“We should thank God. One of the courses I teach is PMA, Positive Mental Attitude. Regardless of all the hula and all the wahala, we should be thankful and happy that we are alive.
That we even climbed this flight of stairs to get here today shows that we are somewhat healthy. We thank God for that. Happy Independence Anniversary. There is a common African saying, that a village or town without an elder is like a well without water. Do you agree? Yes. More often than not, we wait until the elders are gone, and then we cry our hearts out. Then we tend to remember some of the things that we wish we would have told them. If we don’t take away anything from this meeting today, is the fact that at least you will take one actually good step. Even if it is looking through your phone, scrolling through it, call that one elderly person, older person, older than your good self, it doesn’t matter how old you are. I know here we say the age is 60, but I’m going to say that some are even aspiring for 67.”