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You or them?


We have a universal name, which is used to allude to us nor address us; it is commonly known as people. However, broken down nor singular; we are deemed individuals. As individuals, it means we are devoutly obliged to be utterly accountable nor responsible for every outcome of our lives,  regardless of whether the cause was an external factor. Others are rich or born rich, a preponderance of us populate the middle and lower classes. 

We often blame our fathers for not being like Aliko Dangote, and our mothers for not being like Oprah Winfrey; however, the most hilarious part is that there are young people out there who are the same age as us, others are younger than us, who are self-made millionaires and multimillionaires. Should our parents not blame us nor lambast us for not being like those individuals?

Life is consanguineous to a boat; it’s either being controlled by the seas nor by the captain. That’s a dilemma which can only be resolved by the outcome of the odyssey nor the outcome of our lives. We, as Africans, have embraced the idea of utilizing our history and our unstable economical states to guilt trip the wealthy caucasians who’ve benefited from the era of the government of oppression and present. Yes! They stole all our minerals and they still are but our attempts to conscientize our fellows seem to be futile; or, an optimist would better define it as slow progress. It is natural to get furious when your pure intentions and efforts do not gain the recognition you’ve anticipated nor were hoping to achieve; but we should no longer blame anyone else and not lose our minds on getting furious over efforts that do not offer ROI (Return of investment), in lieu, we must scrutinize the fact that we’ve experienced an epiphany but we’re still stagnant. We must eradicate the invitation mentality. We should no longer force nor bludgeon people with excessive knowledge which they did not enquire nor require, nor request.

We all have disparate backgrounds; some are deemed laudable nor worthy of being vaunted according to the hoi polloi; others choose to skip the “background” subject. We have a myriad of disparate reasons why we are where we are and some people carry gobs of excuses about why they are drowning in the sea of stagnancy, while others have heart-warming speeches and optimistic utterances about how they will alter their backgrounds in the future. 

However, as a preponderance of us know the well-known and irrefutable fact that action is king.

The beauty of life is that it’s either you own yours or it is dictated by the norms of society. Life offers us so many opportunities that a million calculators would even run out of battery life if we were to count; it then offers us choices to either execute opportunities or become expert querulous characters. The most painful part is that the hoi polloi chooses the latter. 

In life, it’s either you (take responsibility) or them (blame).  

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