WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By Emmanuel Oyebade
The world as we have it today,
houses vast majority of people who feel comfortable shifting responsibilities
to other people, who feels safer blaming others for their ordeal, those who
believes someone, somewhere is responsible for the position they found
themselves.
The list is endless of those who
are victims of our blame game, from parents, to friends, country, government, colour,
race, education, privileges, age, time, status, etc. When it comes to who is responsible for the
place we found ourselves someone or something has to be responsible. What do
you think?
Even me, sometimes I feel if only I
had been born in other clan things would have been different; perhaps, what
happens at the other side of the fence would be better than what I am going
through right now.
I have heard people complain
about how they feel even after eating too much! Some say that, the meal is too
delicious, “that’s what prompted me to eat more than necessary”. What do you
think?
A graduate who stopped
reading almost immediately he finished from the University complains he has no
job, those with one complains they aren’t making as much as they would have wanted,
what about that man who offers less value than is expected, who then blames the
boss for being fired. What do you think?
The question of who is
responsible for what we go through per time seems to be arguably a tough one to
find a unanimous answer to as many individuals will have a genuine point when given
the privilege to give the reason for their present state. Then, who should be
blame for what happens to us?
I live in a world where everything
that happen to citizens in a way or another has link to the administration or government
of the day, poor student performance at school has a thing to do with lack of qualified
teachers, teaching aids, laboratory for practical or library that is filled
with books of archaic editions.
The world where, the hike in
food prices has a link to how government agencies are not playing their roles
in fixing; roads, economy, electricity, and even prices of goods and regulating
same to force individuals to adhere strictly to acceptable prices.
Someone once looked at me
and said, “Why is the President not doing anything about the price of transportation,”
on the morning of waking up to heavy downpour of rain. Then I asked what do you
think?
Well, isn’t it wise to think
that the reason most of us are where we are is simply because we all have a
thing to say about our external environment, paying less attention to what goes
on inside of us, whereas, what happens inside is of more importance. Some people
even go as far as saying someone is responsible for their sadness! Wow! That
must be much.
Our destiny changes with our
thoughts; we shall become we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our
habitual thoughts corresponds with our desires. Not until we begin to view things
as largely depending on our responsibility than what happens to us, we may continue
to wish for good times ahead.
Our lives are made to accept
what we can’t CHANGE, change what we CAN and HOPE for what we yet have. This
way life becomes easier to live, and we put less blame on others but ourselves.
What do you think? What if
you have all you ever wished for? Live where you have always dreamt of? Get
what you have always eyed, have that special person you really want in your
life? What do you think you would do differently?
That thing is the point. That
is what makes all the difference. Some of us think materials bring happiness,
some people think money brings joy, all things depend only on your choice.
Whatever you choose to be is what you are. You
can only be as much as happy as you decide to be. What do you think?
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I think we all have different opinions about things. But I think we can't be sure things would be different till we experience things differently.
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