When I was in secondary school, I was one of the youngest in the entire class. My classmates saw my views as naïve and considered me not smart enough to be a part of their club.

But it was okay. I still made friends with people who didn’t care about age. Things changed in the final school year. I became quite popular for reasons that will be divulged much later.​

This new season was fresh for me. My routine was sticking with my friends and going through school unnoticed. I attended a government boarding school, so you can imagine how populated it was.

I had people gossiping about me and watching my every move. It was really unnerving. This led to a discussion with one of my friends about how my school life had become much more visible than I wanted.​

Her reply was, “Change is the only constant in life, get used to that” I don’t know where she came across the sentence, neither did I ask but it seemed to do the trick. I held onto her words and lived with the change. It’s the only constant after all.

Life became easier after, I always reminded myself, this too, is subject to change

It’s been almost ten years since that, and so many things have changed in my life, some more frequently than others, but I would always repeat that sentence to myself when I fear a new culture.​

Although, I have never found out the validity of the saying, because I didn’t want to find it untrue and since it has gotten me through so much, I’m not ready to let it go.​

I understand that the unfamiliar can be very confusing and scary, while the familiar is comfortable. We can’t go through life without encountering change, whether major or minor.

Yes, it’s easy to keep choosing what’s conversant, but what’s life without growth?

I’ll like to know how you cope with change. It’ll be great to learn from each other😊

🙈I don’t really have a song picked for the week but I love this song by Baby Riddim – Fave

😉 Enjoy and have a amazing week🥰