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DANGOTE STILL DEY FINDS MONEY



'Dangote still dey find money'
I don't know who sang the song neither the motive behind it
But this particular line; Dangote still dey find money is a thought provoking piece. One would think if the richest man in Africa is still looking for money, where then lies man satisfaction? Can man be satisfied with wealth, wives, husbands, positions, power, fames or mansions?

I guess I'd be right if I say the answer is no. If these things doesn't satisfy, where can we find satisfaction? We've heard the story of political leaders that doesn't want to leave their post. For instance, in Nigeria, we have seen people that have been in power since 1990 who are still in ruling position or are aspiring to contest for another post.

We complain and talk down on them, we even go to the extent of calling them names such as thief, selfish and so on. But we neglect the fact that we are guilty of same action. Hope we still remember secondary school economics, 'human needs are insatiable?'

There was a time you thought if you can just get this and that you are okay. Do you still remember what happen after you got those things? You aspired for something bigger obviously. That's who we are as humans. It is this same human nature that makes us double date, have extra-marital affairs, kill one another, pull down others for us to climb up, back bite and so on. Why? Because we are never satisfied with what we have.

A wife may not be satisfied with the way her husband is not hanging her legs during copulation, hence look for a guy that's good in that regard. On the contrary, a man may not really like the way his wife is not having figure 8, hence start an affair with a lady that's endowed with such.

Is this curable? Obviously, yes. I believe God never says it is good for us not to be satisfied. In July this year I decided that for the next three month I would not take soda, and I did it. From August to November I never tasted soda. It's a matter of determination not magic. You can decide to be contented with what you have.

The bible says, Godliness with contentment is great gain. Contentment is the only solution to insatisfaction.

I wrote this poem sometimes ago;

I thought money is the problem
I strove hard to make wealth
And it came with good health
My problem persist still

Thought if I married a damsel
I'd wave bye to adultery
I married the most beautiful in the city of beauties
Yet I never cease to want more

I erected a mansion
That can house many nations
I even built one on the ocean
Yet the crave for more never leave me

Thought getting more wives from the city of beauties would do
I paid their prices in their hundred
Yet I never seems to stop asking for more,
Like Oliver twist.

My story is synonymous to biblical Solomon
Whose at the end of his experiment  says, all is vanity

I thought man's satisfaction lies in his possesion, fame
 and material acquisition
But the more I get, the more I want to get
No satisfaction in wealth, fame and power
Contentment is the real deal

© OdunayoSamuel, 2019.

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