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Thursday, April 27, 2006
Wahala!!!
This is such an old one, but had me ROTF last night.
2 Nigerians met at a bus stop and started chatting. The 1st kept complaining about his family problems incessantly. Finally, the 2nd Nigerian could nottake it any more."u tink u have problem? Listen to my situation oh!
A few years ago I met ayoung widow with a grown up daughter and we got married. A year later my father married my stepdaughter which made her my stepmother and my fatherbecame my stepson. My wife became mother-in-law of her father-in-law!Then my wife's daughter, my stepmother had a son. This boy was my half brother because he was my father's son, but he was also the son of my wife'sdaughter which made him my wife's grandson. That made me the grandfather ofmy half brother!!
This was nothing until my wife and I had a son. Now the half sister of my son, my stepmother is also his grandmother. This makes my father thebrother-in-law of his grandson, whose stepsister is his wife!!!I am my stepmother's brother-in-law, my wife is her own son's aunt, this same child is my father's nephew and I am my own grandfather!!!!You still think you have family problems?"
The Odds are against me but pile up enough Odds and you are Even. The inevitability of my ability to consistently overcome overwhelms me. As do the magnificence of God's grace towards me and mine. I marvel at my proximity to my destiny. I am astounded that Can't, Won't and Later disrupt my journey to greatness. A conscious decision is mine to make and christen them Can, Will and Now! My reflection gazes back at me with another challenge at hand, procrastination hinders my reaching my destination. Don't tell me where I should go till you walk in my shoes. Yesterdays mistakes are for tomorrows amends, yet I ponder on them like the hand of time changes? Mediocrity has become a comfort zone and I have turned obstacles into road-blocks rather than stepping-stones, I find myself compromising my integrity as I try to maintain the status quo. How easy it is to condemn me and defame my character, when you really should commend me, and applaud my efforts. Intimidated by my confidence, you misconstrue it as arrogance, I know who I am.... A strong, black-diamond in the rough, a female soldier, a Queen amongst her peers.. now who the hell are you?
