Yet again,We are in the festive season of Christmas and New year,that time of the year when everything is done in excess,only that this time around, the pulse of the Nation is very low,so much so that at a quick glance,you can mistake the month of December for any other month,usually the first two months after December is when people are recovering from the excessive spending of the last Christmas,business is not as buoyant and people are trying to gather themselves together to prepare for the year ahead.But in this case,people are trying to survive the Christmas and New year season talk less of the months that come after.Yes a few buildings are littered with lights and what have you and that seems to be the only brightness in the horizon of the populace, not only the selected 1% who can still maintain some semblance of a lavish lifestyle regardless the state of the economy, for them,instead of flying abroad every month for one thing or the other,they now only go quarterly.Instead of flying first class,they now travel business class.These are not the ones in referring to when I talk about how the biting times of today stings,I'm referring to the average Nigerian who could once buy a goat for Christmas, but can not even afford a chicken now.The ones who could buy a fresh new clothes for his family but cannot even afford a second hand clothes now,the ones who could buy a bag of rice,can barely afford to buy  quarter of that now.The list is endless. Hope destroyed and replaced with despair. A season once awaited with abated breath now seems like a nightmare you can't wait to wake up from.This is sad.This is heart wrenching to people who once saw Christmas as a season to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
But all hope can not be lost,Dreams can not be vanquished. As long as there is life,there is a lot to be thankful for,thankful that we live to witness another glorious day,thankful that we have loved ones to share it with,thankful that God has blessed us with life,because life in itself is a precious thing to have.So regardless of what the Nation has burdened us with, regardless of how tightly our pockets are being squeezed, regardless of how bleak things have become, the land is still GREEN. We live to see another day by His GRACE. So Folks, Friends and Fans,celebrate the season with Love and Peace. Reach out to those you care about,mark this day,and most of all,thank God for being alive to celebrate this festive period. You might not be where you want to be,but you're alive to get to where you want to be......at some point in the future, you will get there........if you believe!
I love you all!
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