REUNION THINGZ

A Yoruba adage says that “Eniyan la so” which in English means that “Humans are cloths” what that simply means is that humans are our covering just as cloths serves as our covering. We need people around to cover us reasons being that humans are the one that rules the world and lives among us. Human relationship matters a lot in our lives; the relationship we have with people builds us, mould us, protect us, helps us, in short they form us to the way we are. Our life starts with our parent, brothers, sisters’ relationship who forms a little part of our life, then we move on to our “friends” or the people we meet and deal with as we grow; these are the people who forms the greater part of our lives. They are the one that make or mar our life. There is this Czech proverb that says “Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by people.” People around you are protectors, they are the one God can use to help you.

In view of this, let us be that person God can use to help others. You give but a little when you give of your possessions; it is when you give yourself that you truly give. Let us give ourselves for service to humanities, because service to humanity is the best work of life. Albert Einstein said “only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” Time has come to show that responsibility to service, it is your chance to work for humanity, now is the best time to gather people to yourself.

Our reunion is an avenue to correct all wrongs, to make all crooked path straight, a chance to be loved once again, a time to forgive and to be forgiven, a place to make life changing and world building decisions. We cannot move the world if we cannot move ourselves forward by coming together to make good long lasting decisions. In the words of Johann Von, I say again, “the happiest of all men is him who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy even as though it were his own.” Reunion is a time to value our progresses, our successes, our failures, our ambitions. Many of us have moved from where we were before, even when we have not gotten to where we want to be; we have made progress in a way! Reunion is a starting point to know the challenges of the world we live in, making our Alma mater a case study. There, we can now decide how the challenges can be solved in our own little way. Responsibility to humans can be achieved with this little avenue. Doing these little things brings honor and great opportunities to us. In the words of Calvin Coolidge, the 30^th US president, he says “No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.” Simply means providing for others brings honor to us. Let us give our all to this course i.e. the REUNION. It is our own.