Forgetfulness and I

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Forgetfulness is one thing that almost everyone is prone to and this is because of what's going on around us. These days, people tend to forget even their names just because of the many thought that have occupied their mind. No wonder there's what is called psychological or mental stress. All these kind of stress are the cause of forgetfulness in the current world we find ourselves.

The anxieties of the world are the major factors responsible for forgetfulness in recent times. Though, I'm not a researcher, but one thing I'm so sure of is that, men are the main victims of forgetfulness most especially in some part of the world where the main responsibility of catering for the home, children and even the wife are being put on the man. So, with this act of responsibility, men are tend to forget things in those part of the world where the responsibility are only meant for men to cater for. Though, some women are carrying responsibilities more than men and those kind of women are not also exempted from forgetfulness as well.

Though, I'm not a parent yet, but I have been able to be responsible to many around me, both in the family and among friends. As the first child of the family, I have been able to cater for my younger brother since my mum's demise and this has not been easy on me thinking about how to survive with him in this current economic dispensation.

So, in the midst of all these, forgetfulness on my part was inevitable and one event I could not forget in a rush was during the time I was seeking admission to the university that's in the year 2012. Then, for you to be admitted into the university, you must lobby those people in charge of the admission or betterstill the lecturer in the department of your chosing field, even if you pass with merit, you have to pass through that channel before you can be admitted. So, for you to be able to lobby these people, your document such as exam results slip and other documents must be presented to the person whom you're connected to for help.

So, in my effort to gaining admission to the university of my choice, a man from my church connected me to a professor in the department of my chosen field and do you know what? This man set an appointment date with me and on the said date, I woke up very early and left for the campus and met with the prof, but on getting to the prof's office, we had our discussion and he promised to help me and he said there's no problem so far I passed with merit. So, I was so happy for his assurance.

But when the man requested for my slips and documents, I quickly dipped my hand in my bag with the expectation of bringing out the documents from my bag, but as i dipped my hand into the bag, I found it empty without the documents in the bag, I was shocked and at the same time embarrassed as the prof was looking at me. I couldn't bring my dipped hand out of the bag. But what could I do than to bring the hand out and apologize to the prof whom in his strictness will not even listen to me but to check me out of his office. I was so embarrassed as I have packed all the documents on my reading table before leaving home but forgot to packed it into my bag.

So, when I got home I saw the documents smiling at me on the table, but I was not smiling at all as I was angry with the documents and myself just because of the embarrassment it's caused me. So, I put a call across to the prof just to thank him for the audience he gave me before everything went wrong, but the man didn't answer my calls. It took the intervention of the man who connected me to him to be able to have a rescheduled meeting with him. Though, I was embarrassed and insulted but I later got admitted with the help of God and the man.

So, see what embarrassment forgetfulness caused me, if not for the timely intervention of the man that connected me to the prof, I would have spent a year more at home, but thank God, I later came over it and achieve my aim of being admitted into the university of the dream with my dream course given to me.

This is my entry to the hivereachout weekly prompt.

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