WHY HAPPINESS? SEVEN IMPERATIVES FOR FREEDOM AT AN INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
Why Happiness? Why Is Freedom Key? Freedom is key to happiness and happiness is key to good intention and creativity. When we are not free, we get unhappy and become unable to give our very best to life. Whenever we do not give our best to life, life recognizes this and pays us in ways that are detrimental to our wellbeing. Rich or poor we become restless when we are living below purpose, we become restless when we are not truly happy and free. That is the reason for the common saying that 'In Nigeria, the poor can't sleep because they are hungry; the rich can't sleep because the poor are awake'. In the end, none of us can truly sleep. Most of the world know us to be loud and restless. We need to work together in love to change these narratives. At 57 years of independence and more than a hundred years of corporate existence, here is a country in need of healing. With Life expectancy hovering around 46 for males and 56 for females; with one of the highest materna...