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I think it is nice to point out that you don’t have to live till you’re eighty before you have life lessons. Every day we live, we learn something. Whether it is about ourselves, other people or society at large, we’ve just got to learn something.

Sometimes those lessons are learnt easily, just by observing but some other lessons have to be learnt the hard way. Whether it’s cause of our mistakes that resulted in grave consequences or things that befell loved ones. Those lessons mould us, teach us and most of all stay with us for the remainder of our lives. I’ve learnt quite a lot of lessons in my life but I’ll be sharing today.

Power In Your Tongue

We hear these things a lot, but because of that, we take it for granted. Some of us even make fun of the statement that there is power in your tongue. So, we say, “How come I’m rebuked and asked to watch my mouth when I say I’ll die but ridiculed when I say I’ll be richer than Elon Musk?” To be honest, I don’t know why that is so either. You can’t fold your arms and be richer than Elon but rest assured, that it’s easy to die by continuously mentioning it. I didn’t make the rules. That’s just how it is.

Another phase to this is the speech we utter most times. I cannot emphasize enough how necessary it is to watch what we say. Falling victim severally to the things I’d said, coming back to bite me, rather aggressively in the ass. The worst part is that most times, it may not be what we said exactly but a twisted, false version by some other person but it would still be traced to us. I’ve learnt to count my words. Speak with caution. Being constantly aware that I’m accountable for every word I utter.

You Can’t Please Everyone

I put this in here because I’ve learnt this one, in particular the hard way. Many times we do things in life, bend our principles, put ourselves through discomfort, and generally displease ourselves to no end because we want people to like us. We crave acceptance. We crave tolerance. We crave understanding. And so because of that, we go out of our way to make sure that everyone is happy with us, that everyone is pleased with us. But that’s the thing. Everyone can’t be pleased with you. And sadly, in our bid to make sure everyone is happy, we end up displeasing the same people we deprived ourselves of comfort for. Life is too short to spend it trying to make everyone happy. It’s an impossible task by the way, so why don’t you just be true to yourself instead?

Make The Most Of Your Time

Sometimes we realize too late that we don’t have all the time we think we have. We dawdle, we procrastinate, we keep aside, and we forget because we believe that there will be time. And while a few of us are lucky to get through life without those regrets, some of us are not that fortunate.

So, you wake up in the morning and decide to make that day count. Do that good deed today, make that investment today, call that person you’ve been procrastinating to call. Don’t keep that book aside or that skill aside and say you’ll pick it up tomorrow cause it could be too late. I know a lot of us are tired of hearing things like these. But it only takes an experience. A single act of negligence opens the floodgates for a chasm of perpetual regrets.

Whatever the momentary distraction, we would realize in the long run that it just wasn’t worth it. “This minute is passing...make it count.” I read that in a book once. It was a line I picked up and held dear to my heart even though it’s almost ten years since I’d read it.

These life lessons are personal, but I think it’s something a lot of us could learn from. Knowing the words that come out of our mouths, staying true to ourselves and making each day count. These are a few of the most important lessons I’ve learnt. And I’m glad I did. No matter how early. Or late.

Jhymi🖤

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