I am an African by birth and by my whole being. I absolutely love my Africanness. It is in me. Just as I love my country of birth, Nigeria. I am a true Nigerian and African in all ramifications. But I refused to support or endorse bad behaviours just to show solidarity for Africans or the Black Race.
What’s up with you? No one is allowed to have an opinion anymore just so you won’t be upset. Get real, and stop being touchy about every subject under the sun. These days people can’t have opinions without being attacked.
Let’s be honest it is the same 24-hours in a day you have other people have too. So, how do they manage to do so many things you wished you can do but somehow never get the chance or time to do?
I did a little bit of self-audit and realised that compliments and kind words sent to me in writing are easier for me to respond to effectively and gracefully. I really fall short with those compliments and kind words given to me face-to-face. How worrying is that?
Learning to take responsibility for your mistakes is hard. But guess what? It will pay off. You see when things go really wrong, if you look carefully, you will see where you should have played things differently. Of course, the main and obvious faults may lie with others.
I want to share a little story with you to drive home the point that we need to be kind and considerate to everyone we meet because emotional problems and mental health issues are invisible.
There are people who have some seriously warped ideas of what kindness, support, loyalty, are. Once you refused to play along with their ideas of these things you are a fake person!
Awa Yoruba ni – Eni ma da aso fun ni, ti orun re ni kawo. Abi iwo oti gbo oro yi ri ni?
Toledo is famous for high-quality sword-making and metal-work. There are lots of shops still selling impressive looking swords, knives, and other steel products. You can buy them as souvenirs. Goodluck getting them through custom at airports.
For me, once any individual loses sight of this sequence, things start going horribly wrong. I strongly believe that most of the problems we have in the world come from most of us forgetting that before anything we are human first. Humanity has been replaced by different categorization.
