I welcome you all to a season of liberation, happy new year to all the ladies in this lovely community, today I will be sharing my knowledge about this week's prompt which is 👇
What is the one lesson or knowledge you learned this year that benefitted you as a lady?
Last year has been the best year so far, not only on Hive but generally with life, it is a year that taught me so many lessons the good and the bad, we can never run from failure if we want to succeed.
The greatest lesson I learned from the year is COURAGE (courage is the act of confronting fear, pain, agony, uncertainty, or intimidation) last year was so tough that I nearly gave up on myself but having the courage to stand back again is what keeps me till now.
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Last year I was about to start a business of selling oil perfumes because I noticed that people asked for that perfume a lot, I thought if I ventured into it, it would bring a lot of profit for me and it would be like a side hustle for me.
I thought of it and told my friend because I did not know how to get it in bulk and how to know good fragrance, she introduced me to an online vendor that she had used in the past and we got talking through her, I told her what I want and the pieces I wanted, as a starter I needed to get good fragrance in order to retain my customers and also know how if the business is moving and profitable.
We agreed on a price and I sent the money to her account, she promised to deliver the goods on Tuesday, I called her number on Tuesday and she said the driver was on his way and she gave me a number, I called the driver and he told me he his on his way from Lagos to Abuja, I have a little hope that I am saved.
It is already evening I called the woman's number and she screamed at me that I should not disturb her and she blocked my number immediately because I tried again when she banged the call on me, the number wasn't going through, I called the driver too the same story, I was so downcast that I have been duped.
I kept on trying the number for a week but no response from them, and that was all my savings, it shook me a lot but I summoned the courage and never allowed that to weigh me down, I knew it was not the end of my life, things would still get better.
My mother and my siblings stood by me and encouraged me, they gave me some money to start up again and said I could do it, this time around I traveled to Lagos to get different types of perfumes not only oil perfumes this time but different types perfumes and I am glad I wasn't discouraged to pick up my pieces again.
This is part of my shop where I sell different types of perfumes and I am glad that that little incident does not discourage me from attaining the bigger one.
I am glad I have the courage to stand again because some people will think getting duped is the end of life, I see it as part of the test I need to undergo before becoming the real person I am.
This is my entry for this week's edition of the #ladiesofhive community prompt week 166 authored by @merit.ahama
