HE BUILT THE PENTHOUSE BUT NEVER GOT TO SLEEP IN IT😭
Obodo Oyinbo Tv
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What if you spend your entire life preparing to enjoy tomorrow… and tomorrow never comes? 💔
In this deeply personal video, I share the story of my beloved Uncle. One of the best men I have ever known. He worked incredibly hard, educated his children, provided for his family and spent years preparing for retirement.
He even rebuilt his home into a beautiful penthouse, ready for the life he planned to enjoy after work.
Sadly, he never got to live in it. Just two years after retirement, cancer took him.
His story taught me a lesson I will never forget: we must prepare for tomorrow, but we must also LIVE TODAY.
As Africans, particularly those of us in the diaspora, many of us have been conditioned to work, sacrifice, save, build houses, support family and postpone enjoyment until “one day.”
We tell ourselves: When the children finish university… when I pay off the mortgage… when I finish my house… when I retire… THEN I will enjoy my life.
But who promised us tomorrow?
This is not an invitation to become financially irresponsible. Save. Invest. Build. Prepare for retirement. But take the holiday too. Spend time with the people you love. Celebrate yourself. Look after your health. Create memories. Rest without guilt. Enjoy some of the money you have worked so hard to earn.
Especially as we get older, there comes a point when time becomes more precious than money.
My uncle built the penthouse but never got to sleep in it. His story reminds me every day:
Prepare for tomorrow but please, don’t forget to live today. ❤️
#AfricanDiaspora #RetirementPlanning #EnjoyYourLife #LifeAfter50 #AfricansAbroad #DiasporaLife #Retirement #ObodoOyinboTV
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My dad is due to live in Nigeria in the next month. He will be back and forth God willing. The home is equipped with everything and my wish is he has many years to enjoy it.
He has had most of his life struggling to balance but if I am honest he never made the money that allowed him to do it all. Life experiences can really push you back. But he has made good financial decisions for retirement.
To all the Africans struggling to balance, I wish life grants you direction to make better decisions, we never stop learning.
Truly give your life to God and live righteously, fulfill God's purpose for your life, love yourself, family and others that is all. Heaven awaits with a mansion there for you, architecture like no other and beauty beyond words. Once you make it to Heaven, there is really nothing lost in leaving earth. Just ensure you make it thou, otherwise you better stay on earth longer, lol, and find Jesus.
May God help us all
I love you mum's motel every one of them. ❤🎉❤🎉
HE BUILT THE PENTHOUSE BUT NEVER GOT TO SLEEP IN IT😭
Obodo Oyinbo Tv
14,105 views
What if you spend your entire life preparing to enjoy tomorrow… and tomorrow never comes? 💔
In this deeply personal video, I share the story of my beloved Uncle. One of the best men I have ever known. He worked incredibly hard, educated his children, provided for his family and spent years preparing for retirement.
He even rebuilt his home into a beautiful penthouse, ready for the life he planned to enjoy after work.
Sadly, he never got to live in it. Just two years after retirement, cancer took him.
His story taught me a lesson I will never forget: we must prepare for tomorrow, but we must also LIVE TODAY.
As Africans, particularly those of us in the diaspora, many of us have been conditioned to work, sacrifice, save, build houses, support family and postpone enjoyment until “one day.”
We tell ourselves: When the children finish university… when I pay off the mortgage… when I finish my house… when I retire… THEN I will enjoy my life.
But who promised us tomorrow?
This is not an invitation to become financially irresponsible. Save. Invest. Build. Prepare for retirement. But take the holiday too. Spend time with the people you love. Celebrate yourself. Look after your health. