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LOUD WHISPERS: If You Want to Live Long

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If you want to live long

Master the art of counting one to ten whenever someone upsets you

If you are still not calm after ten

Count to twenty

If you want to live long

Know where witches and wizards live

They don’t live in your village

It is not your stepmother or mother-in-law

I am sure they get on your nerves but it does not make them witches

Your Uncle might be cantankerous

It does not mean he wants you dead

Afterall, if you die, who will bury him?

If you want to live long

Know that witches and wizards live in mostly two places

They are either in that cold, anonymous, unfeeling space online

Or they are simply living in your head rent free

If you want to live long

Learn how to love yourself

Then you can love others in any order you desire

If you do not love yourself

You will spend a lifetime loving weapons fashioned against you

If you want to live long

You need the skin of a rhinoceros

The resilience of a bear

The gentleness of a dove

The strength of a lion

The work ethic of an ant

The loyalty of a dog, or cat if you prefer

The memory of an elephant

If animals are not your thing

Perhaps you might consider the forgiving spirit of Mandela

The wisdom of Solomon

The courage of Daniel

The resourcefulness of Jonah – he had a good explanation for being missing for three days and three nights

I however do not recommend this because your spouse might have an issue with your alibi

But I digress

If you want to live long

You need to mind your own business

Keep people away from your business

Learn how to see, hear, talk and smell

How to be blind, deaf, dumb and smell roses when others smell shit

And when you smell something foul, keep it to yourself but figure out the source

If you want to live long

Know when to fight

Know when to live to fight another day

Know when to give

Know when to withhold

Know what can be healed

Know what can’t be cured

If you want to live long

Read for the same reasons you eat

It will keep you alive and healthy

If you want to live long

Learn the value of things

There are things money can by aplenty

Enjoy them, they might make your life easier

There are things money can’t buy

They are simply priceless

Spend your life knowing what they are

If you find out what they are

You might live a little longer

If you want to live long

Know that whenever you wake up is your morning

And be grateful to have survived the uncertainties of the night

If you want to live long

Know that it is a good thing to spend many years in this realm

It is even better to have spent them well.

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi is a Gender Specialist, Policy Advocate, Leadership Coach and Writer. She is the Founder of Abovewhispers.com, an online community for women. She can be reached at BAF@abovewhispers.com

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