THINK, BE GRATEFUL! Something to think about... READ ON: Yesterday, I met an old friend. While we were catching up, after over 18 years, he told me how he lost his sense of smell after an auto crash in 1999. He did all he could through modern and traditional medicine to restore his sense of smell but it was all to no avail. His doctor told him, point blank, that he would have to wait awhile to have his sense of smell back. And it could be anytime, the doctor advised further. So, it meant he had to contend with never perceiving the smell of soaps and perfumes, and worse still, the smell of putrefaction. It was real torture for him to use deodorants, creams, soaps and perfumes without knowing what they smelt like. And seriously, what was worse was the fact that he used to have the sense of smell and so knew how it is. Then, 10 years later, while he took his bathe one fateful Monday morning, he suddenly felt a whiff of the soap he was using. Wow! He didnt know what to do. It was a double paroxysm of shock and excitement. He screamed out so loud, according to him, and attracted his wife and kids. Eureka!!! He got it back! Brethren, he said to me (he always describes me in plural terms!) that was how I got my sense of smell back. I could only imagine his relief, as I looked at him with sympathy. After 10 awfully odorless years, that is! True life story, my dear friends. And thats life for you. Sometimes, we dont realize the value of what we have. Now, this is just someone who lost his sense of smell. How about those who cannot see, or hear, or walk, or talk or even feel? Weve got so much to be thankful and happy for. Lets give thanks to God everyday for HIS graciousness and abiding love, which HE gives us unconditionally. Even when we dont have some things we need, or lose some things we used to have. As my people say, nwoke utu di mma, amaghi ihe onye ibi na ahu! Im thankful. FROM THE WALL OF A FRIEND OF ONE OF US! Dis na NaijaPings.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:30:35 +0000
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