THERE ARE TIMES…..

   So the bible says that to everything there is a season. A time for every purpose under heaven. To that I say absolutely true;

     There are times when you are so high and alive you could feel the energy running through you and making you feel like you’d burst if you don’t channel it fast. When you don’t need anyone to tell you that you can achieve anything and impossibility suddenly vanishes from your dictionary. You have all you need and cant ask for more because you probably don’t know what to do with all that you already have. Good for you but remember to work and ‘sow’ at that time because that drive would never stay around forever. What you make of it is what you’d wake up to the next morning when the season’s over.

     There are times when you wake up in the morning and you just don’t want to go anywhere, see anyone or do anything. You’re out of ideas, the world seems bleak and chances are no one would understand how you’re feeling anyway. You’d rather stay alone to think about your life and feel sorry for yourself. Take a hint from Nike and ‘just do it’. Your pace or frame of mind doesn’t matter more than the fact that you’re doing something.  All you have to do is put one foot before another and don’t stop. Along the line, you’re very likely to find some encouragement which would never come to you in your little pity cocooned world. The world never stops moving. It’s you who can decide to quit and quitting is a conscious choice not to win. You may appear to be slower than the rest of the world but you’d get there someday if you remain in motion.

     There are times when your world is turned inside out and upside down. Everything you believe in suddenly takes on another form, what you work for seem to insist on not coming to you. Those you wholly trust begin to look like strangers and familiarity is like a foreign concept. Adjust. They say isn’t anything new under the sun and you can never avoid changes. I believe everything and every situation that is exists with potential but until tapped and utilized, it really cant be termed anything for sure. Its simple really. Fit into your circumstances and make it work for you. Ability is not always about just doing things; its sometimes about doing things even when it’s not convenient and making something out of it.

     There are times when your life seem to be at a standstill and try as you may you just cant get yourself to move. The world is rushing right past you and you’re still the same. Younger cousin #3 is getting married and you have to attend without a ring on your finger. Your friends are winning trophies and holding positions and you’re just the guy/girl they see with them. You want to do something but you cant find the drive because in reality you’re just trying to live up to what the people around you have achieved which really isn’t your passion. Its time for reminder. Go back to your drawing board and remind yourself what your values are. If you don’t have them then its time to get some. Values are like foundations. A builder knows there’s going to be rain someday but if he’s got a secure foundation, he’s not moved. The same way you’re sure of your purpose when you have and are constantly in tune with your values.

     There are times when you’re looking to do somethind and the ‘world’ is looking in another direction. You have your convictions but it looks like the world is just waiting to chorus I told you so when you fail. Well hold the world in one hand and your conscience in the other and ‘res ipsa loquitor’- let the thing speak for itself.  Never walk out on your conscience or passion for what the world would say.

     There are times when its all in your head at once. Things you have to do, places you ought to go, things you need to have and people you need to see. Everything seems to fall in place and then run into each other and you just feel the need to attend to them all at once. Be still. You’d never get two things perfectly done at a time. You need to step away from it for a while and get your priorities right. The time it’ll take you to organize your thoughts and carry out your tasks in an orderly fashion would never be the same as if you’d delved into an avalanche of activities without a plan. It only creates a long line of mess.

The point is; don’t ever think of your circumstances as strange or unthinkable; think of it as a time which would change. The world is not stagnant, there’d always be times and seasons. Work with it!

Odu Olubukola

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