I was thinking this morning.... I have been lodging in high-end hotels for many years and usually will enjoy their 4 course orishirishi. Recently, I noticed I was no longer enjoying these expensive lavish meals. I'd rather step outside the hotel to a quaint, modest restaurant close by to enjoy a dish of ewa agoin and diced dodo or amala and ewedu served in the same dish. Why would I not enjoy the expensive 4 course meal and yet be fully satisfied with one course Nigerian dish?
As I pondered, I recalled how a former CEO of Nigeria e-commerce giant, Konga, committed suicide in June of 2024. Why would a successful young man with big businesses and lots of cars decide to end his life while another man living in a 2-bedroom flat and managing a jalopy car be so happy and want to live on earth for 200 years? I also know of a man with 5 children and no job. Poverty take hand touch ground for im life, and he is wondering if he is cursed. He is definitely not satisfied with life. Hmm! What makes for a satisfied life? Is it success?
Some chase after multiple titles such as double chief, Dr, Engr, Pst, as a symbol of success but still not satisfied after 10 titles, yet a simple man with just Mr as his prefix is satisfied. I tell you the truth, a satisfied life is better than the success the world is selling.
Don't get me wrong. I am not saying success in life is not good but that aiming for satisfaction in life is a better goal than aiming for success in life. True, there are many who are successful and satisfied with life, just like there are millions who are satisfied with life without success as we know it.
If you’ve developed a taste for expensive cuisines and material things, then you will need wealth to derive satisfaction. But we generally do not need wealth to be satisfied in life. Rather, we need contentment. A satisfied life is better than a successful life because our success is measured by others, but our satisfaction is measured by our own soul, mind, and heart.
Genesis 25:8 - 'Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]'. As you navigate 2025, pray to be satisfied with life.
Stay hopeful. God's got our back.
Happy Sunday!
......Just the thoughts of a certain Wey Mey