You can do it. I know.

It was the morning of my wedding – I remember; clearly, my Dad called me and told me that I had a phone call. I looked at the time, a few minutes to 7 am…it was in those days, when we only had one telephone in the house, with a lot of people in my parent’s home, I decided to pick the extension in my father’s bedroom.

I picked the phone, only to hear the voice of one of my secondary school friends. She apologized she wouldn’t make it to my wedding, but she decided to pray for me instead. I was shocked, I hadn’t even spoken to her in years, and I did not know how she got to hear about my wedding, but my heart was so full of joy. I said Amen to every single word she uttered that beautiful morning, and I thanked her.

I also remember traveling to Nigeria with my family once for a family event. Upon coming back, I decided to buy some souvenirs for my friends in Newfoundland – I looked around- and purchased a few Nigerian brooms. When I got back to my location and gave some of the brooms to my friends, they were happy, and the next time I visited two of them, I saw the brooms beautifully displayed in their living rooms. One even attached hers to a wall beautifully in her sitting room.

These two stories reminded me of spreading joy to lives no matter what. You don’t have to break the bank to make others happy. It took a simple phone call from a long-lost friend to make me happier on my wedding day, and with just a bunch of brooms from my home country, I brought smiles to some of my friend’s faces and lit up their living rooms.

What do you have that you believe will make someone else’s day? No fancy gifts, probably a phone call, a word of encouragement or a text on their special day, or a word of prayers telling them you have their backs or you are rooting for them.

You can do it. I know.

Written by Ibukun Ogunsina, New Beginnings Barrie, Psychotherapy and Counselling Services. Website: www.newbeginningsbarrie.com
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