My First Words

"Oh God, Please..."

Jun 01, 2024

NF said it also. “Dear God, please.” It was how he started the song Happy from his album HOPE.

It was a trend last year. “God abeg.”

Those were my first words and my first prayer in June. With trembling lips and a rapidly beating heart I uttered them and even ten minutes later, my legs were still shaking.

May 31st was the day to submit what I had worked on.

I spent the whole of May working on this project, and it was good. But it had also been exhausting and I would have hated that my work didn’t pay off and I could not submit it.

If I had spent one more minute polishing my bio, I would have been unable to submit it.

If I had not switched off my WiFi at 11:59 pm because of poor network; if I had not switched it back on immediately while praying the time would stay at 11:59 pm so my submission could be processed, it would not have worked.

If I had not cut back on sleep last night and slept for three hours instead of my usual hours just so I could get something done, I would not have been able to submit.

There are a lot of other IFs that could have prevented me from submitting. But just as I switched back on my WiFi having taken the risk to switch it off in the first place, the pop-up was that my submission had been received and I received an email to back it up.

I had a lot to write to you in May that I didn’t.

But here is my word for you for JUNE.

BE BRAVE.

BE YOU.

BE WHO YOU ARE MEANT TO BE.

Take Risks.

The world awaits you but we are waiting for your first step.

Do it scared.

Do it nervous.

Do it trembling.

JUST DO IT.

Tame’s Substack

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