My soul and body dislikes stress in any percentage. Any package with the tag STRESS instantly hits on my red button alert and halts my whole being. I wish it were possible to live life as simply as possible – my job, family and my pen. I do not care about fame or outrageous wealth like most humans crave for these days. I do care about my mental, spiritual and physical health. If I could love and be loved truly, if I could be appreciated because of my ability to contribute my quota to life and not on the grounds of been on the coveted Forbes list, I’d be fulfilled. The beauty of life is not in amassing wealth or driving spaceships we now call cars. It is in having peace with God and man. That is the totality of our calling in life – to live for God and be family to others. The whole world has become a jungle where the lion is the king and power and respect is accorded to those who are rich so that they can have more power to hurt the poor for more wealth. I dare ask, what is the joy in hurting people to get rich? Does such wealth eventually make people happy when we know that someone is crying because our greed? I don’t know what life we have found ourselves in (or maybe I should ask what have we turned this life into?) The crave to get rich is getting brutal by the day. I find something worse still, the rich won’t allow others to have a taste of wealth and so when they get to the top, they remove the ladder beneath the feet of those following. I find all these evil and unnecessary. The wealth of the world is enough for all of us and stopping my light from shinning doesn’t make yours brighter.
God put us in this world to watch each other’s back and give selfless help when necessary. We are not here to use each other ruthlessly or hate people who have treated us unfairly. Whoever you are – rich, poor, hurt, homeless, divorced, unfairly treated, you have a duty to love. It is my decision to be nice to everyone who nature has brought my way regardless of how badly you have treated me in the past. When you need someone to lean on, I will be there. I aint gonna interrupt my peace of mind just because when you had the chance to be my friend, you treated me like shit. As 2face Idibia says, “…when they say a good turn deserves another, I say it’s always good to be good.” We shouldn’t choose who we are good to, we are required to be good and God who sees our hearts will reward us.
Go out and share the love especially in this season of love. For me, I will be making peace with those who I have offended in the past (or who thought I was a fool) and those who have hurt me badly and didn’t even care that I had nights of crying an ocean. My friends know that I love them and we love each other every day but right now, I want to send a love note to my “not so close” friends (I don’t use enemies). The holy bible which is my guide commands, “as long as it depends on you, live at peace with all men…” this season of love, I will endeavour to be at peace with everyone. Isn’t this what life is all about?
I wrote this in my sick bed which kept me glued to my bed for four days. If you like, call it a breakdown. I am getting better by the minute and to God be the glory. Thanks for the love and calls I received from you guys. God bless y’all.
