The Human Mind 3
Welcome to Leading Right – a presentation of Life Africa. I am Abiodun Fijabi.
Your mind is behind every action you take. There can be no effect without a cause. It is a simple law of nature. There is a force behind every action. Things do not just happen. There is a hand – visible or invisible behind every event. There can be no output without an input.
I remember the story of the missing piece of meat when I was young. Kids in my time would tell the story again and again of the missing piece of meat from their mama’s pot of soup. Thinking their moms were fools, they would claim ignorance of how the meat disappeared. I remember saying the same to my mom once and she became very angry. “So, who took the meat then?” I did not expect a simple case of a missing piece of meat to cause much uproar. At least, every kid did it at one time or the other.
“Mom, I don’t know.” I said, as a-matter-of-factly. Mom smiled. I was sure the matter would be put to rest soon. She teased: “It must be some rat with ten fingers.” Thinking I had got a way out, I agreed. “May be mother.”
I did not see her hand coming. It was as swift as it was deadly. It landed on my face and threw me on the floor. It was the last time I blamed nothing for something.
A nagging wife throws her hands in the air and blames her unbecoming behaviour on the circumstances. A poor man blames his bad fortune on the oppressive nature of the rich. The corrupt leader holds the society responsible for his misdemeanour. The society, on the other hand blames their lack of progress on poor and ineffective leadership. We often see ourselves as victims of some circumstances. We have a thousand and one reasons to blame others for our misfortune. But research and experience have shown that good life, great contribution to the society and healthy living…are all effects of the mind. So is poverty. So is an ignoble life. So is bad leadership.
Blaming others for the misuse of our minds is like blaming the missing piece of meat on the rat with ten fingers. That rat exists only in our imagination. It is an escape into fantasy. The real power behind our actions and inactions is the mind. A great leader gets a hold of his mind and with it determines the circumstances around him. Man is not a creation of his circumstances, as we have been made to believe. So, if you feel depressed or unloved because of unfavourable circumstances around you, the decision to feel like you feel is not made by the circumstances but by your mind.
You must determine to take a hold of your mind today and with it create an attractive future for yourself and the society.
Your mind is behind every action you take. There can be no effect without a cause. It is a simple law of nature. There is a force behind every action. Things do not just happen. There is a hand – visible or invisible behind every event. There can be no output without an input.
I remember the story of the missing piece of meat when I was young. Kids in my time would tell the story again and again of the missing piece of meat from their mama’s pot of soup. Thinking their moms were fools, they would claim ignorance of how the meat disappeared. I remember saying the same to my mom once and she became very angry. “So, who took the meat then?” I did not expect a simple case of a missing piece of meat to cause much uproar. At least, every kid did it at one time or the other.
“Mom, I don’t know.” I said, as a-matter-of-factly. Mom smiled. I was sure the matter would be put to rest soon. She teased: “It must be some rat with ten fingers.” Thinking I had got a way out, I agreed. “May be mother.”
I did not see her hand coming. It was as swift as it was deadly. It landed on my face and threw me on the floor. It was the last time I blamed nothing for something.
A nagging wife throws her hands in the air and blames her unbecoming behaviour on the circumstances. A poor man blames his bad fortune on the oppressive nature of the rich. The corrupt leader holds the society responsible for his misdemeanour. The society, on the other hand blames their lack of progress on poor and ineffective leadership. We often see ourselves as victims of some circumstances. We have a thousand and one reasons to blame others for our misfortune. But research and experience have shown that good life, great contribution to the society and healthy living…are all effects of the mind. So is poverty. So is an ignoble life. So is bad leadership.
Blaming others for the misuse of our minds is like blaming the missing piece of meat on the rat with ten fingers. That rat exists only in our imagination. It is an escape into fantasy. The real power behind our actions and inactions is the mind. A great leader gets a hold of his mind and with it determines the circumstances around him. Man is not a creation of his circumstances, as we have been made to believe. So, if you feel depressed or unloved because of unfavourable circumstances around you, the decision to feel like you feel is not made by the circumstances but by your mind.
You must determine to take a hold of your mind today and with it create an attractive future for yourself and the society.
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