In The Labour Room of DREAMS

Hubby had not arrived. I was all alone to go through the struggle. It was the 30th of May, the day our baby was born. I laid on the bed with belts strapped around my belly to monitor the baby's movements and heartbeat.  I was only able to identify two faces, my gynaecologist and a nurse. The contractions became intense. The worst of all, I had pains all over my body. I was breathing so hard and was hoping that the pain didn't get any worse. I was then asked to start pushing. The moment I felt the contraction again, I was told to push harder. "Take a deep breath, hold your legs, exhale and PUSH! PUSH!! PUSH!!!" That was repeated many times, almost a whole hour! It wasn't easy. I was already fully dilated yet the baby's head could not be seen. For a whole hour, that was what I did, push. I just wanted to get my baby out as soon as possible... after a while, it finally came out. At 3pm on the dot of time, the final push was done and out slided our bouncing baby boy...

There are four things that could happen at such situation: first, both the mother and baby makes it alive out of the labour room; second, the mother could die while the baby comes out alive; third, the baby could die with the mother surviving the labour room experience and lastly, both the mother and the baby might die in the labour room.

Hmmm... in the labour room of dreams, some dream bearers make it alive with their dreams while some don't. Some die in the labour room of their dreams but their dreams didn't die with them. Their dreams lived on in their stead. Some gave up and their dreams died in the labour room and they came out empty handed.

I am sure no one wants to either die with his/her dreams unborn or make it out of the labour room empty. The beauty of the labour room is for the baby to be born. No one wants to come out of the labour room empty. Some people, even though they died in the labour rooms of their dreams. They died PUSHING. They laboured for something worth more than their lives and the whole world celebrates them till today. People like Martin Luther King Jr. He found a cause to die for and he lived and died for it. Awesome! If your dream is a cause worth dying for, do not relent or give up in the labour room. Give birth to that dream and we'll celebrate you.

Maybe your dream is not a cause to die for. Perhaps yours is one you'd have to live to see it come alive. I urge you today, do not give up PUSHING! PUSH! PUSH!! PUSH!!! Are the contractions becoming more intense? Are the pains becoming unbearable? Is it beginning to look like you can't make it beyond where you are right now? It's part of the labour room process. Do not be scared if you go through it alone. Still don't give up if your parents, husband, boyfriend of girlfriend leaves you to it. The dream is yours and its yours to bear. You must give birth to it.

Circumstances may be hard. You may experience so much pain in every facet of life. Your school fees may be so difficult to pay. It is possible that debts are about swallowing you up right now. Your peers might have gone far ahead of you. Your parents may have even disowned you because of your dreams. It is very possible that your friends are always mocking you. Listen! When you are going through tough times, take a deep breath. When it seem as if you can't go on anymore, I tell you it's time to hold your legs and PUSH! Yes, that's what happens in the labour room. It's never a pleasant experience. But the beauty of it is making out of their with that baby in your hands. Do not give up my friend. Your are in the labour room of your dreams... PUSH and PUSH REAL HARD!

- Le Dynamique Professeur