She picked up the smoked fishes one after
the other, examining each and arranging in descending order; the biggest sitting
at the top, the smallest at the bottom. Then she paused looked critically at
this one fish, tossing it to and fro, suddenly she pinched a part, tossed into
her mouth, then another tiny bit which ended in her mouth too, then she did the
unthinkable: placed back the pinched fish on the tray among the fishes ready
for sale. My heart did an uncanny somersault, how can one openly eat out
of her edible goods and place same back to be sold to unsuspected buyers? So
dear sisters, when next you are buying stuffs from the market (roasted fish especially
Lol!) put on your eyeglasses and do a 360 check. This is no fiction, I saw this
at the market while waiting for the stuffs bought to be packaged. Though not
surprised, one thing that caught my attention about this fish seller is her
manner of dressing, she was dressed like one of those religious folks, who will
spend hours in church/mosques praying but will never show any sign of diligence
in their business. Ok, did I give her a word of advice? Story for another day………………
This incidence made me think of how our
actions hinder us from growing. I can never buy anything from this particular
woman again, neither will I allow a known person patronize her. She left a very
sour taste in my mouth. I am sure her attitude to life is one that screams “it
does not matter”, for her excellence means nothing. Her action stemmed from her
‘belief’, her ‘mindset’. Her business cannot experience growth with this kind
of mindset cum action, because we attract growth/increase/success by our
beliefs (mindset) and the actions we daily take based on our beliefs.
I looked at my life too, I am where I am
because of my beliefs/mindset; so it is for every one of us, you are where you
are because of your beliefs. Yes we desire to be better, but do our actions
portray us as one who really wants to be better? We desire a developed nation
but right in our car on the road we throw dirt on the road because our mindset
demands excellence from others but not ourselves. We complain our leaders do
not care about the masses, but in our homes we fail to pay our
gatekeeper/driver/nanny as and when due despite the fact that we never miss taking
our own children to superstores weekly as promised.
We need to be true to ourselves, check out
environment where things are working, take a deep look at their mindsets/way of
life and juxtapose it with ours, then align our beliefs and actions, only then
will we experience the change that we seek. No wonder the great book says ‘As a
man thinks in his heart, so is he’. Take time to THINK on your mindsets.
Blessings!
@relateandlive
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