6/8/21
My message for today is based on a story told of a BROKEN ṢẸ̀KẸ̀RẸ̀. Many years ago there lived a very powerful king who invited the most popular musician in his village to come and make him happy with some good music at his palace.
Immediately the musician heard of the king's call, he immediately started to prepare himself for his special visit to the palace.
One of the highlights of his career had been to play for the king, has he had always been the one playing for the king yearly. No one had ever played more times for the king within or without the city than this man.
But there was something special about this new invitation that differentiated it from every other times he had been going to the palace- this invitation promises to be the biggest invitation he had ever received from the king, therefore, he was focused on making the most use of it.
He was someone we can call a one-man band , he plays alone, so, planning was very easy since he doesn't need to start calling people to help him or for song rehearsals.
He started his preparation for the trip immediately he left the King's Palace.
This man we are talking about in this story was particularly very much known for his musical skills and talents with the Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀.
His mastery and skill of the Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ always went ahead of him like lightning and thunder.
On the D-Day before the cockcrow, he carefully and skillfully packed his Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ in his specially designed dried leather skin bag which was used for carrying the Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀, and set out for his long awaited great journey to the palace.
However, for him to get to the King's Palace, he had to cross a stream.
He was almost crossing over the stream to the other side of the stream when he slipped off the tiny plank and his feet went deep into the muddy shores of the retreating waterline.
He slipped and landed on the floor, flat on his face right there at the stream edge.
As he tried his best to get up and wipe off his muddled face, he noticed that his Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ was broken.
On seeing that his Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ was broken , the man broke down in tears. He stated weeping profusely.
Since he was the only one there at that time, there was no one that saw his tears and there was also no one there to comfort him.
Why on earth would my ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ decide to break on one of the most important days of my life?
He knew that going back home for a new one was never an option, in his broken state, the musician packed his broken Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ and continued on his journey to the palace.
Immediately reached the palace, he was brought before the king to perform.
He brought out his broken ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ from the bag and began to play it as it was.
Since the Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ was broken, he needed more energy to produce the sound he wanted.
He decided to pour all his energy into his performance that day.
All the people at the palace were hearing the sound of the broken ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ but thought it was a new musical instrument.
While he was singing and beating the Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ , the whole palace erupted in dance.
The king was as well so happy that he soon stood up to join the party. In his happiness, the king started performing the legendary dance the warriors danced.
Everyone present at the palace that day thoroughly enjoyed themselves, asides from the man whose Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ was broken.
His heart bleeds as he performed, he looked around and saw that virtually everyone was happy, no one saw his tears. No one even noticed that his Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ was broken.
"That was the best music I had ever heard ", the king said to him.
"Thank you, Your Majesty", he said to the King.
Broken people still keep giving themselves to others around them.
We still have some people who would go out of their way to serve others, and to make others happy, but this they do, not because they have everything together in their capacity but because they realize that their broken ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ will sometimes produce good music.
Yes, yes, we should know that broken Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ sometimes produces the best music we've ever heard.
When you feel hurt, this is one of the best times for you to serve others. That's also one of the best times where you get to draw from your inner strength to attempt those things you wouldn't have done ordinarily, dbut would have ordinarily walked away from.
There are many times people cry when they are alone and no one sees them.
Even with the way some people work, serve others, even despite their own secret problems and tears, other people may hardly notice or find it difficult to notice that anything is wrong.
But still, they kept on serving.
I don't know if you are broken, even in your brokenness, you can still serve and you can still be of help to others.
Or do you think it is as a result of coincidence that some of the biggest food banks in the world were founded by people who once went to bed hungry?
Some of the biggest marriage counsellors we have today were people who once struggled or failed in their attempt at marriages.
Some of the best writers we have today were people who had once struggled to write a correct sentence.
Some ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ might be broken, but still, they could go out of their own way to help othe broken people heal.
We musn't let what is not working keep us from being nice to others.
So, YES, BROKEN ṢẸ̀KẸ̀RẸ̀'S CAN STILL PRODUCE THE BEST MUSIC. BE YOUR BEST NO MATTER WHAT.
Day 8 went smoothly as usual,I can't wait to go home. I slept off while writing this article which made me publish this late.
Great. You always inspire me when you write. Hope you find time to pass by my blog to check out my write-ups. Thank you.