GIVE ROOM FOR CHANGE

Life is filled with its twists and turns, I know. It is actually difficult to clearly define the future despite our plans. We often times find life taking us down paths whose existence, we had no prior knowledge. We find ourselves restructuring our plans in order for it to fit in with situations that arise out of the blue.

Many times, I have thought of an idea and the processes involved in turning the idea into reality and there have been few times when the reality turned out just as I had planned. There have been plans when made, seemed feasible when the ideas were still tumbling about in my brain but when it became time to effect these plans, I found out that it was not as easy as it had seemed in my head.

I have therefore, over the years, learnt to live life one day at a time. Yes I have dreams and I hope to have them realized one day but I have learnt to give space for changes, for new ideas, new situations, in some cases new directions. There are different roads to one destination after all.

I have always considered myself to be more of a thinker than a doer. What I mean is, I’d rather be online, getting paid than actually doing physical stuff to get paid. I have never actually enjoyed working for people or doing physically strenuous jobs but I have had to do them because I had no choice.

My hope in the past was that one day, I would gather enough money, publish a bestselling collection of poems or short stories, which I am yet to write, make good money and live happily ever after. Somehow or the other though, I have never gotten to publishing the collection of poems or short stories.

When I got a job with a blog, writing story series, I thought it was a job until one day I just sat back and I realized that the universe was answering my prayer in a way I didn’t expect. Working with a blog had never been a part of my plans. It came out of the blue but it was an opportunity. Before the blogging job, I knew absolutely nothing about writing fiction. My focus was poetry and I wasn’t that great. The blog gave me a platform to experiment and research, find my voice and writing style and come to understand of the differences between my fiction and my poetry.

I could have ignored the job offer but I took it because I had created room for adaptation. It was not a part of my plan to work with a blog but it still lead to where I am ultimately headed, which is publishing a piece of literature. Basically, I had told myself that as long as the gig had to do with writing, creating content, learning about writing and so on, I am game.

When the blogging gig came to an end, I was prepared mentally, so I didn’t hurt as much as I should have. As far as I was concerned, I had gotten what I had gone there for. I could construct passable pieces of fiction. What I am saying in essence is that though we cannot determine where life will take us to, we can be prepared for it and we can grab the opportunities offered.

We can live our lives in such a way that we are easily adaptable to a change in circumstances. We can be prepared for a sudden turnaround in our situation whether for the better or for the worse. This is the only way to maximize opportunity.

A family friend saw me two days ago and said that I had added some pounds. I have always been on the slim side. You could see my ribs from afar. In my head I thought, I am not thinking too much about tomorrow, my dear. I am taking care of today. I am ensuring my tomorrow today but I am not expecting tomorrow to happen in relation to my expectations. I hope tomorrow is great but I am prepared for any eventuality. Since I got to that level of thought in my life, issues that gave me sleepless nights are now stuff that I barely spare a glance.

The aim of this article is to tell you to go easy on yourself. Take a break, step back from the plate. Allow your plans some air to breathe and allow room for change. It will go well for you in the long run if you can do that. Let ideas come, put them down, let them simmer, turn them over and over and see what your brain can come up with. Do that continually and you will see your ideas evolve into something awesome.

Last two week, I applied for a job as an OAP at a local radio station in my town. I have never worked in radio in my life but I just feel that it is another road leading to the same destination which I am willing to take. I have not heard back from them but I am hopeful. At the same time, I do not put too much thought to it. If it comes, I am thankful to God, if it doesn’t, there will be other opportunities and I am still on the path to my destination. See you there.