Don't Waste That Experience.

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A lot of time we always say "Why me?" To which I always answer most people, "If not you, then who?". If it's not good for you as you claimed, then why would you wish it on someone else? Does that seem fair? It should rather be any other person but not you? We are built differently and we all have the level of things we can handle. I've always said that no one can handle the things I did just as I can never handle half of the things you have handled. The things that sometimes come to us already know that we can handle it even though we sometimes act as though we can't.

Our true strength is from within but often we overlook it because we have always wanted the easy way of things. When we lose someone, we want the whole world to stop and send us condolences but we seem to have forgotten that people die daily and yet the world didn't stop from our side to them. That's the way of life...we feel things deeply and differently.

Whatever we go through in life is an experience we must never waste. We sometimes go through certain things for a reason and it's left to us what we do with it. We can either allow it to shape us or break us but that's left entirely to us to determine.

There is a process to how life works. It's lines upon lines...and the moment you try to get ahead of yourself, you will fall and crash so hard that you would have to repeat the process. That's why it looked like some people repeat a particular pattern because they haven't learnt what they were expected to learn from that experience. With learning comes clarity and with clarity comes better decisions and with better decisions comes advancement because you can do things better which is life's way of giving you another chance.

Your experience is also not just for yourself alone but it can be used to guide others in a similar situation. I am always against when someone is going through something and someone says "I understand". The truth is you can never understand except you have gone through something similar. In my language, they would always say "Se o se e ri?" - meaning "Has it happened to you before?". Most people only want you to feel better when they say "I understand" but the truth is, they don't. No one can understand better than you or someone in a similar situation.

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Your experience isn't for you alone but to guide others and that's why we listen to messages and also read books. We want to pack the years of other people's mistakes and learn about them in 6 hours of reading (depending on the volume of the book) which is why we read. I have noticed that all the things I've been through in life or still going through, I will definitely meet someone who needed my help on how I went through it or I know I will still meet people who need my help in sharing how I scaled through it and this is why I keep pushing myself. I don't want to ever tell anyone that I gave up...you shouldn't too.

Life has been designed not to revolve only around you. No one can make it out in this world alone and that's why we need one another. We are to share our experiences which is what I mentioned in one of my posts before now that not everyone needs your money, some just need a shoulder to lean on, someone to comfort them, someone to hear them out and also someone to share their experiences of how they overcame. These little things inspire and has helped a lot of people crawl out of their dark holes.

Just like that popular song that says we have the words to save a nation so we shouldn't bite our tongue. We have spent our lives stuck in silence because we are afraid we would say something wrong. We have the strength of the horse, the voice of a lion yet we keep allowing ourselves to drown in silence. None of the things you are going through is a waste. Share your experiences, speak your truth and you just might see someone draw strength from it. Someone somewhere is dying to hear your truth so they can draw strength to overcome just as you did and it's okay if you are still trying to figure yours out because it's okay for them to also know that they are not alone.

Our lives are intertwined and I have come to realize this earlier. I have my own experiences and I have come across those who needed it. I have listened to other people's experiences too and I know how it made me feel to know I was never alone. I listened to their process and what they did and tried to do it or even go a bit further.

I have dated someone in my head until they picked another person. I have assumed relationships several times and got burnt. I've been lied to just as I have lied too. I have been deceived many times, cried and hit a low many times before now but they all made sense because that's my story and if I have to share it with others so they would not make the same mistake to save them from a year or months of hurt, I would gladly share it. What I did, that's who I am but what I did isn't who I would become. What are you doing with those experiences?

You are at this point for a time as this where someone will walk up to you or someone around you would be going through what you just overcame so you can help them. We all need one another and you need to distance yourself from anyone who thinks they don't. It's a matter of time before reality catches up with such. We all need to feed off each other's courage to move on in life because life happens...

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This post makes a lot of sense. Life does not revolve around one person, as such do not expect much from others. When you become bitter that in a hard situation friends didn't come to rally round you, you may not know what they too are facing. Do your bit to impact on others, live your life and allow nature or the good work you have done to pull others to you. If they don't lend a helping hand or shoulder, take life as it comes. Greeting from dreemport

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2 years ago

I always enjoy your amazing comments, mama. Thanks a lot for sharing this.

