It was said that a
candle loses nothing lighting another candle. With its action it will be
easier
for its flame to be lighted again in case it goes off. It amazes me how
people
choose to live their lives. Albert Einstein said “the true value of a
human
being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he
has
attained liberation from the self”. How valuable are you to the world?
Are you
one of those balancing the ecosystem? He continued by saying “our whole
actions
and desires are bound with the existence of other human beings. We eat
food
that others have grown, wear clothes that others have made; live in
houses that
others have built. The greater part of our knowledge and belief has been
communicated to us by other people through the medium of a language
which
others have created.
This tells us that our whole being is dependent on
another.
In a nation where some
say the uncertainty is what to expect, remember you can not think in a
wrong
way and act in a positive way. Jame Allen, the author of “as a man
thinketh” a
book which is partly responsible for launching an entire self
improvement
industry said “a man is literally what he thinks, his character being
the
complete sum of all his thoughts” we must remind ourselves about where
we start
from in other to make and change our thinkings toward our action so that
we can
preserve the respect and affection of our nation.
Note this; Real
Investment is helping others become who God want them to be. If you help
an
individual to the top, you are indeed helping yourself, for this is your
assignment.
Remember this is
Nigeria- each of us has a role to play in making our nation great. An
individual that you have helped in fulfilling his assignment means you
have
helped millions to achieve theirs. I remember the story of a musical duo
in
Nigeria. They needed N40, 000 to record their first album. A man
sponsored the
recording few years ago. Today, the musical duo worth millions of
dollars and
they have won many national awards. They acknowledged him and made
public his
impact on their lives. On one of their albums, the investor said “I have
sold
more than a million copies of this recent album” what he thought he did
for
them is actually for himself.It is only God that knows where he would
have been
if he had not helped the duo. And it is only God that knows where you
will be
if you do not follow what many say. Remember, an author once said “those
who
bring sunshine to others cannot keep it from themselves''. A lot of us
need to
realize this. Our lives which we have deliberately conditioned for
selfish
purposes must be reviewed so that we can collectively make our nation
great.
In the speech by
President Barak Obama, towards the devastating earthquake that rumbled
Haiti,
he said “Americans will not rest until all its citizen has been
accounted for”.
He told the world that despite American's assistance, their main agenda
was the
Americans in HAITI. In our national anthem, “the labors of our heroes
past
shall never be in vain “shows that we must continue from where they
stopped.
Our forefathers focused on value and not money. Albert Einstein in the
world as
I see it said “each of us is here for brief sojourn. We exist for our
fellow
men in the first place, for those smiles and welfare we are mean to
fulfill. As
hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life
depends on
the labour of other men, living and dead and that I must exert myself in
order
to give same measure I have received and still receiving. Whether we
like it or
not, we will be remembered for what we build and not what we do. So what
we
build now echoes from now till eternity.
Olumadewa Adebusuyi
Olutayo
Director of Programmes
Do The Dream Youth
Development Initiative
0803 951 3286
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