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.
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