good afternoon friends. have you ever wondered why some things are the way they are?
well i do that a lot and after much thinking, i came to this conclusion about an issue that has been tugging me...
HOW TO BE RICH AT ALL TIMES
Some things in life leaves you
puzzled as to whether there is a God and if there is: why things are
often conflicted.
Recently I was in the office when a
colleague walked in and saw a recently acquired device on my desk: An iphone4.
“Ha! Big boy” he hailed “Na you dey
reign oh” he added as he felt the sleek nature of the device
“How much did you get it?” he
asked “This thing looks like it will be worth over a hundred thousand” he added
suggestively
I nodded in concurrence to the
price range but went on to inform him that I didn’t purchase the device myself
but that it was a gift from my elder brother.
He stared at me in gaping surprise
like I had just called Obama a racist. When eventually I asked him the reason
for his surprise, he went on to explain how all through his life he has never
been given any thing for free and how he has come to the conclusion that before
anyone would give anything free to another person, he or she must have
something more than that gift in his or her mind as a reward.
This seemed utterly ridiculous to
me. All through my life I have enjoyed things for free and have equally given
things for free most times with no ulterior motive involved.
Never did it occur to me that out
there were people to whom the idea of a free gift was alien.
The statement “what you have is not valuable to
you until you lose it” suddenly made sense to me but most important was
what I learnt after listening to his life story.
According to him, he has neither
brother, sister nor parents. He has been alone from the day he came to Lagos.
He has lived on the train station, has had to sleep in the church for a while,
even washed cars for his fellow church members until he was able to hustle
enough to learn music and make a passable living.
And in spite of this, he still
measured his situation to be roses and diamond when compared to others. He drew
my attention to a particular scenario when he was trekking down from Badagry
and saw a teenage boy cuddled in a wrapper under the bridge and it occurred to him that even in his predicament, he was still better than some people.
It was at that moment that a lot of
things became clear to me: the anger that always resonates in this said
colleague of mine, his interrogative way of approaching everything and his
extreme ambitious nature.
Sometimes it seems life defines for
us what we are to be and personally i think it is not fair on all. Or is it, what do you think?
Here are some lessons I learnt from
that day and I hope you keep them to heart.
Life should not be measured in possessions and comfort but in being happy
everyday from the little successes we can get. So whether you are in the palace
or in the streets, you deserve to be happy and enjoy every moment of life.
If you are fortunate to have things others do not have, it is not an
avenue to feel puffed and royal, it is only an opportunity to reach out to others
who are not that fortunate.
Nothing in life is permitted to define your character, mood and
personality because what is gloomy and drab today can tomorrow become a light
to all.
You don’t have to work and struggle for everything in life because the
best thing in life comes freely.
All you need to have a happy and fulfilled life is to find a purpose that
brings joy to you and devote all your life to it.
Nothing should be too big to give or receive.
If your main purpose in life is material possessions, then you are bound
to end up depressed in life.
DA ALLOSIAN POET
