Please I’m not talking about money. Money is something that is necessary but not extremely important. Money is a byproduct of working in whatever capacity, and therefore it immediately makes work more important than money, in my opinion.
When someone asks you to make a contribution what do you think about? Mother Theresa? Offertory at Church with the music group singing and praising the money out of your pocket? Let’s not go too far. The contribution I want to talk about is just being a good friend. This is not always easy; in fact sometimes it is so hard that it makes diamonds feel soft.
Now being a friend is more than just “hi what’s up”. In Ghana the term “friend” actually means “acquaintance” and sometimes even worse, we call people “friend” when we are annoyed …. “my friend, if you …..”.
Sometimes all we need is a kind word to make someone’s day brighter. Sometimes it’s just having the time to talk to someone for a few minutes FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON. For me it’s so cool when someone calls me just to say what’s up and to find out how I am doing. I get like 30+ calls a day, as do most of you. About 90% of people either wan’t something or are trying to find something out, nowadays when my phone rings the first thing that comes to my mind is, what does so-so-and-so want now.
