I’m so proud of you Seso, so damn freakin proud of you and the man you became.
For those past 32 years and a half, you’ve taken a very long, hard, interesting, amazing and out of this world ride for your life; you’ve faced judgment, harassment, oppression, bullying, abuse, codependency, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, a very disturbing relationship with food, with sports, with sleep, and unfortunately, with yourself, yet you’ve came all along and conquered them all.
You’ve outgrown your fears, you’ve connected with your inner child, your authentic self, and your protective self, you loved them all, you accepted them all, and still working -actively- on forgiving them all, and I’m sure you will sooner than expected inshaAllah.
You’ve went through a very hard career such as dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and got your master's degree. You’ve went through a very hard -and new back then- career in social media and digital marketing, and you came out to be one of the best in your field, scaled your work and now you’ve been conducting trainings and workshops for over 5 years in this field.
You touched the fame of influencers as a food blogger, you were recognized by your face, your name, and you had an amazing impact on many places you reviewed and wrote about, yet you refused to be paid for it in order to stick to your own values and do it to help people genuinely without any pressure, then you decided to let all of this go away and start from scratch only because you loved yourself and you believe in yourself and your ability to change.
You created close friends, friends, acquaintances and communities, then you pulled yourself away when you realized how toxic they were to you, and went all the way from scratch to create better and healthier friends, acquaintances, communities and even chosen brothers and sisters.
You went through relationships, one after another, learning and developing from each and every one of them, till you were able to kick start your healthy relationship with the one, the love of your life, and you definitely deserve that.
You had your shares of disappointment, failure, sorrow, misery, depression, abandonment, ghosting, loneliness, lack of hope, loss of vision, helplessness, worthlessness and the heavy load of feeling useless, yet you managed to conquer them all, and make them sound like ghosts from the pasts that are now turned into battles you already won.
You’ve always had a dream of writing a book, you could’ve written a fictional story, yet you went all the way to challenge yourself, change your bad habits, clean your environment, stop smoking, work out regularly, eat healthier food and lose 100 kilograms in total; then write your own inspirational story as a book in your own words, one that is more inspiring and delightful than fiction.
You had a clear purpose in your life; to live happily and help people live happily, you made a clear mindfully aware decision that you’ll live by it. You’ve faced hundreds of thousands of signs forcing you to question it and challenge it, and you always find your way back to doing it.
Your life is not going to be easy, it’s not going to be all chocolates and butterflies, yet am so damn sure, and I’ve never actually been more sure about this than right now, that you, under God’s merciful guidance and blessings, and with the correct healthy support system, are going to embrace it, conquer it, and win it.
I am so proud of you, Seso, and I bet you should too.
