‘Be wise,’ this caution repeats in my head so many times in a day, sometimes as early as when I rise up in the morning, that I am beginning to question myself to find out where my foolishness lies and why the caution keeps popping into my head.
How I wish the repetitive caution ‘be wise,’ jangled hard with cymbals and vuvuzela when I am about to help myself to a second slice of pie or cheesecake.
I have no problem with being wise after all, that’s what aging is meant to bring, even though I am beginning to question some older people’s sense of reasoning these days.
Some of them seem to have sold their sense for two cents that common sense is becoming less common in the quarters where you expect to see it.
Be wary of slick-tongued politicians. They make promises that they can’t keep. All their bluster is simply empty air. I guess a nation can’t live without leaders to direct their affairs, but the current state of affairs of my dear country Nigeria makes me wonder what those old men garbed as politicians are doing in there?
They are selling the nation short and robbing it blind. Could they just be honest for once in their lives?
I guess not. It’s simply not in their best interest to be pillars of honesty, otherwise, they can’t become thieves.
Besides Nigerian economic and political woes, these days, I have become more cautious with listening to news that simply raises my angst.
I have basically whittled it down to the barest minimum. I barely bother to listen to CNN anymore because all I get to hear is American political brouhaha and we have till November to suffer through such news, not that they used to show better things in the first place
Anyway, before I become dour and boring, let me heed to my inner voice of be wise and save myself some foolishness.
This weekend, I am going to be absolutely and decadently lazy. I am going to be doing some ‘me introspective time’ and generally chilling with my brood.
Life is certainly beautiful and as Linda’s prompt suggests, I am just going to ‘be’ing and not doing.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Honey, all the wisdom old folks have to offer is based on woulda, coulda, shoulda from the school of hard knocks. God is the only one who offers true wisdom. Spending time with your kids and talking to God is a very wise decision indeed. God bless.
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Thank you dearest Pam. All true wisdom definitely comes from above. You are such a wise woman 🙂 Blessings
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You used to listen to Completely No News network😅
Enjoy a decadent piece of cheese cake and let God have his (or her) sabbath.
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I totally agree with you about completely no news ha,ha. Thank you my dear friend 🙂
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Good!
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🙂
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Sigh. I should heed your advice at the soonest possible time. This election at my country will make me lose my sanity.
Tomorrow is Sunday, so I’ll rest and do just that. Be wise.
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For your own sanity, yes you should. Enjoy a great Sunday 🙂
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Have a great Sunday too!
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The world and the media can drive us mad -so many lies. Leave politics for today and chiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllll xx
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Honestly Daisy, it can get a bit too much!! So it’s good to take time away again and again.
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Ah…the vuvuzela…is that the soccer stadium horn ??? Great use of the word. ☺
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Yes it is. It should be loud enough to stop me in my tracks of wolfing down the pie 😉
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Good for you Jacqui. It is wonderful to have a bit of chill time! 🙂
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Totally essential in these hectic days Judy. Thank you 🙂
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I used to listen to Nigeria Info, a radio FM in Lagos. They are a talk station and oh my! They raise my anger and I call the radio station saying this, saying that. It has been the same since 5 years ago. I’m no more listening much to the whole issue, just makes me either sad or angry.
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You are better off my dear. It’s not worth raising my anger over avoidable issues.
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The news everywhere is so depressing these days. I try not to listen to much of it. Hope taking time just to ‘be’ today was relaxing! 🙂
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It’s truly relaxing Barbara. I am doing a bit more of that today 🙂
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I listen to NPR for world, BBC and Michigan news, and WWJ for local and CBS news The radio leaves the eyes free, so one can read and write. There is usually only time for music on the weekends, when NPR gets weak. Garrison Kiellor is the best! I just quoted him editing my psychology chapter, on the fundamental causes, saying that the current explanations are like his, “Not enough catsup!” Read Plato’s Phaedo! But the world is so important, it is worthy of continuous study. Then the philosopher will see these politicians 10,000 times more clearly, and in the mean time, Lear says to Cordelia,…”We two will sing like birds in a cage…and laugh at guilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues talk of court news who’s out and whose in, and take upon us the mystery of things…(Lear, V,iii,, 8-19).
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Ha,ha! That’s not such a bad idea to listen to the radio. I simply listen to music. Did you send me an email?
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Yes, about the guest blog of my recently rescued niece, a very fine and helpful piece of writing.
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I think I lost the email in my deluge of mails. Can I have the link to read it? Thanks
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I don’t think I know how to do links, or I would have linked a few already! Whenever I do “Press This,” it does some pointless repetition thing that a makes a comment but otherwise only adds confusion. Link is…
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Is it on your site? What’s the title, so I can check?
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No Detox Available For Heroin Addicts II: Guest Blog of Myia Blackwood
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I will check it out 🙂
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…in the contact section of your website, not through an e-mail address.
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It actually brings it to my mailbox 🙂
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Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup…like the wind inside a letterbox / They tumble wildly as they make their way / Across the Universe! / Limitless, undying love that shines around me like a million suns / Inciting and inviting me…Ji Guru Da Ja Ohm…Nothin’s gonna Change my world- John Lennon, his best lyric of all- I’m in the Sunday mode! Happy Sunday!
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You really should write some poetry. Your words flow very easily. Think about it 🙂
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Lovely post, Jacqueline, with some very wise words! I think we’re wise when we go within and listen to what our hearts are really telling us.
Btw I loved this – ‘How I wish the repetitive caution ‘be wise,’ jangled hard with cymbals and vuvuzela when I am about to help myself to a second slice of pie or cheesecake’ 🙂
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I know that we would save ourselves a lot of stress and heartache if we tune more into our hearts. I am terrible around cheesecake, as a matter of fact sweet things, I need a whistleblower ha,ha 🙂
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Wise words. Be happy.
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Thank you Dale. I appreciate your comments 🙂
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Sounds like a lovely way to spend a day, Jacqueline. 🙂
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