LIVE FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS!

Hello there! It's been a while. How has life been treating you? fairly I hope. I had a week break and to me it feels like forever because I totally missed reaching out to you. So much has happened to me during the last week, I lost someone so dear to me at the age of 69 and I feel terrible about it. I wish he had lived longer, but really, when the time is up, no one can add to it.

 Life is a journey and everyone will definitely alight when they get to their destinations. Today, I would like you to reflect on few things about life, especially on this question. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU HOLD SO DEAR,  THAT YOU CAN'T LET GO? Here is the thing, No matter how much money you have, you can't take them with you when your time is up. No matter how close you are with your spouse, they can't be buried with you when you are gone. No matter how sweet your kids are, they can't be allowed too much near your coffin when you are gone. Now why won't you want to let go of things even after knowing that life and everything in it is vanity? You love your kids so much you can't let them out of your sight, you really worked hard for your money so you can't dash it out. You did so much to acquire the knowledge that you have so you can't teach others. Really?

Did you know that man can live forever? through the way he made people feel when he was alive,  the knowledge he passed across, the deeds that he did, the lives he blessed and cared for, the legacy he left behind, the name he wrote in the sand of time, what he stood for and against, the memories of the moments he spent with loved ones e.t.c. Now if a man wasn't so wise enough to live well. Probably he was stingy, egoistic, wicked, not reasonable, selfish, care less for people, use people but care for things, too rigid, too principled, too difficult to deal with, addictive, too stubborn, abusive e.t.c, People would hardly remember him. And on one or too occasions that they do, it will be but for a while. During this period they will talk about his wicked ways and end it with thanks that he left. His works will be totally forgotten because no one likes to save bad memories in their brain.

Maybe you think someone has to ask for your help before you can help them, or you think someone has to say sorry first before you can forgive them. You probably think that since you worked so hard for your money you can't do charity with it, or you think your hard work put you where you are so those who don't have are probably not hardworking enough therefore they are not worth your mercy. Or you think people won't succeed or decide until you help them and because of that you delay helping them intentionally just for the fun.

Really what's the point of having money if you can't give it out? what's the point of being influential if you can't create opportunities for people? what's the point of having a sonorous voice if you can't sing to people with it? what's the point of having children if you can't train them the way they should go? what's the point of marrying if you can't love and care for your spouse? Know that whatever you do today will surely come back at you, good or bad even in death and each time you act irrationally in life concerning anything whatsoever, you pollute the world! Anytime you refuse to do the needful in life, you deny the world of the peace it should enjoy.

Everything good that a man is and will have is for the sake of humanity not only for himself. No one should think only for himself in all areas but rather think also of others and how they are affected in your actions. This way you can be rational in your dealings with people and intentional in shaping your attitude to life. Thank you always for your time...



Damilola Adebambi