FIND YOUR PLATFORM


EVERY MORNING IN LAGOS
A GAZELLE WAKES UP
IT KNOWS IT MUST RUN FASTER
THAN THE FASTEST LION
OR IT WILL BE KILLED

EVERY MORNING IN LAGOS
A LION WAKES UP
IT KNOWS IT MUST OUTRUN
THE SLOWEST GAZELLE
OR IT WILL STARVE TO DEATH

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER
YOU ARE A LION OR GAZELLE
IN LAGOS
WHEN THE SUN COMES UP
YOU'D BETTER BE RUNNING
                                   ...from a quote on Africa
MANY ARE INVOLVED IN THIS RAT RACE
WAKING UP ON A RUSH TO OFFICE
COMING BACK LATE TIRED AND USELESS
ONLY FOR SOMETHING TO LIVE BY
YES A PAY CHEQUE AT MONTH END

FEAR WAKES YOU UP EVERY MORNING
THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
IT MAKES YOU PUT IN YOUR EFFORT
TO MAINTAIN AND RETAIN THE JOB
QUERY OF COMING LATE SCARES YOU

MANY FEARS MOTIVATES YOUR PERFORMANCE

YOUR BOSS IS YELLING YOU NEED TO PRODUCE
THEY USE SACK LETTER TO THREATEN YOU TO PERFORM
YOUR FAMILY LIST OF NEEDS TOO IS THERE
MANY BILLS THAT NEED TO BE OFF-SET

THESE KEEP YOU PERPETUALLY IN IT
EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW YOU DON'T BELONG THERE

I HAVE COME TO STIR YOU TODAY
TO LOCATE YOUR PLATFORM
AND STICK TO IT TILL YOU DIE
THAT IS WHERE YOUR MAKING LIES

IF YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING
AND YOUR MOTIVATION FOR GOING TO WORK
IS FEAR AND PAY CHECK AT THE END OF THE MONTH
YOU HAVE NOT DISCOVERED YOUR PLATFORM

UNTIL YOU STOP WORKING FOR MONEY
AND START WORKING FOR MEANING
YOU CAN NOT LIVE BEYOND YOUR AGE

IT TAKES DISCOVERY OF PURPOSE TO LIVE LONGER
NOT ALL MEN WHO DIED GET BURIED
AND THERE IS A WIDE GAP BETWEEN AGE AND LIFE SPAN

IF YOU LIVE FOR MONEY
WHEN YOU ARE OLD YOU DIE
BUT WHEN YOU LIVE FOR MEANING
LONG AFTER YOU ARE GONE
YOU KEEP SPEAKING TO THE LIVING
AND YOUR LIFE SPANS BEYOND YOUR AGE

IS THERE ANY VISION THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU
ANY IDEA THAT HE HAS SHOWN YOU
ANY INSTRUCTIONS AND CALLING ON YOUR LIFE
STEP OUT IN FAITH
AND DON'T LET THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
KEEP YOU ON THE AVERAGE FOR LIFE

YOU ARE MORE THAN WHERE YOU ARE
YOUR BEST IS REVEALED
DOING WHAT YOU ARE FASHIONED TO DO


SHALOM

WALE OYEBADE





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