When my family first attempted to come to Canada, at
the time it was the most difficult moments we had to go thought mostly for my
mom who started it all, the process of trying to come, trying to start a better
life. She ran away from war, and ended up a in small town, where she started the
process of coming to Canada with ten children; it was too much to try to come to a place like this. Five of us were in different cities, my mom would have to find a way of gathering
everyone together and just hope that we made it in to the system. Money was being
spent, and all the people she was borrowing money from stopped giving her
money. It even got to the point where her own sister, who she trusted, had
given up on her, not believing that she could make it she kept telling her to stop. Even
the Mayor of the town noticed and didn’t want her to be in the process. Sometimes he didn’t want her to be in
his office, when she would go to see if her name had come up, he would start calling
her names saying, “you are a fool trying
to take that many people with you”. My mom never gave up on hope and she had such courage; it
kept her going along with her belief in God.
Often, when we feel stuck, we’re waiting for something
magical to happen. What’s magical is what we do to overcome our current
situation. We spend so much time wondering when life will begin to go our way,
instead of acknowledging our circumstances and building a road through the
challenges.
Having hope and courage gives us the ability to get through
the challenges we face. If you really want something, you will find a way. If
not, you will find an excuse. Stop thinking about why you can’t do it and start
believing that you’re fully capable. Stop worrying that the challenges are too
hard and start focusing on why you must make it through. The only person
holding you back is you and those around you who don’t want to see you at
there, who are they to tell you that or to even imagine that. Not making a
choice is making an excuse. It’s time to choose what’s best for you.
Don’t change every time your circumstances change who you
are. Choose to grow; be better than yesterday. Choose to never let life’s
struggles define you. Our emotions are never going away, so we must learn to
make room for them.
-Chris Kamia
No comments:
Post a Comment