Hello people! you are welcome to another great week. I wonder if you noticed that this year is super fast? I feel the year is running quickly to an end. So how many people believe that things can still turn around for the best within the next four months? I DO! I have learnt many times that when God decides to let your struggles pay off it takes just seconds.
Last year, The internet broke out with the news of a lady named Olajumoke Orisagunna who came from Osun State in Nigeria to Lagos to hustle. She came with one of her two children while she left the other with her husband in Ire, Osun State and hawked bread on the street of Lagos for months. But one morning, she hawked her bread as usual and her life changed forever. While hawking she stumbled on a group of people taking photograph of a British rapper, Tinie Tempah and got photographed accidentally with a tray of bread well balanced on her head and went her way.
Back at her office, the photographer, TY Bello, went through the pictures taken and discovered that the ones that had the lady in the background looked perfect like she had been modelling for years. Thus she began looking for the lady and today she is one of the top models in Nigeria, with her own reality show. Olajumoke Orisagunna didn't go to school, she was a trained hair dresser back at Ire in Osun State and communicates most times in Yoruba language. CNN reported her story too and in such a short time, she has traveled the world.
Two things struck me in her story. 1. she left her comfort zone to seek for greener pasture in Lagos. How many of us are not willing to leave what we consider as comfort zone ? How many are willing to go extra mile in fulfilling purpose? I hear people complain and whine about their current situations without really doing anything to change it. Until you are tired of your current status, you cannot move to the next stage of your life. No amount of complaints without moves can change anyone's situation.
2. She was obviously confident of herself even while hawking bread. To me, it means that she was unapologetic of her status neither was she ashamed. She knew her situation was temporary and probably already had dreams of being a model. If not, aside from her beautiful face, nothing would have struck the creative team in her pictures. Instead, they would have seen a regular bread seller on the street of Lagos who wallowed in self-pity and just happened to have a fine face that she wasn't even aware of.
But in her own case, her confidence plus her fine face gave the picture a meaning and that led to her breakthrough. Don't feel sorry for every positive move you make towards making your life better. Be confident that your current status is temporary and very soon, you will reach your destination. Never lose your identity while doing what you have to do to get to the place of purpose.
You just might be like the bread hawker today, selling things in traffic so you could pay your tuition fee in school or you could even be a cleaner at a bank right now just to make ends meet. That doesn't mean that you will forever be who you are right now. Have it in mind that you are a person of purpose and what you do right now is a vehicle that will convey you to your very destination.
I knew a guy who had to be a bus conductor because he had to see himself through University. But those who boarded his bus then always knew he wasn't the typical bus conductor they see around. It was obvious that he was a man on a mission. And today he is a graduate and doing fine. Don't lose your identity in the face of adversity and don't give up. Always know who you are, stay focused and one day just like the bread hawker, you will break even.
Thanks for always reading!
Damilola Olamide Adebambi
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