3 things I’d love to share at 27.

It’s my 27th birthday and I took a part of the preceding week to think of how to make it special. Yes, I came up with a couple of ideas, but they mostly applied to close friends and families. But as soon as it was early on the day and I got the first happy birthday call, I had the eureka moment. Guess what? I had two hours to write and publish. It’s an e-book for you as a way to say thank you for sending your wishes and to share a very simple message: 3 things I‘ve learned at 27. You will read in 3 minutes and that’s super cool right?

This is after living about 324 months of which I could not explain the first 60. I suddenly became aware of myself at around 4 or 5 years. I know someone to call Father, someone to call Mother and understood what they represents. I also knew I had brothers, and I know the extent of authority they had. I grew up to know friends, teachers, neighbours, both the ones you can trust and the ones you can’t. I remember sleeping off in a neighbour’s house, totally forgetting how I go there, but I however remembered who I was and where I came from. And that was it, you just realize you.

Over 2 decades after, now I’m older, I consider myself a man. I have traced and walked the path of men, lived like men and breathe all along. Now , I‘m learning and I consider myself quite lucky all the while because I ve got a lot of great people around me and guess what, you are also one of them .

Lesson 1

The first lesson is that life is short. In the last 10 years, I have lost friends, relations, acquaintances, neighbours, and uncountable strangers. I have seen that Life can be short and messy. But one thing I found interesting is this: you can as well enjoy the roller coaster. Too many of us worry away the life we have. We live every day, worrying for Africa. The fact is many of us won’t be here in the next 99 years and what the hell do you know that will go around then. So, why should I kill myself, I choose to enjoy life, do the best I can. The idea is to enjoy everyday life and expect each day to be better and when it’s not appearing so, relax and know that the best is yet to come.

Lesson 2.

You are going to be making the greatest mistake of your life comparing yourself to others.

In life, we‘ve got tracks like an Olympic sprinters. You may fall ill, miss happy moments, turn away loved ones, or fail to appreciate life when you keep comparing yourself to others .Honestly, if you get this truth, you’ll be fine. Always remember you can’t be the first or last in everything, and whatever the hell you’re going through, who says you are not coming out alive? There is a divine puzzle that charts our course. It’s called time and chance and it happens. Life always happens!

Lastly, take life personal because it’s always personal. It’s your life, live it for you, not for another. Stop living an apologetic life. Take responsibility and do something that matters. Don’t be ashamed to grow old, actually, age means nothings except you give a meaning to it. The time of your days is more important. That’s why we ask for wisdom to number our days, not to count our age. Forgive people and move on with your life, after all none of us is getting out of here alive. Be kind and full of help while you can. Help as many people as you can in your life. That’s where the true fulfillment lies. It is deceit to think you‘ll be happy when you acquire more “things” — gadgets, houses, cars, bachelors, doctorates, whatever. They are good, but at best they are things and dare not match with people. Joy comes when you liberate souls, when you put smiles on faces. Those little things that touch people. Don’t abandon families or friends because of “things”. Don’t pretend your job or career is more important than them and don’t wait till retirement to understand like many others do.

27 years’ time, I ll be 54 if Christ tarries. I don’t know how old you ‘ll be by then, but you won’t look this way and you know I’m right. That’s the end of the lessons. Final words: Keep moving, keep firing, and keep succeeding. Nothing spoil.

Truly Yours,

Odunayo.