Greetings!
The life we are in is a life of mysteries and we humans living in there are mysterious in one way or the other. In this life, challenges are the other of the day and the way the individual of us approaches these challenges differs from one another.
To the topic before us which is about the essence of life. To me I would say there's no special thing about life than just to live it. One thing I have got to know about life is to live it, do our bit and die. But it's we humans that have added more to life, which by the way is normal.
Furthermore, everybody is a victim of life struggles and challenges. I myself am a victim and sometimes, I used to be like, this life is not easy ooo just because of my search for a purpose which never stopped me from striving and hustling to get things done for myself and those that are around me.
My quest to achieve great things stems from the fact that I have always wanted to be great in life and living life for living sake was not in my dictionary. So, with this at the back of my mind, I have from my younger age started looking for my purpose in life, but not at the fullest as my mum used to frown at me whenever I tried to reach my elastic limit while searching for purpose.
I could remember one particular day when I told him I was going to work at a particular site during one of our holidays while I was in the secondary school, when she heard me saying this, she's uncomfortable but she knew she could not stop me, so, she promised me to be given me certain amount of money for the period everyday but for someone who was determined to achieve success in life and wanted to earn on his own, I rejected the offer and went ahead with my plan. Though, this act of mine pained her but I didn't bow down to his pressure and that's how i started my purpose driven journey.
So, not quite long, I lost her to the cold hand of death and her death at that particular time came as a rude shock as it left a big vacuum yet to be filled in my life. Though, she's used to being like, don't stress yourself now about what you would be as you will still get to know that as you grow. But then, I wanted to know what life holds for me.
But now that she's no more, it's like the world is over and the sky over my life and future is cloudy. On the day of her burial, I thought to myself that it's finished as there's no one to tell me what I needed to know about life again.
Though, when she's alive, we were not always on the same part when it comes to me working and pursuing my purpose, but even at that, all what i have being earning from the work i was doing cannot even sustain me for a whole day, so, she's the one that used to carry my burden for he head.
So, losing someone like that to the cold hand of death at that critical stage of my life means the narrative of my life has changed and that I would now have to do that thing she's been advising not to do at full length just to find my purpose which is hustling and striving for the best through working.
However, it's when I started to work on my own without her daily support that I got to know that this life was not easy. During those times, I worked my ass off and it's so pathetic that what I was working for couldn't meet my needs. Aside from this, the insult being received from my place of work can't be quantified.
One day I even cried my eyes out when one of our bosses, who was younger than me, insulted and threatened me that I would lose my job if I did not listen to his orders. On this particular occasion, he sent me on an errand to get things for him and there's this old up and in the process I came late. So, when I got to the office and I was trying to explain myself to him, he flared up and threatened me with my means of livelihood.
So, when I heard him talking to me this way, I cried out my mind and I was like had it been my mum was alive, I wouldn't have experienced what I'm currently experiencing but because she's no more, then I would have to dance to the tune of what I'm currently passing through.
Also, her death made me stronger as I have no one to fight my course for other than the supreme being, God. So, this life is full of ups and downs and sometimes I used to be like, is it worth it to be passing through what I am passing through since we are all born to live and die, but it's later that I got to know that living a fulfilled and purposeful life also matters a lot and this is what everyone is trying to beat so as to leave a lasting legacy when they are no more.
In conclusion, this life is worth living, but while trying to live it, we must make sure we take things with ease so as to achieve what we are expected to achieve. Also, we should not overwork ourselves to achieve our purpose in life.
This is my entry to the sciFi weekly prompt.
Thanks for reading.
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