Laminated life

This came from my reading through Adeolu Akinyemi latest article of the laminated life about how ignorance can mar man and send him to an early grave. In the article he gave a short story of a dedicated servant who almost died out of poverty, while sitting in her living room was a cheque of 100 million dollars given to her by her grateful late master.

She did not know the content of the “paper” but she treasured it so much that she laminated and hung it on her wall with the hope of showing it off to her friends.

She fell sick and almost die of lack until luckily the laminated paper caught the attention of a young man who told her the real value of the paper.

Ever since I read that article my mind has been running riots with the conscious discovery of some laminated things in my life mostly due to one flimsy excuse or another.

Lamination here means untapped values or opportunities. Those little things inside you that people cherish but you have suddenly stopped doing or cannot properly utilize. These values cut across every facets of our life, from spiritual to business to personal relationship with people.

You might have shrouded them unconsciously for whatever reason and yet looking for it somewhere else. Why go to Sokoto to get what is in your “Sokoto” (pocket)?

In life every one has a unique chance but the difference is the time it takes for them to know and utilize it. Some know it early, others late and some will never know.

So my people think and resurrect every dry bone now. Dry bones shall rise again for those who first recognize the dry areas by looking inwards and plan to change it, does not matter how many times you sing the “dry bone shall raise again” song, without recognizing the dry areas and putting in consious effort to resurrect them, they will forever remained dried.

Adeolu, great motivational speaker has just delivered a message like the famous town crier of old; how we receive the content is up to us. Choice is always ours to make.

I have decided to raise my dry bones again and make sure they stay alive this time, what about you?