With time, everything changes, because nothing remains the same. There’s a time to be born and a time to die, a time to be young and robust and a time to get feeble and gray. There are happy times and sad times, good days and bad days, even rich times and poor times, but the bottom line is: Everything changes with time!
Your yesterday can never be your tomorrow and your tomorrow is not determined by your past.
The dream is always for the best, but it is not all times in life that wishes come true, as life has plenty of uncertainties, accidents and incidents can alter your dreams and your aspirations.
So, to hate forever is not knowing the joy of loving and to think that riches is the gateway to salvation is a misconception.
If you think only of “me” and never see the plight of others, then you are a one-man island. But then, no man is an island, so you are actually nothing… Every living being and thing has a lifespan, but knowing how to go with the flow and deal with the changes are the key to survival and satisfaction.
When you are a man it is foolish to think like a child and if you become a parent it is your responsibility to guide the path of your offsprings. The system may help and the environment may assist, but if you do not put your heart in it, or play your rightful part, when the walls come crumbling down you will have to share in the blame.
Life is about transitioning, preparing the foundation for another. You cannot love yourself and appreciate others less. Survival is about a people, a nation and a generation, but to become larger than life and live for yourself and not for others, is breaking all the rules.
If the upcoming generation spews out negativity, you are partly to blame for that outcome.
When you leave with the intention to return and fail to honor that commitment, you have transferred that responsibility to somebody else.
If you are rebellious that means you were sowing the seeds of anger and if loving and giving is a curse, then we never appreciated those who guided us to manhood. Not all are blessed with the same talents or knowhow, but there is a role for everyone, yet few come to the realization of their life’s calling.
Our purpose, our role, our input and output, all depend on understanding and that is the beginning of wisdom. Find comfort in yourself, do not compare yourself with others and don’t judge others by your own standards.
I further suggest that you do not follow blindly, do not be too gullible and quick to judge, remember patience is truly a virtue and if you cannot assist in building, refrain from destroying, because the trap you set for others, you or your family or close friends may fall in it.
See the coming year as a year to put things right with God, family, friends and community. Refrain from that which leads to damnation and destruction as it’s important to do God’s will, rather than assume the role of inequity.
As the Good Book says: What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? I am neither a prophet, advisor, or educator, but life has taught me one thing: that all the answers we seek for greater understanding are right here on earth and within our grasp.
Happy New Year! Bon Lanay Nef!