The Whispers of my Soul..
Oh, my guts! If only I had listened to you, things wouldn't have gone this bad.
About three months ago, our community had a power supply issue. There was a heavy storm that brought down so many electric poles in my neighborhood that we were in total darkness for about a month.
For the first week, I didn't feel it much, as I had about two power banks that were fully charged before this ordeal.
Everybody in the house relied on me, as I had a source of power for them to charge their gadgets. They all looked up to me to find a way to charge these power banks so they too could always charge. Mind you, there was also a hike in fuel prices, which made it a bit difficult to buy fuel to power the generator at home.
I quickly remembered I had a friend who uses solar energy, so I felt a bit relaxed. What I did was drop one of my power banks with her to charge while we all used the remaining one in the house, and I kept switching power banks with her.
After retrieving one of my power banks this fateful evening, she politely told me, "Amie, it's been raining all day, so I wouldn't be able to collect another power bank from you; please don't be offended".
I understood perfectly because she also needs the power to carry out most of her activities at home, and she's been of help to me, so I never took offense at all, happily I replied, "I know right, when the sun is out, I'd surely come back to charge. Thank you so much, Ese."
Now, I needed to look for a way to charge the other power bank, so our phone's battery doesn't go low, this was where the problem started, I started to look for someone whom I could trust to charge my power banks and phones too, for all the people they came to mind, a part of me wasn't so pleased to drop my gadgets with them, so I decided to manage the power on the only power bank left until it was okay to charge at Ese's house again.
However, I received an email from one of the companies to which I submitted a proposal saying that I would be having a virtual interview in the next 6 hours. This was great news, but this time the two power banks were low already, and my phone's battery was about 30%. Well, this might last up to the next 4 hours if my phone was set to power-saving mode; however, it might not carry me to the next 6 hours, or maybe it might; I just wasn't sure.
"Ha! What do I do now? I surely cannot miss this interview", I soliloquized, I knew it's been raining consistently for days, so going to Ese's house wasn't even an option.
I had to make a very drastic decision at this point, I got dressed and was about to leave home, but my instinct kept telling me not to, "manage your phone's battery, it's better safe than sorry" It kept whispering and wouldn't shut up!
However, I kept suppressing it with "What if the battery goes off in the middle of the interview", this intuition kept resisting and then I halted it by saying "You aren't always right, life is all about risk, I hope this doesn't hurt, there's no harm in trying.".
I stood up and left the house in search of a trusted place to charge my phone for a while. Then I saw this barbershop, right in my heart of hearts, I knew this was a very risky thing to do, to plug my phone into a commercial shop, but I bit myself into believing that since I was there, nothing bad would happen.
I walked into the shop, greeted everyone, and asked to see the boss, I told him my ordeal and so, he offered to help, "Where's the phone?" He demanded, I reluctantly handed the phone and charger to him, and since the whole shop was a bit stuffy, I sat just at the corner of the balcony.
After about an hour, I felt my phone's battery should have increased to a reasonable percentage or even fully charged by now, I walked right into the shop to demand my phone.
"Sir, can I have my phone, please?" I politely requested The boss told one of his apprentices in Nigerian pidgin, "Kayode, go bring the phone come." As soon as I sighted Kayode with my phone, my heart sank already because I knew something was wrong merely by looking at his facial expression, but to give him the benefit of the doubt, I waited for him to bring me my phone. "Auntie, I'm sorry; while I was trying to plug the charger in, I damaged the charging port of your phone, but I couldn't tell you immediately." Kayode managed to utter. "Damn!" It dawned on me that moment that my intuition was right after all.
The look on my face was like that of a prodigal son who rebelled against his father; I felt broken because I rebelled against my intuition, I managed to collect my phone, but when I double-tapped the screen, a part of the screen was even broken, I guess they stepped on it mistakenly, and lastly, the battery even reduced to 10%. "I should have listened to you", I soliloquized, but all I heard was "It's too late now!"
My whole mood changed, and so I missed that interview slated for that day. Days later, the screen of my phone got even worse, and eventually went blind, and from that day on, I realized what Anne Wilson said in a quote is true.
Trusting your intuition often saves us from disaster.” — Anne Wilson Schae
If only, I had listened to my inner mind, I might have saved myself from fixing the screen of my phone which was almost the cost price of my phone.
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(no space) to get help on Hive. InfoWe must always listen to our intuition! I know about those electrical problems and what it feels like to have a cell phone break. In fact, one time it was stolen because I put it on charge in a restaurant and someone took it while I was eating. Well, I hope you have learned your lesson. Regards
Oh, I regretted not listening to my instinct, but I've learned my lesson.
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Sometimes when we are about to do somethings, our instincts tells us it's wrong or we should do it in a certain way but oftentimes we don't listen to that Voice as we believe we got it all figured out.
I'm sorry for what happened to you and I know you must have learned your lessons. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for visiting sis.
Oh, how sad you must have felt. So sorry about that.
Thank you so much.
I admired how you portrayed your journey from feeling shattered and lost to discovering your true passion and identity.
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This has happened to me several times, not listening to my instincts has brought me to many regret. Sorry about your phone.
Thank you so much, I learned the hard way.
Oh... So sorry about that. Must be quite painful, having to deal with missed interview and damaged phone there and after.
It was so painful, wish listened to my instinct in the first place.
Algunos aprendizajes son costosos y dolorosos, @amiegeoffrey! Esperamos que los tiempos de oscuridad hayan pasado.
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This happens most times, our instincts tells us something, but we feel it wouldn't hurt to try and at the end of the day, we pay the price of failing to listen to our instincts. I'm sorry you had to miss your interview
Thank you so much, though our instinct is not always right, but most times they save us from a lot of disasters.
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Yeah they save us most times. You're welcome dear, I'm glad I visited
A hard lesson learned with the disaster. There are hunches to which you should pay close attention.
Thanks for sharing.
Good day.
It was indeed a hard lesson learned. Thanks for coming around.
If only you had listened to that voice that kept whispering and won't shut up 😜.
Had it been you listened to your intuition, the phone screen and charging point wouldn't have had any single issue.
But then, a virtual interview with 30% phone battery........anyone in your position would have done the same thing (going out to look for a place to power up the phone, to avoid getting disssapointed in the middle of an interview).
This trial led to lots of expenses you didn't even plan for 😩.
#Dreemerforlife.
I regretted listening to my intuition in the first place and later on, the voice kept tormenting me😄😄, with "I told you!!"
I learned a hard lesson, whenever I am about to do something and I get a negative feeling about it, I'll never try to do that thing again. Hehe
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Ahh! I feel your pain. Omo, sometimes it’s really good to listen to your intuition. I am sorry you had to miss the interview. Hopefully you will get another offer that will be better.
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Hopefully, something better will come my way. Thank you for your kind comment.
Things kept going south from there. One problem to the other. I know it must have been a while ago but I'm sorry you had to go through that. I would've felt so terrible and angry at myself. Thank you for sharing this story dear.🌺
Thank you so much for coming around.