The Snail Hunt
Usually I'm not the rainy season type of person, I'm all about the sun even with it's accompanied heat. This particular rainy season seems not so bad after all and I'll tell you why.
Last year during this same period my sister was telling me about her snail hunting escapades with my mum, how they caught a bucket load of snails in our backyard. See our back yard has a little abandoned plantain plantation and when rain falls it gets really muddy which apparently is a habitat snails love.
So My sister tells me how after a week of snail hunting at 12:00 am every morning they finally made snail stew. Mehn! I was annoyed ehn. They never eat the good stuff when I'm around. I'm sure you can relate to that.
Now as God would have it, it's that season again and yesternight at about 8pm we found very few snails, Oh what Joy that filled my Soul. My sister said the best time to hunt them is towards midnight, that's when they come out in spades.
Now as fantastic as that sounds, there was one big problem. I'm a sleeper. I love my sleep. Thinking of staying awake till that time just to catch snails had me discouraged. I couldn't not be among because one rule we live by here is, " Finders, Keepers." Mehn I wanted to let it go but when I sat down and started thinking of how sweet and delicious Snail stew would taste like, well you can imagine who was suddenly motivated to go snail hunting.
What I want to put across is this, SELF MOTIVATION. No one can motivate you like yourself and no one can motivate you as much as you desire like yourself. You've got to get to a point where you believe in yourself even if no one tells you, "I believe in you", "You can do this," or even "You're strong" You've just got to reach that height where even if no one is there to tell you all these things it won't matter. You know why? Because you are your greatest cheerleader, you can tell it to yourself and for yourself. Stop waiting for the world to tell you that, "You're amazing" , "You're beautiful", You are full of Potentials." Learn to be your own source of motivation.
Just know, You are Strong, You are Capable and You can definitely achieve whatever you set your heart on.
Have I told you I believe in you? Because I do.
I BELIEVE IN YOU.
PS: come 12:00am, armed with my flashlight, I'm going hunting.(winks)
Usually I'm not the rainy season type of person, I'm all about the sun even with it's accompanied heat. This particular rainy season seems not so bad after all and I'll tell you why.
Last year during this same period my sister was telling me about her snail hunting escapades with my mum, how they caught a bucket load of snails in our backyard. See our back yard has a little abandoned plantain plantation and when rain falls it gets really muddy which apparently is a habitat snails love.
So My sister tells me how after a week of snail hunting at 12:00 am every morning they finally made snail stew. Mehn! I was annoyed ehn. They never eat the good stuff when I'm around. I'm sure you can relate to that.
Now as God would have it, it's that season again and yesternight at about 8pm we found very few snails, Oh what Joy that filled my Soul. My sister said the best time to hunt them is towards midnight, that's when they come out in spades.
Now as fantastic as that sounds, there was one big problem. I'm a sleeper. I love my sleep. Thinking of staying awake till that time just to catch snails had me discouraged. I couldn't not be among because one rule we live by here is, " Finders, Keepers." Mehn I wanted to let it go but when I sat down and started thinking of how sweet and delicious Snail stew would taste like, well you can imagine who was suddenly motivated to go snail hunting.
What I want to put across is this, SELF MOTIVATION. No one can motivate you like yourself and no one can motivate you as much as you desire like yourself. You've got to get to a point where you believe in yourself even if no one tells you, "I believe in you", "You can do this," or even "You're strong" You've just got to reach that height where even if no one is there to tell you all these things it won't matter. You know why? Because you are your greatest cheerleader, you can tell it to yourself and for yourself. Stop waiting for the world to tell you that, "You're amazing" , "You're beautiful", You are full of Potentials." Learn to be your own source of motivation.
Just know, You are Strong, You are Capable and You can definitely achieve whatever you set your heart on.
Have I told you I believe in you? Because I do.
I BELIEVE IN YOU.
PS: come 12:00am, armed with my flashlight, I'm going hunting.(winks)