There were many memorable days during my undergraduate days in the university that I recollect with nostalgia, some of them wonderful and some absurd but all the same I remember them as part of the good old days. I had the rare privilege of attending a school that stood for courage and strong will, even though you may term it radicalism, – “greatest Ife.” Not that I was into aluta but I like it when people are able to stand up for their right notwithstanding whose ox is gored. I want to narrate one of those instances of my good old days now, it happened on one of those occasions when you have a big star come to perform on campus, and the star in this instance was Gbenga Adenuga who brought the show “headroom Africa” to us for free. It happened that he was making a point which was rather long and the outspoken set of students popularly called “Awo boys” at a point could no longer stomach the delay and being eager for the show proper to begin started chanting one of the popular numbers of Dipo Sodipo which goes thus:
“se ohun to se ore mi ojo nlo ×2(do what you have to do, time is clicking
Eyi to ba se la o royin, (you will only be remembered for what you do
se ohun to se ore mi ojo nlo” (do what you have to do, time is clicking).
I had to recount this scene particularly because of the song which drives home a salient point – that the world will only remember you for your actions rather than inactions. No one cares about whatever excuses you offer in trying to justify your inactions.
This is a clarion call to every one of us to begin doing those things we ‘feel’ called to do because we don’t have the luxury of time. Indeed, time is not on our side. No matter your anointing you have only got 24hours in a day, no more, no less. This ultimately means that your total number of years on the earth is being used up gradually. For instance, if you have 120 years on earth, before you know it your family will be at your burial side singing “a o pade leti odo or ile lo lo tarara” because your time on earth is up. However, the use to which you put it matters a lot. The song and the scenario narrated above came to my mind and brought with it the call for me to be up and doing, and it is that same message that I pass along to you.
More importantly, this message comes to you aptly if you are delaying in starting because you feel your little steps won’t make much impact. The truth is that you have to start now! The time will never come when buildings are built from the top, they must always begin from down. Start doing that thing now. Remember that we are been enjoined not to despise the days of little beginnings. Your little steps are the seeds that you sow. All of the big corporations that we see today started small and grew big. Take your mind to any of the Fortune 500 companies and you will realize that none of them started big, not even Ford or General Motors, MacDonald’s started small even our own Dangote started small!
A child first learns to crawl before walking; it is always one thing leading to the other. Never be afraid to take those little steps of yours, even the world’s fastest runner started in life by taking little steps! Call to mind the fact that while walking you can’t take two steps at the same time (the result is that you will find yourself on the floor!); it is always one step before the other. I believe it is safe to draw my conclusion on this piece with the words of Martin Luther King Jr. who said ‘if you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl; just make sure you keep moving.’ This is the essence of life, never be stagnant nor afraid to take little steps. If you can’t fly today, why not try running? Today, you may not be able to take those big steps you desire – you can’t secure big loans because you are not known; you are not offered the juicy contracts etc but don’t be afraid to start where you are and in a short while you would have grown into that “big boss” you desired.
If you are still wondering on when best to start, it is now. The time is now.
“se ohun to se ore mi ojo nlo ×2(do what you have to do, time is clicking
Eyi to ba se la o royin, (you will only be remembered for what you do
se ohun to se ore mi ojo nlo” (do what you have to do, time is clicking).
I had to recount this scene particularly because of the song which drives home a salient point – that the world will only remember you for your actions rather than inactions. No one cares about whatever excuses you offer in trying to justify your inactions.
This is a clarion call to every one of us to begin doing those things we ‘feel’ called to do because we don’t have the luxury of time. Indeed, time is not on our side. No matter your anointing you have only got 24hours in a day, no more, no less. This ultimately means that your total number of years on the earth is being used up gradually. For instance, if you have 120 years on earth, before you know it your family will be at your burial side singing “a o pade leti odo or ile lo lo tarara” because your time on earth is up. However, the use to which you put it matters a lot. The song and the scenario narrated above came to my mind and brought with it the call for me to be up and doing, and it is that same message that I pass along to you.
More importantly, this message comes to you aptly if you are delaying in starting because you feel your little steps won’t make much impact. The truth is that you have to start now! The time will never come when buildings are built from the top, they must always begin from down. Start doing that thing now. Remember that we are been enjoined not to despise the days of little beginnings. Your little steps are the seeds that you sow. All of the big corporations that we see today started small and grew big. Take your mind to any of the Fortune 500 companies and you will realize that none of them started big, not even Ford or General Motors, MacDonald’s started small even our own Dangote started small!
A child first learns to crawl before walking; it is always one thing leading to the other. Never be afraid to take those little steps of yours, even the world’s fastest runner started in life by taking little steps! Call to mind the fact that while walking you can’t take two steps at the same time (the result is that you will find yourself on the floor!); it is always one step before the other. I believe it is safe to draw my conclusion on this piece with the words of Martin Luther King Jr. who said ‘if you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl; just make sure you keep moving.’ This is the essence of life, never be stagnant nor afraid to take little steps. If you can’t fly today, why not try running? Today, you may not be able to take those big steps you desire – you can’t secure big loans because you are not known; you are not offered the juicy contracts etc but don’t be afraid to start where you are and in a short while you would have grown into that “big boss” you desired.
If you are still wondering on when best to start, it is now. The time is now.
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