We come with Nothing we Leave with Nothing by Prof. Sabitu Olagoke
- By solomon2day
- On 07/12/2021
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- In The People Talk
The craze for wealth by humans will go beyond the perception of vanity, if and only if an individual can think of others in the sense of caring and sharing for neighbors to be catered for.
Money spent on others with appreciable impact in addressing their needs will justify the essence of the world would have been far better to live in amicably without the unnecessary fear of unwarranted exigencies of sorrows, most especially from those who may feel marginalized and hostile nation or society.
The neighbor in the spiritual is greater than self.
Ecclesiastes 5: 15-17 is a good reference point.
''15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?
17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.''
With sadness and joy, an individual keeps on with life while alive. What then is the essence of cheating on others to make it in life. A number of people engage in ritual killings for quick money.
Why do we neglect the dignity of labor, hard work, and a symbiotic form of living with others?
A parasitic form of living is as bad as living in affluence without considering the wellness or economic status of others.
The Holy Quran 6: 94 emphasizes the futility of human struggles and the emptiness of life itself if it is devoid of having fellowship with others to minimize sadness but maximize joy. There is internal peace for all givers will never lack. For we come with nothing and we will leave with nothing.
''And behold! Ye come to Us bare and alone as We created you for the first time: Ye have left behind you all favors which We bestowed on you: We see not with you your intercessors whom ye thought to be partners in your affairs. So now all relations between you have been cut off and you pet fancies have been left in the lurch.''
Do not acquire wealth illegitimately because the consequences will be on you alone and by extension, the generational curses may follow like a cloud of jinx in the family's genealogical order.
Only God can give peace and tranquility to the mind, but divine intervention will never reach out to people with anti-scriptural behavior. Let us remember that once the fundamental needs are met in terms of food, clothing, and shelter as human physiological needs all other things do not add value except luxuries which in most cases bring about misfortune due to the miserly approach of using them or lack of philanthropic gesture by those who are endowed.
It is, therefore, imperative to be rightly guided to always remember that we come with nothing and we will leave with nothing. On this, be a moderate exemplar.
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