People often say ten friends can't stay together for ten years no matter how close they are but the beauty of friendship is that you don't have to be in one location to have friends in that location.
Friendship isn't built in a day because before you can call someone a friend you must have built a certain level of communication and relationship with such a person so a friend is someone whome you have related with over a period and you know the values of such a person and that person also knows and shares your values that's why they can go any length for you when the need arises
The reason for this post is to take out time to really appreciate the some of the people in my life who have at one point or the other been there for me mentally, emotional, financially and other wise it is said that a friend in need is a friend indeed and on this international friendship day it is with a heart of gratitude I say a big thank you to all my friends some of whome I will mention in this post.
The team for this year's friendship day says "Embracing Diversity, Fostering Unity" this is so unique because for me most of the people i have benifited from in life aren't people of my own Kingsman or kindred,as a guy who's from the south south part of nigeria schooling in the south western part of the country, i have come accross people from different tribes and religious backgrounds some of whome we have worked on projects together.
Embracing diversity means coming to a realisation that everyone cannot and will not be like you or see life from your own perspective for me it is the ability for one to accept people for whome they are and being able to work with them in that light it reminds me of the training a few months ago at the soilless farm lab where we had different people from different backgrounds and different parts of Nigeria come together for a common cause which was to learn soilless farming and at the end of this programme within the space of three months we built 80 green houses it tells you how uniting together can foster growth and productivity
Offen times we let our differences get in the way of what would have been great relationships that would have fostered some great ideas all because of our diversity and that's why on this day the team Embracing diversity, fostering unity to let us know that theres is a loy that could be achieved if only peoole can just come together to achieve a common goal
On this special day I want to take out the Tim's to appreciate a friend on this space he is no other that @starstrings01 who brought me into this amazing platform he is a friend indeed one who can go out of his way just to make sure those around him are doing fine, he is a goal getter a voracious reader just to mention a few he is someone i admire so much cause of his doggedness one who had actually worked towards fostering unity within his environment with out thinking about the ethnic diversity or religiousity of those within his environment and that is the reason why I have decided to celebrate 🥂 him here today for making a difference within his sphere of influence.
We can always make a difference in every environment we find out selfs and foster unity in every area of our lives be it at our place of work, school, place of worship or in any environment we find out selves because the world can be a better place if only we embrace people without thinking too much about the difference we have, and focus on the strength and mighty things that could be achieved through collaboration
