This sad event transpired on 24 July 2012 let me use this
means to bid my condolence to the family of Atta Mills and Ghanaians as they
mourn the loss of a great man ‘their president’, he was indeed great.
In every occurrence
there is a lesson to be learn, being the kind of person I am and for the
purpose of this blog ‘’inspiration’’, I see every incident from a very
macroscopic perspective it is only rational that I share these morals with
everyone so I permit you to discern the morals of this occurrence through my magnifying
lens….
First of all I want you to know that you’re not too young,
rich or poor to die, death can come knocking at your door at any appointed
time, by the Creator of cause ‘’the giver of life’’. You do not own the life you live neither can
you decide what ensues from the air you breath, your life was only kept in your
care by the giver of life the best you can do is to use it as best as you can.
Just like time our lives would surely pass and the only thing that would be
left of us would be memories. If you do not mind my asking; what are the
memories you would like to leave behind when you pass on? The decision of
whether to pass on (die) or not is not ours to make, as you live your daily
life, exploiting your area of interest, use your time/life prudently.
Even though some circumstances are so obvious most of the
time you still have to bring them to people’s consciousness or they go
unnoticed. By now it shouldn’t be news that death cannot be enticed by wealth
or class to prolong anyone’s period of existence, death wouldn’t say ‘’wow this
man’s life is so adorable, he’s so rich I will allow him a little time before I
visit him’’. No it doesn’t work that
way, when its time, its time, you should know the only reason you’re still
alive is cause the creator isn’t done with you. So who are you living for,
yourself or your creator? Whose will/interest do you defend each day you live?
The way people are so greedy in possessing the things of this
world leaves me wondering whether there is any tradition that permits a man’s family
to bury him with his possession. For those who do not know, Christians are
buried with just a coffin, maybe some fancy clothes and other mementos ‘’this
is dependent on the person or his family’’. Muslims bury with just white linen
and nothing else no matter who you are wealthy, poor, old, young etal. Everyone
is buried the same way and some other cultures go ahead to burn the body to
ashes returning them back to what they came from ‘’ash, dust, clay whatever it
is you were taught you came from’’. Without
any waste of time, this brings me to the very big question; why all the
hassles, greed, loathe, tyranny and all that ignorant people practise
incessantly. Don’t misread this, I’m not condemning being rich or having the
desire to be rich, if I’m then I’ll be a hypocrite cause I definitely want to
be rich ‘’I’m going to be’’. But in essence the message I’m trying to pass is
that in your riches be humble, do not go around with a swollen head
‘’pride/ego’’ waiting to explode at any moment. You should know that it is not
by your power that you are what you are ‘’better than those around’’ (no matter
the efforts you put into being successful if God does not decree you a success,
you will never be). Also that what you possess presently was placed in your
care by a greater being to be used cautiously and to be a blessing to those who
weren’t so privileged, so use whatever you possess unarguably, impact the life
of the people around you ‘‘positively’’. What more can I say that you have not
heard than; live the way you want to be remembered.
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