Ever heard the phrase "celebrate your little wins". Well if you haven't, then I'm sharing it with you today and so you have heard about it now but for those who have heard about prior, I have a quick question...
"What exactly qualifies as a little win?"
I would like the answer to this question because I think that some people are hell bent on exaggeration. I think they took their lessons on hyperboles too seriously.
During the week, I had several encounters with certain people and their small wins. The first happened on Monday. A male colleague sent a group message to our WhatsApp platform, asking all workers to wait behind after the close of work. I was immediately ecstatic as I thought the wait behind thing would involve food. Believe me, I never go wrong with food. At 3pm close time, I and some other colleagues were seated and ready to await the buffet party as I had imagined in my mind, only to see this colleague come in empty handed but he also carried a placard with the number 7.
Hey, what's the placard for and where is the food?" I asked.
"There's no food and this placard is to show everyone my little win. I have gone seven days without taking a carbonated drink. It is seven days today?" He replied.
"What the heck are you telling us? Okay how did you do it, I mean stay soda free?" I inquired more.
"Well, I stopped drinking the sodas but used them instead to cook my meals"He answered.
I have never felt like punching the wall so hard like that day. Like what the fluff...you kept us here after close of work just for this.
"Hey guys don't be angry he said, I want to celebrate my small win" he replied but this earned him an eye roll from me though.
Two days later, I was in class discussing the transport system with my students when another colleague of mine interrupted me to get my attention. I felt like posting her but she looked very eager to talk with me, claiming she wants to share some good news. Hmm, if it is good news then count me in. I stepped out of the class and went with her to a quiet corner so we could talk.
"So what did you want to discuss with me" I asked casually.
"Guess what!" She exclaimed.
"You know I'm not good at guessing. You better spill or I'll leave"
"Well you see, I was feeling feverish and so my mum called a nurse to look at me. The nurse later said that I would need to take some drips to calm the fever down. I have never taken a drip before and so I pleaded with her to pass the drip through my butt. She agreed and that was what happened" she replied.
"You mean you took drip through your butt, this is crazy" I remarked.
"Yes, I really did and it was my first time ever to collect a drip. My butt still feels sore" she kept saying.
I looked at her like she had grown two heads on her head. "Either the nurse is a quack or you guys were high on weed" I finally said after some minutes of staring at her wierdly.
"See, forget about that o. The important thing is I finally took drip for the fist time in my life. This is a win for me" she replied me feeling serious.
"I cannot believe you took me away from my class for this. You're quite hilarious. Who takes drip in their butt?" My poker face wasn't funny as I spoke to her.
"You will not understand it now, wait until you fall sick and then you will know that anything is possible" she concluded and walked back to where she came from.
I stood at that spot speechless at what she just spouted. Like really, drip in the butt, oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no. I took in three deep breaths before walking back to my class and rounding up the teaching.
What will Musa not see at the gate?
Thank you all for reading. Shalom
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