In January, Omotola Jalade shared on her IG that she was grateful that at 40, her last child is already in the University. Remember she has four kids and she married quite early.

Funke Akindele (Jenifa) congratulated her on the post. Funke is 41, and just had her first babies in December of last year.

Now, if you try to compare these two women, you'd fail at it because they are both accomplished. Will you say Funke is unfortunate for just having her first babies at 41 while Omotola's last child is already in Uni?

My point? Stop comparing yourself with others! Your life journey isn't the same with anyone, irrespective of societal expectations.

Not everyone will get married in their twenties, not every couple will have a baby nine months into marriage, not everyone will become a millionaire in their thirties, some people will get their dream jobs at 40, it doesn't mean they've failed. Some will become CEOs at 55.

Please learn to focus on your life. I know it's a difficult thing to do in this era of social media where everyone seems to be doing well in life except you. Don't compare your life journey with others, not even your classmates.

There are only CLASSMATES, there are no LIFEMATES. You're your only mate in life.

Whenever you're tempted to compare yourself with others (which makes you to feel pressured and sad), come back to this post and digest every word. So you better save it, because I will too.

*A teacher enters the classroom, without even saying hello to his students, he takes out of his bag a bag of donuts and a box of wine.* 

  *He began to eat.* 

 *When he was done, he opened his wine and started drinking.* 

*The students were always calm.* 

*It is when he finishes that he notices an inspector at the back of the class.*  *Aware of his mistake, he asks the students the question:* 

- *What did I just do?* 

*Students:*

*- You have eaten.*

*- And after?*

*- You drank.*

 *- What did I drink?* 

*- Wine.*

 *- OK, if a teacher eats and drinks in the presence of an inspector, what is that?* 

 *A student replied, "it's courage".* 

 *The teacher: "Very good"! Take out your Civic Education notebooks and write the title "Courage".* 

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 *This teacher is strong, even the Inspector was pleasantly surprised.*

Lesson: *Arm yourself with courage to face life's obstacles.*