DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

I was a bit disappointed when in November the harmattan still hadn’t surfaced,as if it was playing hide and seek. Instead of harmattan people complained of heat and hot weather. Who would have thought that come first week in December the harmattan will be fully out? The messed up weather conditions all over so much deceived me into believing the harmattan will be late this year. Dry air all around me, feeling cold as I write this I realize that just as I have misjudged the season and the year a lot of times we misjudge people, circumstances and situations.

We see something odd and surprising about a particular thing , person or circumstances and we are quick to sum it all up and judge. A lot of talents, gifts and opportunities have been lost because we fail to dig deep, we fail to clean up the mud and see the gold, we fail to see the diamond beneath.we fail to give benefit of doubts.

If late Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s ability to pass messages across through his ‘Afrobeat’ songs had been denied because of his appearance and lifestyle we wouldn’t have some of the legendary songs we still listen to today. Who would have thought that Ben Carson who was a troubled youth would turn out to be a gifted neurosurgeon, performing seemingly impossible surgeries successfully. There have been angels amongst us and we have failed to notice because of the ways they have appeared to us. A lot of people have missed help, opportunities and lots of goodies because they have judged a book by its cover. The same way we won’t assume a roadside mechanic is a madman, let us stop drawing conclusions based on outward appearances.