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2 years ago

I agree man. We don't learn if we don't have an idea. The experience will help us to take the right path.

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User's avatar EJ
2 years ago

Absolutely... Experience gives us direction.

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2 years ago

Take the challenge to experience how the situation goes on. Then evaluate yourself if it is good for you or not.

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2 years ago

Evaluation is indeed important.

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2 years ago

That why elders are respected because the years they have spent on earth are filled with experience that are helpful to the coming or present generation.

Although the world is changing a lot, music, communication, technology, clothing etc. But living has not changed, betrayal hasn't, cheating hasn't.

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2 years ago

That's so true...a lot of things stays the same and that's why we need to help others with our experiences.

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2 years ago

As they say experience is the best teacher.

Just as if you are trying to find your way out in a place without asking it would be very different for you to find your way but if you meet someone who is very familiar with the place it would be so so easy.

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2 years ago

I love how you broke it down with that practical example...that's so sweet and true.

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2 years ago

As the adage goes, no man is an island.. We all help each other in this world. And those experiences make us closer together...

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2 years ago

That's so true, Janey... Spot on. 🤗🤗🤗 My Ate 😍

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2 years ago

You said the strong word already " we all need to feed on each other courage to move on " I salute you ❤️

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2 years ago

I salute you too, my brother.

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2 years ago

As what I always heared " God wouldn't gave you a problem nor some not good experiences in life if he know you can't make it or handle". Though there are times we question him, maybe that's the time we didn't understand yet. Yes, I agree with what you had mentioned that saying "i understand" even though they don't. No one could feel what anyone had been through unless they are on his/her shoes. That is why sometimes I loves watching or reading some life testimonies or even documentations. It's either I got inspired or I understand why things happened.

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2 years ago

Absolutely...books and documentaries us to be inspired or at least understand what some things happen so we can have closure and move on.

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2 years ago

experience is a good teacher... on the other hand everyone's life is different according to their point of view. often because trouble comes their life is like it's over. we must realize that life has a process that must be lived, experience is a lesson for us to change life for the better.. it's true what you say, don't ignore experience.. good

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2 years ago

This is brilliant. Thanks a lot for this. Accurate.

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2 years ago

thanks my friend i'm just trying to interpret it with the life i've been through too.. this context is useful

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2 years ago

That's amazing and I am glad. Thank you.

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2 years ago

You will learn your experience and that is okay 🤗

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2 years ago

That's true, Melissa.

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2 years ago

Ypur experience is very much important and so we must not joke with it. Having your experience can be of benefit to others. I have seen someone whose experience got his fellow changed for better. So, we should make good use of our experience to the core.

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2 years ago

That's it...we must use it to the best and to help others as well as ourselves.

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2 years ago

Experience makes us a better person and it mustn't be put to waste, the Yoruba used to say that God doesn't give us challenges beyond our control.

He will only give you what you can handle but a lot of people freak out not knowing the challenge came based on their limit. Every experience matters in life, the lessons they teach us must held tightly and guarded with out hearts.

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2 years ago

Absolutely... We need to know whatever comes to us, there is something to learn from it and it's not beyond us.

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2 years ago

Experience is a really good teacher, and everyone should learn from each other's experience... Nice write up as usual...

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2 years ago

Thank you so much. Deeply appreciated.

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2 years ago

Indeed, experience is our greatest teacher... If we know how to learn from it.

Great post.

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2 years ago

Learning from it...that's the key.

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2 years ago

Having experience about harsh conditions and overcoming is good. Though, it causes us pains at times. But we should take it as instructional materials to train the younger ones so that they won't be affected by the same problems

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2 years ago

That's the whole essence of experience... It doesn't have to be pretty...it causes us pain and that's why the lessons stays with us.

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2 years ago

Truth and you nailed it, mate. A big reflection to all of us. Thank you for sharing this.

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2 years ago

I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks a lot.

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2 years ago

Haha. That is sad or fortunately that's not how things work. The world has very little or nothing to do with you or your thoughts so why not experience love and let it teach you instead of being at war with it.

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2 years ago

I am not sure you are commenting on the same thing posted. You might actually try to read the post?

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2 years ago

Each of us has his own destiny, not always a happy one...

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2 years ago

That's right...it doesn't have to always be a happy one.

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