The Transitional You (One)

Meet the Transitional YOU

In a nation where turmoil dominates the daily news and words of discouragement and bleakness of a better tomorrow often prevail. We hear so much of corporate scandals and pervading news of corruption on all fronts.

In a nation where little or no importance is placed on the economic, educational, security and sociological well-being of its citizens. Where graduating top of the class seems to be of little relevance to how quickly (If you'd get at all) you get a job. Where the phrase “... I've been looking for a job for ...” has become a mantra that attracts little or no attention anymore.

As a Nigerian, I'm tired of these and believe most, if not all, Nigerians are also. And like the Israelites of old, enslaved in Egypt, we are earnestly craving for a Moses. A leader who will deliver us from the tyrannical rule imposed on us by the numerous problems of this nation.

I’ve got some good news for you, though. The Moses we have all been waiting for is here. In fact, He has been around for a while now and, like us, He is becoming adapted to this lifestyle. 

Now, who is this Moses? You’d ask. 

The Moses here is the TRANSITIONAL YOU.

He is that part of you that so much craves for a better Nigeria, that you always wish that you could become the President overnight and effect a change. He is the you who spends a great part of the day meditating on the various problems of this nation, tweeting and blogging, discussing with friends and families on the recent, often not encouraging news of the government’s insensitivity to the plight of its impoverished citizens.

According to Stephen R. Covey,

“A transition person is that individual who breaks the flow of bad - the negative traditions, harmful practices that gets passed from generation to generation.”

If you agree with me that this nation needs change and that you have what it takes to make this nation the great nation it truly is, then you are the transitional individual that we need to rewrite the story of this nation. 

Remember,

God will not do for men what he has given them the ability to do for themselves      -Anonymous

We have all it takes to make this country better. Yes! Prayer is good, but it will not solve our problems if all we do is pray and do nothing about it.

Therefore, over the coming weeks, we will be examining how you can bring up the transitional person in you and thereby kickstart the much-needed revolution needed to take this nation to the next level.

Looking forward to an impactful and fulfilling journey with you. I shall leave you with this poem from Étienne de GRELLET. Enjoy!!!

“I shall pass through this life but once.

Any good, therefore, that I can do

Or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature,

Let me do it now.

Let me not defer or neglect it,

For I shall not pass this way again.”