THE BEGGER SPOKE

“Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down, lift your heart toward heaven like a hungry beggar, ask that it be filled and it will be filled. You may be pushed down. You may be kept from rising. But no one can keep you from lifting your heart toward heaven-only you. It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says nothing good came of this is not yet listening.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Street beggers often portray an image of failed society,failed leaders,failed nation & a failed-self. Many see them as those who are stinking, filty,unkempt & evidently dangerous/harmful.
Its no fun watching them neither is it of any joy when you pass by them. To me,most things in dis world both living and non living things av their own way of passing a message across,u luk at the sun and it says you are free, the sky says reach me, time says am gone for ever, kid says you are not getting any younger the arrow says you can only hit when you are streched and so on. So also are the beggers. They've never failed to teach me one or two lessons. I came across four of them and i was taken aback at what comes out of their mouth,as u also will be (i guess poverty has a way of making one wise,even in words). The first begger i encountered started this way:
when i asked him ‘’How come you ended up this way?’’
‘’I was a very rich man at a point in my life. I did never have to struggle for anything as they were at the very tip of my finger. I would spend and lavish as much as i can. I never thought there is anything called TOMORROW. A neigbhour of mine would tell me that ‘’money could grow wings and fly away’’ but i never believed him.I thought he was just jealous.I spend it all (money) not minding those who come for help. At that time i thought i was a small god. Fortunes does not change men, my friend,it unmasks them, power doesnt corrupt, it attracts the corruptible. I did forget that a life lived for others is worth living, that we make a living by what we get and make a life by what we give. How i wish i knew all these afoe. He deeped his hand into his pocket for his handkerchief as tears gathered in his pityful eyes. Every where was silent, you could hear a pin drop.
The second begger breaks the silence.
He retorted ‘’the saddest summary of life contains three description: could have, might have and should have. My life is a typical summary of these statement. People always tells me i have skills and talent that am creative also i have a bright future. I know this too, i know am gifted, i know i have a purpose.Have had lots of dream as touching my glorious future,i know am born to make it. But no one has ever told me i need to ‘’ACT!’’, No one told me i have to stand up and do something for myself. Since i was told that my future is bright i only thought i have to wait for the future to come. I dint know that ‘’Now, is the future’’. I was waiting for the right time to come. I was waiting for opportunity to knock when i havent prepared. I want the world to give me a chance to proof of myself. I did blame life that its not fair. But i never ask myself if i was being fair to MYSELF. The truth of it all is that ‘’I never tried’’.
Am a man of vision,dreams and aspiration.The third man started. But couldnt achieve much. All have been gathering all this years are pebbles, i couldnt reach for gold. I know you will want to ask why. Let me tell something, Contentment has been my friend for so long. I always settle for less than i deserve. I did thought all things will go well. I never knew that whatever man achieves was indirectly paid for by facing obstacles, challenges and huddles. I tried aiming high, but the more i tried the more i failed. I will look at where i fell and not where i slipped. It has become my habit to give up on dreams when results are no longer forth coming. It has never ocurred to me that all those who achieve a great feat are men and women who fought head long,who stood their ground,even though they failed yet they knew it wasnt a dead end,it wasnt final. There is light at the end of the tunnel. I never sumup courage like them to stand my ground in time of adversity. The best thing i know how to do is fall down flat at the first blow hardtimes throws. So i quit, i stopped trying and started dying.
I dint have much to say, said d fourth man. Am a type of man who believe so much in himself. I believe i can do all things wthout consulting anyone. I thought i could achieve anything if i could stick to my plans and let nothing debar me. The position of God was occupied by hardword, deligency, determination and busyness. Little did i know that am building my fortunes in the thin air where it will be blown off at any time. And guess what happened to me?.

Beggers are nt only those with tattered cloths and ugly appearance .Most people are ploughing d road to become One.

Writter.Sayo Ademola

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