It is a Yoruba adage that says "You will grow old but you'll not experience Evil, you just have to choose one"
As we grow old, the sicknesses that define our mortality start showing their faces.
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, There is a mouse trap in the house.
I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse, sympathized the pig, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers.
The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, Like wow, Mr. Mouse, a mouse trap; am I in grave danger, Duh?
So the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected to face the farmer's mouse trap alone.
Relax, thou created by the most high. If you are deserving of the Lord's mercy, at his time, he will find you out and bestow it on you.
It is not in what you do or don't do but it is as God wills. Remember, he makes all things beautiful in his time.
God's creation are differently gifted. David Finley is a man if many parts. Creative, talented and always engaged in works that makes me marvel at the extent of his abilities.
We meet frequently to discuss and his latest work - Paradoxa, was the subject of our most recent discussion and it brings up the question of leadership and it's distribution the world over.