3 Highlights of 2024

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I don’t know what 2025 has coming but I know, and I am fully aware of all that 2024 gave. The best way to initiate more blessings is to be thankful of what you already had. In this post, I will highlight things I am grateful for in the year 2024.

Friends

It is written somewhere that good friends are worth more than gold. I was having a conversation with this lady when I went to get my nails done and we talked extensively about friends and people. She mentioned something that struck because I only realised it when she said it. She said, “When you have the right friends, you glow.”

My mind went back to that statement multiple times and I found it to be true. When you have the right people in your life, especially people you call friends, there is a glow around you. You just light up and your aura is pure. People want to be around you because you do not hold any form of negativity, and you don’t hold negativity because the people you surround yourself with are lifting you and not pulling you down.

Association brings assimilation. When you associate enough with a certain kind of person, you begin to emulate them so much that even your genes begin to pick it up and you start looking more alike. So, I am grateful for my friends. I have been told so many times this year that I was glowing. That is a plus.

Conflict

There is no growth without conflict. A captain’s ability to lead a ship is tested in restless waters. A pilot is tested during tumultuous weather. An individual is thrown into chaos, and his/her growth is on the other side of their decisions at that moment. Whether they make the wrong or right decision, they will cross that bridge and pick up a lesson. That is the beauty of conflict and turmoil. You learn from your good and bad decisions.

I have had many conflicts this year alone. With people I knew and people I thought I knew. In everything, there have been lessons I needed to learn, and I am glad I did it now because what I can’t afford to lose in the future, I paid for it now. For that, I am grateful.

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This year has been an exposé of hard truths about me and people around me. I have had to learn to forgive shortcomings, especially from myself. I have learned to ignore people because being right doesn’t always matter, especially when you lose a part of yourself trying to prove it. I have learned that there are always two sides to every story and those we vouch for against all odds might turn out to be a shrapnel in your spine.

In all this, I have also learned that decisions come with great difficulty, especially when it is regarding me. I can fix problems for other people and forget that I also need fixing. I am eager to help others, so much so that I forget about me. I give and give, not expecting anything, and I have learned that making the right decision when it comes to me would always be a tough call.

Challenges

In all things, I remain grateful for all I have now. Even when it all seems bleak and I question and doubt myself, I am grateful, especially to God for the constant strength and continuous help I receive in these times. I am also grateful for the love shown to me when I am at my lowest. I am not judged by people who matter to me, and they are not quick to point out my shortcomings.

This is my response to the 03rd Day of the December Inleo Initiative.