ITS EASIER TO STOP SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE THAN TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE AFTER IT HAS HAPPENED.
Ben was the last and the only male child among the four girls of his parent.
In a village where boys were highly revered, his birth came as a joy to his parents especially his father, who needed male child to take over him.
Thou, his father was prepared to handover all he had so that Ben would become a responsible person and manage his company and other properties he has.
However, Ben was never serious with anything - he though he had more time ahead and, therefore, loved to play around with some boy's in the neighbourhood who were hardly serious with anything at all.
Because of his association with those boys, Ben picked up the habit of playing truant.
In no time, he was introduced to smoking and drinking of alcohol.
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Like any responsible father, he advised his son and promised to give him all that he wanted
So that he would change.
Instead, he left home to live with his friends, who introduced him to the abuse of hard drugs.
At a stage, if Ben did not smoke in a day, he behave abnormally.
His father could hardly sleep and combed the entire neighborhood in search of his beloved Son.
When he finally found him he took Ben to a psychiatric hospital.
His father was so worried, that his health began failing.
During that period, his daughters has completed school and were all gainfully employed.
He entrusted the management of his properties to them.
A year later, Ben returned home after a successful treatment. Ben painfully realised that with the exception of his peers who abuse drugs whose lives had ended up miserably, all the others had achieved significant success in life.
With the assistance of his sisters, he went back to school so as to catch up.
But anytime he looked back at his past, Ben realised that he had wasted his life.
The statement on his lips was always, if i should have made hay while the sun was shining.
#MoralLesson
LET US MAKE GOOD USE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE FOR THE ONLY TIME, IS TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS AT THE RIGHT TIME.