most beautiful scene of her lifetime.
An hour felt like a whole day,minutes felt like hours and she couldn't just help.Ofcourse,this was one of the best days of her life,she had waited so long to experience the content of this particular moment she was about to witness.I bet she really wanted to know what it felt like...
By 3:00am,her bags and other luggages had been properly packed.She had taken her bath, dressed up,looked at herself in the mirror,smiled and ofcourse murmured beautiful words to herself that no one could hear.
Her parents and siblings each said word of prayers, gave advices, hugged, everyone cried...Yes, she's never left the house this way before. Bbygirl was tough and tried restraining her tears because, what's this beautiful life she was about to behold?🤣.
It was 5:00am already,the vehicle that was supposed to come pick her up, didn't show up.Few minutes past 5:00am..she was already calling the driver like she kept her kidney 😔.He(the driver) didn't take his calls untill 6:30am.While speaking to him,her hands became shaky and the phone fell off.
Exactly what you're thinking,the driver who was supposed to drive her to her escape location just failed and her world came crashing 😢.
She weeped like she just lost her entire family and every effort to make her feel better proved abortive.The driver promised to come the next day,he was a known person..he had to take her there to ensure she arrived safely but it was a No No. She really wanted to go.
Her parents had to allow her go anyhow she wanted.
At the sound of “you can find another means of going" she jumped up,wiped her tears, hugged everyone and was ready to move💃.
.....She got to her location and she had that “ontop of the world" feeling. Everything felt so draining but there was no going back for the baby adult.
You must be wondering where this is heading.... I'm taking you right there👇.
This is a story of how curious about Freedom I was and how badly I wanted to experience it.
Growing up as the third girl in a beautiful family of seven,four(4) handsome guys and three(3) beautiful ladies.I happened to be the lastborn with extremely strict parents.My parents are caring, loving and ofcourse very strict and over protective.
Yes,I went to school... ofcourse a school bus took me there and brought me back. I did go to church and just church, no parties.Aside communication with very few in school and my siblings, I didn't play with friends,it was mostly myself and my books in my room.This made me very shy and it wasn't good for me.
I left for a boarding school,were I stayed for three(3) years.I was brilliant but my shyness grew even worse. I would never stand to answer a question in class even if I knew the answer to the question..if the teacher chose me,I'ld just murmur and act with no confidence yet I was the talkative among my siblings.
I couldn't converse with other students because I felt I wasn't up to standard,i couldn't relate because I never experienced the kind of freedom they did. Inferiority complex set in,I lost believe in myself somehow. All work and no play made Jack a dull boy.I looked dull although I wasn't,I didn't just experience the social lifestyle which has a lot to do with a child's growth.My foundation played a huge role in all of this.
During my last year in secondary school,I found a teacher in school who had watched me for the past two years.She made me realize my worth,helped me fight the inferiority comlex..I began going on debates,quiz, representing the school and all of that.Alot truly improved.
After my secondary school,all my efforts to get an admission into the school of nursing for three (3) years didn't work.It got even difficult when my parents thought because I was a girl,and the lastborn..that I couldn't study outside my state of birth.They didn't hate me,they loved me too much and didn't want me to experience so much of the struggling lifestyle.They were over protective but I didn't want all of that.I was tired of the pampering and I wanted to be able to do something for myself by myself.
I went back to staying indoors again,no friends..I lost everything I fought for again.The shyness was back and even worse this time.
It was high time I stood up.I sat for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination,gained an admission in a polythenic outside my state of birth.
Hmm! It wasnt easy .It might seem funny but it was difficult.I had to fight for my freedom.
After so much pleas , “i'm not getting younger anymore" and lot more...I was allowed to study there.
REASONS I WAS CURIOUS?
This is where we go back to the beginning of this write up.
I knew absolutely nothing about freedom except the things I read which I never experienced.I was extremely tired,I wasn't improving enough for my age,and only freedom could do this for me.
It was my first time leaving the house alone, going to a state where I had and knew no one, language was even a barrier.I didn't know how life would treat me,how I'll survive but I wanted a taste.I was curious to know what freedom felt like,what it meant to make decisions of your own,deal with the positive and negative ends of life,advice yourself and see what becomes of you.I was curious about how I could put everything I was taught and I had learnt into practice,I wanted to know what it felt like to take care of myself, knowing too well that if I didn't..my parents wouldn't be there to help me.
I wanted to know what freedom felt like and how I wouldn't misuse it.
HOW I SATISFIED THE CURIOSITY?
I did satisfy this curiosity when I left home. Gaining admission outside my state was like an answered prayer.I left home not just to study but for freedom too.It changed alot about me...I began learning how to express myself before different calibres of people,I learnt skills,learnt ways to thrive without depending on my parents,I was able to plan, check myself and lots more.
Truly I did satisfy this curiosity,I wouldn't have achieved all this and even more without my quest for freedom.
The situations around my life made me curious,and this curiosity was for freedom.This was my way of taking control over life,not overlooking opportunities and living life to the fullest.
This is the smile I give whenever I remember that I got better 👇
I'm glad you read through my post and I hope I didn't bore you with my stories🙈.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to share my little experiences as I anticipate the next weekend.
PEACE ✌️.