"It’s not hard to make decisions when
you know what your values are”... Roy Disney (1893-1971) Co-founder of The Walt Disney company.
Your
Thoughts
Beware of your thoughts they say, for it
will eventually culminate into your destiny, therefore it’s a no brainer that
we are of course products of our environment, directly or indirectly. So are we
comfortable with who we currently are, or do we aspire better ways to live with
ourselves, considering the damage we have done to the environment, and worst
still, ourselves?
How fantastic we humans are cannot be
overemphasized, the human brain has never stopped evolving even after the
apparent pause of all other human attributes. This is why we have all
collectively survived this harsh world by adapting to it and reinventing
ourselves with the required level of knowledge, skill and co-operation. Not
until recently, when the historically deep seeded code of human interaction and
co-existence was tampered with by personal greed bourne of discontent, a group
of corrupt minds with ill will, myopic sight and misplaced values have
withdrawn their loyalty like a Judas in every twelve does, seeking to betray us
all, an action which has caused our ever peaceful world to hang in a balance.
“It is no measure
of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society”…Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) Indian Philosopher and Teacher.
Your
Actions
Impossible is nothing, especially when you
set your mind to tasks that are indeed higher than your reach, yet you believe
that it can be done, affecting your environment with your faith. It has been
discovered that the people keep quiet for evil to thrive not due to their
cowardice, but because they do not realize how much power they possess. They
need to be reminded that the power of the people outweighs that of the people
in power, the power that they gave them. However, in the face of tyranny, the
moment the citizens fail to complain in an organized and documented fashion
where the actions can be recorded for future reference and as evidence, then
they have consented to the wrongs by oppressors, and they carry on business as
usual. The citizens, with substance in their hands and tenable inclusive
material, which intelligently states the wants of the people should be their
joint mission. 
This is why talents that can yield to discoveries and inventions
that can sustain the economy should be prioritized over celebrity shows, in as
much as that is where the direction the mind of the average youth tends to follow,
but all they need is guidance, and a reason to believe it is sustainable.
“Tell me what you
pay attention to and I will tell you who you are”…Jose Ortega Y. Gasset (1883-1955) Spanish Philosopher and Essayist.
Love
Thy Neighbour
An
average African doesn’t know what love is, they were not brought up with
practicing and professing love, this is why many of them cannot show love, nor
is capable of being loved.
This is why leaders of African countries will rather
give themselves the best things that life has to offer at the expense of the
lives and wellbeing of their citizens.
When
the leaders travel abroad for medicals, send their children abroad for education,
pray abroad, go on luxury vacations and buy everything they need abroad, what
they did is alter the eco system by sinking the brand of their home country by
making a bold statement to the world that:
“I
DON’T BELIEVE IN MY PEOPLE AND THEY CAN NEVER GET BETTER” but they fail to
realize that the world also sees:
“I AM A TERRIBLE LEADER, I CAN’T INSPIRE MY
PEOPLE TO GREATNESS”.
At this
point I believe it is safe to say that though our leaders are a reflection of
who we the citizens are, still we need a more intelligent union that will fight
for causes higher than the minimum wage.
Believe
it or not, when the Western world came to Africa, they met slavery on ground,
they only exploited the situation when our leaders back then betrayed our
forefathers and sold them for cheap.
To prove this assertion, apart from the
actual slave camps that are being discovered even this present day, the current
leaders still treat the citizens like slaves by depriving the masses good
standard of living, while they waste the hard earned resources on superficialities
and lives of vanity that only the poor in heart will venture into.
So the
question remains, what is inside of us really?
God
bless Nigeria, Africa, and the world!
Thank
you, and be awesome because you
truly are.
Akin
Abimbola.
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