3.

It is said that there is time for everything. Old age is inclusive. We were all born, will grow old (or

maybe not.), it is inevitable.

One aspect I look forward to in getting old is being a grandparent. I look forward to seeing the new

generation in my family. As I have gotten more mature, I have come to appreciate the importance

of family and in particular my own family. Why I have not done everything perfectly in raising

my kids, I believe I have done a good job so far. So I look forward to seeing what the next

generation looks like. I want to see how they are raised. I want to see how their upbringing and

their lives are influenced by the foundation that has been laid by my generation and the generations

before mine.

In as much as I look forward to getting old, there is this aspect of it that scares me the most: it is

having to rely on people to do things for me because I would not be strong and healthy as I used

to be. I do not like being dependent on people to care for myself because I always believe that it is

my job to look after me. So having to rely on people for my needs, business and my well-being

scares me a lot.
 2.

Life was never easy, we just have to grow up and accept it. The most difficult age for me is between

22 and 27 years, this is because the pressure to be something, to be somebody is so immense. I

was still in my country, Nigeria. This is period I almost lost it, the age I would have been consumed

by alcohol or drugs, because the disappointments became too much and I saw it as finding

alternative ways to reality.

When I looked around me then, everyone seems to be doing something for themselves, people

seem to be living a life I only dream of. I have applied for jobs and the results have been

disappointing.

After few years of job hunting. I was ready to take anything even if it is smell a rich man’s fart as

long as it pays, so I ended up as an office messenger in one company in town.

This stage was indeed the most difficult period in my life. But then this is the age I learnt about a

lot about life, that period taught me a lot about perseverance, about appreciating the small wins, it

taught me something about friendship, love, career growth and personal responsibility.

Though it was difficult, but it was a rise moment for me. It determined how I handle my life in this

stage I am now.