Your Losses in Life

Halo amigos, it is a pleasure to be part of this week's contest; after going through the contest, I have seen that it makes it focus on our losses in life lossing this and love should no break us totally. Have a nice day, friends.

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What have you lost in life that made you cry or feel distressed? Could be inanimate or animate. Narrate your experience

It all happened on a faithful day when I lost the key to our house. Early in the day, at 11 am, we left home to witness the (WASA) day celebration. As we were about to leave the house, my mother gave me the key to the padlock of our house. I collected it and locked the house; getting to the occasion, I can still remember that it was in my pocket which I put the key in; the celebration featured dancing of various ethnic groups in Nigeria, including the three main ethnic: Igbo, Hausa, and Yoruba.

After the national anthem was sung following the closing prayer, everyone department one by one. As I got home I discovered that the key wasn't with me. I was furious because my pocket was big and there was no way it could fall from the pocket. I began to panic and anticipate where I might have left it. After some time my mom came home asking me to open the door knowing I had been home since, I answered her saying, Mom please don't be angry I lost the key, she laughed at me thinking it was a joke because I and my brothers usually prank her as regards to things like that, she then said I should open the door that she wants to begin to cook.

I was like Mom, I am not joking, she moved closer to me. I thought she was going to slap me, but instead, she said that I should open my pocket and remove the key fast. I told her again that I had lost it. She then said, " Wherever you must have kept the key, go and get it fast. I still search my pocket in confusion. I then retraced my steps till I went to the venue without seeing the key; I then remembered that I was sitting with friends somewhere. I went there hoping to see the key, but I could not find it.

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I began to search and search I got frustrated and sat on the ground thinking what to tell my mom after misplacing something she put in my care, I sat down for about 45 minutes until I stood with a sad face walking around the venue thinking of how I will be flog, I searched and did not see the key when I got home with a sad face my mom was like you have not seen the right this is 7: 39, she then brought a stone broke the padlock in 10 minutes and after she finished cooking she the flog me six on my hand saying that next time it will be worse than this.

Did you blame yourself for the loss or were you meant to lose that thing? How did the losses affect you?

Well, I will say that I blame myself for the loss when my mom gave the keys to me I was like it will not get lost because it had never been lost before, I was on occasion and I was really busy I even helped the soldiers In arranging the items which they about to give active soldier, I was also putting my hands in the pocket to remove things which I also kept in the pocket, and I forgot about the key.

The loss of the key affected me greatly because I was flogged by my mother, and I did not eat that night being careless; from that day, I decided not to lose anything. I will have to do my best to make sure it is safe.

Were you able to let bygones be bygone or are you still in pain for the loss?

Well, I will say that the pain has gone because I have learned my lesson never to be careless, and also to take things which are trusted to you seriously. To progress, I have to be focused and never lose things anyway. I let bygones be bygones because it was only a way of disciplining me and letting me know that being careless doesn't pay.

What advice would you give the public who may have lost something or someone precious to them?

If someone loses something or someone important, offer condolences and make sure they know you are there to listen and assist them. You can also try to listen to their mood, telling them to cheer up because when we have life, there is also hope.

People feel like the worst things have happened to them, let them know that some people have been, and if they come, let them know that they should be strong because it is God who knows best, and let them know that what has happened sometimes cannot be reversed rather you learn to live with that.

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