HEART PRINTS

“This would have been a vacation like no other” lamented Kunle who was on all expense trip to London city. Kunle’s boss was travelling to see his family members who were resident in the United Kingdom and this was to last for two weeks.

The London trip was Kunle’s 2nd visit abroad, the first one was with his school academic club back in the secondary school. They were conveyed with the school bus just across the Seme border of the republic of Benin. This trip to London afforded him the opportunity to see a new environment, learn new things and if possible make new friends. The all expense trip turned out to be ‘not- so- all’ expense after all, Kunle’s boss Mr. Dimeji  paid for the travel costs, feeding and accommodation, all other frivolities were to bore their hole in Kunle’s pocket.

The boss stayed back at home to spend quality time with his  family while Kunle was left to his own devices to explore the city of London. Everyday Kunle set out, visiting parks, and historical places, but one problem remained- not enough pictures to show for his exploits. Everyone was in groups and packs, Kunle was easily the only one spotted alone, no friends, no family. Even the ‘Selfie stick’ didn’t prove much of a companion. Yea it helped him take amazing ‘Selfies’ but that was nothing compared to the full pictures that someone else would have captured. Wandering around the city, sometimes it was difficult to locate some places as he had no access to internet outside the hotel room, so ‘Google map’ wasn’t much of a friend. How better else to get lost than with a companion. Then it hit him, pangs of loneliness, twists in his tummy and painful homes in his heart. Moments like this, place like this are supposed to be shared with loved ones. Strings of beautiful moments would have been knitted into lasting memories but here he was. Alone and lonely.

In life, one way or the other we need people, we need each other. No matter how accomplished we are, it doesn’t matter the amount of affluence we live in. life is incomplete without people to share it with. Live an amazing life, get close to people, network. Live to leave ‘HEARTPRINTS’.