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20 Nov, 7 tweets, 2 min read
I think you miss MENTORSHIP, ma'am.
I'm a 51+ year old architect.
I have mentors in my field, architecture.
I have business mentors.
I have spiritual mentors.
I have people I consult before taking major decisions.

I'm not sure how many youths of today have mentors...
Before I got married, I asked my then fiancée, "If I ever get angry with you, if I lose it & you feel you can't reach me again, who do you think you can call & can talk to me, no matter how mad I get, I'd listen to him/her? Who do you think I respect & listen to, no matter what?"
She immediately mentioned a name.
And whenever we have any misunderstanding, she would call him, "My husband has gone mad again ooo!" ,😁
He'd call me & reset my head.

My point is, we have people we RESPECT, people we LISTEN to, people who GUIDE us through life...
As youths, we looked up to people like Wole Soyinka, Tai Solarin, Aminu Kano, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo, etc.
We didn't have the internet, so we read books.
We didn't have PlayStation.
We didn't have Nintendo Wii.
We didn't have DStv.
We didn't have smartphones...
Who do the youths of today look up to?
Who are their mentors?
Mostly "celebrities" & "influencers" who teach them wrong VALUES & SUBSTANCE.

The average Nigerian youth doesn't know Jelani Aliyu or Chinua Achebe.
But he/she knows Kim & Cardi.

Values are not the same...
As parents, we try our best.
We try to instill the discipline our parents instilled in us in our children.
But the pull from the internet, celebrities, influencers & peer pressure is too much for the average youth.
His/her head is turned by the ephemeral & the mundane.
Youths today are more interested in winning money from Reality TV than earning it through hard work.
I once heard a young graduate say he's looking for work "where they don't do much, but they pay very well"!

I honestly don't know how the right values can be brought back...
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I called out, "EDITH!"
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Na architecture guys dey carry tracing paper & T-square nau!"
I told him I was an architecture student.
He responded, "I don't believe you!"
Wow.
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He followed me.
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I heard you the 1st time, mate...
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#DoubtlessThouArtMyFather (Isaiah 63:16) Profile picture
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EMOTIONS.

2 stories in the Bible stand out for me.
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He parted the Red Sea.
He brought water from the Rock...
He saw God's back.
He spent so much time with God on the mountain, when he came back his face was shining.
He died in God's presence.
Nobody saw his corpse.
He just walked off & died.
God personally buried him.
He was a great man, whatever parameters used to measure greatness...
After his death, God spoke to Joshua:
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I believe Buhari is the President of Nigeria.
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Now, would it make any sense if I get angry & start insulting & cursing you because you're believing a lie?

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