You Can Never Be A Bee Without Business

If you want to be better, bare characters of good people and you can never be a bee without business.

Author: Dushime O. Yabes

" Imagine waking up and you find the sky without clouds but floating rocks and sand dunes?", He started.

With a weird look and so much amusement on my face I asked, "How possible could that even be?"

In a smiley face, my father replied; " Son, you see that impossible too, right? And yes, indeed it is." He continued,"

That's the same way that you can't find clouds down on land and you start walking on the clouds.

Whenever you want to be something son," He now breathed so deeply and exhaled like his lungs had been to a full weight of oxygen, looking deeply into my eyes and straight to my heart to grab its attention; he seemed to be going to say something very big and eagerly I waited to hear this big word.

In an instant, He touched my face like he's trying to squeeze it with so much love and said, "You always have to bear the characters and nature of that particular thing.

That's why the sky can't be the sky unless it has clouds and also it can't be land without soil and rocks. Here's what I'm trying to say to you," He argued.”

Most times so many people want to become successful, rich famous, highly respected and so many other good things but they don't want to embrace the nature and characters of what they want to be or should be; have courage, be hardworking, be compassionate, be respectful and humble and so many others it would take for one to be some influential and sounding individual to the society.

Son, respect others if you want to be respected, love if you want to be given love back and most of all be compassionate without any little expectations then, you will receive good things back on your way; That's crazy right?", He asked wearing his old man smile."

But Dad ......?", As I was still trying to ask to be out of the confusion and sought of conviction, he grabbed my shoulder again; This time with both hands and said, "You look confused and yes, you are!"

I nodded in affirmation as I waited for him to talk back and he went to his office desk and pulled out a drawer with a crackly sound of wood.

He drew out his old notebook that had no dust like some of the other books in our house library and said, " Here ! ". Hurriedly, I tried to hold the book and started flipping page to page yet there were empty notes from the first to the last but reaching the cover page of the notebook.

There was a handwriting that seemed familiar, almost my father's but wasn't exactly the same and dad whispered it was Grandpa's. He had written a small message for my dad on his birthday and yes it was his very first time to write to my dad. It said;

Dear son,

If you want to be better, bare characters of good people and you can never be a bee without business.

Your father.

Turning my eyes back to my father who was now staring at the courtyard trees through the window, he said, " That's all son, that's what you need to get to where you have always dreamt.

Each and everyone has characters and manners that define him to himself and to the society. Who you are is always defined by your manners and way of living with everyone else and especially you yourself.

It's never about anything else but; good people do good things and bad people do bad things all time.

Always strive to do good for then you will be able to live a full and complete life with yourself, your family, your people and your God and you shall receive blessings and success",

He concluded and took me out for a walk. And surely, There has never been any other day like that , no words like those and no other advice like the best advice I have ever been given, DO GOOD THINGS, YOU WILL BE A GOOD PERSON TOO.