Daily admonition ......................... Ise logun ise

Ise Logun ise

Ise Logun ise [Work is the antidote for poverty]

... Mura si se re, ore mi [Work hard and work smart, my friend]
Ise la fi ndeni giga [Hard and smart work brings success]
Bi a ko ba reni fehin ti [When there is no one to rely on]
Bi ole la ri [Its like we are lazy]
Bi a ko ba reni gbekele, [When there is no one to trust]
A te ra mo se ni. [We focus more on our work]
Iya re le lowo lowoh [Your mother might be rich]
Baba re le lesin lekan [Your father might own a thousand and one horses]
Ti o ba gbojule won [If you rely on them]
O te tan ni mo so fun o [In truth, you might be on sinking ground]

Apa lara igupa ni ye kan [families are like the arm, while extended family are like the elbow]
B'aiye ba fe o loni [If you are loved by the world today]
Ti o ba lowo lowo, won a tun fe o lola [If you are still rich, they will love you tomorrow as well]
Abi ko wa nipo atata [If you have an esteemed position]
Aiye a ye o si terin terin [You will be honored with "fake"laughter]
Je ki o deni ti ra ngo [If you unfortunately loose your money or position]
Ko ri bi won ti nyin mu si o [They'll turn their back on you]

Iya mbe fomo ti ko gbon [There is suffering for the foolish child]
Ekun mbe fomo ti nsare kiri [and there is sorrow for the child that have no plan or vision]
Mafowuro sere ore mi [Don't waste your formative years, my friend]
Mura sise ojo nlo. [work hard and plan well now, because time waits for no one] - J. F Odunjo

If you are from a humble background,very comfortable or a rich family, this post is for you.
Never rely on the riches of your parents, rather ask from them to give you out of what they've got so that you might build your own empire and If you don't have anybody to rely on, rely on yourself and the works of your hand and anything you worship as the light in your life.
Don't use their money to go to America and London 8 times in a year to prove to others that you are a big boy or girl.
Rather,fix your life in your thirties since you have the opportunity, so that when you are in your fifties you wont have to work for those who never even had your kind of opportunity or those who had same or slightly less as you did but made the best of their situation.
You will save yourself the pain and embarrassment of telling people of how you once lived a superb life and London and America was your second home.
Trust me, I have seen stories like that.


May God help us all!!!

ps : Ise ni ogun ise is a yoruba poem