As convenient as SCHOOL may or may not be...
As inconvenient as LIFE may or may not be...
There is one thing for sure - LIFE is a far better
teacher than SCHOOL.
Yet, SCHOOL seems to be the education we
adhere to, forgetting that LIFE is what we have to
deal with.
Is it not time that we listened to what LIFE is
telling us?
Is it not time that we educated our children about
LIFE (instead of SCHOOLing them with fairy tales)
?
Is it not time to be honest with ourselves and our
children, and actually admit that most of what we
accept is a total lie?
The standard education system tells us that
success is financial - it totally ignores the
physical and the emotional.
The current system of education does not teach
anyone how to be a parent - it teaches us how to
be dependent.
When will we actually begin to teach our children
what they really need to know?
And when will we start to accept what we already
know?
LIFE is difficult - we all know that.
Relationships are hard work - we all hope not.
The financial system is a mess - we all wish it
wasn't.
The health of the population of the nigerians
is a joke - we all laugh at that.
Instead of teaching our children that they should
spend more than they earn so they do not have
to confront any form of responsibility; instead of
telling ourselves that we know how to parent
without even considering how ill-prepared we truly
are; instead of pretending that a pill will make us
healthy; instead of believing that there is one
person on this planet who is perfect for us - why
don't we stop...
And think...
And look at how LIFE really is...
And then work within the reality of money, health
and relationships...
The SCHOOL OF LIFE is very clear if you open
your eyes.
The SCHOOL OF LIFE repeats its lessons over and
over and over again.
Start learning from the SCHOOL OF LIFE -
The financial markets go round and round in
circles - highs and lows.
Relationships that blossom too soon will implode
quickly - the good ones build calmly.
If you eat too much and do not exercise you will
be fat - and there are no excuses when it comes
to weight.
Start to look at the SCHOOL OF LIFE and you will
begin to see that spending more than you earn is
a fool's game; that depending on someone else
for emotional or financial stability is a losing
game; that refusing to exercise whilst indulging
yourself is a fat person's game; that waiting for
someone else to complete you is a weak game.
Don't be miseducated by the fairy tales, the
fantasy, the lies, the religions, the hopes and
dreams of the past, or the desperation of the
future - be intelligent, open your eyes, accept the
truth and live by the rules of the SCHOOL OF
LIFE.
The SCHOOL OF LIFE rewards the individual,
exalts the independent, admires the respectful
and encourages fairness for all...
But the SCHOOL OF LIFE does not graduate the
weak, the needy or the desperate...
Always maintain a sense of self, a sense of
achievement, a sense of independence, a sense of
reality and the ability to be better than your past
- then the SCHOOL OF LIFE will be worth the cost
of the education it delivers.