Thursday 30 August 2012

I,Special!

Hey you!
hope your day is going well? if not, that just a bummer...
I think I have something that might cheer you up. I know you've heard it said that everyone's DNA is unique (even identical twins) and finger prints as well. You are the only one with your fingerprint, it cant be duplicated, I know, that doesn't make you feel better either, time to bring out the heavy guns.
God created you to be so unique that He didn't use a mold, He created you straight out of the earth, so that you cannot be duplicated, replicated in any way...something to think about right?
Maybe you're feeling low especially when you think about all the young people making history and money these days, Usain Bolt, Gabby Douglas, Chimamanda Adichie, so many!
And here you are, thirty-something or forty-something, slaving away at a modest job where everyone indulges you as if you're their favorite uncle/aunt. you wanted so much when you were younger, you dreamt big and hard, whatever happened? the years just silently slipped by, before you know it, all you do is work! First to take care of yourself and your younger ones and of course your aged parents, then to impress your wife (or feed your unemployed hubby), then came the family. And because you went to 'School of Hard Knocks', you promised yourself that your children will only have the best of everything, that of course, boils down to more work!
So you decided to have a modest family, three-one boy and two girls-gone are the days when a  man sired twelve children! you put them in the best private schools(those usually cost an arm and a kidney,but what can you do, only the best for your children right?), then they have to dress well (more money!) private schools have trips/ escortions (you pay, your children shouldn't feel left out, besides, its really educational after all!)
Its summer and you want to spend quality time with your family(you don't head to your village, God forbid! make dem winch you die?) so you plan a trip abroad (any of the resorts around the nation would have been great if only they were properly maintained and the roads weren't death traps (road trip?no try yourself o!) so you go to Ghana or Dubai, affordable locations and easy to get a visa (but you still spend even more money shopping and lodging!sigh!)
You return from your trip and first day of work/school the second car packs up so you take public transport and leave your car so that madam and the children can move around easily.
You apply for a car loan, the beetle was actually due for retirement anyway! Now you're paying car loans, expensive school fees, catering to mama and papa in the village, your eight siblings, renovating the house in Epe so that you can finally be a landlord instead of still making your landlord rich by paying millions for the comfortable home in VGC, phew!
And just this morning, your father called that he needs to do the prostate operation. Trust me, I  can understand if you don't feel peachy or special, you cant even remember the last time you did something entirely for you alone! You haven't bought any new clothes even though you love wearing Jeans, the aso-ebi you bought last month for Deaconess Anges' wedding is the last 'cloth' you added to your wardrobe!
So how can you possibly be special?
But you are. Special! You have juggled situations and circumstances that has crippled many, circumstances that many shy away from, you have touched people's lives(your children's at least) even though they hardly stop to say 'thank you!" and mean it.
Let me tell you something, Obama knew he was going to be the US president one day, but without his mother, he would never have dreamt at all! Do you even know her name? She birthed him, nurtured him until he was old enough to choose his path. The fact that her name isn't known doesn't mean she hasn't accomplished something...
Maybe we are not all created to be front runners! maybe your dream is to help someone else achieve theirs, it makes you more special than that person, because what you're doing for them is selfless!
So the next time you pick up a daily(or open your Yahoo or google chrome) and you see and recognize people achieving great feats, don't feel bad! You are just as special, it doesn't matter much that you're not as known as they are.
Point to yourself and say proudly, "I, Special Breed!"
So tell me, did it work? did I succeed in cheering you up?
Ciao!

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