Letters

Your happiness, your responsibility

Published by

Life has no structured outline, whereby everything happens at the right time, moving the story forward in the main character’s favour. The start of a person’s story just might be the best part, because at least, for most people, they are born into the arms of those who love them.

There are many ugly truths of reality amid the beautiful lies of our fantasies, but, it’s up to us what we make of those truths. We are the writers of our own stories, and our lives are only one messy, unfinished draft and there are no deleted scenes. And, thankfully, every moment holds importance, and every scene has value.

PDP youths want Reps principal officer from Oyo State

In the movies and on TV, it is precisely when everything is perfect and everybody is happy that you know something disastrous is about to happen. Seeing everything go well is what makes you suspicious. We are learning to be afraid of good fortune, as if joy is something to be wary of. An assured, impending catastrophe is a sound reason to make sure we never get too happy.  And, sure enough, that’s when the car skids off the road, the child is kidnapped or killed.

Well, life is not like TV. Wonderful things can keep happening to you, one after the other. So, make the good ones count and bad ones better, as much as you truly, truly can. There is no logical reason why there should be a limit to how happy you can be.

Aspire to be happy, you are responsible for your happiness. It’s something you give to yourself, not something another can take responsibility for.

Abejide Grace Atinuke,

Ibadan

Published by

Recent Posts

  • World News

Saudi court sentences Kenyan woman to 100 lashes over sex outside marriage

A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a 40-year-old Kenyan domestic worker, Esther Wanja Muthoni, to…

November 11, 2026
  • Features

8 common causes of mouth ulcers you should know

Mouth ulcers are painful sores that develop inside the mouth, including on the tongue, inner…

November 11, 2026
  • Politics

2027: Obi promises to tackle insecurity, revive Plateau tourism, support IDPs

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has pledged to tackle…

November 11, 2026
  • Corporate Social Responsibility

Ondo govt trains 100 youths in gas utilisation, CNG operations

No fewer than 100 youths in Ondo have participated in a Gas Utilisation and Compressed…

November 11, 2026
  • Politics

Ondo APC women back Tinubu’s 2027 re-election

The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reaffirmed its commitment to…

November 11, 2026
  • Latest News

Oyo NDC not for sale, Obidient Movement declares

According to the statement, the relationship between the party leadership and the support groups has…

November 11, 2026

This website uses cookies.