Flourish Oladipupo
The essence of life is impact. You will be remembered for two things, a wise man once said, ‘the problem you solved or the problem you caused’.
Every human existence thrives on giving. Your relevance is in your giving, what you have to show. Life thrives on relevance. You are important because you are needed. You are needed because you are relevant. Your relevance is in what you have to offer.
Human existence thrives on give and take. Human gives out carbon dioxide to the plant {nature} and receives oxygen in return from the same plant.
Real life is not driven by self.
You are raised to raise others. You are sent here for a life of impact. You are here because someone needed you. What you carry is what someone else is waiting for.
The challenge is that many never release the juice inside of them. We are all like oranges. You are as relevant as the juice in your inside. As long as you keep producing {releasing} the juice, men will stick to you. When there is no more juice, then good riddance to bad rubbish with you.
There are some whose juice dries when they die. Some, their juice dries when they stop updating, upgrading and developing themselves. In other words, they become outdated, relegated and replaced.
Life and orange, any similarity?
Orange has its packaging.
An orange that appears ripe on the face value can leave you disappointed when you cut it, same for life. lf all that people see from afar is all you are; you are going to be a person of less value. Orange has a tap root from where it takes its nutrient. If your life depends only on ‘show’ life will have a lot of disappointing moments.
If all you see from a distance about others too determine your choice in making vital decision about them too, you will be left with many sorrows for all that glitters is not gold.
If all that matters to you is the container rather than the content, you are living in error.
An orange that appears to be juicy on the outside can leave you disappointed when you pluck it.
Orange has hidden potentials
Everything/everyone mortal has hidden potentials buried inside of them. the Rock, the Soil and human have inherent values inside of them. Several potentials, potent resources, talents and gifting are locked inside.
Orange is sold or offered as gift
A ripe orange becomes an item of value. When orange is not sold or offered as a gift at the right time, it becomes rotten. Some through delayed decision to act never release their potentials (juice) in their lifetime. To these set of humans, their juices {natural talents and resources} buried inside of them died with them untapped.
Life becomes meaningful when you have what to offer.
Life becomes more meaningful when you know
{1} what you have to offer
{2} who needs what you have
{3} where you are needed
{4] when your gift counts. Selling raincoat in a dry season is an abysmal waste of time and resources.
Life can be sweet or sour.
Orange can either be sweet or sour depending on its gestation period. If you want to shine before your announcement {before maturity or as unlearned}, you will produce a sour grape. My advice today is if you must add taste to life, become mature, be a value-added person by add meaning to some lives around you.
Nice write up