Maybe! Just maybe!!!

I stumbled on a short write-up by a young friend of mine, Marvel Ubongabasi, which I tweaked a tad and it inspired today's reflection. It's a new month, by the way and a very good time to search yourself and make amends, where required.

A lot of Maybes.

...if I had smaller eyes...

...if I wore those kind of clothes...

...if I had a weave this way...

...if I were really thin...

...if I smiled sparingly...

...if I walked this way...

...if I danced like Tiwa Savage or Seyi Shay...

...if I sounded like...

...if only my legs were straight

...if I were in this group...

Maybe I'd fit in, be showered with so much love, be more appealing and popular, roll with the coolest fellas, receive all the attention I crave and just be a whole lot of things I'm not.

Meanwhile...

...if I proudly showcased my eyes...

...if I wore clothes I was comfortable in...

...if my hair maintained its tangled form...

...if I stayed thick and curvy...

...if I grinned widely like I love to...

...if I took my branded almost staggered steps..

...if I moved my body as I please...

...if I sounded like me after all...

...if I realised my legs were awesome...

...if I appreciated the group I belonged to...

...if I liked every bit of me madly...

Maybe, I'd just fit me. Maybe, they'd recognise my unique form and become inspired. Maybe, they'd even want to be my friends. Maybe....I'd love being just me!

Have you been in this 'maybe' situation? Are you there right now? I have been there severally and some days, I still find myself there. Only, I see it differently now. Those things you wish you had done which could've made things different, may not make any difference because every other person is on that lane. How about you create your own lane and watch other people follow?

At first, people would wonder what statement you're trying to make. However, some would start to follow; try to understand how you do it and soon enough, you'd find a throng of people on your lane. I mean that same lane you didn't welcome at first, because you wanted to be on an already existing one.

Yes! That's you being unique and getting others to see the real you, while encouraging them to also be themselves and ignore the bandwagon. I'm on it! Join me on the train of being you and loving every bit of it. Maybe! Just maybe! You'd love what you find as you begin to like every bit of your unique self.