THE PLACE OF RELEVANCE

I arrived the city of Uyo on Thursday night at exactly 11.30pm, beaming with high hopes and expectations from the world class BEWA Africa's conference held over the weekend.

As planned, my intention was to rest through the early hours of Friday, so I could get charged up for the task ahead at the volunteers meeting by 3pm.

While I was yet having an awesome moment of rest from the previous day's journey, my friend (the amiable and impeccable lady) who offered me her shelter for safety beckoned on me to wake up and get dressed for an outing. That she would like us to go together, so she can tour me around some beautiful places in the city of Uyo.

With excitement, I hurriedly got dressed and we dashed out.

On arrival at the venue, the reality of what we were in for dawned on me.

Alas, it was a burial ceremony of a legend. Who died fighting the course of life. Thereby, leaving his footprint on the sand of time.

During the course of the event, a bag of souvenir was handed over to everyone who graced the day.

So searching through mine, a particular item struck a cord which left me in a world of ecstasy and got me pondering on the place of relevance in the human race.

Guess what was that! 😲

Please, read on!

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Wow! It was a book written by him 3 months before his demise, gifted to everyone for free.

Oh! He died an established author, he died a legend who affected lives through his intellectual property.

What a great way to live a legacy to the generation coming after him!

And do you know what?

His memory would linger on for life. Oh yes, for forever.

That's the power of relevance at work.

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Leaving the venue, I moved in the speed of light down to my friend's church after having a brief meeting with BEWA team of volunteers and the host, Eno Sam.

On reaching the church's premise, my eyes stumbled on her Pastor's birthday bill board, positioned somewhere at the church entrance.

Oh, my world!

I exclaimed subconsciously. Imagining the moves from burial ceremony to birthday celebration.

It was indeed a moment of reflection for me.

As the birthday event was unfolding, a video documentary of his life's journey was displayed.

How the journey of relevance started, his achievements, his selfless services to humanity and his present life today.

I was watching the various heart melting scenes like a flash in a cinema and I couldn't agree less of his relevance.

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Then and there, the essence of life struck a deeper meaning to me and I was able to draw out 2 key realities that will help position you for relevance.

Follow me!

📌 First, at the burial ceremony, a life of relevance was celebrated which reflected in the high class befitting burial done for him.

This only proves that a life of relevance will always be celebrated and be remembered for even after death.

📌 At the Pastor's birthday celebration, the life of a young man was celebrated. One who has yielded his life to serve God and humanity.

His relevance couldn't be quantified with million spoken words as witness were there to attest to his impact.

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Now, to you reading this...

Listen up!

The place of relevance can not be overlooked or jeopardized with mere frivolities.

How you live your life is as important as your destiny fulfilment.

A life of relevance is a life of purpose. How well you live it will determine how far you will go in life.

Sometime ago I said, do not live your life as though you owe humanity nothing.

Of course, you do because by the virtue of your existence, lives are connected to your destiny and you can't afford to mess up.

If you do not build yourself up to fit into the new economy of relevance, you'll be failing millions of souls attached to your life.

Know it that you do not live for yourself alone but for others.

If you do not make up your mind to become relevant in this 21st century, the world won't mind you.

Eno Sam, Dicta Okoye, Emeka Nobis, Philip Asuquotes, Emily Wale-Koya, Edwin Wes