BELIEVING IS SEEING!

I tell you, from where am seated the clouds are looking all pregnant with rain like a miraculous birth is just about to take place. You know like that moment you are told, “we need to talk” & you know it is about to go down & you become tense with anxiety, eyes popping out of their sockets. 

The clouds bringing forth to the merry earth the splendor from its belly the waters to cool the land. As the scorching sun, is playing peekaboo with us mere mortals giving us warmth in piecemeal. Indeed, we live in strange times when it can be raining & sunny at the same time. 

It is a marvel that we are not yet extinct considering how we have violated the earth by polluting it left, right & center. Claiming that it is not my responsibility to clean up after myself. Anyway, enough of the nursery rhymes & back to the reality check. If they told you that it is easy they lied to you. 

If it was so easy we will all be doing it & would have reached the greatest heights of our lives pretty quick. Stop scratching your head, am explaining myself in the next line what I mean. Do not be lied to by the movies that shows you how the bad guy gets to have it all. 

The fast cars, the fancy houses, the bags full of cash, the beautiful women/handsome men, the stylish clothes & so on. Did you know that we are a people engineered to use short cuts to make things in our lives work? Why you ask? Well, when dealing with a short cut it will save you the time, the energy, the thought process, the obstacles & so forth. 

What you do not get to know or factor in at the time is short as it is, it will be short lived (no pun intended). We may deem that when I use the quickest route I will get there faster, which I will agree with you to some extent. However, you will not have calculated the details that will make your plan work & the eventualities to follow. 

It may show progress for some time but eventually the past will catch up with you. Ask Pablo Escobar, he made his money from the addiction of the people to drugs but soon thereafter he ate lead. Do you know that even though Samson was the strongest man during his time, he also had his own shortcomings? 

At the younger age he didn't have the miraculous hair that gave him untold strength. He was a common man & that is why God worked on him to make him a vessel for his use (this I can be corrected if am wrong). If we look at the times that we are current in, covid-19 has made it its purpose for us to forcefully change our way of life & reveal our true selves. 

Yes, it is a virus that can't be disputed except by the few here & there. But right now, we are doing things on a different level. No one would have thought we would be reduced from physical interaction to technological gadgets so as to do our work, interact, earn a living & so on. 

We are in unprecedented times that requires us to be more vigilant in our dealings. It is said that when you face a challenge or an obstacle, see how you can seize the opportunity that is presenting itself. One may raise a question, what can I learn from this pandemic that can make my life better. 

For starters it has shown that we need to work on our hygiene which we have not being maintaining to the expected standard. It has also shown us that technology should not be feared but embraced. Also, it has shown us that physical interactions which we took for granted like hugs, handshakes, pecks can be switched off in an instance. 

You may chime in & say what about the people of the rural areas or setting. Well, you have been shown that eating organic foods from the farm has its own health benefits & that those in such area areas work but on a different way to make life comfortable & bearable. 

This may not be exhaustive but the moment we have been getting used to has taken an about turn & we have been forced to slow down, catch our breath & take a moment to appreciate what we have. Those who are lucky to have jobs, you have realized that living pay cheque to pay cheque is not sustainable & requires an alternative source of income. 

We are all learning to have a worthwhile life. Nothing is granted any more, now we are working towards securing our future & present times as the past has taught us we need to be better prepared as life is not taking any prisoners. The going will be tough but you are built for this. 

You need not to doubt yourself, circumstances may make you question the sense of being alive but there is a greater plan formulating just do your part the rest will fall in place. Live in the now & plan your life accordingly, things will not just work out automatically but if your put in the correct strategies then it should get better. 

Plan your time more wisely by looking at how you spend your day. Is it spent on the internet or idling or is it something you can account for by being productive. If you are working hard to earn that coin to sustain yourself, are you investing it, saving it or are you just squandering it & saying tomorrow will take care of itself. 

When it comes to finances, you should be the last person to taste it like the forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden. If you are salaried, you need to understand that money has a lifespan. The first thing to do when you get it is, give God his dues by tithing, pay your bills that is rent, water & electricity, invest in the things that will make your money grow & not just putting it in a bank account like the money market fund or shares or bonds. 

You then proceed to save some of it for a rainy day because you never know when you will need to break open the piggy. Lastly you can spend the few coins remaining to treat yourself or your loved ones. There are days that you will wake up & feel like discovering the earth hidden treasures like Vasco Da Gama. 

Other days you will feel like you need a break & need to hide your head deep in the sand like the ostrich. There are times you will feel like tearing at the roots of your hair. Other days you will feel like fortune has favored you. There are days you will feel like Peter Pan wanting to float around & not give a care in the world. 

While other, days you will want to reach out & take in the example of being like Jesus. You! Yes, you, the one reading this post. Are you tired of life, do you feel drained at every moment? Is your waking moment dreaded when you are leaving your bed? 

Does it feel like as if you are carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders? Is it a chore when you are asked to help others? Fear not my friend you are not alone; we are all cut from different clothes that make up the rag. You need to know that I am loved, someone cares about me, there is hope, I will make it, there is nothing I can’t do, I am meant for greatness & God still has got my back. 

If you have watched the 2006 movie The Pursuit of Happyness it will show you that life is but a stair cases with different steps that you have to climb to reach your appointed destiny. Every stage of your life is programmed to test you in one way & eventually you will discover your true purpose in life. It will not be easy but it will be worthy. 

In the words of Les Brown, “if life knocks you down, try landing on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Never give up!”