DO YOUR PART NOW

"He's dead!!!"

That's all I heard.

I was shocked😲... actually mortified.

"Who?"

"Nepa" said my mum.

Silence

"Bolanle, are you there?"

"Ye...yes" I stuttered

"Wo da gbo uhun mo fo bei"  she asked if I heard what she said in Ondo dialect.

"Mr. Aiyegbokiki abi"

"Yes" she said.

Mr Aiyegbokiki lived on our street in Idimu. We grew up in Sholuyi, Gbagada until my dad died. My parents were building a house in Idimu so my mum completed the house and we moved there in October. We came from boarding house in December and went straight to Idimu.

That's where we learnt what Wizkid meant by aye o pe meji. Life was hard. 

Thankfully, baba ku baba ku. We had people who decided to step in for us. 

Mr Aiyegbokiki was one of them. By the way he worked in the defunct Nepa which is why I said Nepa earlier.

Another was Mr Oshowo. Mehn!!! I respected this man too. He shared his kids provision into two whenever our mum didn't come during visiting day. 

Funny how we or I lost two of them this year.

I wish I could appreciate their effort one more time. 

Don't wait till you're wishing. Take out time to do so.

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MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL

I shot myself.

It's day 3 of September and I've shot myself twice.

This life ehn!!!

No wonder Yoruba people say afi suru meaning let's be patient.

So to what happened...

Someone offended me twice in two days. 

For each time I was going to point out this fact to the person, another person was calling me out for doing the same thing.

Inside life abi.

The first time it was like an Indian film 🎥 trick. The second time it was a wake up call for me.

Then I remembered the proverb that said when you point a finger 👉 at someone, you point☝️ three fingers at yourself.

Point 👉☝️ at something or someone to try it out.

Then it dawned on me...

The world is full of mirrors. 

What we react to in others exists inside of us as well. 

If you react to someone who always feels entitled, check yourself. There are times you act entitled too. 

Yours may just need a different kind of scenario to manifest itself.

So before you react or burst out, check yourself. 

Okay?

Let me drop my pen 🖊️ here.

Cheers to Love and all that's True

Your faithful Omogeh

Bolanle.

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DO YOUR DO

My ears hurt...

Or should I say ache.

The reason? There's a church beside my house.

It's not their Ahuja speaker that's my problem this time.

It's the people on the mic 🎤.

You see, they have few members but I'll be magnanimous enough to place them around 30 people. 

I give it up to the keyboardist, the guy is doing well. 

If I was the guy, I'm sure I would have given some people upper cut.

So the Pastor and/or the person leading music sing on one key. 

The two backups sing on two different keys. 

Even though the keyboardist always cues them in.

However as speed Darlington says, they have coconut head dem no dey hear word. 

In simple terms, they are as stubborn as the coconut 🥥 shell so they can't take instructions.

The guy is doing a good work. It's people like this that are often underrated.

Sometimes the people we give the least attention to are those who do the 'heavy duty' work. 

See cleaners in a hospital or a bank when it rains. They are on standby as customers or patients walk in and out. 

Little or no attention is paid to them.

Everyone has a place and a job. 

Each person's work is different. 

Do your part and don't try to be like someone else.

Don't berate the work done by others no matter how small you think it is 

It's the same thing in relationships. You can't afford to berate your spouse or partner for something you don't think is important. 

I've seen couples have serious challenge in this aspect. 

A spouse, say the husband believes he should be the financial purse even when the wife is making more money. The wife berates him not making enough when his role is different.

Everyone just needs to know their roles.

Without this we will all have Lori Iro (na lie) goals.

Everyone and everything is important. If you don't believe so, try not to work without your pinkie finger for one hour.

When you do this let me know.

Have your nice day ☕😘💋

Cheers to Love and all that's True

Your faithful Omogeh

Bolanle.

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