Living in the moment is really one enormous issue that the society is turning a blind eye to, and this is something that makes our issues more than one can anticipate. How does one learn in this world if they do not make mistakes? Many of us learn from our mistakes, but not many us of make up to our mistakes.

I was alone when I was brought into this world, but I brought different energies and different feelings to different people, and despite everything, I was an innocent soul. I was brought into this world by two teenage souls. They lived in the moment, and they did not care what anybody said behind their backs because they always put their feelings first. What they shared was very special, but their union brought them a surprise, a whole new soul.

Education is the only route we all believe in when it comes to paving a way to a bright future for ourselves. My parents thought it was over for them because they were forced to become parents at a very young age. Their two families had nothing to put on the table except for an extra hand for them and their new born baby, and they really appreciated it.

My parents essentially used the free time they got to complete their high school studies, but what greatness can you achieve without your full focus? Imagine studying with a baby crying down your neck, or having to provide for your own child when you are still trying to pave a way for yourself to escape poverty.

Three months down the line, after the new baby boy was brought on this world by the two souls, he had to start a life journey and face the music. Fortunately, his parents were able to finish their high school education and go try their luck in the modern province, where it was believed that dreams came true.

My parents had to leave me – their son, the new soul, a baby boy – with their families. I felt the comfort, but just when I thought it was over, it had only started.

The hours I was supposed to spend with my parents at the age of three months was substituted with hours at school. I had to be around learners six years older than me every single day, and those people started being my family because I spent most of my time around them than anyone else.

Years went by, and people got promoted to the next school levels every year. I, on the other hand, had to remain in the spot I was in until I was six years old. Everything was a blessing in disguise and a great nurture to my mind-set though, because I knew nothing but what I was being taught at school, and I learned the same thing for over five years.

When I finally reached the year in which I qualified to be regarded as one of the learners of that year – a year in which I was given an opportunity to redeem myself and graduate with other kids – I was taken away by my parents. They took me away not because they were being egocentric, but because they did not feel comfortable living their lives not knowing if their child was being well taken care of, and if he was given the love he deserved.

The stay with my parents did not last for a long time, though. The two families fought them because they were still trying to make a living for themselves, and they believed I was not going to get the proper support from them. On that very same year, I went to different pre-schools because my parents kept relocating to different places, trying to find affordable places to rent.

When I thought it was all over and it was a new beginning, a year went by and I did not graduate like other kids. The situation of me living with my parents got very tense because of that. There were financial strains, and I had to go back to my roots and live with my parent’s families. I thought it was over, that all the sufferings and up and downs were finally over, but little did I know that it was only about to get down.

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