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*I SHED TEARS*

'Switch On The Light'

Yesterday I visited a friend of mine, who is blind. And because it a was night he did something that taught me a lesson.

Upon entering the house, he switched on the light.
And I asked him "why did you put on the light yet you can't see?"
He laughed for a long time, switched off the light and went to the kitchen.

After a short while he came with a pot of tea and eggs, placed them perfectly well on the table and switched on the light again.

What he said made me shed tears because he said to me, MR DEE ..... *I did not put on the light for my own sake or because I needed it, I did it for you because you needed it since you are not blind like me".*

Then he asked me, MR DEE,
*How many times have you switched off the light for other people and denied them an opportunity to see the light just because you yourself do not need it?"*

I thought about that so deeply, and now I am asking you the same question today.

*How many times have you put off your lights and denied others an opportunity to see the light while they are in darkness?*

Why would you let your accounts grow to millions and even billions while your brother's child is going barefooted?

Why would you put clothes you don't wear in the bin while someone out there is almost going naked?

Why would food rot in your house while there is someone out there sleeping hungry?

Why will you see a business opportunity and hide it without sharing with your friends when you know you won’t use it?

Why will you be in a position to help someone get a promotion or a new job and you keep it because the person is not from your family, tribe or religion?

*Why will you defame your brother or sister just because you don't want someone to help them?*

*Each of the questions above is equivalent to switching “Off The Light”*

These are the things we should be mindful of as human beings.
This is true religion, helping the needy and being there for those who do not have a voice.

*Please turn on the lights you switched Off!*

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.... I saw this fable and felt a need to share.

*Folake, a primary school teacher, was transferred to a different school and immediately appointed as a class teacher of a class five class.*
*On her first day in her class, she noticed that a boy named Kola was different from the rest of the pupils because he was always lonely, out of place, dirty and never used to do homework. Folake also realized that most pupils in the class had a negative attitude towards him.*

*Folake decided to investigate and find out the problem. She decided to review the file containing the records for KOLA. She was very surprised by what she found out.*

*Kola's class one teacher wrote and said "Kola is a good pupil with a ready laugh. He does his homework neatly and has many friends".*

*The class two teacher wrote, Kola is a good pupil with a ready laugh. He does his homework neatly but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle"*

*The class three teacher wrote, "his mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best but his father doesn't show much interest".*

*The class four teacher wrote, "Kola is withdrawn.He doesn't do his homework and has very few friends".*

*By now teacher Folake had known where the problem was, and she was very ashamed of herself. And from that day onwards she decided to pay much attention on Kola and to assist him as much as possible.*

*Towards the end of the year, the pupils in the class decided to bring presents to teacher Folake. All the pupils in the class brought expensive presents which were wrapped in coloured paper except Kola. His present was wrapped clumsily in old pieces of newspaper. The rest of the pupils laughed at him when they saw what he brought.*

*Folake felt great pain as she opened the present that Kola had brought, she found an old bottle of perfume which was a quarter full and an old bracelet which had several beads missing. To stifle the laughter from the pupils, teacher Folake exclaimed "this bracelet is very beautiful" and wore it. She also took the bottle of perfume, tapped it on her wrist and put it on.*

*In the evening, when the rest of the pupils were going home, Kola deliberately remained behind, and when he was sure that all the pupils had left, he went to see teacher Folake. He entered her office, and summoning enough courage he said to her, "teacher, today you smelled the way my mum used to". When Kola left, Folake locked herself in the office and cried for more than an hour.*

*The following year, Kola wrote a letter to teacher FOLAKE. He told her that she was the best teacher that he ever had in his life.*

*Six years later, he wrote another letter, he told her that he had finished secondary school and he was the best in his class. He added that "she was still the best teacher he ever had in his life".*

*Eight years later, he wrote another letter. He told her that he had completed his bachelor's degree in medicine was now a doctor. He added that she was still "the best teacher he ever had in his life".*

*The following year, he wrote another letter. He told her that he had found a girl and was going to get married. He explained that his father had died one year earlier, and was wondering whether Folake woukd accept to attend the wedding and sit in the place reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course Folake accepted and during the wedding, she was putting on the same bracelet with several beads missing and she was also putting on the same perfume that Kola remembered his mother was putting on the day she died. Now l ask a question, have you ever helped someone you don't like? Can you do good just to help someone get up even when they cannot pay you back when they are not there?*

*LESSON: Any kindness you do to someone lasts forever!*
*Touch a life in your school, places of worship your immediate environment,* *community , or anywhere today!*

*Is there a Kola around you?*

🍒 *PLEASE FIND OUT* 🍒

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