LESSON FROM TWO FRENEMIES.

 THE TEETH AND THE TONGUE.

The teeth and the tongue are inseparable partners and cohabitants, so it seems, but in reality they can be separated but their separation does not come without consequences; pain and malfunction. No human being can live independently, everyone must depend on something and someone for survival. This may be in different forms, but it is very important for their growth and progress in different areas of their living and existence.

As close and inseparable as the teeth and the tongue is, they sometimes have points of disagreement, the teeth, though major protector of the tongue would bite or harm the tongue, this will initially cause the tongue to retreat from associating with the teeth, but it will return to the teeth for comfort and caressing, gladly the teeth will help the tongue in its healing process despite being the cause of the hurt.

There is a big lesson to learn from the relationship and behaviour of these two, they teach us what real progressive relationships and coexistence should be like. Humans are the most complex of all living creatures and the most advanced in knowledge, but there are a lot humans have learnt and will and should still learn from both living and non living creatures.

There is never a perfect relationship without the determined effort of the people in such relationship to be the perfect person for each other, irrespective of what the relationship is about. What makes relationships perfect is the willingness of the parties to be perfect in the relationship. There would always be differences and diversity of character, opinions, and thoughts but being able to manage those differences and diversities are the bedrock for a sustainable, progressive and perfect relationship.

Sometimes, when we are hurt by the people we consider our ally, those we regard as family and friends, and believe they cannot cause us any harm, it is not out of place to retreat from them just like the tongue would do after a bite by the teeth, but we must also think of what might be the cause of such attitude at that time, we must after a brief retreat return to discuss and understand their reason or cause for what they did.

Life cannot be fully lived alone, and there is no one who is not capable of offending another, but in spite of offences we must always look for avenue for resolution and reconciliation, because it is in living together that growth and progress becomes easy.

John Kamikun (Author, 366 days of wisdom).