By Olaleye Boluwatife Ezekiel

Whether you are a man or woman, a boy or girl, landlord or tenant or whether you are young or old, rich or poor, married or single, employed or jobless, whatever your situation might be, always watch what you do to the next person because there is always a next time, for it has been established for man to reap whatever he sows.


Watch the kind of seeds you have and be careful on how you sow the ground with them and what kind of grounds you sow them on because whether you like it or not, there is and always a next time; a time when you will be in a wanting position needing help to get, survive, achieve and overcome.


You better remember those people that you stole from because a time is coming when that thing you love most will be stolen from you and you might not be able to recover from the loss. You had better go look for ways to make it up to those that helped you in your desperate time of need for being an ingrate because a time is coming when you will unexpectedly or circumstantially; by chance, need their help again and they might not help you. What about those that you refused to pay after they had worked for you, have it in mind that you will need them urgently again and they would remember what you did for them.

Remember those tenants you as a selfish landlord humiliated by thrashing out their properties and kicking them out of your house mercilessly because they owe you just a few weeks rent thinking they will remain as tenants all their lives and not own a house of their own in the future. A time will come when you will be caught up in a disastrous situation and needing a place to stay and they won’t let you in.


Remember those times you were in a position of power, those times you used your post and capability to cheat other people, swindle others, make a lot of people jobless, sentence innocent ones to prison,
 
 give way for corruption and injustice thinking you are the supreme being not knowing that your waterloo is closer than you think because there is always a next time for everyone no matter what you do, whether good or bad. 

Use your post or authority well because you won’t be there forever and you won’t like to be hunted down by someone you have hurt in the past thinking it all ended then.


Life is simple and you should begin to see it that way. Live it simple, love it simple and take it simple. Remember that no man is an island, no one is self-sufficient. It is inevitable, yes, you will need help at some points in your life. How you treat others will determine how they will treat you. There is always a next time!