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Friday, 18 January 2013
Experiences; Lessons Learnt (2) - Happy old Lady!
While shopping in an open market in Kano, I walked by an elderly lady. She was
all smiles. I wondered what was making this old lady so happy. She was clutching
a brand new transistor radio to her chest. Apparently, she just bought it and
felt so delighted about her new acquisition. ‘Is it not just a small radio
set?’ You may wonder. Well, if I buy that same radio and send it to my elderly
aunt in the South, she may not share the excitement of this woman I saw. It got
me thinking:
Our happiness is not determined by the (material) worth of the things we own; rather our
happiness is derived from the value we place on the things we own.
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