Give them a rose while they are still alive

Give them a rose while they are still alive 

A few hours to Christmas and everywhere is busy, one can tell that the celebration is going to be massive this year, though we faced a lot throughout the years and a lot of loved ones was lost in one way the other, may their souls rest in peace. 

I was planning to spend my Christmas at the studio all day till evening I guess, not because I have a lot of projects at hand though, but because I don't want to do chores at home, lol, Mom won't even care how old I am, she will still want to send me on an errand, I just want to escape it this year and spend the time relaxing at the studio and maybe later go home to eat the food I didn't prepare, haha, I told some female friends of mine to bring food for me at the studio though, I hope they won't disappoint me, because if they disappoint me, I will cut them off, I can’t be having fake friends in 2022, lol, just one responded as she will bring it, I am trusting her with the whole of my stomach, I hope she won’t let my stomach down. 

Let's get right to the topic of the day, why is it easy for humans to help in the morning for burial than to help the person when he was sick? I am not excluding myself from it because it seems like a normal thing for us humans and it's not good, people always have good and nice things to talk about you but they are just waiting to say it at the funeral when you attend the funeral and you decide to listen to a lot of side talks from people about the deceased, they will talk about how they met and their journey together went and how nice the person was to them.

What came about this topic? Yesterday a well known Nollywood actor was announced dead and people started posting his pictures on all social media to show their condolences, according to news to have been said by a close colleague of his, he said that the man has been down with illness for a long time and he has been battling with his life until he gave up the ghost, I don't think the colleagues told the public about his illness, if they had I would have come across it on social media but I don't think they shared it, the man is gone and the family is mourning now, sending love and light to them, I hope they get through this hard days because is never easy losing a loved especially parents, the family will definitely feel his absence in their lives. 

I hope the colleagues come through for the family especially the children well being, I don't know why is hard for a colleague to help the other in times of need, most celebrities (especially movie actors and actresses) are suffering behind, some have been forgotten just like that, I remember a few weeks back, another popular actor back in the days, he acted so many movies and people loved his acting, a few weeks ago, a church gave him money for surgery, because he has been sick but no money to do the surgery, he was crying emotionally when he got the money from the pastor, he thought his life was over, no one heard from him for years, I know he might have reach out to some of his colleagues but they would have snub him, thank God for the pastor that knows that prayers can’t help every time, sometimes we have to support the financially and also pray that the surgery becomes a success, they are a lot of Nollywood actors that are suffering now and a lot of them have died because there was no support in their treatment, people forgets them easily like they never existed. 

Closing thoughts 

I don’t think the movie industry was paying them well back in the days, that’s why some of them don’t have investments that would have sustained them during the dry season when you see someone as your idol and you look up to them, it’s better to give them a flower while they are still alive than wait for their funeral, those words you are keeping for their funeral before you say it, why not say it now so they will have the joy of fulfillment in their heart. 

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24/12/2021