The events of my life

Greetings!

Events and experiences of life have always been the best teacher of life. In fact, they have always been the catalyst that shape ourselves and what we will eventually become in the time to come.

Though, these events and experiences might be so hard or tough on us, most especially when going or passing through it while we were still young, but believe me sincerely, they have really added to us in such a way that they have left an indelible mark on us.

My life experiences and some of the events that took place in my life while growing up have really contributed to my growth and development and not only that, left indelible marks on me and my way of life.

Being brought up by disciplinarian parents can be so tough. Though they were disciplined, their lives of humility and hardworking cannot be compared to anything else.

So, in those days, my mum would not condole any nonsense from us, she taught us how to be disciplined in every aspects of our lives which includes, in the way we relate with people, our eating habits and so on, she also taught us how to stay humble and be diligent in everything we do and the most funny part of it was that, if found culpable of not doing all these things you would be punished for it.

So, there's this particular day an elderly man in our area sent me on an errand, but instead of running on this errand for this man, I ran away and left the field to play ball without helping the man to do what he asked me to do for him. Also, there were house chores left by me undone at all. All these were those things I needed to do before going to the field to play football. Though my parents were not at home, the issue was that, when they come back from work, they will take stock of all your daily.activities.

So, when night came, I left the field for home, knowing fully well that I would be punished for not washing the plates and fetching water before I left for the field. But on getting home, the narrative of my thought changed as I met this old man in our house reporting me to my parents. When I saw this man, I knew my punishment was doubled already.

It's not quite long after I got home that the man left and it's then I was called in to face the panel. At the panel, I was asked as to why I behave rudely to the man and also, as to why I left so many things undone before I left for the field. The amazing thing here was that there's no room for you to answer the questions as they have already concluded that you're guilty of those offenses committed. So, after everything, I was punished severely by the panelist which comprises my mum and dad.

But after the punishment, I was given a pet talk on how a well trained child should behave. I was lectured for hours and was told not to behave like that again. I was lectured on humility and diligence that day and not only that, I was also advised to see possibilities in every impossibility and not to take a NO for an answer.

And since then, all these things talked to me by my parents sank inside me. I was so happy to have learnt from their experiences which they shared with me on that particular day.

But guess what, the big events happened when I lost my mum. When I lost her, it's like the world was over and I thought I would not be able to get out of the tragedy that befell me. Though, it's a bitter pill for me to swallow, but life must continue.

Though, it's hard to live without her by my side, but like I said earlier, life must continue and it's in the process of life going on that the big events that took place the other day where i have been taught and lectured on what's life had impact on my life. All what I have been taught by her and my dad have really been helping in navigating my way through the journey of life.

Though, she's tough on me, her act of discipline really paid off for me in the end. But her death was one of those big events of my life.

This is my entry to the hivereachout prompt.

I will be inviting @MaryAnn Amarachi @Modesty and @ainajane to come and participate too.

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