SEC-S30W6: People who motivate| Mrs Grace (My Best friend)

Life is full of stages and each stage of life needs to be navigated with help from those who have more experience than you do. I think I love to do life with helps to avoid unnecessary mistakes.

I have a friend turned sister who motivates me in no small way. With her help I have been motivated in many ways. Her name is mrs Grace and we have been friends for more than a decade.

Mrs Grace

Since we met in 2010 she has been my help, every step I take in life feels easy because she is always there to guide, encourage and pray with me.

Mrs Grace is a beautiful married lady with a golden heart. She is a mother of two kids therefore I can say she has more experience than me even though when we met, we were just little girls who came to study in the university.

We were room mate from year 1 till we graduated and even after we graduated we decided to live together in the same city before she got married. Her life style motivates me alot, her strength is remarkable and her heart is beautiful. I have seen her face life huddles and I saw how she overcame them.

One time in school, I had an academic issue. I actually missed a seminar defence, I was absent because I traveled. When I got back to school, my course mate told me about the defence. I was so helpless and confused. The defence was a 3 unit course. I cried home that day.

An old picture of me at the middle, Mrs Grace at the right hand and my other friend at the right

When I got home, I could not eat or sleep. my friend saw how distressed I was looking and asked what the problem was. I narrated everything to her. Her response to me was remarkable.

She said "is that why you are distressed as if the world fell on you". She went on to say that I wasn't going to fail the course. She advised me to go to the lecturer the next day and ask him what can be done for me, she told me how to approach the lecturer.

And that night she comforted me,prayed with me and made me eat the food I refused to eat initially. The hugs was a great relief. I even slept by her side that night. The next day I went to school and I went to see the lecturer. He said nothing can be done. He said I should be ready to rewrite the defence the next year.

I came home so discouraged and told my friend. She encouraged me not to accept that verdict. She told me to go back and insist on the man. She spoke to me like she was so sure it will work. She gave me another strategy.

To my greatest surprise after doing what she asked me to do, I received a call from the course representative, saying the lecturer wants to see me. When I got to his office, he told me to prepare and come for the seminar the next day. I was so excited, I thanked him and left. That was how I was able to defend my seminar after I missed it the first time.

Mrs Grace beautiful posing while her husband is at the background waiting

One of the things that awakens my admiration in this friend of mine is her ability of never giving up. You could see from the story I shared of how she taught me to insist until I got what I wanted. She never takes no for an answer. She feels everything is possible. I love this part of her so much and thats a part of her that motivates me to keep pushing in life.

Imagine if she didn't ask me to insist I would have just give up and failed the course. But she said no and pushed me to continue to believe.

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