Steemit Engagement Challenge S5w3: If only

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Hello Steem friends,

it's a beautiful week and it's already week 3 in our engagement challenge. I know we are enjoying the challenge. For me, the challenge has given me opportunity to read the opinions and ideas of other steemians just in a post.

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Introduction

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This week's topic "if only" is one interesting phrase mostly used by we humans to express our regrets towards the out come of something we feel we didn't do well or actions we were meant to take or do but end up not doing. so I didn't want to miss out because I have also used such phrase that's why am here to share my opinion about the topic in a true life experience I had. Stay put and read.

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If Only (my Personal experience)

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I love my phone. Infact I love the company of my phone even more than I love the company of some friends, you might ask me why so? But you see, my phone is so useful to me that I practically see my phone as my best friend.

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I can be in a room for a month and won't be bored as long as I have my phone with me. With my phone I can see movies, go online, read books, listen to good music and do every other things I love doing with my phone.

_{my friend hugging me but am paying attention to the music am listening on my phone}

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This brings to memory an incident that happened to me one very rainy Wednesday. I was with my phone in my hostel back then in school. As at then, the brand of my phone was Nokia express music. The phone was bought as a birthday gift and was given to me by my friend. This phone was good and I loved it for it camera quality and for its memory space and speaker.

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I downloaded music and movies and books on the phone and from time to time I see those movies and read the book. I also had some documents saved on that phone.

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One raining Wednesday afternoon, I got a phone call from my boss asking me to go pick up a wey billed stuff sent to him from another city. Since he was not available, he asked me to help him out with it.

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I told my room mate who happen to be my close friend. She told me to wait until it stops raining before I go out to pick up the wey bill, she also told me not to go with my phone since it was raining. I asked her if I don't go with my phone how can I reach the store keeper to get the way billed stuff? She suggested I copy down the number and go with her touch light phone in other to make the call. Her idea was not good to me, I felt I was been a burden to her. I also did not want to miss my phone that long. I wanted to put on my ear piece and listen to some good music while I head to the park to pick up the waybill, so I refused her offer.

_{Taking pictures with some friends yet I have my earpiece with my phone}

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I took my beautiful phone out, by then the rain was still drizzling and was no longer heavy. I put the phone at the middle of a book and held it under my armpit. I walked very fast until I got a bus moving to my direction so I entered. When I got to the park, I got down from the bus.

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I remembered I was to call the store keeper so that he would bring the wey bill to me. By the time I brought out my book from my armpit, my phone was no where to be found. What? My phone was missing. I could not explain what happened. At that point I was so confused. I quickly looked at the direction of the road to see if the bus that brought me was still there hmm the buss was gone!

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I cried my eyes out like a baby, some person's at the park gathered to ask me why I was crying. I narrated my story and they felt sorry for me. Finally I found the store keeper with the help of people around the park. I collected the wey bill yet I was sad. My phone was gone.

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As I walked home that afternoon, alot of thoughts kept coming to my mind. Thoughts like "if only I had listened to my roommate and taken her advice, I would still be with my phone by now" the if I only thoughts were really much that afternoon. When I got home and told my roommate, she felt bad that I didn't listen to her. She said "Ruth if only you will stop been stubborn and listen to my advice more often you won't be getting into such issues"

_{A friend and I having fun time but my phone in my hands is not left out}

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I stayed for 2 month without a phone because my Dad refused to buy another one for me and I was not earning an extra money to enable me get another. Staying without my phone for 2 months felt like 6years without a phone. The feeling was terrible. My room mate will be playing with her phone while I would be forced to be asking her questions about what is happening on Facebook or other social media. If only I listened to my friend I would not loose my favorite beautiful phone.

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Conclusion

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The phrase if only most times are used to express regrets which is on the negative and in such case is the story of the way I lost my phone.

Sometimes the things we finally regret are often things that was actually brought to our minds to do or not to do. If only we would be more convinced or sure about that decision or contract or relationship or even the little things we want to do, this phrase "if only" will not surface in our mouth or minds.

Thank you for reading..

I invite my friends @okere-blessing @temitopef @lhorgic to join this contest.