RIGHT PICTURE/PERSPECTIVE...... . By Dotun George

Not the Colour but the content

I was told of a story of a balloon seller, his mode of advert is on the spot advertisement and publicity, he inflates it and balloon goes up and a black boy observed it and was fascinated by it. But he saw all colours goes up but he could not see the black colour going up, that begins to place some games in his mind. He moved closer to the man and asked I have seen all colours go up, if you inflate the black colour will it also go up too? That was during the segregation in America. The man understood what was going on in his mind and understood what the guy meant, the balloon seller put his hand on his shoulder and said “Son it is not the colour that makes them go up it’s whats inside them.


Son it is not the colour that makes them go up it’s whats inside them (human content).

It is not the colour of your skin, your location, family background, environment or school that determines your level of rising or success but your human content (what is inside of you). Many people in the third world countries like Nigeria have believe a lie that there are something they can never do no matter how hard they try. There are wrong assumptions going on that, African brain can never comprehend and cannot do certain things in life and this assumption has place limitation on many people of our country. There is no limitation anywhere except the one you build in your mind and see. The moment a man develop or come out of poverty, failure, hopelessness and rejection mould, there is nothing you can do for him, his life will definitely pick after the mould. In manufacturing the moment the Mould is cast the product is determine.

the moment the Mould is cast the product is determine.


We are where we are today as a people and a nation because of the mould that produce us. We can rewrite the story and the script of our lives when we begin to see life and every issue that concern us from different perspective that gave us the current level of life we found ourselves. When there is paradigm shift from old mentality to a new mentality that gives us hope of a better tomorrow, society and a better nation. It is not the colour, not educational qualification, not family disposition, not religion, not wealth of our nation that will guarantee our rising to stardom and get to the place of eldorado but the human content of possibilities, success, greater achievement and impact we develop within.