Raise your hand if you’ve ever thought something was wrong with you because you kept losing? Now, if you’re anything like me and in my village, I’m sure your hand shot up just like mine. There have been times when I found myself sitting in the middle of the floor, in the dark, crying my eyes out because nothing seemed to work in my life.
From relationships to friendships, it felt like something was wrong with me because I seemed to always keep losing. I kept getting played by men. My businesses felt like they were continuously failing. The people around me all felt undependable. It just felt like I was missing out on so much.
It wasn’t until later in life when I realized that all of those rejections were meant to give me tough skin for the work I was meant to do. Me not getting what I thought I wanted was a blessing because it taught me lessons, I’d eventually need. It was like I took the long way home as I experienced different types of people along the journey.
You ever take a moment and look back at that person you had a crush on in High School? Nine times out of ten they look NOTHING like what they did in High School when you planned your futures out together. That’s a reminder to us that what we see is not always what we get or even really need… only time can show most things.
Let this serve as a reminder that whatever you have recently “lost” or been given the short end of the stick with wasn’t really the best available for you. Keep pushing and sharing your story, there’s someone who needs to hear it.