YOU GOTTA HUG SOMEBODY TODAY!

Hello, I hope you are having a wonderful day. How is everything you are setting your hands on? Have you had some "ME TIME" yet? If not, well you should! Sending you love and heartfelt hugs to usher you into this yet another weekend! You may wonder why I'm being this good good homegirl who wants to know why your smile ain't the usual( when you know people so we'll, you can tell there's tears behind the smiles),... 

Lately I have been working on greeting people not with just a hi but an extra "how are you, everything okay?" I have come to learn that many a times, we carry so much with us all day long and hardly find a confidant to pour out our hearts to. However, when someone sends you a text inquiring about your day, there is an 'inviting gesture' in it that eases it for you to say, "actually, I'm really not that well, I have a lot on my mind."

Some days, life gets really hard, work or school is kinda stressing, friends don't seem to be 'free' ..still held up somewhere, we barely have no body to share our inner feelings with. This is the reason you see angry, distressed people in a taxi, they will step on your baby toe(it being the last, haha) and won't even notice, or so say sorry because truly you are the least on their 'worry list'.

The same reason you will find a gloomy receptionist who will look at you like an intern dentist about to extract your tooth...( I don't know how to explain that look, you can try to imagine it) everyone is carrying a load somewhere, light or heavy, it's something that takes away their full concentration and being human, we are unable to present perfect faces or even speak with a little warmth.

What I'm I driving at? Let's all try to understand and accommodate one another, it's all that matters. This way we can avoid picking "not so good conversations" with the people we are serving or the ones serving us, let's keep it calm amidst that flaring temper that's about to explode our chests.

Give A Hug, Get A Hug, Its Two Way!

On Wednesday afternoon, I had quite a number of errands to run and somehow I was caught up in the rain around Bukoto, I stood the light showers(was on a boda b, good enough I had opted to put on a helmet). When I got to my first destination, I was a bit soaked up but still looked presentable(haha, whatever that may mean), to my amazement, this lady behind the counter asked me(after I had handed her some documents),"how did you make it here? It's been raining like hell. Are you okay?" I must say that was so thoughtful of her because truth is it was a hustle having to lift my feet (and legs as a whole) high like some woman of ninja warrior ..when we came across 'Kampala floods' haha, my left hand clutching at my bag and the right trying to clear off the mist that was forming on my helmet glass so I could see. I looked at her and smiled, (that smile that comes with a shrug) I then told her,"well, at least I don't have wet hair, the rest will be fine, it's just some spots on my jacket and trousers."  We giggled in unison and off I disappeared in to the elevator whose door opened as soon as I pressed he button.

My two other encounters of the day were a complete opposite of this and well, we won't go into that, I managed to do my job and keep it cool, it was towards 5pm anyway and I expect less from people who have sat behind the counter since morning, smiling with everyone. I get it, I really do. I don't complain,...but I see it all written on the face like " gosh, another customer to work on,....couldn't she come tomorrow...I already kept the file for incoming documents, jeez, go away! These are thoughts of many people on a day like Monday at 4:30-7:00pm...it's crazy.

 Personally, I don't like that email that creeps in when I'm literally logging outta everything, ...and it says, read through the document attached below, edit if needed and send back. I don't like that kinda email! The disappointment comes in when the doc is like eight pages so basically you have another hour to sit your ass down and work.🤔 

Lastly, i'm seated here, thinking,"how about we be gentle towards each other, communicate more humanly with the security guards at the entrance of these buildings and more so to the people we flex with at supermarket food counters(just when the chips tray is a spoon away from getting empty and you don't wanna wait) I think this would be better, we remain with our peace and spread peace! Till then, be mindful to ask if all is okay with your neighbor when they don't seem well, maybe a hug is all they need to get their day moving, ...it's priceless! 

AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE SHALL HUG .....i'm off to hug somebody!