I’m thankful.
Thankful for the jaw dropping highs and the depressing lows.
2020 was tough in all manner of speaking for a lot of people including me.
I started this year with the mindset that I had 6 more months in school. I resumed in January with full energy ready to just give it my all. I had high hopes for this year and it was all planned out in my head.
Then Kobe Bryant died and I cried my eyes out like i knew him personally. Kobe’s death was like the beginning of the turbulence named 2020.
In March, we started hearing more news about COVID-19 and i thought at first it wouldn’t hit us till it did. Countries were getting locked down already and cases were surging.
We had just finished our end of posting exam when we got the news that we would go home for a month because of the virus.
We didn’t know what was ahead. I packed lightly and went home and a month became two and two became four and four became 6.
6 months at home. There were a lot of emotions during that period. A whole lot of crazy emotions. I was at my brightest and darkest during that time and I also worked on myself, being a better person. It wasn’t all bad.
The lockdown season made people realize a lot of things, discover new talents, embrace their faith, fall in love, make decisions that would affect them forever. It wasn’t just me that was affected, everyone was.
People had to put things on hold because of the virus, people lost loved ones, things were not just the same anymore. With the masks and the sanitizers, social and physical distancing. Society changed for us all.
We got the news eventually that we would resume October.
By that time, countries were gradually moving on and the vaccine studies were progressing. Lockdown was being lifted and safety measures were undertaken to limit the spread.
People were still dying either due to covid or some other disease; celebrities, politicians etc. I would wake up each morning and read about someone’s death.
We resumed and school work was overwhelming but I knew I had to give in my best because this was the last push.
At the same time, someone somewhere was trying to get back on their feet, trying for regain their finances, trying to heal physically and emotionally. Everyone was trying one way or the other to make 2020 not be complete waste.
Then there was the ENDSARS wave. October was a dark month. I can’t even begin to describe how I felt on 20-10-2020 but it was a dark time. Lives lost for what?
Well, their deaths won’t go in vain. That’s all I’m going to say.
We all lost something this year, material or not. This year was tough on everyone but we gained something else.
We gained life, renewed life. People still ended this year with a bang. Many found the love of their lives, many got the job of their dreams, some finally took that bold step, Many graduated and many survived.
Who would have thought the legendary 2020 still had some goodies to give?
So I’m thankful. Thankful for the struggles, thankful for the 7th year and the years past.
Thankful for my friends, my family, thankful for you and thankful to God.
I wrote this for you today.
You made it!
No matter the circumstances right now, you made it and you should be proud of where you are.
Enjoy your wins, learn from your losses but always celebrate yourself.
To discovering more of you and living your dreams.
Have an amazing 2021 and still stay safe, there’s a second wave out there 😉
