This is a true story, i am big man and i mean that physically and not that i have big man cash. 6ft 3in with a belly that I am doing my best to be rid of, which doesn’t seem to be working or going anywhere yet.

Anyway, giving my size, getting a belt that works has always been some kind of a challenge, you get into a shop, see something you like only to be told, they don’t have your size or when you see something that is your size but really horrible style and design. So one day I happen to find not just one that was my size but a lot longer too, I was truly happy, this doesn’t happen very often, so quickly, I snapped it and paid before question will enter the matter

Now let me deviate a bit, like I said earlier, I am on a weight watch programme, trying to lose some and the belly as well, trust me, I have been on this for like forever! Lose some, gain some, same of same all the time. This time around I think I am a bit more committed, so its eight weeks already and I have lost 10kg+ and you won’t believe, it shows cos I now need new holes in my belt for the slimmer me

So I go to a guy that can help, charges a whooping two euro plus for each belt (now that’s robbery but no worries I will do a piece on my Dutch folks another day)

He says to me, the belt is really long, should I cut it so the length will be just right for you? I struggled with it for a while and finally decided against it and the reason why I did is what has led me to penning this piece right now

It took me a while and some chase to find a belt, a good one, with the right style and quality I wanted and the same goes for life as well, it takes a while to build life into what you want it to be, takes some working, struggle and it can be quite the journey.

When I found the belt, it was even longer, here I was never finding my size and now I have one that was even beyond my size! Good quality, stylish leather belt, everything I wanted and more. Life can be so as well, you get to a point where your dreams do come true and then some.

I now have a belt that I could use but the length meant it could go round my waist and then some, so yes it held up my pants as expected, but it took longer to get it to go round and also to take off, making simple task like, taking off at the loo not so simple anymore

This got me thinking, in life we could be so exceedingly blessed that the simple things of life and living is not so easy for us anymore. Simple stuff like talking, being ourselves, communicating and being human and humane.

I know we may have had a time when we searched for the right belt but we now have one and the better thing to do is to cut off the excess cos it doesn’t make it fit any better and quite frankly our lives can be so much better without that burden

I am cutting off my excess belt, I don’t need it, I want to be able to do stuff easily, take things on and off without a struggle.

Just something that struck me and I thought to share

No worries, reviewing books read will be back soon, didnt make the numbers as planned but i also haven’t given up either, learnt that too, failing is part of the learning. Read a really short one recently will talk about that next. Cheers my friends