What If Tomorrow Never Comes?

WHAT if tomorrow never comes?… In life and relationships, certain things are as a matter of urgency, urgent! Let me share this true story inspired by a friend, Victor.

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Ifeanyi, Victor and I, attended the same university, the University of Ibadan. Infact we were in the same department. After graduation, daily pursuits, with our consent, took us to different directions. One thread however ran through all of us; we were aiming for the top, and deploying all resources available to us to achieve our dreams. While we saw and interacted almost everyday while in school, the same cannot be said after our graduation. Sadly, the age-long saying, 'out of sight is out of mind', caught up with us. We got too busy, too preoccupied by everyday challenges. We barely called one another...and one day...the news came...Ifeanyi, our Ifeanyi, had, unexpectedly, passed on. Just like that, no notice, just like that....

Have you realised that we often take life for granted till we are jolted by the brutal reality of its opposite? In the convenience of our abiding presumptions we tend to believe we have a firm hold on life, and that death or even some debilitating illnesses are a distant phenomenon exclusively reserved for the very old. We talk about tomorrow, making our plans and projections with a certainty that underscores no reverence or acknowledgement of The One who actually owns life, and owns tomorrow. And most times we make no plans at all, rest assured in the misleading fantasy that tomorrow must come and life would run as usual. Thus, we often postpone to tomorrow what we could have accomplished today. We therefore procrastinate without conscience, particularly in honouring our commitments to  relationship, brotherhood and friendship. We forget that tomorrow will not always come, sadly.

You know, we hardly invest time to call, text or mail just to say hello to long-standing friends, brothers and sisters, to find out how they are, and help where we can. We simply assume they are there, and they are just fine. We underestimate the bonding power of reaching out to say 'out of sight is not out of mind'. Until some totally unimaginable sad news comes to shock us out of our smugness, and into this manner of reflection. We then blame ourselves for neglecting that which we could have done yesterday, that which truly matters; having and maintaining a good relationship. We wish we could turn back the ever moving hands of time. But it is usually too late, too too late. One of the greatest ways to build and strengthen a relationship or friendship is to keep in touch as often as possible. This is an important secret in business also.

May I therefore kindly ask you to take a moment and send that text, place that call or send that email to that friend, associate, brother or sister just to find out how they are. That call or message from you could make all the difference. Don’t get too busy. What if tomorrow never comes? Please do it now!

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