ARE YOU PREPARED FOR OLD AGE?

[Dan-Borno]

How far are prepared for old age? this is the
question that keeps up popping into my mind
immediately after the eid celebration.  Second
tickle, minutes passed and aways gone.  Then
comes days and nights, weeks, months and
years and years.

Before now, you were born barely 3 G weight,
then suddenly you started crawling breaking
anything breakable, then toeing and gradually
you are a big boy, primary school days are gone,
high school passes with WAEC/GCE in mind, then
the rubbles of higher institutions, the exams and
whatever, the nation then prepares you to be an
adult man/woman ready to serve his country.
Then come the hulabaloo of interviews and CV
distribution all over, including almajiri thinking
you can be employed in one of these sangayas.
Within no time, you bought a car, furnish your
house, married the woman/women of your choice,
the honey moons, a baby was born into your
family.  After three years another one was born,
workload keep on piling, you dont even have time
for yourself, you ahve starting thinking of taking
your kids to the best school in town.

You cant believe with when the Personnel Dept
told you that you are due for retirement in the
next few coming months, haba, i was only born
in 1954.  Yes, count it, you have putting enough
of your age in the service, remember you are
now 53 - what else?

there you are fighting in que for your first pension
pay.  The eye doctor has even collected the first
pay to give you eye glasses, because you can not
even go back home, whenever you see an end of
disucssion honda, your eyes shows you a 1924 mini
morris or beattle volkswagen.

That is that, shouting under the varendah, you have
no one except your wife, all of your friends are also
suffering same, no strength for ziyara.  Always
exclaiming - "kai yaran zamani" "ai lokacin da muke
samartaka" "ai lokacin ni da wani muna Ingila".

You are now powerless and defenseless, ordinary cold
(mura) will stay for about a month with you, you are
prone to all diseases.

So, how far are we prepared for this waiting period which
will sooner or later come?

Check around your neighbourhood for the oldies, take your
time to notice their behaviour, that is exactly what
you will be in the near future.

Are you staying with your old parents? you surely know
what I mean, always complaining, and for a small issue
they will be talking and talking till evening.

That is age.  You have to start preparing for your old age
while you are very young and agile.

ALLAH YA JIKAN TSOFINMU - MU KUMA IN NAMU NA TAHO
MUMA ALLAH YA JIKANMU

[amira]

Ameen ameen.

Gaskiya you've sumed it all up DB, ikon Allah kenan Allah sa mu dace.

[hafsee]

How far are prepared for old age? this is the
question that keeps up popping into my mind
immediately after the eid celebration.  Second
tickle, minutes passed and aways gone.  Then
comes days and nights, weeks, months and
years and years.

Before now, you were born barely 3 G weight,
then suddenly you started crawling breaking
anything breakable, then toeing and gradually
you are a big boy, primary school days are gone,
high school passes with WAEC/GCE in mind, then
the rubbles of higher institutions, the exams and
whatever, the nation then prepares you to be an
adult man/woman ready to serve his country.
Then come the hulabaloo of interviews and CV
distribution all over, including almajiri thinking
you can be employed in one of these sangayas.
Within no time, you bought a car, furnish your
house, married the woman/women of your choice,
the honey moons, a baby was born into your
family.  After three years another one was born,
workload keep on piling, you dont even have time
for yourself, you ahve starting thinking of taking
your kids to the best school in town.

You cant believe with when the Personnel Dept
told you that you are due for retirement in the
next few coming months, haba, i was only born
in 1954.  Yes, count it, you have putting enough
of your age in the service, remember you are
now 53 - what else?

there you are fighting in que for your first pension
pay.  The eye doctor has even collected the first
pay to give you eye glasses, because you can not
even go back home, whenever you see an end of
disucssion honda, your eyes shows you a 1924 mini
morris or beattle volkswagen.

That is that, shouting under the varendah, you have
no one except your wife, all of your friends are also
suffering same, no strength for ziyara.  Always
exclaiming - "kai yaran zamani" "ai lokacin da muke
samartaka" "ai lokacin ni da wani muna Ingila".

You are now powerless and defenseless, ordinary cold
(mura) will stay for about a month with you, you are
prone to all diseases.

So, how far are we prepared for this waiting period which
will sooner or later come?

Check around your neighbourhood for the oldies, take your
time to notice their behaviour, that is exactly what
you will be in the near future.

Are you staying with your old parents? you surely know
what I mean, always complaining, and for a small issue
they will be talking and talking till evening.

That is age.  You have to start preparing for your old age
while you are very young and agile.

ALLAH YA JIKAN TSOFINMU - MU KUMA IN NAMU NA TAHO
MUMA ALLAH YA JIKANMU

Ameen ıts kında scary thınkıng about all that but ıf we lıve we all must get to that stage at one poınt. as we are preparıng for age ı thınk we shud also be preparıng for the hearafter. though we are only humans but we cud all try to be better relıgıously,Allah shıryemu duka ameen. but old people are funny walahı. kakkanı kenan.