One day, during an evening class for adults, the psychology Teacher entered the class and told students, “Let’s all play a game!” “ What Game?”
The Teacher asked one of the students to volunteer.
A gentleman, Femi came forward.
The Teacher asked him to write 30 names of most important people in his life on blackboard.
Femi wrote names of his family members, relatives, friends, his colleagues and his neighbors. The Teacher told him to erase 3 names that Femi considered most unimportant. Femi erased names of his colleagues.
The Teacher again told him to delete 5 more names. Femi erased his neighbor’s names. This went on until there were just four names left on the blackboard.
These were names of his mother, father, wife and the only daughter…The entire class became silent realizing that this wasn’t a game anymore for Femi alone.
Now, The Teacher told him to delete two more names.
It was a very difficult choice for Femi. He unwillingly deleted his parents names.
“Please delete one more” said the Teacher.
Femi became very nervous and with trembling hands and tears in his eyes he deleted his daughters name. Femi cried painfully…
The Teacher told femi to take his seat.
After a while Teacher asked “why not your wife? The parents are the ones that nurtured you, and the daughter is the one you gave birth to ??? And you can always find another wife!!!”
Total silence in the class.
Everyone was curious to know his response.
Femi calmly and slowly said, “One day my parents will pass away before me.
My daughter may also leave me when she grows old, for her studies or business or marriage to live with her husband or whatever reason. The only one who will truly share her entire life with me, is my wife”.
All the students stood up and applauded him for sharing this truth of life.
This is true. So always value your life partner, it’s not only for wives but husbands as well. God has united you and your wife together and it’s on you now to nurture this relationship above all.
If this has ministered to you kindly pass it on to others to learn from as well. Good Day Peeps
