It was my girl’s birthday, so everyone played with winnie
balloon until we decided to throw it up for the delight of everyone
watching. Sure as soon as winnie started
going up everyone shouted till we could no longer see it in the sky. We decided
to keep the bigger, more expensive tea cup 3 balloon to make it fly another
day. Day unknown.
And so the following day as her cousins played with the balloon;
it got stuck to the roof. So I said ‘ why not throw a pillow at it. Of course,
the excitement was much Abraham threw it a pillow; at the second shot instead
of coming down ; it busted! Everyone became quiet and unhappy. This balloon was
supposed to fly to the excitement of everyone and not burst.
As I looked at the remains of this precious tea cup balloon;
it occurred to me that this story can be the story of two people. One fulfilled
its exact purpose, the other did not. The one who did can be said to have
blessed the people watching’; excited them ; infact showed someone who had
never seen such before what is possible. It was fulfilling to see. And the
other , even though it was bigger it gave no joy bursting because that was not
what it was meant to do. Everyone who saw it burst were sad , those who heard
were also sad. This is what happens when a man goes about without fulfilling
purpose. His life becomes unceremonious; people cannot get the juice they ought
to get from him, causing them pain without knowing.
Would you rather be the small cheap balloon that fulfills
purpose or the big more expensive balloon? You don’t need to be sophisticated
to do what you were created to do. If you do, everyone one will be happy
especially YOU!
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