THE GOLDEN EGG OF FORTUNE
Once upon a time, there lived a man called Tomilola, he has lived in abject poverty all through his life. One day he decided to sum it up, he wants to commit suicide, he was frustrated with his lifestyle.
He picked up a rope and head into the evil forest, none of his neighbors were suspicious of his move, he plotted a perfect plan. He tied the rope to the branch of a tree and was about to lace the rope to his neck; then a fairy appeared. Tomilola tried to run away when he saw the fairy but couldn't move his legs, immediately he started begging; please don't harm me, poverty was what lead me to do this, I have no money, lives in a detached hut, no wife and kids, I am an object of ridicule among my peers and elders, just let me die in peace.
The angry fairy became emotional after listening to Tomilola's pathetic life experience, he gave a golden egg to him and instructed him to make sure the egg does not fall for the egg will make him the richest man in the entire village, it will bring forth giant hen that no human has ever seen, but he must be careful not to break the egg before it hatching period.
Tomilola prostrated to the fairy and collect the mystical golden egg. He rushed back to his detached hut without even looking back, he felt like he was in a trance, he kept the egg in a calabash and slept like a frightened kid.
The next day he woke up and placed the egg on the top of a wooden table, he sat on a bamboo chair with his legs on the table and the golden egg was positioned between them. He started fantasizing on all the things he will do when he gets his fortune: Hmm I will boast among men in this village, ohh the women I will sleep with a lot of them before marrying the pretties with a voluptuous breast, life is indeed good!!!, but wait, with a thousand hen in my poultry I should be able to flex muscles with our naughty king, that man has been intimidating the community with his wealth, it high time I deal with him.
He continued; all those men at the palm wine joint should start rejoicing,it high time they drink to stupor, he raised up his leg to gesticulate, before he knew what was happening his leg landed on the golden egg, and damned, it broke, all his hope for a better life is gone, he cried so much that his eyes stopped bringing forth tears his life is totally doomed, he contemplated going back to the forest again but was freaking scared to do so, he accepted fate and continue doing the menial jobs he does before, and kept hoping for a better day.
DIDACTIC
Our action should be our talk, and our talk shouldn't be our action.
Anything of good value in life is always hidden. your plans should not be a topic for the people's parliament, conceal and conceive them.
Never allow money intoxicate you, make yourself humble for your loved ones and the people ahead of you, for they have been there before you.
Suicide: it is never an option; "when there is life there is hope for a better tomorrow". It might seem like all hope is gone, you just have to carry on.
Perseverance is that act that propels the real winner and a successful person, never give up, never give in, never give up.
An English adage goes thus:
They say it will be okay at the end, if it is not okay at the end, then it not yet the end.