LUMKO - WISDOM. I Have A Story To Tell.

LUMKO THANDOLWETHU MTAMBO

Throughout my life, I've been living under this delusion that for things and other aspects of life to go well for me there have to be certain things that I have to get or attain. This is so personal to me, and it is so defining of the character that I am. I think sometimes as people we have to go forward with what we have at that particular moment. Often times, we like to cry and whine over what we may have lost, and we end up forgetting to cherish what's left. If I can tell you, most of my wins in life, it was on faith and endurance that I had made the realization that whatever it is that I have, at any time, I'm content with it and I choose to utilize it at my best potential, I never had the urge to feel or rather pity myself over what I didn't have because I've learned how to create my own moments, my own spotlight, my own lane, whereby I am the one who holds the narrative.

As I reflect on the day I made that fruition, I get emotional. All my life I had to fight, I had to fight for everything and I'm not talking about fighting for success, career, etc. I'm talking about those minor things like attention, supervision, approval, and assurance because I never had a voice, I was hushed to believe I don't stand a chance on anything. It was at my very lowest moments I decided to fight the battle I was silently fighting already and I can tell you, it was the best decision of my life. I started seeing and being aware of many things. I started growing even from dimensions I never believed I could possibly grow to. I let it sink in me that whatever I have, big or small I will use it to my advantage, and wherever I'm at I will be of purpose.

I stopped looking at the perception of "I lost this and that" and started looking at it like "at least I still have this and that". Believe me when I say this: Gratitude is not an attitude, it's an action - the action of being grateful, leads to the feeling of being content. When you're content, you're influential and when you're influential you start to see possibilities even in challenges because of the realization that sometimes strength can come from circumstances. As I journey along this walk of life I am acknowledging that sometimes you may not have full control of some situations and their outcomes but you can have control of your mindset and how you deal with it. There are things that people won't see in you, but only you will do. My name is Lumko, which translated in English means Wisdom, and I have a story to tell.