Eku deede iwoyi o! Good day everybody!
Today we are facing so much uncertainty, how do you respond? In this day and time, what you focus on expands. A Yoruba adage puts it this way “ Ohun tinwuni ninpo Loro eni” Are you focusing on the ongoing unrest or uncertainty of the current crisis, or are you focusing on valuing one another? Thomas Carlyle said, “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” He also said, ‘A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the roughest road. but, a person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road.’ Wow! That's a powerful analogy. Basically, Thomas Carlyle said it's not if your road is smooth or if your road is rough that you make progress; it's the purpose that you have that keeps you going. It's not how can I make my journey easier, it's how can I have more purpose in my journey? Because when I have a purpose in my journey, I climb those hills. So, here's the question as we're in the middle of adversity: What should be our purpose in adversity? Three things: 1. We should learn from it. Every day, we should look around and ask ourselves what is this difficult time teaching me? 2. We should grow in it. We should ask ourselves every day: is this developing willpower and self-discipline and inner character in my life? 3. We should be salt and light. We should make things better as food tastes when we add some reasonable amount of salt and we should make things brighter as light shines in the dark place for people around us by adding values to their lives. If you can do those three things, trust me, even on the rocky, rough road of crisis, you'll make progress. Also in the process purposely, put behind you what devalues people, selfish values, and pointing fingers in whatever position or association you belong to. Then the world will be a better place for you and me even for the generations to come.
Today we are facing so much uncertainty, how do you respond? In this day and time, what you focus on expands. A Yoruba adage puts it this way “ Ohun tinwuni ninpo Loro eni” Are you focusing on the ongoing unrest or uncertainty of the current crisis, or are you focusing on valuing one another? Thomas Carlyle said, “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” He also said, ‘A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the roughest road. but, a person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road.’ Wow! That's a powerful analogy. Basically, Thomas Carlyle said it's not if your road is smooth or if your road is rough that you make progress; it's the purpose that you have that keeps you going. It's not how can I make my journey easier, it's how can I have more purpose in my journey? Because when I have a purpose in my journey, I climb those hills. So, here's the question as we're in the middle of adversity: What should be our purpose in adversity? Three things: 1. We should learn from it. Every day, we should look around and ask ourselves what is this difficult time teaching me? 2. We should grow in it. We should ask ourselves every day: is this developing willpower and self-discipline and inner character in my life? 3. We should be salt and light. We should make things better as food tastes when we add some reasonable amount of salt and we should make things brighter as light shines in the dark place for people around us by adding values to their lives. If you can do those three things, trust me, even on the rocky, rough road of crisis, you'll make progress. Also in the process purposely, put behind you what devalues people, selfish values, and pointing fingers in whatever position or association you belong to. Then the world will be a better place for you and me even for the generations to come.
We
celebrate with you if you were born in June. We hope it will be another month
and year of Jubilation, Unlocking doors, New achievement, and Empowerment for
you and everyone.
Stay
safe, stay strong, stay healthy until we will be able to gather again.
Eric
Thompson
YAJ.
