Hi Chidi, I truly admire your vulnerability. I know it’s cliche to say but I always believe there is a rainbow after every storm. This change in your life is a set up for something greater for you.
The Igbo in their deep sense of word craft and profound ontology have a saying which flies past everyone one’s heads - so to speak- because of its shallow application. It is “Mmiri mara ugo “. This is often used to describe a kind of beauty but if one take a step further to ask; but what does rain beating an eagle have to do with beauty? Then we see that indeed words are beyond letters.
A graphic image of the eagle shaking off drops of rain and how it looks elegant while it does it fully captures the beauty in turbulence, disappointment and pain.
Loss can be likened with the droplets of rain on the eagle that it shakes off elegantly while it retains its beauty.
What a wise and beautiful saying - thank you for reading and sharing! I looked up the full phrase 'Mmiri mara ugo sara ugo ahu' and indeed storms are blessings in disguise.
Hi Chidi, I truly admire your vulnerability. I know it’s cliche to say but I always believe there is a rainbow after every storm. This change in your life is a set up for something greater for you.
Thank you for the encouragement and reminder, Feli! <3
thanks for the mention!! sending you peace and strength in this new chapter 🤍
Thank you!
Chidi,
The Igbo in their deep sense of word craft and profound ontology have a saying which flies past everyone one’s heads - so to speak- because of its shallow application. It is “Mmiri mara ugo “. This is often used to describe a kind of beauty but if one take a step further to ask; but what does rain beating an eagle have to do with beauty? Then we see that indeed words are beyond letters.
A graphic image of the eagle shaking off drops of rain and how it looks elegant while it does it fully captures the beauty in turbulence, disappointment and pain.
Loss can be likened with the droplets of rain on the eagle that it shakes off elegantly while it retains its beauty.
We must never lose ourselves during the storm.
Stay jiggy.
What a wise and beautiful saying - thank you for reading and sharing! I looked up the full phrase 'Mmiri mara ugo sara ugo ahu' and indeed storms are blessings in disguise.