Greetings!

Someone rightly told me some time ago that happiness is free and that to have peace of mind, you must be happy and being happy alone would not give you peace of mind, but being happy with yourself and what you are doing will guarantee and assure you peace of mind.

The person further said, as free as happiness is, you must earn it. He said no one can make you happy other than yourself. He equally said, nothing would make you happy other than what you are doing. “So, by earning it means you have to love yourself and what you are doing,” he said.

So, seeing the topic of the prompt before us this week, the quotes of this young man came straight to me and I'm happy I would be talking about what seems insignificant to others but make sense to me and give me peace of mind.
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Having said a lot about happiness and peace of mind, I would like to tell you more about that thing that gives me peace of mind. So, that thing that gives me peace of mind is my job and I can boldly say that my job gives me joy and peace of mind and it makes me a fulfilled person in life.

Though, while growing up, I never thought of becoming a moulder of life by profession and this is because of how this teaching profession was being perceived by people back then as a poor and insignificant profession.

So, instead of me loving it or aspiring to become a teacher like my mum, I opted and aspired to becoming an engineer,  but as God would have it, I couldn't cope with all the calculation subject in my secondary school days and this was what led me to leaving the science class to the art class and there at the art class also, I was also not aspiring to become a teacher but a lawyer by profession, but even with my brilliancy, I could  not meet the course cut off after I have read so well for the exam.

So, my inability to meet the course cutoff led me to the faculty of education. Though I had it in me to write another jamb when I was given the admission, something happened and I couldn't register nor write another jamb exam.

So, instead of disturbing myself with the changing of course or department in my first year, I decided to stay put with my education course which I later developed love and interest for. Though. It's tough ab initio with people mocking me and making jest of my course of study, but I didn't really allow that to get me off my radar. In fact, the more they were mocking me about my course, the more I was putting in more effort and making it more significant to myself. 

So, at our graduation from the university,  I was able to come out with a first class honour. This really came as a surprise to many of them, but even at that, they were still mockingly saying, who first class in education helps, but I never looked at  their side as I was so focused on that course that has given me my first class honor and also given me my peace of mind.
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So, immediately I graduated from the school, I put in for a job in a school and in that school, I was employed and since then, I have been impacting lives and building minds and these have given me peace of mind and joy. Also, I have also been able to further my post graduate program and very soon, I would be done with my doctorate program. Though all these I'm doing has really brought me shame and disrespect, but even at that, I'm happy doing it, as it has brought to me a fulfilled life and peace of mind.
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So, my teaching profession is one thing that I would always adore and pay tribute to and this is because it's brought me my honor and respect. Though, to some, it's insignificant but to me it's the most significant thing one can do.

This is my entry to the hivenaija weekly prompt. 

Thanks for reading. 

Pictures used are mine.


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