A CERTAIN ROMANCE IN LIFE

There’s a certain romance in life I’ve come to embrace. The wonders of the little things, albeit it lacking in grandisity, leaves me longing for more. Truth be told, I haven’t always seen things this way not until I lacked what many (myself included) might perceive as a necessity.

My boarding school days would prove to be the most trying times. I joined my sister there at the age of nine to start secondary school. You could say it was the beginning of a life changing journey. I quickly found out what water scarcity meant and would have to trek for miles in some instances alongside other students to go in search of water. On some occasions, we were lucky and got rain. We’d fill up our buckets and fetch more from a nearby well. There I learnt patience, resilience, and social culture amongst other things.

But my struggles wouldn’t end there (and I wasn’t alone in it) as I faced even more challenges in university but somehow it felt a lot easier to navigate as I had conquered the upheaval in secondary school. I had a solid group of friends and we built a support system which allowed us to function in our environment as best as we could.

The lack, the scarcity, the not always having, never broke my will to carry on. If anything, it made me appreciate other little things which I sometimes took for granted. Deliberately seeking out things to be grateful for. No matter how trivial it might appear.

These life experiences have shaped a huge part of my character. I see beauty in places unintended. I see life beyond what is known. I see hope when there is none left. And most importantly, I see even more to e grateful for despite the existence of lack.

There’s a certain romance in life you just have to learn to embrace as life almost never gives you everything your heart so desires. Sometimes you might have to will it and in some instances woo it. There in lies the romance. A relationship that is very much symbiotic and for the most part, reliant on gratitude.

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