An African Countess' Blog

I need your help... I feel particularly unhappy today, been feeling this way for the past 3 days at least... I like food, so when I feel this way, I would usually take myself out to binge-eat, and pack on all the calories, even if it's with my l ast-card (all the money I have left) but this time, I have zero appetite. ...And then I caught the flu... arrrgghhh I have had a really tough past couple of weeks at work and in my life as a whole. Well, as the 'absorber' that I am,  azzziiinnn  odeishi-dusted,  I have taken it in my strides (if I do say so myself);  but then this flurry of emotions have suddenly erupted... As much as we all want up-up days all the time, some days are just, you know, like this... The topic of this article is a line from one of my favorite songs 'my kind of perfect' by David Archuleta and I have no idea why it is the topic. Something like 'A Cry For Help' or 'SOS Call' would have been more apt, but er...

Iyanuoluwani, I'm proud of the woman you're becoming. Spiritually, physically, financially, intellectually, dreams’ically , emotionally, psychologically, career’cally , relationships’cally … I'm oh so proud. I'm also glad you can proudly say "I'm the girl who God has helped". I do realise we don't speak to each other a lot in writing, so this is a bit awkward and so, I’ll just drive straight to the point: I often forget how pretty awesome I am. But don’t you ever forget how awesome  YOU  are. Be aware of your worth, your gifts and your strengths; constantly. You are a premium treat and you can't force everyone to have a fine taste, so even if one or two people ‘tend’ not to appreciate you, others do and you always should. Don't deny the world of your essence. Also remember you can never control what someone else does, you can only control your actions and reactions. You can be the very best, as in textbook perfect , but...