By Igbekeleoluwa Salawu:
A man earns 20, 000 monthly. For no other reason than the fact that he has turned thirty and some in his age bracket are getting married, he begins to thirst for marriage and children. Those around him humour rather than undeceive him. ‘Go on,’ they egg him on. ‘Maybe it is the orί (head/luck/destiny) of the woman that will unlock the door of the wealth you have been praying for. Besides, it’s not befitting you raise children in your forties or fifties; that is when they should have become mature enough to care for you financially. Don’t you want to jẹun ọmọ before you die?’
He gets married and the orί (head/luck/destiny) of the woman gradually unlocks the door for three-five children. When he laments, they console him, ‘Maybe it’s the orί (heads/luck/destinies) of the children that will unlock the door of the wealth you have been praying for. He waits, salivating, and before long, the orί (heads/luck/destinies) of the children unlock the door to endless fees, bills and needs, from school fees to foodstuffs, exam fees, wears and uncountably more, and of course the 20, 000 could barely cater for the foodstuffs alone.
One day, that man will kneel desperately in front of his pastor who will arduously pray in a bid to cast out a demon of poverty. If anything needs to be cast out, it is planlessness, stupidity and bandwagonism (I must do this because people around me are doing it). Poverty is more often caused by this planless and superstitious mentality.
Which is better: a poor but young father or a rich but middle-aged father? Who will bless and who will curse their parents: the children of the former or of the latter?
Who says children born when the father is forty or even fifty will not fare well? And who says children born in poverty will eventually become financially well off to take care of their parents?Follow us on Twitter @KARIFEST1
A man earns 20, 000 monthly. For no other reason than the fact that he has turned thirty and some in his age bracket are getting married, he begins to thirst for marriage and children. Those around him humour rather than undeceive him. ‘Go on,’ they egg him on. ‘Maybe it is the orί (head/luck/destiny) of the woman that will unlock the door of the wealth you have been praying for. Besides, it’s not befitting you raise children in your forties or fifties; that is when they should have become mature enough to care for you financially. Don’t you want to jẹun ọmọ before you die?’
He gets married and the orί (head/luck/destiny) of the woman gradually unlocks the door for three-five children. When he laments, they console him, ‘Maybe it’s the orί (heads/luck/destinies) of the children that will unlock the door of the wealth you have been praying for. He waits, salivating, and before long, the orί (heads/luck/destinies) of the children unlock the door to endless fees, bills and needs, from school fees to foodstuffs, exam fees, wears and uncountably more, and of course the 20, 000 could barely cater for the foodstuffs alone.
One day, that man will kneel desperately in front of his pastor who will arduously pray in a bid to cast out a demon of poverty. If anything needs to be cast out, it is planlessness, stupidity and bandwagonism (I must do this because people around me are doing it). Poverty is more often caused by this planless and superstitious mentality.
Which is better: a poor but young father or a rich but middle-aged father? Who will bless and who will curse their parents: the children of the former or of the latter?
Who says children born when the father is forty or even fifty will not fare well? And who says children born in poverty will eventually become financially well off to take care of their parents?Follow us on Twitter @KARIFEST1
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