Did they lie to us?

Did you ever trust what someone said only to find out it was a lie? Have you ever felt betrayed and disappointed because you expected something and it turned out all to be a farce? Let's not think further. I have some perfect examples of words we were all told which today makes you wonder. Unfortunately, these words have broken hearts, sent some people on the wrong path, condemned some to psychiatric homes, and made other fans of suicide and depression.

Seeming lies that have handed to some people, lives that were not meant to be theirs, or thrown some into chaos for the better part of their lives, seeming lies which have trampled the dreams of generations, and ruined destinies uncountable...........Lies! Lies! Lies!............



Let me refresh your memories.......Ka iwe e ko ma ba di eru egbe e (Study hard so that you don't have to be slaves to your mates). Who told you this? Ka iwe e ko ba le di eni giga (Study hard so that you can be successful). Now can you remember that voice? Oh wait, there's one more. Ka iwe e ko ba le ni ise ti o da ko ba le lowo lo wo.(Study hard so that you can get a good job and be rich). Now without any doubt i'm sure you are starting to hear those voices.

I present to you  LIES OF OUR ANCESTORS. These words are words a typical child born and bred in Nigeria heard everyday. They are words you dreamt of while sleeping; words that made changes to the questions such as "What will you like to be when you grow up?" and you dared not say a musician or farmer.
Words that brought you fear when you were about to get your school results; words that made you stay in social science class because you were too scared of the consequences of failing in science class.

Words spoken without considering the future; words that were said selfishly just so they could be called Baba Dokita (Doctor's father). All these words have been proven wrong when you consider the lives of those who kept to the words and yet are still slaves to money (e.g Bankers) or if you consider those who kept to such words yet remain jobless, unsuccessful and poor and then compare these to those lives that never listened to such words. Though some started small and lowly, they ended up as mentors to those that hearkened unto those words.

Please let us not tell our children those same lies we were told. We know the truth, their generation wouldn't be the same as ours, just the same way ours were not the same as our father's. Let them prepare for the future of their time not the future that we wish. Give them a chance.

FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE PARENTS

Editted by Teewah

Written by MideJune