You may say it’s not a big deal but for me it is
because I don’t think I’m a very lucky person and I don’t necessarily mean that
in a bad way; I’m unlucky when it comes to winning gifts- it just happens that
I don’t walk into the supermarket when they are doing a promo with free carton
of Indomie noodles; when Globacom is giving out N20million to their telecomm
subscribers or when DSTV decides to give a devoted customer free 12 months
subscription.
Well luck smiled at me few days ago at a Makeup
fair (which I almost didn’t attend because I had been at a wedding all day and
was exhausted) but I’m devoted to the course so I psyched myself and off I
went to the fair.
After almost an hour of trying hard but failing
to stick to my plan to ONLY window shop and NOT buy anything, I went to say
good bye to a friend and then I heard the hostess begin to talk about the give
aways and anyone who was interested should raise her hand. She must have
announced it like 3 times before I got the courage to raise my hand, normally I
won’t do such a thing because I don’t want a situation where I show I’m
interested and then I don’t get the prize.
Well I’m glad I obeyed the small voice that told
me “what’s the worst that can happen?”; the hostess told me to walk forward and
I noticed 3 other women had indicated interest. She asked the first lady a
question and when I heard the answer she gave I became more confident. I raised
my hand and when she asked me I gave my answer. The next 30 seconds must have
been the longest of my life because suddenly I remembered how I never win gifts
and now infront of all these cameras and people I will make a fool of myself.
She asked my name and told me to face the
cameras; she asked a few questions and next thing I heard her say “Well your
guess is correct, you’ve won……….” I didn’t hear her again oh, I started
clapping and I think I snatched the case out of her hand. Cameras started
flashing, people were clapping and I heard a guy with a video camera ask me
“How do you feel?”. I couldn’t believe it………I had WON!
I remember telling my friend “Thank God I didn’t
leave!” and immediately what came to my mind was ‘being at the right place at
the right time’ makes almost anything possible. I could have been anywhere else
or allowed myself be lazy at home, doing something random that may have ruined
my day but I made a choice to be at this place where I got great discounts on
products, made new friends and ultimately won an amazing gift!
Surprisingly, I had seen a Fashion Fair color
collection online weeks earlier and I was looking for where to buy it so I
guess ‘If you desire it, you can get it!’ *GRIN*. Two great things happened for
me; I broke the jinx of not getting gifts and I was reminded of the positive
results of listening to your instinct and taking a courageous step forward.
When I think of those few minutes that day (and
even reading this post), I can’t help but laugh at myself and my drama but it
makes me genuinely happy I didn’t chicken out; feels like I was immediately
rewarded for being obedient! (However the N20 million from Globacom for all my
years of putting up with their epileptic network will ease the pain sha)
