Part 1: 'Toju bole ara ti mo ibi obe gbedun": How I became the Vice President of MMBMI

'Toju bole ara ti mo ibi obe gbedun” is a Yoruba saying loosely translated means a busy body that travels around people's houses to ascertain whose soup is sweet. As a child growing up sanguine, I had the proclivity to be everywhere. I was in all primary school social clubs and cultural groups, from Jet club, debaters, Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa cultural groups. My mother had reservations about this tendency even though she was not antisocial. What she saw missing in my proclivities was a delectable decorum to being social. Mum was socially savvy, emotionally intelligent, and gracefully classy. Anytime Mum doesn't see me or any of my siblings, she will ask? Se otun ti lo ni? Toju bole ara ti mo ibi obe gbedun". To nurture my “social intelligence” without fracturing my personality, Mum had rules of engagement for social behavior, public conduct, and social change. The rules are plenty.

Over the years, I have refined and elegantly elevated her rules and turned what was a parenting guide for raising a potentially "rambunctious" child into a ministry. So if you check my profile and see the Vice President Minding My Business Ministry International (MMBMI). This is the origin of my Ministry. Although, since late last year, I have revisited the rules so I can “cautiously” engage with issues that are dear to my heart, I am negotiating with Board of Trustee members of MMBMI to retain my position as VP. Anchor scripture for my Ministry:

1 Thessalonians 4:11 The Message Translation

Stay calm; mind your own business; do your own job.

MMBMI does not mean you don’t love people; it is not about apathy and indifference. It means many things that I may write about someday. But fundamentally, it is about boundaries, empathy, and more.

Happy Sunday

From VP, MMBMI

Posted on Facebook on  January 24, 2021