By Olubunmi Adebayo
*He said ….*
*Firstly, everyday before you go to bed, fix your uniform and hang it up on the wall opposite your bed.*
*When you get into bed look at that uniform and ask yourself…. What happens if I don’t wear this uniform and try to enter any army installation?*
*The answer is far from being saluted! You will be stopped at the gate and questioned!*
*And if another person wears this uniform and walks past the quarter guard, he will get a salute, AND not you.*
*So the salute was not for you, it was for the uniform hanging on that wall which made you what you are, but remember it’s not going to be yours forever! It will go away one day…*
*So, prepare yourself for it!!*
*Secondly, every day when you are done with the day’s work, make everyone around you step out of the office. Get up from your chair, walk across to the other side, sit down and look at your chair again.*
*There were so many orders you passed today thinking they were very important…*
*But tomorrow, someone else may sit on that same chair and may reverse all your orders, rubbishing them!*
*The orders you passed thinking you were an important person, was actually the chair which was passing them. And that chair is only temporary! It’s not going to be yours forever! It just gave you some temporary powers which will be gone the moment you leave the chair.*
*Therefore, use the powers given to you judiciously.*
*Use it to write your name in GOLD, and not in shame.*
*Use it to wipe away tears from the faces of the less privileged in our society.*
*Use it for nation building and not with arrogance to prove your superiority!*
*Please permit me to ask you :*
*What are you using your uniform or chair for today?*
*Are you not using them to bring people down and show them where ‘real’ power lies?*
*Are you not using them to help just your friends and cronies even when it is not their time, just because you know them?*
*Are you not using them to divide and rule and create enmity between people?*
*- Use your uniform or chair to promote the betterment of all.*
*Be a father, mother, sister, brother, a friend to all.*
*Be an honest judge. Hear all sides of every story before deciding fairly.*
*Fear your Creator.*
*Hate none, and love all.*
*Remember, Tomorrow is unknown to any man.*
Top of the day to you 👍.
