Ogun omode kii s'ere f'ogun odun (20 children cannot play together for 20 years - a Yoruba proverb)... I found out today that one of my friends (my closest friend in the church for years) from my time at my church in Nigeria has unfriended me on FB... I did not notice because we have not spoken in a long time due to fundamental differences...
Truth is that the one who will not leave you is you... Friends come, friends go... In my short life, I see how humans evolve and how our values unravel. You see people become something else when they attain a level of freedom, education, wealth, position, or popularity... their true character shows...
In friendship... when there is nothing else you have left in common, that friendship has lost meaning and becomes a drain... It is time and best to let go and move on...
Ise ni ogun ise (Work is the panacea to poverty) mura si ise ore mi (Be conscientious my friend in your work) ise ni a fi n di eni giga (Through hard work can we excel) ti a ko ba ri eni feyintin (If there is none to create a pathway to the top for you) bi ole la n ri (It is as if we are lazy) ti a ko ba ri eni gbekele (If there is no one to be your mentor and godfather) a tera mo ise eni, (Work harder then, don't give up, innovate, there is dignity in labor, a way will open up for you soon) Iya re le l'owo (Your mom may be super rich) Baba re le l’esin lekan (You dad could have real estate in choice places) T’oba gbo’ju le won o te tan ni mo so fun oh (If you trust in their riches, your shame is around the corner) Ohun aho j’iya fun kii t’ojo (What you did not labor often does not last, because you might not value them) Ohun ta ba s’ise fun nii pe l’owo eni (It is what you work for that becomes a treasure) Apa lara, Igunpa niye kan (Arms are your f...
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