Incredible India monthly contest of August #1|My own story!

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Life and challenges, just like fish and water can not be separated; they are inseparable. I have come to see that life is never smooth, just like a flowing water...there are obstacles on the way but it is the way we respond to it that matters.

Challenges may come in our personal lives, finances, growth, health and career. Sometimes it feels like we can't surpass these challenges (some people actually don't) but then when we pass them, we get to see that these challenges shape us into what we become in future.

One will never understand what it means to be without help, if they haven't gone through it.

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Just like I said from the beginning life and challenges are inseparable. Challenges helps you to not just be resilient but to understand life better. When we go through challenges, we tend to understand better what people go through. We become even better humans because we have more empathy for people who are passing through the same situation we did pass through. We understand their plight better.

Our lives are incomplete without challenges because challenges helps us appreciate the good moment more. We won't enjoy wealth if we didn't taste poverty. We won't appreciate good health if we weren't sick. We won't understand joy enough if we haven't gone through pain. Challenges helps us to enjoy the depth of the joy we feel, the good health we have.

With challenges, we can find purpose in life..when challenges hit us, that is when most people look within to discover themselves.

Without challenges we won't be stronger. Challenges makes us stronger and resilient. The things we pass through helps build experiences and we can navigate life better. In life there will always be challenges, we just have to learn to walk and work through it.

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My life has been full of challenges, from financial challenges to academic challenge. Now this is my real life story.

Entering into the university in 2015, I was very hopeful that I will graduate by 2020 since it was a 5 years course. In my first year, everything went well. But I had some challenges in buying some books for some course. So I had to either snap the books or collect it from my course mates. I bought the ones that were very important too.

From my level 200, I had some academic issues with my grades. It wasn't what I wanted and I needed to fight back by studying more. In my level 300, there was no money for fees during my first semester. I did everything I could but help came from nowhere. So I suspended studies for that semester and resumed the next. I did my 400 level till 500 level but because I suspended studies in my 300 level I had an extra semester waiting for me.

I had an extra semester in school and I passed all the courses with only Bs and As. I was so proud of myself. Now the most challenging part was...our results were withheld for reasons unknown to me.

Everyone in my department was held down. We stayed from 2021 up til 2024. My results were approved in 2024. And I graduated with a second class upper in 2024 after getting admission in 2015. 9 years in school for a four year course.

Life was so challenging for me but I sailed through. From financial challenges to academic challenges, I sailed through them. When my result were withheld for three years for no reason, I felt so bad and sad. I went to all the heads in the university to know the progress but there was no where out. I am grateful that the results were approved and I am currently serving the country on its National Youth Service program. It has not been an easy ride but I came out stronger.

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While going through life challenges, sometimes it could lead to depression, and for some, death. But we always have to fight through it all. During my challenging period, these are what I did to go through it;

1. Being patient: To overcome life's challenges, we must be really patient. Sometimes challenges come and one way to go through it is to be patient. Every passing minute gives us a chance to turn things around. One thing I did was to be patient

2. Stay positive: You can go through life's challenges by being pessimistic. To go through life's challenges, you must be positive and stay positive.

3. Have a supportive person: Going through challenges might be draining, sometimes we need the help of people who can be supportive, it can be a religious leader, friend, sibling or parent.

There are other ways to overcome life's challenges but these three are what I did to overcome mine.

I invite @ujunwa01, @onlyonefave and @inemesitjustus to participate in this contest