Not As It Seems

There is no fear I have had that turned out to be as bad as I envisaged.

I held a fear of appendicitis for most of my teenage years. It was so intense that I always felt a slight sharp pain on my lower right abdomen.

When I got tired of dealing with the fear, I convinced my parents to wheel me in for an operation.

Following the operation, the doctor was surprised that I had to be wheeled in, because according to him, “the size of the appendix he took out was at a level that could take me to the end of my life.”

There is no desire I have had that turned out to be as good as I imagined.

I always wanted to attend a course in a prestigious university.

I kept on requesting the training year-on-year for 6 years.

When it finally came around, I was underwhelmed by the learning experience.

I did not even realize how underwhelming it was until a colleague asked me why I looked disappointed.

– Osasu Oviawe