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“If only I have what she has,
then my life would be much easier…”
No doubt, life could have been
better with some things in place, but then, to excel in life, we have to be
able to acknowledge what we have and work better with it. The grass as we all
know is always greener on the other side, until we get there and we realized
that there are actually brown patches in the field, and the fact that it looked
all green from afar was because we couldn’t see the patches.
Joju grew up in a very wealthy
home. Being the only female child of her parents, they did every, and any thing
for her. Bose, on the other hand happened to come from a very poor home. She
was able to go to the university because of her will, and the fact that she
would do all kinds of menial jobs for people that came her way.
Bose who happened to know Joju
from afar envied her so much. She envied her for the life she lived, most especially
the affluence and the seeming absence of struggle that seemed to be in her
life. She was well loved by her brothers, her parents adored her, and the world
as it were happened to revolve around her.
One thing however that stood out
in Joju’s personality was her charming smile. She would smile to the old, as
well as to the young, rich and poor alike. Her smile usually radiated a form of
peace, a peace Bose has always associated with lack of struggle. Things however
changed when Bose started working in Joju’s parents’ house. It was then she
discovered a shocking truth. Joju suffers from a form of illness. The illness
accounted for why Joju travelled out of the country rather consistently, a
factor Bose used to envy a lot, asides her wealthy status.
Our smiles and outward appearance
indeed hide many things. The life we see to be all perfect from afar has its
sorrow, no matter how well it’s hidden/not in sight. Given a chance, Joju as
well could have been envying Bose given her stamina and health status. As a result,
a constant source of joy in life would be to be thankful in every state we find
ourselves, while keeping hope close by. When we find ourselves joyful and
content on our way to who we want to be, our live lived would never be that of
envy but of gratitude.
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If we look well enough, we will find out that there is always something to be thankful for.I listened to a very simple but profound story from one on my pastors. She said A certain preacher told everyone who came to church to drop their problems, then each person gets to switch with another person, newsflash! no I did.Each person wondered at the size of their so called " perfect" neighbour's problems.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this reminder.We shouldn't despise what we have because of what it " seems " like we don't have.
"We shouldn't despise what we have because of what it 'seems' like we don't have." - Profound!
DeleteThank you Adeteju for your wonderful addition and for being an immense blessing to this blog. You youare appreciated real good.
Indeed, brown patches in the green field.
ReplyDeleteTrue. Thank you bro
DeleteOf a truth, we have to be joyful at all times, while keeping hope close by. Thanks Soul writer.
ReplyDeleteA pleasure Mr. Akinbayo
DeleteWhat is life without hope? Thanks for this reminder.
Delete@Adeteju- absolutely nothing. Hope keeps us alive, even in the face of seeming death/danger.
DeleteA pleasure sis. Thank you for stopping by.
No body has it all.
ReplyDeleteVery true
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