SHOULD CELEBRATIONS BE RESTRICTED TO SOME FEATS?

 

Sometimes last year, I was invited as a guest poet to perform at an event.

I did accept the invitation, but did not make the necessary preparations until it was two days to the D-day; it was then I discovered how taxing the theme was, and that I should have kicked off with the preparation long enough. The theme required analytical researches,  but my annoyingly relaxing nature made me ignore the preparation until later. 

What I felt that day can be likened to the feeling of discovering a new topic in the examination hall. I was destabilised. I knew I could come up with meaningful lines, but I was convinced I'd have had an almost perfect presentation if I had taken not with levity the task. 

  'God no go shame me' was the word I muttered before taking the courage to grab my pen, plead with my brain, and tease my heart to put down some words. In fact, I almost chickened out in the course of the preparation.

  The day came, and I did perform. I did get the applause, and the 'after presentation' standing ovation. But something seemed not to have settled well within me after the presentation.

I am that lady who is her own biggest cheerleader, but my spirit didn't just align with my being on that day. I fret out multiple times while on the stage, and had thought things would get better when I'm off the stage. But I was wrong. Things got worse. 

I was forced to ask my friend who went with me to the event if the presentation was truly great and 'standing ovation deserving' , or the audience were just excited to get the gloomy poet out of their sight -yes, it was that bad.

After leaving the venue, a lot of questions erupted in my mind, and luckily enough, I drilled out the answers.

Dear reader, you might be wondering if I'm  someone you could regard as a perfecto. Well,  I am not. And in fact, I wasn't expecting a perfect presentation. But I strongly believe in the maxim, 'the more the effort, the more the satisfaction'.

There are days you achieve feats, and pat your own back. No, you aren't being complacent. It is just a form of excitement that comes with reaping the fruits of one's labour. Days like these are quite different from those when you input little or no effort and LUCKILY hit the jackpot. 

The reality is, humans tend to appreciate more what they strive more for. My gloomy countenance at the event came alongside the feeling that I could have performed better if I had been more serious with he preparation. 

DOES THIS MEAN THAT CELEBRATIONS SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO SOME ACHIEVEMENTS?

Dear Dynamite, if you have ever been in my shoes. Do not panic. You are totally fine. But do NOT swim in mediocrity. Strive to get better. 

Since you and I have realized the importance of effort, then we should quit laziness. And stop being a pro in crastinating. 

All feats, little or big, are worth celebrating. 

It is just natural that the more the energy input,  the merrier the celebration. 

Blessed? 

Thank you for reading.❤️

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