For a very religious man, this heading is simply blasphemy. After all, the Holy Books made us to believe that our lives depend on the creator of heaven and earth, so what the heck am I talking about investment and the future then? Uhmm, well, please hear me out before you cast the first stone.
I must say here that our future, truly depend on our ability to trust in the grace and mercy of the creator. No matter our efforts to better our lots in life, if He does not approve of it, it will all come to nought. So, the first step to greater and brighter future is to follow God’s instruction and live our lives in accordance with his purpose for our existence.
Again, it is very instructive to know that His purpose for our live is to “dress and maintain this beautiful garden call the planet.” And this we can only do if we are willing to invest our time, energy and resources to better the environment. The first man in the garden of Eden was charged with the instruction to “be fruitful and multiply,” but there is no way we can be fruitful or multiply if we are not investing or doing something to replenish what we are consuming.
So, the argument that our future is determined by our investment could therefore be stressed further by saying, if we fail to replenish the earth, sooner or later, the whole of the earth could become empty and the future will be in danger because nothing will be left to sustain whatever life that survives the years of the locust.
Let look at it from this angle, a farmer who eats all of his harvest will have nothing left to plant in the next planting season and that also presupposed that such farmer will definitely be left with nothing to harvest at the next season as well.
Our future can only be guaranteed when we come to the realisation that there is the need for us to constantly provide for the coming generations. Many of us engaged in consumption of almost all that we earned today with the position that what we are earning today is not enough to sustain today’s need. Then, what would become of us if by tomorrow, we are unable to earn any income? Our ability to put aside a portion of our today’s income could provide some form of insurance for our tomorrow needs.
When in my last post I talked about money issue, its sound sacrilegious in the ears of some people that money can buy you happiness, or sleep or peace of mind. Then, when you look at the good things of life, people strive to acquire, they are not for free. A good car, a good accommodation and a pleasant working environment could be a boost to your well being and bring you happiness.
The problem with our thought on money is that, while it was meant to provide us all the basic comfort of life, we have perverted the course of life and pursue money to the detriment of our health, love for the next person and service to God. Because of greed, money has become some people god to the extend that in spite of the provision of the basic good things of life, they are never satisfied; while they keep seeking for more till they are overcome by their greed.
Now back to our discussion on investment, it is important that we cultivate the habit of savings little by little to take care of our future needs, even out of the little earnings of today. Then, from our savings we need to invest wisely as a bulwark for the future.
Our society is today engrossed in large appetite for consumption without a thought for tomorrow. What we have seen in Nigeria
Those who are in government are busy sharing the national cake, without thinking of how to bake more that can go round the majority of the people and therefore, our future is in danger as a people.
The vast depletion of the nation’s foreign exchange reserves, savings in excess crude accounts and the controversy over the portion of overhead consumed by the National Assembly are indication that the mangers of our economy today careless for the future of this country.
Unless, we change our ways and beginning to invest in the power sector, create more employment opportunities for the millions of our youth, provide basic infrastructure that will support living and ensuring that we diversify the economy in such a way that we are no longer oil dependent nation, surely Nigeria
