@Rafd9828 16 November 2021 more from that month

A broken burning candle!

I have asked myself this specific and direct question as to why I always keep pushing forward even in the most difficult moment of my life? Even when I have failed several times trying to make a positive difference out of my life. What could be the energy source behind my relentless never give up spirit? I have gone through a lot of difficult moments and experiences both in positive and negative situations of life, I have also passed different test of faith, strength and also emotional, physical, mental, psychological, financial and other phase of human challenges life can throw at us as humans. In all of these winds that blows at us each passing day of our lives, we are still pushing and hoping that one day everything will be alright. Most of us have been faced with so much difficult conditions, ugly situations  and harsh challenges of life, and when you see and hear the level of what befalls them from afar you will begin to ask yourself and wonder if they will ever pull through from it, because of the level of what they are passing through at that moment. In some cases, the person watching may even lose faith and hope that they will not pull through from what they maybe passing through and decide to give up on the whole thing even before they give up on themselves but after a short while, the person you may be having in your mind that will not survive wakes up the next day victorious. If you are so keen enough to watch the strength and persevering fighting spirit of the fox when it comes in open confrontation with one of the higher predators of the forest, they hardly give up to fight even as they are small in size, they still show so much strength and power, doing their best to win the battle that are before them. Like the candle stick that is broken, even in the present state of being broken, when you light it, it still strive to show light for the user to see, it does not because it's broken refuses to do what it was meant to be, No!

***Today at the market I saw something that struck my attention and I was so baffled and surprised, I went to market to get some sewing materials for my customers and the market was filled up with a lot of people that came from far and near to do business and when I came close to a man holding some cloth materials, I didn't know he was totally blind, I was not seeing anything but he was carrying some cloth materials on his hands and was calling customers to patronise him.*** ***I was so much touched in my heart and tears began to drop from my eyes. As I paused to really observe the blind man, he was not with anybody assisting him, Infact he was just calling for customers and asking anybody that comes close to him if they want to buy his materials he was holding in his hands, he didn't allow his present health condition of being physically disabled to stop him from surviving, it didn't make him to feel less of a human and even hate his own life and people around him.*** ***You could see the relentless and persevering spirit in him never to give up no matter the challenges he maybe facing at that moment.*** The blind man I saw today was a typical example of a  broken burning candle that I chose to give to my article today. After what I saw today at the market, I was forced to say this word to myself; **"I** ***do not have any reason whatsoever not to keep pushing forward to make a great difference."*** If the blind man could not give up on himself even when he was not seeing the people he was calling for to patronise him due to his health condition at that moment and still kept on doing his best to survive, then what will be your excuse as someone that is not physically challenged nor disabled not to make it in life. We should all do our best never to allow anything whatsoever to get at us and prevent us from shinning and reaching to our desired hopes, dreams and aspirations in life just as the blind man I met today at the market never allowed his health condition to bring him down. Thank you so much for staying with me all these period I was not online, I am strong now and will always do my best to educate us and inform all of us positively. ***Once again thank you for reading my article 🙏 Rafd9828***