By Rotimi Makinde
……It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.No one has ever become somebody without somebody.That’s is the principle of life.In one of the popular quote of late Nelson Mandala he stated this.”What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived.
It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”That is the simple truth about life…Pope Francis on his own summarise same thing in his own word when he said “Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good… Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place…
All of these are just those things I don’t understand about unnecessary crisis and vituperation as it relates to the happenings in Osun Apc.Is it that there where no good deeds done to each other to warrant all these in fighting with eyes closed.In all ramifications,the principals have enjoyed grace of God and grace of men.The lieutenants in both sides have equally crossed eachother to deserve no troath cutting. Both champion should ordinarily by now feel grateful to their creator and feel fulfilled to remember they came into this life, emptied and today fulfilled as politicians…
Only in moving forward lies in our gratefulness to God and the good deed of the past.For clear purposes of understanding about how people’s good deeds affect day to day life.The return of progressive party in the running of Osun State politics can not be complete without a mention of unprecedented role of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu , so we can not afford not to celebrate the dignified role of this great man Tinubu.The point of reference here is the good role these two Excellencies enjoyed as destinies connected them long before the liberation of Osun state from the grips of today’s opposition.Two wrongs actually don’t make a right, but don’t three lefts also make a right..
As an individual I expect to pass through life but once.I recognised the impact of some individual in my life,I never lost sight or focus that I am.being propelled by destiny but helped by some men and some individual that continue to places moral obligation on me.Good or bad but the good I must remember,the bad i must overlook or forget…The good deed done on us must placed moral obligation to make us have spirit of sportsmanship, forgiveness in the heat of any provocation.We must all remember our roots to stardom and continue to respect that timber or pillar that made us the point of reference any time and any day
If therefore, there be any kindness we can show, or any good thing we can do to any fellow being,or any tolerance let’s do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as our life shall not pass this way again..There’s nothing in this life.What is in life, what is in malice,what exactly is in power tussles if it makes us loss focus on the good deeds done on us by people that matters in our sojourn in life.Good deed has no other colouration apart from reciprocation of good deed.Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue….
Peace and success we deserve in Osun State as we approach 2022 which shall decide how grateful we are to our history .it honestly requires plenty of courage to stand firm and be guided by good deeds enjoyed in the past and to let the most pained among us to review stands in any matter and to think deeply and remember the good deed of the past.How exactly do we intend to pay back our creator and by extension , Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the good deed for both the party and for men and woman who engages in battle for no cogent reason but egos.
Makinde, a former Member of House of Representatives writes from Ile-Ife
