Created
Aug 24 2007
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SUCCESS INVOLVES COLLECTION OF RELATIONships
To succeed in life, you need a collection of relationships. I have sometimes heard people bragging about not needing anybody. How far from the truth can that be! Out of the frustration and dissappointment they suffered in previous relationships, people have vowed not to have anything to do with anyone. So they shut themselves off from everyone. Such people get in futher frustration and are miserble. I once knew an old lady who lived on my street. She would not talk to anybody on the street; she kept strictly to herself and she was living alone. At a time she was on talking terms with her next door neighbour who was next door to me. She told my next door neighbour that she cut off from all her relatives and as a matter of fact she had willed her house to her cat. For five years that we lived on that street, I never saw anyone with her and she invariably stopped talking to our neighbour. It was funny when, in the middle of the night during one winter season, we heard a should of 'help, help' from this old lady's house. It was her voice asking the neighbours to help because a stranger had mischievously gained access into her bed staring at her. She screamed for help to people she never spoke to or even welcomed a hello from. She needed their help!
The story of this old lady shows that no one can exist all alone without needing others. Even if you think you need no one, when you die, you will need someone to take care of your remains. We always need people.
THe Bible in the Book of Judges records the story of a certain people Judge 18:7-10)
You cannot succeed alone. Your collection of relationships forms your company and your company influences you either positively or negatively. Every person experiences a level of peer-pressure. The influence of your company on your life and what you end up becoming can never be over emphasised. Your company of association or relationship can make or mar your destiny.