It is almost a new year and I feel it is time to evaluate the past, then make a new turn for the future. We would be looking at it from the point of our relationship with other people.
The past is being defined today as the people you have met previously as a student, neighbours, colleagues and friends. 'A o le rin ki ori ma ji', a Yoruba saying meaning we cannot walk without the head shaking. As such, you might have had bitter experiences with them, the offence could be either ways. These hurts have varying degrees and there are times when we prefer to stay away from such people as long as we live.
The future is the days in which we are now, we have got the hurts of the past to dictate our relationships, associations, at times, events and functions that we attend. It has become a resident poison in our soul that we hardly wish the people we had such issues well.
Unfortunately, our religious affiliation encouraged us to be at peace with all men. Leave the past behind you, move on beyond the past. I remember someone once said that our position determines our reasoning, if we have advanced past those situations, we should behave maturely beyond it. Another Yoruba saying is 'ti a o ba gbagbe oro ana, a o leri eniyan ba sere' meaning if we do not forget the issues of yesterday, we won't find someone to play with.
Don't destroy your health, greater associations and bigger family ties with hurts of the past which deprives mostly of the future.
Have a great week ahead.
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