NGOENYI CONTEST #16 || TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK EVERYONE MUST EXPERIENCE IN HIS OR HER LIFE TIME by@rutthy || 10% payout to steemkids.

Good morning great members of the steemkids community, trust we are doing great. I would like to say that this topic is quite a thought provoking one because it has left me thinking about the different stages i have been through in my life, the different obstacles and challenges and also how i was able to overcome them. I am so happy to be a part of this contest as it brigs back memories of growth and changes to me. The points i am going to be using below is based on the few things i have experienced in life so far.

**"You can never know the joy of success until you have experienced the sorrow of failure"** , those were the exact words my brother said to me when i was passing through one of my trying times life. It happened that i wrote my first WAEC examination in 2009 and failed woefully and it was a heavy blow to me because i was the first and only one that has ever failed WAEC in my family. My parents did not take it lightly with me at all and even made but i had to console myself. It was not like i was the only person that failed in my class though. Of course, such failure does not go without an accompanying punishment. But the good thing is that i wrote my second WAEC after 6 years and i am a graduate today. The pains from that singular failure alone was out of this world and it really changed my life a whole lot. The pain alone helped me focus when i finally gained admission into the university. What i want to say here is this, if you must have a positive life, at some point in your life, you must experience failure because its an ingredient to success and very inevitable.

We live in a world which is obsessed with success that when you experience failure or setback, it will look like a taboo, but the most important thing to note is this, failure is an inevitable aspect of your journey in life.

In life ,we all make mistakes, some which can be corrected, while some cant, but the good thing is this, whatever mistake you have made or encountered in your life time never leaves you the same way it met you, at least you must have picked one or two lesson from it and move on with your life. No body in life us above mistake and no one in life is perfect. We all deserve second chances and in some areas, even up to third and fourth chances because we all make mistakes. I have had my own fair share of mistakes in life ranging from while i was a kid to this present level, and sometimes, you may not have a second chance to correct a first impression you have made with someone, but what will your do?..its still part of life experiences, so you just pick up the lesson and move on. Mist people in life struggle to be perfect and do things in order and never see mistakes as part of life, but it is.

Death is very inevitable to every human being on earth. So many people have experienced the sorrow of losing a loved one so dear to them. Although i haven't really lost anyone so close to me or a very close relative, but i feel the pains people go though when they lose a beloved one especially people close to me. In as much as death is inevitable, the most important thing is that to live tour life on earth the best way you can by impacting your world and rendering helping hands to people within your capacity.

Delay is a very important and aspect in life which so many people go through. Although not all experience delay in life, but those people that experience it in one way or the other must have one story to tell because its not a very funny thing at all. People can experience delays in marriage, academics, child birth etc. I have had my own share of delay in my academics during the time i failed my WAEC, and i can tell you, it wasn't funny at all. I was at home, while my mates in high school were graduating from university and some even started their Msc. But today, i am glad that i am no longer where i used to be and i thank God.

Growth is a very important aspect in every human being. Even a new born baby grows. The growth may not be noticeable, but before you know, he/she has started growing teeth, crawling, walking etc. All these are aspects of growth. In adults too, growth is important because if you are not growing and adding anything to your knowledge, you will remain stagnant, and you may not even be able to hold a reasonable conversation with people. When you are not growing, you are stagnant, you start losing value, you lose freshness and you lose opportunities in life, so growth is one of the things one must experience in life time and i have experienced growth i so many aspects of my life.

**To err is human, and to forgive is divine**. As a human being, you must experience offences in your life maybe from relatives, spouses, siblings, friends and loved one. Offences cokes i divers ways, but its up to us not to allow ourselves to be offenses to the point which you start holding grudges against him/her. When you notice offences normally comes from a particular person or that you are always offended by a person, you just move away from the person or place. But the good thing is this, no matter the offence, forgiveness us ultimate.

Love is s a very god thing. In life , we all have lived ones ranging from family and friends, spouses and relatives too. When you are loved and cherished by your loved ones, it gives you more motivation to forge ahead in life. It also makes you happy that some people care about you. So, love is also one of the life time experiences.

In life, we all face challenges in one way or the other. A person's challenge may not be another's challenge, but in all, we still push further in life. Challenges may come in several ways, but its your attitude towards your challenge that will determine whether or not you will pass through the stage quickly enough because so many people in life has passed through some challenges and disappointing moments in life that has left them shattered and battered for life. One of those challenges i passed through in my former place of work almost made me to be a resentful individual and it almost affected me at my current place of work and made me biased in my reasoning, but i thank God for God.

Almost everyone in life has once been a victim of fear in one way or the other. Either fear of not passing an exam, an interviews, of giving up, pressures, failure etc. Fear has torments just as the bible says and it is very bad weapon that the devil uses to cripple peoples potentials in life. Once you are scared of doing something or attempting something or even taking a particular risk, it becomes a torment to you and you can never move past your fears in life. I was once a victim of fear and it made me lose a lot of things.

At this point, i would like to invite my friends @favbay , @emumike and @idken to participate in this wonderful contest.