I am a recently single mother of five. I lost the father of my first three children when I was 30 years old. I eventually found love again and had 2 more children with my partner with whom I recently separated from. I was expecting to find happiness in another person, but I soon realized that both relationships did not allow me to grow to reach my fullest potential and they were not fulfilling. My recent relationship felt like a set back from working towards my dreams and doing the best I can for my children as a parent. So I decided to relocate from my home country, Zimbabwe, to Ireland.
I struggled to fit in during the first few months, being a black woman from a third world country moving into a totally different world with a culture that is foreign to me. I lacked confidence, even though I had practiced as a Radiographer for 17 years, I found myself making the silliest of mistakes at work and failing to even communicate with the people around me. On telling my colleagues that I had five children, I became the main topic on the grapevine. People would say, ''how will she ever manage'', I once even over heard some people saying, '' she looks so miserable, probably she is reflecting on the bad choices she made in life.'' After one frustrating day at work, I cried and decided that that would be the last time I would ever cry over spilt milk again. I had to do something about it.
With the urge to reinvent myself I decided to invest into enrolling with Mindvalley. I felt that my brain needed a complete overhaul. One of the programs suggestions made for me was 'May Musk's 5 rules of life'. Out of all the courses I have taken so far, this has been the most inspirational to me because I can relate to her life's journey. Here I was thinking that at the age of 40 I was running out of time, but here is a 75 year old woman, whom through resilience, reinvented herself and weathered all the storms she faced after a failed marriage. The greatest part of her story was raising children who succeeded enormously in life. Diamonds are indeed produced under intense pressure.
After taking Maye's quest, I now see a great ray of hope. Society has associated single mothers with weakness and poverty, but Maye's teachings and her life story have taught me that if you are resilient you can do whatever you put your mind to and you can achieve your dreams. Instead of feeling sorry for myself and sobbing over the difficulties and challenges I have faced in the past, I should keep pushing myself to reach my goals. Through this quest I have realized that the hardships that I faced earlier in my life were necessary to strengthen me to face tougher challenges on my journey to fulfill my dreams, just like when Maye and her family traveled through the Kalahari dessert when she was young. That made her strong enough to weather any storm that came her way and she is now living her best life at 75. What an inspiration.
I am still on my journey and I have just been given the fuel to go to the finish line through this awesome quest. I am looking forward to being an inspiration to my children and watching them reach their fullest potential.