His name alone reeks of opulence and wealth. If you do not carry a good head on your shoulder and have some sense of self worth, you would easily develop a chronic case of inferiority complex. You might even get green enough with jealousy to ask silly questions like 'why didn't they think of giving me such names!' or simply wish u were him.
Why?
Because he's got it and much more.
Anjola was not born with a silver spoon. Oh no he wasn't. He was born with a diamond encrusted 24carat gold spoon. Born into wealth, his father was a wealthy business mogul with an empire traversing several continents. Anything that had to do with everyday living, they dealt in it.
Food and confectionary, Cars, Real Estate, Oil & Gas, Transport and Logistics, Furniture and Home Appliances,steel, Chemicals and Agriculture, stocks and money market, the whole nine yards. Their businesses practically kept the economy running, their sales turnover figures large enough to be the entire yearly budgets of some small countries!
Life couldn't be any better.
Now Anjola happened to be an only child, being a male, he automatically qualified to be the heir apparent to the colossal family estate with combined honours.
The best of choice houses in town, sleekest of cars, money in the pocket, money in the bank, title to the bank.
Growing up was good for Anjola. Everyone was at his beck and call. He had every comfort known to man (or boy), he was the reality of every other child's fantasies. He only had to ask for whatever he wanted and he had it.
Since his father wasn't opportuned to have the best of education, he sent his precious heir to the best of schools and since Anjola was destined to become the next King of the family's business empire, he attended the best of Ivy league business schools.
If you are guessing that Anjola was afterall a spoilt brat and would probably not think much of education or that he would squander and mismanage the family's good fortunes then you have another thing coming.
He graduated 'summa cum laude'.
Not only was he a bright brain, a true intellectual, he had unmatched and outstanding business acumen. Immediately he got out of school, he was initiated into running the family business and before long drove the businesses to lofty heights that even his father could not have dreamt of or achieved.
Anjola had the 'Midas Touch' and really, everything he touched turned to Gold.
Wow! What else can anyone ask for I hear you whisper to yourself. And in the midst of that I figure that you're suspecting that like the home videos, that this is a sweet story that somehow gets a funny twist and eventually gets a bitter end. Again, sorry to dissapoint you.
Anjola got married to the beautiful daughter of the then Honourable Minister of Internal affairs. One of the most Influential men in the country and a true Titan. Olaitan was a paragon of beauty and a woman of substance. Together they raised another generation of great Olayiwola-Daniels, just like their father.
If there ever existed anything close to a perfect life, it was Anjola's because like a well oiled machine, everthing worked for him, nothing ever failed.
In trying to give back to society, he delved into Politics. Ofcourse, he was known and loved by all easily since he had always been a large hearted philantropist. He ran for office of the President and...
Pause!
Okay, I must warn you dear reader at this point, since I figured that you have started expecting that I would tell you about a free and fair election in which Anjola emerged the winner. Again.
I warn you that a life like Anjola's in reality must be one of the rarest occurences in nature. I'll give you some credit, ofcourse you were right, it's just too good to be true.
Now for the truth.
Not everyone of us would have evrything fall into our laps the way we want them.
Life is a challenge, a raging bull that we must learn to take by the horns,face, fight. For the vast majority of humanity, we are destined to fight for what we want, take our destinies into our hands against all odds and shapen our future.
Nothing good comes easy except by the grace of God.
So long as we are here on this side of eternity, we would have to brace up, reach deep down into the wells of determination, engage the gear of dilligence and live out our dreams.
Not all of us would have it served on a platter of Gold complete with toppings like Anjola, but all of us have the potential to break limitations, defy the odds and succeed.
Olusola Olaoluwakitan.
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