Enjoy the process every stages of life

What is life all about, I kept reflecting on this. It seems we are moving in a circle. From an infant to childhood to adulthood and then old age. It keeps on from generation to generation. When I was a child I wished to be an adult so fast but now as an adult I wish to go back to my childhood where the world felt peaceful, no pressure and no competition. Do we really come into the world to make money? Is it what it is all about? What is really our purpose of being born? Is it for the purpose of procreation or is there something else. There is a place in the bible where it is written "Go into the world and multiply" Is it the purpose why we are born into the world? If you aren't a nun,monk or a parish priest then you will definitely be a parent. It seems we move in a circular motion, from toddler to infant to a child then adult.

While I was a child the pressure of excelling in my academics was the first pressure of my parents, they kept on repeating it like an early morning devotion. Then after my academic pursuit another pressure from then once again. I live my life just to meet up with their pressure. Most times I just close my ears to breathe,this wasn't what I thought adulthood is going to be all about. It's exhausting most times.

I was walking down the street then I passed through an elderly woman who was walking slowly with her walking stick. I greeted her and smiled at her. There was a time she was like me with smooth skin and an enormous beauty which has been replaced with wrinkles and a change of gait. Most of the time I ask myself what it was like when they were my age. How was life then? My father happened to show me his youthful pictures all I could do was to laugh out to my heart's content. Their dressing code was quite different than now. Technology and new ideas was born. I wonder how it will be for my kids when they get to my age.

All I could do is to take a moment to breathe, I have always reminded myself that nobody is going to pressure me and I have stuck to that. Now here I am at the veranda to write down my to-do list for 2024 but there is a difference between now and last year and that was my mindset. If there is a value I wish to have, it's consistency and commitment. As much as it's difficult I'm willing to risk anything to have this value all to myself. Procrastination has been a thief at night and lots of missed opportunities. But then next year will be better. That's my anticipation!