Guess who's back?!
Well, well, well...
So much has happened in the last few years, a lot very good and some very bad. However, what's key is that God has been faithful and we are still standing. Yes so today's gist... As usual I'll start with the story before my lesson learned. In October of last year I bought a new phone. I opened the packet and it immediately hit me that I had made a mistake. The phone I just purchased was too long for my liking. I preferred small petite phones that fit snugly in my hand. This one was too long. I had misunderstood the phone dimensions written on the packet and once I opened the sealed packet, the seller refused to accept it for a refund.
Apart from the inconvenience of holding this huge thing in my hands, it was longer than the classy clutches I carried when attending events like parties, cocktails and weddings. I would usually have my phone in my clutch but this monstrosity could not fit into all my favorite clutches so I would have to hold it outside the clutch in the same hand with the clutch (did I tell you how slender my hands are) with the risk of the phone falling and getting damaged and also with the risk of it being easily stolen or lost. Ugh.
A few weeks after purchase, I tried to sell it off even at a loss but no one was willing to buy. The only thing I liked about it was staying power of the battery. Maybe that's why the phone was so huge so that they could put a big battery in it which will hold charge for longer, I kept thinking to myself. I wasn't very happy but I was stuck with the phone as buying another phone was going to be an unnecessary wasteful expense.
Fast forward to a few months later in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic spread to Nigeria. We are under lockdown and guess what I stare at all day. Yes you guessed right, my phone! And guess what I love about it now? The BIG screen! I spend a lot of time on my phone because I'm working from home and socializing with the world from home and learning via webinars from home and reading a lot of books at home and one of the best things is that my phone screen is big enough and therefore convenient for the myriad of activities. Yes and an awesome battery life.
Of course I know we already know the lesson. The worst thing about the phone after I purchased it became the best thing about the phone a few months down the line. So it kinda worked for my good. What I needed was a big phone but I felt it was a mistake at that time because I could not see the future. There are things we experience that we consider the worst thing to ever happen to us but if we remain steadfast in the faith, we will look back in retrospect and see that it was all working for our good. Also, there is no physical socializing because of the pandemic and my clutches will not be in use in the near future so the annoyance of my phone not fitting into them is something I no longer experience.
Hopefully when the pandemic is over, I will be armed with a newer suitable phone and even prettier clutches. Right now, I'm thankful.
