LIFE IS A JOURNEY

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Life is in phases, starting from the childhood stage, the adolescence stage, the youth stage and finally the adult stage.

There is a common Igbo adage which says: ‘Mgbe onye ji tete ura bu ututu ya.’ When translated to English language it says: ‘whenever one wakes up, that is his morning.’ Your beginning starts whenever you are ready; it is a personal race not a competition.

 Life should be cherished and lived to the fullest; in the spirit of love, hope and faith.

There are different perspectives to life. It encompasses all  classes of men in life: the poor and the rich, the educated and non-educated, those in trials and tribulations and those having a smooth journey.

We look at life in reality and in truth, it hopes to reveal facts; and helps us to appreciate the beauty of life and get along on the right track while travelling through the journey of life.

We can ponder on the bitter truths in life and on issues to aid our cognitive abilities to explore these facts.

The bitter truth, however, in this journey is that not everyone is placed on the same starting line, and victory is not based on reaching the finishing line first. This does not connote that life is a competition but to enlighten us that we are made for each other. Man is not an island but one who thrives well in communal life. The sharing of love among ourselves urges us to be our brothers’ keeper knowing fully well that we were created with distinctive and unique gifts and as such our journey should be focused and not meddling in people’s affair but having the knowledge that we were made for different purposes.

When we appreciate the goodness of God and beauty of His creation, we will be rest assured that God’s eternal love for us is certain and He will always be with us and lead us safely to be with Him by following Him carefully in the journey and obeying the rules along the way.


Thank you.


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