Who is Thine Teacher? #1
It is never too late for anyone to discover his/herself in life. Discovering this talent of writing makes me feel elated...
Sometimes we think we are wise,
But we cannot claim to have
Wisdom except we have once passed
Through some unpalatable things in
Life. He started to say to his son who
Has come of age some of the things
He has passed through in life
Which reshapes him, his mind and
Orientation to the issues of the world.
Do you know my profession? He
Asks his son, and he replies, “Yes, I
Know your profession sir”. As if his son
Would make mistake at that age, he
Asks him to please tell him what his
Profession is and the son, laughs and then
Says, “You are a qualified medical doctor
Sir”. “Good” his father replied. I want to
Tell you how the experience I had in life
Reshape my life. When I was in the
Medical school decades back, then you
Were still in the firmament, perhaps in the
Bosom of God. Except if you also have
Believed that there is reincarnation but if
You do not believe that, as I do not believe
It then, it means you were yet in the
Firmament at the bosom of our Creator.
I had an uncle who was the richest in our
Island. Our family is proud of him.
As we belong to one of the oil producing
Islands in the country, there was an oil
Bloc zoned to our island, for the country
Leaderships also wish that the natives of
Those islands where oil exploration is taken
Place should have oil blocs. The one zoned
To our island, no one could buy it because it
Involves a lot of money which no one in the island
Could afford. When the news of this gets to
My uncle who was the richest person in the
Entire region not only within the island, he
Initially did not want to be involved in it
But the leaderships of the island contacted him
That he should bid for this, because if none
Bids for it within our island, it would be taken
To another island and then those people from
Other islands would be reaping where they do
Not sow and would turn the natives of the
Island to slaves. For this not to happen, they
Appeal to his conscience to please bid for it
Since he has the money and buy the oil
Blog so that some of the gains being made
From there would remain within the island
And as a native of the island he would also
Use the gain to develop the island. After due
Consideration, he decides to reconsider his stand
And he bids for the oil bloc and was given
That was how he diverted his investment to
Becoming one of the oil barons in the country.
Soon enough, the oil bloc started working
And the exploration and exportation of the oil
Makes his money to grow like grasses of the field
As his money was growing, he starts sponsoring
People within our community to different institutions
To be of use to the community in the future. However,
Out of all that has come to him and those he was
Sponsoring, none was studying medicine among them
He specially made a call to students in the community to
Go for medicine, but none was interested in this.
But right from my childhood days had I love people
Who dressed in “white cloths” hang something on
Their necks in the community. I was particularly
Saved by one of them when I was terribly sick and
Started telling my parents that I dreamt and saw
Their fathers and mothers who were my
Grandparents who I happened to know before
They died in my dreams and my parents became
Afraid as my mother started crying that I
Would die because it is the belief of the people
Of the island that when someone who is sick
Starts seeing dead people, the person will
Soon die, the person may likely not recover
From the sickness. My father too was moved
By this, but as a man he summoned courage
At this period was when those people in white
Visited the island and I was taken to them.
The drugs prescribed for me and the injection
I was given made me recover from the illness
This moves me, and I decide that I will give it
All it takes to become one of those people
Who heal people in the island. Thus, I studied
And got enrolled for medicine in the university.
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