Variety is the spice of life so they say. So many different choices and we need to make the right choice. How can we make the right choice, at a time when looks is dominating the world. If you have looks, you think you will succeed. Yes, you have your self esteem and you are the lucky one to be called for interviews. You are indeed on the top of the world, when your looks carry you through life. You may be the one to hit the jack pot with the handsomest guy in town. Yes, he was bowled over by your looks. But looks don’t always stay with you. You begin to age everyday and along with your ageing, your looks slowly but surely disappear. Each day when you wake up and rush to look yourself in the mirror, its definitely a different face you see. Maybe the first wrinkle reminding you that looks just ain’t gonna stay. But you struggle each day, to keep up with the demand of looks, which by itself wears you down. What happens when a man sees his woman ageing, he wonders. Was this the same beauty that I loved and married ? He’s forgotten the rule of nature, that man ages. He is already dating someone new, behind closed doors. So, I suppose choosing looks may be a foolish choice.

Money! Money! everyone wants money. Yes, money is needed to survive. You don’t get anything without money. So, how are you going to live in this world without money? Money is necessary. People work long hours everyday converting days into nights and nights into days, just to make plenty of money. They forget about their families, and all they care about is money. Quarrels break out in families, cause there ain’t no mama at home to cook and there ain’t no papa at home to take care of the kids and chores. So what happens? Children are left to fend for themselves and find solace in gangs and crimes. Money has surely torn the family apart. Then there are the extremes, where people do anything for the love of money. They rob, cheat commit crime, get involved in drugs and lose their ethics just for the sake of make fast, money. This kind of money, lands them behind bars. What about the born rich, who do not have to work, they have enough money for generations to come. They hardly get sleep at night, they indulge in pleasures that give them momentry pleasure and are back to square one, ponderieng. What is the use of having money and losing your family? Having money and behind bars. Too much money that robs you of sweet sleep. No point. Yet we are all in the rat race for money. Money talks- it sure does. So choosing money may not be a wise choice.

The saying goes, if health is lost something is lost, but if character is lost everything is lost. Character is an important moral value that every human being is endowed with. In our society today, nobody values a person who has character. You need to be a thug, a cheat, a liar to survive. Every place you look there is corruption. Having to keep a good character is so difficult. You pick up saying small white lies at a very tender age of two or three. These little white lies, soon become big black lies as you grow up. Imagine yourself in school, where you tease and bully kids- At a workspot where you need to lie to the client, that the boss is not in, even though you just had a cup of coffe with him. At home, you need to spin a few lies to your husband or wife, why you were late. At the hospital, you choose not to take care of the elderly, just because you wanted to go home early. Cheating little children who are left in your care, abusing them silently. If you go to investigate on character then the list will never end. There’s just a few genuine people in this world who are mindful of the word ‘character’. They know what it is to speak the truth, even if it means trouble. We must all wake up quick enough to hold on to good character and stir the ocean of life back to a meaningful life. Choosing character against all odds is the best, cause you and I can make the world a better place to live. Sowing good seeds of character will result in abundance harvest of goodness. After all when we return to dust, what do we take, not looks, not money. But your good character would leave a lasting impression on the sands of time. Think its not a bad idea to choose character afterall.