.... LIKE MY BOOKS.
VERY FUNNY. HUH? YES. IT IS. THAT IS LIFE, MY GRANDMA SAYS. IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, I HAVE MET FEW PEOPLE WHO THINK OUT OF THIS WORLD, AND I MUST CONFESS THAT I HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS TOO.... I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT FAILURE IS A DISEASE, AND THAT WHOEVER FAILS IS BOUND TO KEEP FAILING ALL THROUGH HIS LIFE. BUT RECENTLY, I FOUND OUT OTHERWISE. FAILURE TEACHES US HOW BETTER TO SUCCEED.
NOT THAT I PREACH THE WORD, BUT I THINK MY FEAR OF FAILURE HAS GREATLY HINDERED MY SECCESS. HONESTLY IT HAS. DR. REUBEN ABATI SAID LAST THURSDAY THAT ONE MUST LEARN TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX TO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT ALL ARE NOT THE SAME AND THAT A EXISTS TO COMPLEMENT B. FAILURE OF A TO ASSIST B WILL ALSO HINDER ITS OWN GROWTH. MAYBE HE'S RIGHT AFTERALL.
PERSONALLY, I HAVE AN EYE FOR ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THESE DUO HAVE A LOT OF FREINDS AND FAMILIES. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM AS WELL BUT I HAD TO DISSECT THEM TO KNOW WHO THEY REALLY WERE. MY FRIENDS OR FOES?
YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND OUT?
THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE SELFISH. BUT JUST THEN I RECALL, ARISTOTLE'S WORD, THAT ALL ARE BORN SELFISH, EXCEPT THOSE WHO SEE OTHERS BEFORE THEMSELVES. I AM CONSOLED THEN. BUT HOW ABOUT MY CLOSEST PALS, THAT I SHARED DRINK AND GARRI WITH IN SCHOOL, THAT I TOLLED DAY AND NIGHT TO BE THERE FOR, THAT I PERSPIRATED FOR, THAT I BEAT MY CHEST FOR, THAT I VOUCHED FOR? THEY ARE JUST IN ANOTHER PAGE OF THE BOOK.... YES, THE BOOK.
THE WORLD IS LIKE A BOOK. AND FOR THOSE WHO DONT TRAVEL IT, THEY ALSO STAY ON A PAGE.... THAT'S HOW I LEARNED NOT TO RELY ON FRIENDS BUT ONLY CARE FOR THEM.... LIKE MY BOOKS.