Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 109: Letting Go

Let's say you are feeding your 6-month-old and she grabs the spoon right out of your hands. You try to retrieve it, but her grips are so tight. What do you do?

You let go.

How about you are in a talking stage with a guy. He's got the qualities you desire in a partner, but he isn't willing to reciprocate the feeling. What do you do?

You let go!

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Letting go isn't something you do when you are defeated. It's the conscious decision to loosen your grip on something when you figure out that holding onto it no longer yields a positive result.

I've had to let go of a lot of things. Some pleasant and others unpleasant.

For instance, I have had to quit a job even when the pay was so high just because it didn't align with my values. I have loosened my grip on a bicycle seat just because I needed my friend to learn how to ride the bike comfortably. She didn't realise it until she had covered about a mile. But that single act gave her all the confidence she needed to ride her own bike.

Recently, I had another unpleasant experience. I contacted someone to furnish my new apartment. He requested a huge sum of money which I paid in full. Even dashed him some extra cash for the service he hadn't offered yet. I trusted him. Only to return to see him installing inferior products. Rather than shout, I stayed calm. He wouldn't make a refund. Gave so many unnecessary excuses. So, I contacted another person to take over the job.

Do you know that this new person sent me a list that was 100% cheaper than what the first guy had proposed? It suddenly dawned on me: I'd been duped.

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I thought of the additional money he ripped from me. That would have gotten me a simple London fairly used Chromebook for my younger sister.

In cases like this, you can't involve the police since it is a civil matter. The only remedy would be the court and I wasn't ready for the stress that comes with litigation.

So, I had to do what I've learned to do: let go of the money, the pain and grief towards the guy. Sometimes you have to accept reality and choose your own peace and well-being.

What is something you've recently had to let go of for your own peace? Join the contest. Looking forward to reading yours @etoro, @sariana23 and @saintkevin17.

_{Published on 15 October 2025}