- My dear brothers and sisters, fantastic friends and fans, have you SMILED today?
- Do not tell me there is nothing to smile about. I know things are hard brought about by government’s anti-people policies.But it is a passing phase.
- Of course, there are reasons for you to SMILE
- * You are hale and hearty; you are able to take good care of yourself and the family, then you have a zillion reasons to be GRATEFUL to God.
- WORRY NOT because you have overcome ALL that you bothered about months, weeks and days ago.
- As the Swedish proverb goes:
- ” Worry gives a small thing a large shadow”.
- All you have to do is to develop an Inner Strength, as my poem of today goes.
- Enjoy it.
SONGS OF HOPE ( 2 }
INNER STRENGTH
Can you sing a song
in the storm?
Can you whistle
when the whirlwinds blow?
Can you dance
swift steps in the quicksands
and smile when darkness grows?
Can you bend
and rise unbroken
like the lagoon reed
in the tide?
If so, then this Earth
will crown your sorrows,
not with the waves
of fears and tears
but with
the ripe-fruit-sweetness
that Patience bears.
By Ayo Oyoze Baje
(c) 29/9/2001