…continued… from part 1 and part 2
Seek to show respect to everyone you see no matter whom they are. In my language; Yoruba language, they would say; ”Nitoripe a dobale fun arara ko so wipe ko ga jumi lo ti mo ba dide” meaning ”Just because I prostrated for a dwarf doesn’t mean he or she will be taller than me when I stand up”. We should never belittle anyone or write them off. It is wrong to assume we have seen the best of someone when they are still living. In an instant things can change overtime for them and you will be forced to be humble. Never write anyone off and show respect to everyone too.
We also need to show love to people. You can’t love those whom you don’t respect or desire to treat right. When you respect people, it is easier to love them, and when you love them it is easier to treat them well. Never think anyone is underserving of love and attention. We are not perfect. No man is and no man can be. We hurt people intentionally or not intentionally sometimes.
What I did, that is who I was, but what I did is not who I will become.
We need to give people room to change and then, have the ability to love them. Make provisions for each other’s wrong. Forgive people in advance because the truth is, people will always hurt us whether we like it or not and whether we expect it or not. We need to give allowances for these hurts so that we can develop the ability to love people even when they don’t deserve it.
We need one another. No man can make it out here all alone. We need to be better together so we can give our best to each other as we journey through life. We need people because some people are connectors, some are ladders and some are catalysts that will propel us to our desired height. We need to learn never to write anyone off, treat everyone right, forgive in advance and then love them regardless of the situation. It’s a big world and possibilities abound even through the most unlikely source.
…THE END…
Thank you for your time.
My pen doesn’t bleed, it speaks, with speed and ease.
Still me,
My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.
Olawalium; (Love’s chemical content, in human form). Take a dose today: doctor’s order.