Perseverance is key. The devil wants you to give up.

How I spent hours on an essay mistakenly wiped it.

I had spent hours trying to get an essay together making research, and trying to give my work the best outlook and not exaggerating, I spent not less than four hours.

I read and read again proofread, and forwarded it to my brother for further proofreading...You might wonder "why all the fuzz? It is just an essay”. Well, recently I have chosen to handle the little things as I would the big things. So the other day when I showed up to class with my work spiral bonded while every other person had theirs stapled, it seemed like I was doing extra.

Back to our tale. Visualise how much time had gone into this essay, the amount of time I had put into checking my facts, correcting what needed to be done, adjusting and all that stuff. And then, I am about to copy and paste only to accidentally click on paste and not copy.

At first, I wished it were a dream. I had earlier sent an edit link to my brother and, not a PDF so he could adjust some things. I tried to check via the link again but everything was gone. My work and proof of four hours. Vanished!

Overwhelming and frustrating isn’t it?

Whoever said crying doesn't make you stronger told a blatant lie because when it dawned on me that I wouldn’t recover what had been lost. Before you suggest it, I inquired on google. Lol. This was a personal error, google could not fix it.

So dear friends, I took out my time to cry for like a minute or two and started over.

Of course, I didn’t spend another four hours again, but I did spend like 30 minutes. This is where doing your stuff by yourself comes in handy. If I hadn’t done it on my own, I’d have been lost as to where to commence.

This was my labour, so I could still remember the order in which I wrote it. I had read it aloud repeatedly too.  And asides from that, I had a book where I outlined my order of articulation, which helped likewise.

Surprisingly, what was more interesting about starting over was that I got new points to add to some of my paragraphs. I didn’t tell anyone what had happened, I just vented to the Holy Spirit and it had to be God who calmed me down.

So how is this connected to our topic?  let’s take down a few points or lessons, whichever you feel is more applicable.

1.     When I accidentally wiped off my essay, the devil wished that I stopped working and give up out of frustration. When you oblige to the devil’s tactics, it weighs you down.

2.     When I started typing again, as much as I was displeased and hurt, I didn’t do it so much in the rush. Mastery of your work brings ease. With dexterity comes relief.

3.     I persevered not because I didn’t have other things to do, but because this was equally important. Many love to abandon things quickly.

4.     I didn’t wallow in self-pity. Sadly,  many live in this reality, you must not admire dwelling in self-pity.

5.     I picked myself back up immediately and did not give room for the devil’s scheme to thrive. Yes, I cried, but I didn't remain there. After every fall, don't delay in picking yourself back up.

6.     The firmness of your relationship with the Holy Spirit is proof of your perseverance. If you know your relationship with the Holy Spirit isn't firm yet. Today's a good day to push!

7.     If you're not intentional about anything, you'll call everything that comes to you, fate.   

And finally, the thesis statement in my concluding paragraph was this "awareness of the assignment, brings uneasiness”.

Read it over and over again till it makes sense to you. Until next time God’s beloved. Do have a lovely day and share it with your friends too.

Ps: I typed this article yesterday night to be published this morning but didn't find it again because something was wrong with the link. Again, I started over.

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Grazie! ❤️