Oluyomi Ola-David Insights

Tough in fire Dextrous in water And enduring on burning coals Of course, they are golden fish Warm in winter Blooming in spring And green in fall Of course, they are river trees Bright in darkness Glowing at night And sitting on every lampstand Of course, they are shining stars Patient in adversity Waiting in hope And speaking in peace Of course, they are faithful friends Clean in muddy water Dancing to a distant tune And rested in nature's flood Of course, they are fiery ducks Lowly in mind Leaning on superior thoughts And upright on ancient shoulders Of course, they are luminaries Bought in royalty Training in life's school And crowned in party throne Of course, they are separated Pitched in tent Shunning slavery gates And staying with lofty plants Of course, they are brilliant Silent in news Producing pillars of thought And kneeling in crying bay Of course, they are secure Narrow in way Walking the lonely desert And bearing necessary sacks Of course, they are pilgrims Servan

 It may always seem sweet to rule over others It is also sweet to sit and be ruled It is always great to serve others It is also great to sit and be served It may always seem sweet to correct others It is also sweet to stand to be corrected It is always great to teach others It is also great to muse and be taught It may always seem sweet to develop others It is also sweet to be calm enough to develop It is always great to enrich others It is also great to be poor and enriched It may always seem sweet to know more than others It is also sweet to be ignorant and know less It is always great to exercise authority over others It is also great to be subject to authority It may always seem sweet to be older than others It is also sweet to be young and amenable It is always great to fly above others It is also great to make a conscious landing It may always seem sweet to be better than others It is also sweet to be less than most It is always great to speak to the nations It is also great to