Steemit Engagement Challenge S5-W3: “If Only”

A great week with a beautiful topic “IF ONLY ” I'm so happy to start this week's engagement challenge contest here in this very community. Indeed we all have made use of this statement in one way or the other, and mostly we use the statement when we took a decision that is not right and later regret our actions. Everyone has made a mistake in life and I am not an exception to that.

Life has its way of dealing with humans if we are not careful, enough to know that there are some things we should do at the right time if not we will later regret why we did not do them when we had the opportunity at a plater of gold. But we are humans and most time we take decisions that in the end, it will live us with the statement “if only”

I am the only child of my parent and I lost my dad when was too young, my mother stood by me and she made sure that I don't lack anything life has to offer. After secondary school, I wanted to be a medical doctor which my mum was fully in support of that but as time goes on getting admission into the medical school was very difficult, I stayed at home for two years waiting for admission, and not as if I did not meet up with all the requirement, my jamb and O- level results were perfectly ok, but getting the admission was just the issue.

My mum later advised me to go to school for nursing since I was having a passion for the medical line but I was very stubborn not to listen to her advice I was still at home applying for the same medical course not knowing that time is not by my side, after four years of staying back at home doing nothing I come to realize that what my mum was saying back then was just the fact but I did not listen. I was just carried away with what I want not minding God's plans for my life.

One day I decided and I was fully ready to apply for the school of nursing but it was late for me because the form was not on sale and I was so tired of staying at home while my mate were almost finishing their first degree. Without much wasting time, I went ahead to apply for a different course which I never wanted at the federal university Wukari, I was not given admission that year I was so devastated because I had the opportunity of studying at the school of nursing but my stubbornness did not allow me. If only I listen to my mum's advice things could have been better for me.

I never gave up though not until I was given admission to study computer science, I wanted to reject the admission but I thought of what happened in the past years. If only I listen to my mum's advice I could have finished my school of nursing and by now I will apply for medicine but I was so eager to do things the way I want not knowing it will affect me in the other way.

Seriously I regret my actions that year and if only I can turn the hands of the clock I will make it right but what has passed has already passed. The only thing left for me now is to try my best and always listen to others' opinions in other to avoid this statement “If only”