I was sitting at the bookshop today waiting for the sails lady to get a book from there sister shop close by when my eyes dropped on a very aged lady.

She was sitting on a small stool with the coconut and two bunch of plantain which she was trying to sell. Judging from the way she looked, she should be in her early 80's or its just the troll of hardship making her aged so much. There was no one assisting her of any kind.

It made me start wondering, don't this woman has children, nieghbours, friends? I bet when she was younger she must have dreamt by this age she would be living a life catered by those around her. But what did she do about it, how much influence did she build on those around her.

Influence is everything. Influence is not how much you have but how much people you know, have affected positively enough to trust you and have selflessly supported. Stop being selfish, self-centred and living in the now. The seeds you sow now of love and kindness in your family, friends, nieghbour and strangers has a long way to determine so much in the future ahead.

-Oghogho Osahen