LIVE YOUR DREAM - By Deji Onadeko

After a long day at work, I decided to stay the night in the office to catch the frenzy of the night at the studio, besides I volunteer at AIM Consults, owner of CoolFM, WazobiFM and Nigeria Info. I decided a night won't hurt. Well indeed am up and the night didn't hurt only that am hungry and my mouth is pleading to get cleaned up.

But before last night was over, I watched an OAP (On Air Personality) do her thing on air, she's serving and she was having so much fun already as a youth corper. I imagined that she is living her dreams already, her own fairy tale. Then I thought that some medical doctor is serving far north taking care of sick poor children and then getting bitten by mosquitoes every night but the joy comes when she sees her patients getting well, well that's her living her dreams, her fairy tale. Another dude is serving in a school far in the east, maybe not what he expected but he still finds joy in impacting knowledge, and then in his heart he believes he is living his dreams, he's fairy tale.

I know some of you would not agree with me with these examples as anybody living there dreams. But take a minute and pause, what’s your fairy tale filled with? Cars, properties, vacations, a perfect husband or wife, successful children etc. But the question is, is it about the cars, the glamour and all, don't we just want to be happy, healthy and relevant, don’t we just want to smile and get a smile in return? Am sure at this point you are nodding already, you agree yeah?  

Alright, the reason why we want all those plenty glamour is simply because we check for satisfaction in the wrong places. In the popular song titled flying without wings done by Westlife, they said some find this satisfaction in the eyes of their children, some in pets etc, but that when they find it, they feel like they are flying without wings. But the truth is, it’s not in the eyes of their children or pets whatsoever, it’s in that simple daily routine you do every day that makes you at peace with your spirit and most of all, the one who sent you, your Creator. 

You know, you can never be sad doing what God asked you to do, never. Following God's plan foolishly is the wisest thing a man can do for himself. Don't get carried away by all the beautiful things in the world today, if God sends you to a village that's where your joy lies, nowhere else. So that young lady on T.V is not exactly happy because been on T.V is interesting and pays well but maybe that is her God given instruction for the moment, the doctor downtown in Syria in the middle of the war is not happy because of the job prestige but maybe that is his God given instruction for the moment. Abraham followed blindly and had it good for him, Jonah got scared along the line, but finally did, it changed his life and those God sent him to.

In the long run you realize living your fairy tale is not about you, it is about those God has sent you to, they are bound to smile before you, and once they smile you smile. Don't be quick to think it's a broke corner and people who get down this lane don't get the pay, please we do, Abraham did, Solomon did, Job did and my humble self also. Remember seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness and every other thing (money, cars, properties, name it) shall be added unto you. And even the richest man ever in current history in person of John D Rockefeller who was worth $663 billion and was the founder of Standard oil now known as Exxon Mobil would say God gave me money and I am not apologetic about it. You see, so God gives money.

In conclusion friends, your fairy plan shouldn't be your plan, the best fairy tale plan is the one drawn by God Himself.

 Have a lovely weekend.