FACES

We have people amongst us, or rather we could be these people, who work effortlessly, tirelessly, who break every drop of sweat just to get things moving. And sadly, nobody and I mean no one, gets a chance to acknowledge that effort. It could be someone closer to you, someone you know, a sibling, a friend, a colleague, or it could be you. Sometimes this makes you want to give up, because that neglect makes you feel unworthy, unloved, un cherished, or makes you wonder if your efforts are enough, well,  here is a letter for you, to cheer you up a little, and to remind you that you are indeed worthy.

Dear You,
I thought of taking time to write you something special. Something that you have craved for years to hear coming from someone’s heart, through their mouth into your ears. Something that you have longed to hear about you and the things that you do which at times make you wonder whether you were born to just do them. Just so you know, they see you. They see the work that you do, the effort you make just to get things moving, they see it all, they just do not say it. I know you have waited for years for someone to tell you, thank you. Waited for someone to tell you sorry. Waited for someone to tell you, you are doing great, you are doing a fantastic job. But none of that has happened, and you have been carrying the weight of that neglect in your heart, mind, your back and shoulders, that loud muteness of the people who ought to say something, but they do not.

Agreeably, they will still not do it. Not today maybe never. But tell you what, it is okay, it is nobody’s fault, it is infact their loss for failing to see you. Maybe a part of them could not understand why you do the things you do; and in the manner you do them. Some may think it is your responsibility and hence you should continue to do it regardless of how tired and weary your body feels. Some, again, do not care enough to think that you deserve the thank you, the sorry or the pat on the back. Maybe you do not because your intentions of doing those things are not pure. Or, you could honestly be genuine, whichever the option, they still did not see it. It hurts, I know it does. Sometimes it might feel like rejection, betrayal, and selfishness. While the feelings are valid, while you may feel like the world has ganged up against you, while you may feel like they don’t appreciate you, or cherish you, or love you or even  care about you, just so you know, you got your own back.

Feel appreciated, for the little and big efforts you put in. For the role you play in all angles of your life that seem to tire and break you. Feel appreciated that you get to do them and as often as you can. Feel appreciated that in as much as no one acknowledges your efforts, you still get things done eventually. Feel so appreciated that because of you, things do get moving. Feel appreciated that some worlds may crush just because you did not get to do the things you normally do for them. Feel appreciated that your unrecognised efforts put food on peoples’ tables. Feel appreciated that without you some may not be able to move forward without your presence and your “unrecognised efforts.” Feel appreciated that with the multiple roles and efforts you play and put, people are still standing on their feet because of you.

Thank you for standing in the gap when no one else could. Thank you for agreeing to step up and step in when everyone else coiled away. Thank you for waking up early in the morning to get breakfast done when everyone else is asleep. Thank you for showing up on short notice, because you were the only one reachable when everyone else’s phone was off. Thank you for making the time to visit that person in hospital whom you are not related to but somehow you felt the need to because his own people live far away, and you were the only one available to donate blood. Thank you for agreeing to pay someone else’s bus fare who just got robbed of their phone and all their busfare money was in that phone. Thank you for taking your neighbour’s child to the hospital in the wee hours of the night because your neighbour had no car. Thank you for agreeing to go out of your way to get that chocolate that your pregnant wife was craving for at two am and she never thought it was too dangerous for you to be roaming around the shops at that ungodly hour. Thank you for being kind enough to correct a child that was being abusive to other kids without fear or wondering where his parents were. Thank you for seeing your children’s education singlehandedly even when the other partner does not take responsibility of their obvious part. Thank you for being the shoulder to lean on when I could not stand up on my feet.

You have done a lot; you have done enough. You deserve a thank you. You deserve a sorry. You deserve a pat on your back. Even though they may not say it, I am saying it here, out, and loud and from my heart. Please keep going, the world still needs your efforts, even when no one acknowledges it. The universe will have a way to pay you back one way or the other just hang in there. You are the best. You are enough. You are the kindest soul that has ever existed, even if your back breaks. Receive your flowers….

Yours with love,

SnH.

Hope this makes you feel better just a little and puts a little smile on your face to keep you going. The world is a better place because of you.