I NEVER SAW IT COMING…

Angels do exist, for me an angel is a human that decides to show humanity in this wicked world. I grew up to understand that the world is wicked and that surviving in it will require hard work. There are things I have experienced in life that have made me understand why the monkey cherishes bananas more than any other fruit. Being that the monkey is one of the greatest species of animals that is very good at climbing trees, the only tree the monkey can not climb is the banana tree. So whenever you see a monkey with a banana, you know it never earned it but was given by someone whom I'm sure the monkey would regard as an angel.

A couple of years back I had lost three laptops to thieves who broke into our house. Some months later, my dad's financial issues were weighing down on the family and I just started learning a skill. It was not easy for anyone but we just tried to make ends meet. I needed a laptop desperately during that period because I chose to learn graphics design and even though I had gotten a place to learn for free, it was hard to learn without a laptop. I could only learn with my boss's laptop when he was not around and take theories when he was at the office. This made the learning process slow for me, so one day I was coming from church when I saw a laptop I liked and I told my friend I wished I had a laptop.

The next week my friend who happens to be a lady was traveling overseas to study, and she called me to say her brother was bringing me a laptop and she had planned it out to give me on the day of her departure. I was astonished at the way she decided to fulfil my wish. I almost shed a tear on the spot, but her actions that day changed my perspective on life. Angels can exist in human form, and we can prepare ourselves to be angels to people by continually trying to do good. I still think the world is wicked, but if there are people like my friend living in this wicked world, then there's hope for humanity. She didn't have to do what she did, but she did it anyway.

But there's another surprising thing about the whole story, this is someone who has seen the wickedness of the world first-hand after her mother died and her father was too rich and busy to have time for her and her siblings. She had to learn the hard way what it meant to suffer in the hands of relatives but it never changed her view about the world and helping others. This taught me never to let other people's actions turn me into who I am not. It's not easy especially when people despitefully use you and take advantage of your kind heart. Overall, it is good to be good.

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THIS IS MY RESPONSE TO HIVE GHANA PROMPT FOR THE WEEK.