I CRIED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”
-Abraham Lincoln
As soon as the clock struck midnight, I cried. I didn't know why I was crying. All I knew was that I wanted to cry and as God would have it, I have a sister who made sure I shed all the tears I had in my eyes until I had none left.
On the 31st of December 2022, as early as 8 am I was writing an exam for a course that was said to be "difficult". If anyone had told me that I would be spending part of my New Eve in the exam Hall, I would have said that the person wasn't wishing me well. But, yes...yes, as God would have it, I did and all Glory belongs to Him for it was easy.
After the exam, I spent hours trying to create a video by myself (which was successful but not shared). I was watching a movie when all of a sudden I felt homesick. I remembered my family, especially my siblings, and how we were supposed to be celebrating the New Year together as a family. To get my mind off it, I decided to watch TikTok videos since I couldn't sleep.
But as soon as it struck midnight, I became emotional. I had to drop my phone and try to force myself to sleep or something since I didn't want to cry. But my sister said ‘No’ to it. She engulfed me in a big hug and became all mushy and kept asking me what was wrong with me. How was I supposed to answer this question when I didn't even know which was disturbing me😅. Anyway, after a lot of mushiness and persistence from her, I started crying and it came out as a flood.
Seeing that I was crying a flood, she hugged me and said words of love to me. She said that I shouldn't miss home too much since we were both not at home and we were celebrating the New Year together. She also said that she was 100% sure they were tears of joy I was shedding.
Can you imagine?
How can she be so sure when I didn’t even know the reason for my tears?
Lastly, she advised me to set my goals for the new year and write out my achievements for the previous year.
I decided to listen to her advice and when I was done, I cried Ocean.
"What was this?" I asked myself.
"Were these all my achievements for 2022?"
"When did I do all these?"
"How did I do all these?"
These questions and so much more ran through my mind that I didn't know when I started praising and thanking my God. It was at that moment I realized that indeed I was crying tears of Joy.
After about 30 minutes of Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving to my Father (which I did with my roommate), I made new plans and goals for 2023. Trusting Him to do better than He did in 2022.
Guys, seeing the New Year isn’t easy but we made it. And the fact we did, says and means a lot.
So, cheers to us for making it, Cheers to 2023 for it will be a successful and beautiful year,
Cheers to the goals and plans we have made for the year,
Cheers to our achievements through the year
Let's walk hand in hand to see what the New Year has in-store for us all.
By the way, the rest of my 1st January 2023 was spent with movies, eating out, and flexing with friends. And also, disturbing my siblings with video calls🤭.
