It was a Tuesday morning. As I walked through the corridors
of the hospital in which I was, with my mum, I heard a loud scream from a woman
in a nearby room. Startled, I asked my mum why the woman screamed. Turning to
me, mum said, “Simi, we just passed a labour room”. I went silent, thoughts
racing through my mind. “Labour room!”, I thought to myself, “Wow, what goes on
in there is no joke”.
While I will not attempt to reduce to nothing what the
labour room means to a pregnant woman, the labour room is actually one room we
all go into at some points in life. I'd define this room as a birthing place -
the place which you go into to bring out what is inside you. You may need to
cry, shout or even scream but you cannot keep the 'baby' in you any longer.
Your baby may be a dream, a relationship, a project, a business
plan...anything! Just birth it forth!
The push will not be easy. You may want the baby to stay
inside a little longer, you may even wish you never got pregnant but with every
ounce of energy you have left in you, PUSH that baby out and experience the
endless joy that follows.
Have a fantastic week ahead.
Similoluwa.
