There’s such a thing as the Spirit of a Nation.
When your own spirit is incompatible (or in chronic disagreement) with that of your Nation, you will eternally struggle to find meaning and expression.
On the flip side, when your spirit is compatible with that of your host Nation, you thrive. Where others fail, you succeed.
Some people do exceptionally well in Nigerian public universities, and of those who do badly, not all are bad at school.
Take those ones to a country whose spirit is more compatible with theirs and they start topping the class, beating the natives.
A nation’s spirit does not simply change because you wish it to.
No, it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.
You either make peace with your Nation’s spirit, the good and the bad, and adapt to it, or seek another as others have.
I know. I know.
You’ve been taught that you must pray for change.
That’s comical.
If you understood the nature of change, you wouldn’t adhere to promises by political or religious leaders who promise a destination they’ve never been to.
What does it even look like? Would they know? Would YOU know?
Rather than waste your breath on those prayers, pray instead for the spiritual acuity to discern the tide.
The Biblical Israelites were in captivity/exile for hundreds of years and they kept praying for a return their homeland.
The most discerning among them didn’t bother. They knew that the soul of their Nation had to do its time for all their sins.
Begging was useless.
They made their peace with the situation and settled for personal excellence.
One of them, Daniel, was so accomplished that he was nicknamed by the Babylonians “Chief of Magicians”.
Did you know the Babylonians changed his name to Belteshazzar?
Know what it means?
“Protect the life of the King”
I could go on and on, ‘cause I write like I talk.
It’s the spirit of me.
Are you registered for tonight’s episode of Night School?
Join us on this excavation for “The Spirit of Things”, tonight at 9.
Registration details here: https://obidi.co/ns-spirit-of-things
— J.O.
