WETIN DEY SMELL?

 

“Wetin Dey smell?” My mum asked as I drove out of the filling station. “Na the fuel o! E Dey smell like something wey rotten” she said.

I tried to turn on my nasal senses but then again, I thought in my head, do I want to perceive what is rotten under this hot and harmattan breeze?

I immediately tried to take my mind off the smell.

As I did, it brought to my mind how we borrow perceptions from people and situations because we turn on our sensory system to feel what they feel and perceive what they perceive. In turn, we borrow their perceptions and it then seems like it’s ours.

Some persons have borrowed and replaced theirs without even knowing they have.

You read on that blog, IG or X about marriage and you feel they are living your reality. They say all men are scum and you take it hook line and sinker. It gets so real that the kind of men that approach you act like scum.

They say all men are cheats and you take the pill with your full chest. It then surprises you that the men who come close to you are flirts and cheats?

You know, the gates which are the eyes, ears, mouth and nose are so important yet we take them for granted.

What you see, hear, speak and perceive become your reality.

This is the sole reason why I don’t joke with social media. I protect what I see and read. If someone I follow starts posting things that do not align with things I value, I unfollow. It’s so serious that if they start posting half naked ladies, I unfollow.

I’m a lady right? Why should half naked girls bother me when I’m a lady too?

Truth is I don’t support indecency so it’s against things I value. I move.

This also happens with half naked guys or guys highly within my speck. I just avoid the temptation of going into comparison of them with my husband.

Being intentional about things you let in will do you a lot of good.

Now, think about it, WETIN DEY SMELL?!

My Thoughts.

©Ala Pepple

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