“Don’t be like so many people who gave up even before they try. That is the best way of never doing anything and never succeeding at anything. And don’t fall into the trap as those who actions but are inwardly convinced that they won’t succeed. Bring your thought and action into harmony. Be in harmony with yourself...”
Lessons one:
As I sat down, words of Mark Fishers that read years ago started flashing into my mind. It was now that I am beginning to understand the real meaning of what Yerima said and what Mark Fisher taught me.
I sat down in utter disbelieve how foolish I was, as I recollect how I stupidly threw away the bunches of rose shoot and stuck to the flower which I also handed badly; remembering how I later found out that what I was given was indeed worth a fortune if I have succeeded in getting it to Lagos and find means to cultivate it. After all, my guardian had an expansive garden in Otta at the time, and could have been used for the cultivation; and the fact that till date, I never see or hear from Yerima again, I can’t help but agree with those who often advised that we seized the moment when opportunity come calling.
Lesson two:
Most of the truly beautiful things we covet are in fact product of painful beginning. Something many people will overlook. But it take the visionary and determined gardener to spot the beauty of an uncultivated land.
Lesson three:
The sharp pains experience while holding the thorny shoot are actually trial and test to determine whether we are truly ready for the task ahead. Only a patience and determined man can truly scoop honey from a rock.
Lesson Four:
That I lost Yerima after he gave those gifts show that sometimes in life, the door of opportunity may not be open twice. We live once, and we die once. Seize the moment while you have the chance, tomorrow may never come.
Lessons Five:
That I fail to ask questions on how to handle the rose, and eventually act on my own intuition taught me to always ask for a guide when I am not too sure of the direction. Never take an intuitive jump when you know there won’t be a chance of correcting the error. Seek knowledge and never be ashamed of letting others know you don’t know. Ignorance killed
Lesson Six:
That I eventually lost the rose without means of replacing it taught me to never rely on the sweat of others. Always ask for how to fish and not the fish. The fish will be consumed and your hunger will return and then you will return to your giver. But he who knows learns how to get fish will never have to beg others for fish.
I think this last lesson has been the reason I am very reluctant in asking my friends for favour. Some of them wonder why I can’t just ask. I even have the rare privilege of choosing mentors among influential people, but my stands has always be to acquire knowledge and put in personal effort while they watch me grow.
As I continue to meditate upon the heart of rose this week, I remember the first lesson I learn from my encounter with rose, in the word of Mark Fisher:
“Don’t be like so many people who gave up even before they try. That is the best way of never doing anything and never succeeding at anything. And don’t fall into the trap as those who actions but are inwardly convinced that they won’t succeed. Bring your thought and action into harmony. Be in harmony with yourself...”
No comments: