Last Night

      I stayed up rolling from side to side on my bed. The generator had refused to come on today, how i was going to fall asleep Was the only thing I could think of. I flashed the dim light from my black berry phone on my pillow because of the wetness I felt beneath my head and I saw that it was soaked with sweat. I let out a sigh as I got up from my bed and began to pace round the house being the only one awake, I started thinking of ways to put myself to sleep without minding the heat which seemed almost impossible. And these stupid phcn people haven't even let the light blink in days, I thought to myself
          Almost immediately somewhere in my subconscious it dawned on me that some people don't even have where to lay their heads to sleep tonight and here I was complaining about sleeping without the Gen tonight. I realised that, Sometimes we complain about little things when they go wrong forgetting that there are people in worst situations. Being grateful is the least we can be irrespective of any situation we find ourselves. Here I was complaining about the heat when there are hundreds and thousands of homeless people out there. God puts us in situations to make us stronger and better people and that moment we might lack understanding of the situation but later when we think back we'll realise it was all worth it.  
             I felt a slight haze of guilt for being ungrateful as i got up, slapped a mosquito that buzzed near my right ear and made my way to my room to sleep and slept off almost immediately.