It’s a great day…I must
apologize for my silence for the past two weeks I was busy ‘epping’ teenagers
across south-south Nigeria, a life commitment I have made until my town and
nation becomes the most desirable destination in the world with the most
possibilities. I know it may sound weird and a dream for maybe Americans or
Chinese or the Arabs in Dubai and not for a #WarriBoy, were the names of those
who should have a dream and work towards it written in any ‘holy book’ or
guided by the constitution? Well…that’s another day’s talk. One thing I am
confident of is that with life there is hope, which means there’s hope for you
to leave a great impression and make an impact on your life, your immediate environment and the
nation at Large.
One thought that runs in our
mind is that to be able to do anything; start a business, pursue a dream, go to
school, lead a movement even chase a wife, we need help. That’s impressively
correct even though we limit ourselves by expecting help and not attempting. I
strongly believe the attempt is more
important than the help itself because no
one helps anyone who isn’t attempting something. So if you want help,
attempt at something. My question to is: what are you attempting? One reason we
don’t get help is because what we desire to attempt or even attempt is limited
to satisfying selfish desires. If a
‘helper’ invests in your selfishness, he runs at a great loss. The
objective of your desire should be to help others. You are where you are
because someone sometime helped you even though not as you may have dreamt. So
you are a collection of the little help given while you worked hard.
It is good to note that the
fact that ‘nobody helped you’, a major line used these days, which in my
opinion is to draw sentiments, never meant help wasn’t available and you
shouldn’t help anyone. Looking for help isn’t the way to attract help, helping
others attracts help. If everyone has returned to life the hard blows it threw
at them with blind anger, we would still be living in caves as early men. Every
invention that has helped humanity is a fall out from the unavailability of
help at that time and the need to help others. It was difficult to communicate
and one man thought about making communication easier and invented the
practical telephone, Today Samsung, iPhone, Techno, Airtel, Globacom and the
likes exists because a man chose to help solve a problem of humanity no one
helped solve earlier. In his pursuit to help solve a problem, he had people who
bought into his dream to help others and helped him through the process. There
is always help available for the one who help others.
The wealth of help you provide
attracts an unquantifiable wealth of help monetarily and otherwise. If your life is void of a list of those you
help or have helped not as a record of pride and has a full list of those you
look to for help, your life is empty and not worth any help. If you use people to attain your wealth and
they remain the way they met you 10yrs after, you may be cooking a poisonous
meal for yourself or your family.
Selfishness does not save up any wealth neither does it change
situations. It only makes you a prime target for evil consequences. One reason
our city has been known for blood shed isn’t because of the devil but selfish
interests. Most of what we was fought for were lost with the fight and left
behind indelible scares and sank some dreams into depression. Evil grows when
good men do nothing to help.
Who is better today because of
you, who is smiling today because of you? Who is thanking God you exist, who is
making you a referral point for anything desirable. Who has hope for tomorrow
because you gave? If we help ourselves more than we complain, criticize and
hate ourselves, we will see a brighter sun glowing with the peace, joy &
love of a working, beautiful #NewWarri. Have you asked yourself what it will
cost you to help someone? Truth is, help isn’t as expensive as you think. The
cost of help is true love. I enjoy taking keke in Warri because it gives me the
room to share about #NewWarri and that has liven the hope of many. We engage in
discussions that make keke riders take my number. There was one trip we stopped
at Jakpa junction and no one was in a hurry to their destination because I
chose to talk about a working Warri. Words of encouragement and hope is great
help. I take joy in paying the N50 fare for everyone, just N200 makes great
impact, try it today and amaze yourself how cheap help really is.
I challenge you today, be
someone’s claim to fame, go out of your normal routine and help that cleaner,
that driver, that tailor that market woman, that child hawking, that person
that always beg or irritates you and let’s build a #NewWarri that is helping
itself grow. Help that old woman cross the road, help that man carry his
firewood. Give a seat to an elderly person, clean your neighbour car who is a
pregnant single mother. Share food for those children always playing at the
garbage dumpsite. Smile to everyone you meet, hug those who are crying, take a
friend to see a movie and don’t forget to take me out for lunch...hehehehe.
There is the saying ‘na hand wash hand nai dey clean’, let’s courageously help
one another. A tank that will not supply it’s water becomes stale and
sickening, it never gets refreshed and refilled. Don’t just store good things,
be a dispenser of good things, that’s how #NewWarriWorks.
I am an incurable optimist in
the possibilities that abound if we channel our strength and excite our
potential to help one another so as to see a better and working environment for
us and our generations to come.
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ChunuTejiri
Jerry fondly called UnusualTeajay is an Ideas Developer, Brand Strategist &
Social Entrepreneur with over 15years focus on Teenage Development. He has a global passion that seeks the mental
awakening and value re-orientation of young Africans. He serves as the Creative
Director at Dotbob Creative Solution and Team Head at IMAGINIT Media Resources,
initiators of #iStepUpAfrica, #DecemberCookOut #TeenNation #N100Challenge and
other social projects which won him an award as one of Africa’s Emerging
Leaders. He currently is the Programs Manager for reading House Africa, a
member of Nigeria Economic Summit Group Youth Initiative & Commonwealth
Youth Council Nigeria Team.
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Teajay
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