“The world says: “You have needs — satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don’t hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more.” This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
“It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else that prevents us from living freely and nobly.”
― Bertrand Russell
Odun nlo sopin o
Baba mimo
Fi so re so mi o baba rere
Ohun ti o pa mi l’ekun o
L’odun titun, ma je ko sele si mi o
Baba rere
(The year is coming to an end, good Lord,keep me save my good father,Whatever will make me cry in the new year, don’t allow it to happen to me, my good father)
The year is almost ending
its sun almost setting
its last dress being ironed
preparatory towards being packed
the year is preparing its farewell
but
it is not the end
it is still not ‘ebenezery’
it is still dawn
preceding morning
so,
tarry a while,
tarry a while!
where were you
when this year’s sun showed up?
what were your thoughts?
when the new year came
with fanfare
what were you doing?
what resolution/s
did you make then?
what decision/s
went through your mind?
baba Olówóayé,
how have you spent the year?
it has been a year of splendour
a year of achievement
and
unquantifiable profit?
it has been a meritorious year
filled with journeys
left and right.
amsterdam was a stop over
frankfurt only took a day
taipei was for a week
hongkong was ceded in your presence
new york’s sun always welcome you
london’s shops carry your footprints.
you are in the hustle and bustle
if you are not e-mailed
you are ‘interneted’
you are not the only mobile entity
you car is mobile
so also is your smartphone,
what about your PDA?
you carried it
wherever you go.
nowhere is free from you
everywhere,
a working place
the moment you have your notebook,
or a laptop.
now I heard
there is a finger top
you
ran through the world
this last 365 day
like a whirlwind
and a hurricane
greeting, touching, forming
and destroying partnerships
tarry a while, tarry a while.
did you
spend time with those
close to you?
did they
ever see your face
during their nightmares?
are you there beside them?
when they need you?
can your children recognize their father?
or is it the voice alone they know?
tarry a while, tarry a while!
how many people did you touch?
how many lives did you improve?
we know you improved
your net worth
but how many kindness or is it
“kindnesses” can you remember..?
we know you closed
many deals
but how many lives
were lost in the process?
how many people were retrenched?
with their lives closed?
tarry a while, tarry a while.
the year is coming to an end
how many promises
have you broken?
how many shady deals
are in your briefcase?
how many fast deals
have you closed?
how may ambitions
were ruined
at your board rooms?
how many of the plebeians
did you step on
to declare your profits?
tarry a while, tarry a while.
the year is running to an end.
you are running to end
that last deal of the year
tarry a while, tarry a while.
can you remember
when last you had a rest?
are you not
on the road 24 hours?
did you give yourself
10 minutes each day?
out of the 1440 minutes
making the day?
did you even think
of your Creator?
or is it
following strict compartments
like your businesses?
is meeting God a token
that
which you contribute
those Sundays
you have time?
or is it a daily affair?
do you live your beliefs
and religion
or do your religion
and beliefs leave you?
have you sharpened your conscience
or have your conscience deadened you?
tarry a while, tarry a while.
the year is coming
to an end
the end is coming
a while.
nobody has seen God
through a fat cheque
nor is the Creator
appeased through deals.
you never came
with anything
nor will you go
with something
so, baba Olówó
tarry a while
we all came NAKED
we will all leave NAKED!
Reblogged this on Infinity pro-Coach and commented:
I love this !
Very mystical
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