“There is no
man so far gone, but the grace of God can reach him…” Dwight L. Moody (1837 –
1899) American evangelist and publisher. He founded the Moody church.
Light at the
tunnels end?
Some people perhaps out of apparent sarcasm
usually say that the light at the end of the tunnel might as well be a train’s,
so you have to move away to avoid being crushed. Well, we are actually treading
on the borderline of optimism here, a crave for hope of a better future for our
dear Nigeria.
Look around you, is even the best good
enough, can’t it get better, can we not live better lives, be fair to nature
that nurtures us, and indeed be more humane to mankind?
The world is getting darker as we advance and
multiply, perhaps because we are getting less concerned or maybe it is simply
logic. Either way, there is something we’re doing wrong, however, if we do have
an inkling that we are probably deviating from a set path, how far gone are we…
And is there a possibility of a respite?
“I suppose I
have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who
were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But
these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really”…Tennessee Williams (1911
– 1983) American Playwright
Hysteria!
How fragile are we? Perhaps we are as fragile
as we think we are. Also, we are strong to the extent to which we believe it in
our minds. A school of thought describes we humans like an egg, especially
women. An egg is fragile, but gets really strong when boiled.
Nigerians are good people, and have evolved
into really strong people as the nation has boiled with many problems ranging
from political hysteria to lack of basic infrastructure needed to support life
and business.
There is too much conspiracy, deceit and
hypocrisy all around, but to what end?
It is natural to embrace and ultimately wield
power, but how can we envisage genuine leadership in the midst of uncertainty,
and with the available quality and the character of the so-called men within us.
We cannot totally judge the leaders that
emerge from within us, because eventually we are all the same. We share the
same beliefs, cultural orientation, hopes and aspirations. Unless we change the
stereotyped rhetoric at the grassroots level, things will remain the same.
“Education
makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern but
impossible to enslave”…Henry Peter Brougham (1778
- 1868) British salesman who became Lord Councilor of Great Britain
Enlightenment
and heart!
Call it a mix of brilliance and emotional intelligence;
it is probably the greatest blend ever. To survive the terror of oppressors,
one must be powerful, and in the underlying context of this time and age,
knowledge is power. Well, potential power really, depending on ones resolve to
maximize it, and how you use wisdom to channel it, you get the idea.
We feel the impact of education daily, and
how doomed we probably are to the extent to which we ignore the imperatives of
planning better education for the next generation, else they’ll become slaves
to the children of other nationals in the future.
Or is it not already happening?
Nigeria has literally mortgaged her future by
depriving her citizens of opportunities and even robbed them of their fortunes
and traded them with unworthy material possessions of the western world fueled
by greed and myopia.
Nigeria for as long as we can remember has
been plagued with illiteracy, poverty, diseases, corruption, greed,
exploitation, misdirection and lack of will power to rise from within the
trenches of poverty of the mind.
How far gone is Nigeria from reality and
hope? Well, its actually up to her citizens, her land is still a virgin and is
undiluted, her citizens still have original succulent breasts unlike the western
world, her fruits still have seeds, her livestock still have soul, and the
people still have heart.
This simply means that the sun can still
shine upon us again, we can still tell tales by moonlight and ignore the fear
of bombs strike and unnecessary massacres.
Its high time we lived in the present, being
more self aware, and to genuinely choose to build our will power to actually
succeed by adding colour and value to our precious lives.
God bless Nigeria, Africa and the world!
Thank you, and be awesome because you truly are.
Akin Abimbola.
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