New waves

by Lerato Motsieloa (South Africa)

A leap into the unknown South Africa

Everything I have acquired till this very moment I have had to work hard for,doesnt everybody else? New waves I recall typing : "This is the beginning of the rest of my life" dated 2015 when I was accepted into the Real world known as the WORKING environment little did I know my life would change forever! Walking into something you don't know gives you goosebumps because you are unsure what to expect, that is how I felt the first day I started working permanently. I was excited, I was straight out of school and not forgetting the yearn to learn everything and anything, not forgetting the drive that keeps us going. Little did I know that our everyday life is a book recorded by our own actions. Traveling as we call it is not just about the vacation you wanted to take but have been saving for, for past two years or spring break where you can't wait to kick off your school shoes, hide your bag and have some ice cream. Traveling is our everyday life! I realised this after I was caught at job I hated for five years, little did I know that my everyday life was a journey I was writing about myself in a book called experiences. I met the most amazing people in the world, and the cruelest people, I made friends you who only later became enemies, I met the richest and poorest, all this in one environment, I could not help but believe that this was only the beginning of a black woman's diary. From day to day i performed tasks that were expected of me and did my job to the best of my ability, when pay day came I'd be happy to spend what I'd worked for the entire month but in a few days my spirit would die down! Want to know why? Because I let it die. We get so caught up in environments that give us our pay check and forget to Live. I became depressed, would cry myself to sleep and that went on for a few years. The sun shined but I didn't notice, winds blew I didn't notice, I grew older I didn't notice, only because I let my guard down and lost my ink the day I was excited to be classified amongst the youth that was working. Traveling is not packing a suitcase and getting into a train or car but traveling is your everyday, that joke you shared with a stranger or sandwich you got burnt in the toaster because you were stressed. Life's journey is travelling and I realised this five years later. My working environment was toxic, my home life was dead because I lived with parents that were each others throats every second day.,by the time I picked up my head I realised my ink was running out and couldn't erase all the days I've lived because I was not writing my life with a pencil. 2020 came and I decided to let the past go and start all over, the thing about life is time lost can never be regained! I decided to smile more, ignore the challenges I faced at work, cherish time I spent in the cab with complete strangers,, sing along to music that played and most importantly I learned to dance in the rain! Don't let a day go by without smiling, or having shared life because you will look back and want to return to fix your life and by then it will be too late. Like I said we can't erase the past but we can turn over the page and start over, with a different attitude and nice thing about having it bad in the past trip helps you be ready to go on easier... New waves😊. Take a leap into the unknown and create memories greater than your past experiences. Quit that job, start that business, love a little harder and make You happy! Nothing beats writing a travel story that makes you happy. It won't always be sunny but embrace the cold and keep the pages turning so you don't regret it. Live a little longer. I bless