One thing had been established in this world since time immemorial; you cannot reap without sowing; but sowing alone is not a guarantee of reaping. Some planted weed and at the harvest period finds nothing to reap because the weed had been removed so that the good and harvest-able crops can find ground to germinate. A very popular saying in most languages is that “what you sow is what you reap”.
It is now a common occurrence that those that expect greatest reward are certainly those that planted little or nothing at the earliest stage in life. When issues are raised about this set of people, people generally conclude that the only group of people that expect to reap bountifully even without sowing are the politicians. Contrary to this notion, these sets of people exist in every facet of human life.
Of a great concern today are students in Nigerian tertiary institutions that implanted laziness when they are expected to input all their efforts into sowing hard-work and perseverance. This group of students now expect to reap success and victory in plenteous. Am not concluding that all Nigerian students in tertiary institutions exhibit laziness, because with this, I will not be doing justice to some students that give all their best to achieve what they are today.
For those that realize that they have not been giving all their best into sowing bounteously, the chance is here to change their perception and give their 110% into implanting seeds that when it germinates they will be proud to show the harvest to the whole world.
According to Henry Ford, ‘’whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right”. Below are set of maxims that is expected to be employ in our day to day activities:
If you sow honesty, you will reap trust.
If you sow goodness, you will reap friends.
If you sow humility, you will reap greatness.
If you sow perseverance, you will reap victory.
If you sow consideration, you will reap harmony.
If you sow hard-work, you will reap success.
If you sow forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.
If you sow openness, you will reap intimacy.
If you sow patience, you will reap improvements.
If you sow faith, you will reap miracles.
AND
If you sow dishonesty, you will reap distrust.
If you sow selfishness, you will reap loneliness.
If you sow pride, you will reap destruction.
If you sow envy, you will reap trouble.
If you sow laziness, you will reap stagnation.
If you sow bitterness, you will reap isolation.
If you sow greed, you will reap loss.
If you sow gossip, you will reap enemies.
If you sow worries, you will reap wrinkles.
If you sow sin, you will reap guilt.
These axioms may appear pithy and aphoristic, but they are tested and trusted; in fact they are indubitable. They will help anyone that chooses to follow them.
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