5 years ago, I wrote a letter to Mr President. Even though my letter was an open letter on the internet and probably never got delivered, it was nevertheless heartfelt.
Today, 5 years after, a monumental thing has just happened in our dear country. The People of Nigeria have proved to themselves that they can change a government that is not palatable to them. A little step it may seem, but its the first step in the right direction.
Our existence on earth, we have divided up into various measurements of time: days, weeks, years.
Time passes. Or does it? Or are we simply experiencing through time? Is time like the markings on a ruler; fixed and unmovable while we move through the markings experiencing as we go?
My musings are prompted by our seemingly exceedingly high expectations of the New Year. Any New Year. Like our luck is automatically supposed to upend at the stroke of 12, jan 1st, any year.
It is amusing, this government we have in Nigeria. It is amusing because they think that they know what they are doing. But more importantly, it is sad. Sad that a country can be so endowed and yet suffer so much.
This our collective karma ehn, na wa!
To all those in government who think leadership is their right by force by fire, to them goes my early condolences. If only they know what great responsibility it is to be in a position of power, if only they know to what lengths they have entangled themselves by the misuse of power, they would break down and cry.
Dear Jonathan,
I do sincerely hope that my letter meets you in good health. I write to you with the full confidence in my heart that you shall one day receive my letter. It then may not be in my hand, but the contents of it shall, in good faith, be essentially the same.
As a human being and a student of nature too, I believe strongly that nothing in life happens by chance. Not a single fortune or misfortune nor a happening or mishap happens by chance! Every single occurrence is always pre-ordained and governed by the simple Laws that govern nature and everything in it including us human beings.
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