The Best You

"I am tired of this life"...This was the last statement Sandra said before attempting suicide...

High school years were frustrating and hard for Sandra.She had had to go through mockery from her classmates due to her frequent failures in her courses.. She had been given the tag 'Miss Zero' right from her 2nd year at high school...To add to her mystery, she was constantly tagged ugly by the guys in her class..She hardly partook in any of the class activities.. She was demoralised, and look them upon..She couldn't bear it anymore..Suicide was the best next step,she decided...

As she tried to tighten the rope she hanged on her neck tighter,an old woman saved the moment..The woman was her way to the market..The path was lonely and bushy,but the old woman could perceive calamity around the place..She saved Sandra..She stopped her from committing and utmost sin towards herself and her God..Sandra tried to continue,but the old woman's pleas and cries touched her heart..

In the lonely path,Sandra shared her story with Mama..She recalled all the pains,and traumas she had received from her mates due to her dullness and ugliness... When she finished her story, Mama bursted into laughter..Sandra was hurt..She felt Mama wanted to add salt to her wounds.. She attempted walking out of the old woman.."You are the best You",Mama said..The statement caught Sandra..She didn't understand what Mama was driving at..How can she be the best version of her?? She wondered! Mama related her own life story to Sandra..She narrated how her brilliance and beauty led her to negativities and destroyed her future.. She told Sandra how often she wishes she could rewind her years and be ugly and a dullard,who was willing to change..Sandra was surprised about her own wish could be someone else regret..She had always had one prayer, she wanted to be beautiful and brilliant..Mama said to her,"Life is a full of different people with varieties of problems. You have yours,I have mine..Everyone has..Your own wish might be my own regrets..My own prayers might be your own Curse..Whichever situation you find yourself,appreciate your life and make the best out of every worst situation"..Mama said this and was ready to take her leave..Sandra was impressed, she thanked Mama for saving and rejuvenating her life.. She promised Mama to take to every of her words in her journey through life...

Twenty years after,Sandra had become a minister,the youngest Minister ever in the history of her country..Her brilliance brought her the position..She finished her university education as the best student at her law school.. She had won many different high profiled legal battles within short years..She had become one of the most popular figures in her country and worldwide.. She had won several international awards for her roles in human right activism and international law..It was time to reflect her past..She smiled and smiled.. Her ugliness and dullness were nevertheless a blessing in disguise,she thought..Without them,she wouldn't have witnessed such life changing moment with Mama who was now late...She was thankful...

She established "Be The Best Version Of You" project in her country under her capacity as the Minister of Justice..She was able to spread the Love and experience to young guys and girls who get demoralised by their weakness... "God created you in the best version possible..Love who you are. Appreciate yourself and make exhibit that best version of you to the world.."

It starts with you!!!!!!!