Tag: dailyprompt

What was the best compliment you’ve received?

I have been told a bunch of times that my presence is calming.

Hear this out,..

While other people appreciate how authentic I am, some have told me “Val you don’t have to be entirely authentic” This blows my mind every time. I would never ever want to torment myself like that. Genuinely, those are the people I run away from because how on earth can you advise a person, on not being entirely their true selves and somehow you manage to sit down with yourself and be okay!!!

I am still trying to find out why authenticity should be such a bother to people.

On Sunday, another sweet soul told me “you are overly kind, and you should change that” I lost it. I promise I broke down. Totally.  I’m not daft, I know when to be chill and when to bring out my claws, I just don’t like reacting to things that are bound to disturb my peace. I choose my battles. Smartly. Most times I’m just chill.

In the last few weeks I’ve been told about a bunch of things that I shouldn’t be, and everything I’ve been told not to be, is what I love being.

Again, in the last four weeks alone I’ve been told by more than four people, “when you love, you love extremely and that’s where you go wrong”

In a world where I’ve been told, don’t be too authentic, don’t be too kind, don’t love extremely, I wouldn’t know how to exist I promise. So the smartest thing to do is smile at those remarks and rub them off as soon as they are thrown at me. It’s a messy world out here.

I’d love to protect my cacoon.

That was a whole rant I know, but the point is, the most rewarding compliment I’ve received is about my presence being calming.

Cheers🫶

Who is the most confident person you know?

Yet to meet one,

I only know a bunch of cocky humans who mistake that for confidence.

What was the last thing you did for play or fun?

I just went over my mind and then I sighed because damn Val, you don’t play? You don’t have any fun?

“Things didn’t entirely turn out to be what I wanted them to, they turned out to be entirely how they should have been.”

Not even close.I had a whole different view of what my life would have been today.

Even though things didn’t entirely turn out to be what I wanted them to, they turned out to be entirely how they should have been.

I learnt to be present as I do the best I can.

So yeah, I couldn’t be more grateful.

What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?

Learning how to regulate my emotions is the best thing I’ve achieved so far.

I couldn’t be more grateful.

Do you ever see wild animals?

I question my sanity most times because why did I just laugh so hard at this question!!

Have you ever laughed so hard at something then someone next to you asked “sa unacheka” – to mean what are you laughing at. And it’s usually not a polite question at all.

But sure, I see wild animals. I see a bunch of them. I experience them. I feel them.

“Things that fascinate me might come off as very mundane. But again, that’s just me okay.”

I started writing, then I was told that there was a Christmas choral performance and I had to run for that. I loooove holidays. I mostly thrive in December.
Okay so here goes…….

I’d be damned if I said no!
I have a few but I’ll fill you in on about one. I am a country girl. Things that fascinate me might come off as very mundane. But again, that’s just me okay.

So back in 2022 January, that was the first actual time I was going to be entirely far from home. It was daunting emotionally, but let’s not talk about that now. I have a history of telling a thousand different stories in one story haha!

Okay so back in 2022 I was to move to a place called Voi, Taita Taveta – Kenya.
I knew one girl from there whom I’d gotten acquainted with. And because technically I didn’t have any furniture or a house to begin with. I was to spend my first few days at her home, where she lived with her grandma. Cute innit? Yes. 😅.

So the village was called Sagalla.  A whole definition of the place I dreamt of settling. It was cute. So cute.

It was hilly, and full of greenery.
The next morning, I woke up to pure blissfulness. The hills were misty. The freshest air I’ve ever woken up to. The homestead was a buzz of calming activities, I’m talking about milking the cows, feeding the chicken and sweeping the yard.
For a minute I was like, can I just send my letter of resignation before reporting, because I just had a moment of realization that probably that life right there was everything I’d ever wanted, to feel complete.

I think about Sagalla every so often. So clearly that makes it a favorite place. Okay cue “favourite girl by Darkoo” I guess this should work for now

I gotta run back to the Christmas chorals.

What makes a good neighbor?

I know we all deserve a community around us. The occasional socializing is pretty much profound.

But what makes a good neighbor really? I don’t know. That isn’t within me to define. But I know as a neighbor I should have boundaries.

I’m a big introvert, so the most socializing I do with my neighbors is the usual “hi”.  I mean as long as they are safe and okay that’s just it.

But I also know that if they ever need any form of help that is within my capacity I’d be glad to come through for them.

I love my space, and I wouldn’t appreciate occasional and impromptu visits, I know they wouldn’t appreciate the same.

From personal experience, I don’t think it’s wise to make friends out of neighbors. Neighbors should just be neighbors.

Honestly I don’t know what makes a good neighbor. This was just me blubbering (Sighs weirdly).

What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself?

Working on my emotions (self regulation) and creating an abundance mindset.

What skill would you like to learn?