This is Living!

They lied to me! Everyone on TV, on radio and even in school; they lied, they all lied. They lied over and over again. My parents, my relatives, my siblings, my friends! They said that life was all about me. That I had to work hard and everything would fall in place. I needed great grades. I needed to be in the right place and ensure that I get noticed.

I should be able to sell myself, and my ideas and I did. But that didn’t work.

I looked beautiful and spoke articulately. That didn’t work. The lie lived on. The lie that life was all about me; that life was all about JUST doing your best, it’s not!

Life, my dear friends is about relationships. Everything in life is about people, the good and the bad. You want a job, you are launching a new drug trial, a new invention. You’re a journalist an entertainer. You need people to succeed. Life is about a willing heart to engage.

I realized that after reading three books. And the Bible; it was solidified for me. In order to thrive we need one another. You want to succeed in your career; you need to read and grasp and understand your market, product, service, company policy. That is all part and parcel of human interaction. You need a mentor for pointers on how to go up the rungs of your career. You need a human relationship.

You want to buy a car, a house, a bed, get your hair done, buy a newspaper, be served a cup of coffee without the waiter cursing you out and spitting in your cup; you need to relate positively. You want babies. You want to touched and held and appreciated! You need a relationship!

For so long I have said that I don’t envy anyone in the hospitality or service industry. But the truth is we all are. It’s just that some do it and get paid for it. But the truth of matter is every waking day is about relating to others. And that is the core of life. What makes life worth while is your choice of relations.

 I am yet to get my head around this. God help me, because human beings cannot be trained like a dog. They have minds of their own; some that I feel like smashing in at times. But I sill need to engage with them.

I chose to live. And that means I chose to relate. The how; God will show me how, one step at a time! Welcome to real living!