The world moves and drags us along

The world moves and drags us along with it; willingly or unwillingly, we eventually move along with it.

My Dad worked out of town for the most part of my growing years and I recall with glee how alongside my mum and siblings I looked forward to visiting Mr Balogun's house down our street. The purpose of the visit most time was singular: communicating with my Dad on telephone. Mr Balogun happened to be the only one with a telephone in my residential circumference.

Fast forward to today, I laugh each time I have to pass through Mr Balogun's house. Nothing funny really. Just that the same gadget we all came to his house to use, my youngest sister got hers when she was about 13 years old. Include to this the fact that Mr Balogun's house at the time was a Mecca of sort, as people always thronged in to make use of his telephone.

There was a time I has to visit a cybercafe to send and receive email messages from friends and lives ones far away. Sometimes, having to navigate some long distances to make use of the fastest internet services around my vicinity. Today, I don't even have to log into a computer to send and receive emails.

The world is moving fast and it is moving into our palms. New devices are designed daily to fit into our palms. On the go. In the process, there are quite a lot of things we eventually never get to use either by choice or by force.

And so I ask some questions. Simple routines that were normal when I was in my formative years. How often do I make use of certain things.

When was the last time I made use of a paper dictionary?

When was the last time I wrote a letter to a friend or loved one?

When was the last time I used a chalk to write on a blackboard?

Think about it and add to the list.

In the very near future some of the things we were associated with will eventually become extinct. Think about a dinosaur and how scientists have tried to prove to us that they once were inhabitants of the earth we live in; that’s the exact face our kids may give us when we relate some of our experiences to them.

Who knows, maybe in the future we could be talking about a ‘Green Pawpaw’ phone that established live virtual communication.

Lol.

Your Friends Part 2

Sometimes ago, i wrote YOUR FRIENDS . I thought it best to share this with you.

 What you are about to read is something you already know. It is only a reminder. I got it as a broadcast from a friend on my blackberry and decided to share it with you. The human mind is very intelligent, grasping knowledge and ideas in seconds, yet our major challenge has always been implementing what we have learnt.

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. 

An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people. As you grow, your associates will change.  Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are. 

Friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream. Those that don't increase you will eventually decrease you. 

Consider this: Never receive counsel from unproductive people. 

Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how. 

Not everyone has a right to speak into your life. 

You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person. 

Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere. 

With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it. 

Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life. Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships. 

If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights. "A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

"The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate - for the good and the bad. In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us. In Adversity We Know Our friends".