Cyclones That Came in Life-What I Learnt From It.

Tears is an understatement. The souls of these villagers ached. 

With dark, heavy cloud following us we drove down the destructed Nabouwalu-Labasa highway. Once the trees that stood strong and proud had been uprooted from its core. 

The green lavish forest that covered the landmass of my island was now standing lifelessly. The sight unbelievable when seen. Mighty branches scattered around depicting a mirror image of a battlefield between nature and man. 

The drive was for 2 hours from my town to the village of Bua where the cyclone made landfall. We drove past numerous houses which now only had its walls dangling by a thread and seemed like it would fall any minute with a small gush of wind. Compounds muddy with barns that was once crowded with livestock now had the stench of corpes of sheeps and goats. 

Men in these villages strived and struggled to gather every coin to build their house brick by brick just to see it ruin infront of their very eyes.  

Driving by we see what seemed to be a house razed to the ground. We honked so we could provide the little help we had to offer. 

A man came running, greeted us and what happened next is something I would never forget. 

A man standing infront of carcass of his beloved house, greets with a SMILE. A smile innocent and pure. While taking clothes from a large bag he could have taken as many as he wanted although he took only two to three pairs of shirts and says, "this is enough for me. You can give it to someone who needs it more than I do". 

At his weakest time this man chose to be happy for the breath of life he has, the family he still held onto, the possibility to build another house and chance to continue his life. At the point when he needed most help he considered another human who may need more help, who maybe in more pain. 

I remember reading, generosity doesn't come with the amount of money you have it comes from your heart, through the unselfish and considerate personality you possess. Peace doesn't come with a soft bed you sleep on but when you share life with those you love and adore and give the world the goodness it deserves and contentment doesn't come with all cash in your wallet but with gratefulness of what one already has.

Its life, it will get tough, it will be throwing sh*t at you, you will feel that there is no way to make things work. Time will be running out and the unending list of things to be done would be piling up. There may times come that there is haywire of confusion in mind, what to do and what not to do. 

But things need to be done. Time has come to reap what we sow. Its time to tackle this year heads on. Yes, I am scared but that's normal. We are suppose to be scared, we are humans. Although always know a destiny beyond your imagination has been penned out for you. Its finally the year to fly out of our cocoon, use those wings we've grown over the years.

All needed is hardwork and every ounce of determination, perseverance. 

If that's not enough then imagine a man standing infront of ruins of his house who can smile and show generosity. Its farfetched but we can do it. Dreams wouldn't be put in our hearts and minds if we weren't to fulfill it. Bring it on 2021.