THE LUCKY SPERM CLUB: THE PAINS & GAINS


            THE LUCKY SPERM CLUB: THE PAINS & GAINS

C 2018                   CHIBU NDUBUISI                  10/07/2018                WEEK 28

            “Each of us must answer the critical question “Who am I”


              

Peace be upon you.

The lucky sperm club can be described as a select group of powerful men who owe their exalted status in life not to talent, intelligence, creativity or hard work but to winning the sperm lotto by having the great fortune to be born in to a powerful family.

The gain of finding yourself in such families is quite enormous to mention. To whom, much is given much more is expected as the bible verse goes. With the privilege of birth you have been connected to the grid of affluence and influence. The connection to the power of politics and economy is far reaching. Through such clubs, dynasties are built and destroyed. Examples of political and economic dynasties in the world abound, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Togo, Congo, Syria, Kenya and many more. On the of business dynasties, we have Ford, Toyota, Honda, Toyota, Wal-Mart all come to the fore.

Such families at most times live in very great strife occasioned by greed, envy and covetousness over issues of inheritance. The Abiola’s family in Nigeria is a case in point of how a dynasty crumbled. Some patriarch while alive took some very vital decision to forestall such occurrences. Bill Gates announced that he will be giving his wealth out which he has started given away through his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The late legal Luminary in Nigeria Gani Fawehinmi closed down his chambers and shared off his wealth to some interest.

Some patriarchs, in a bid to ensure that their heirs are inducted into the lucky sperm club have indulged in acts of desperation and brigandage. Recently in Nigeria a Pastor was jailed for corruption. Probably he was acquiring the wealth to prepare a smooth ground for generations yet unborn. forgetting the biblical injunction to Abraham that "the lord will provide".

Some of the heirs who have inherited such wealth have become a thorn in the flesh of the society and their families. The experience of the son of a very wealthy Nigerian banker who was jailed in the United States for attempting to blow up a plane is a case in point.

An African proverb goes thus that “those whose kernels were cracked by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble. A verse in Jeremiah 1:5 King James Version (KJV) notes that “ Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”

Whether, you belong to the lucky sperm club or not, we all have unique contributions to make towards healing a fractured world. Life is not fair and life is never lived under the best conditions. Therefore, before we must “be” we must “do” and we can “do” only to the extent which “we are” and what “we are” depends on what we “believe”.

In the last page, life is about adding value. If you are not adding value where you are, you have not started living. A life  not dedicated to adding value is not a life worth living.

 “If people do not like you for what you are they will not like you more for pretending to be what you are not".

Peace be upon you.

 

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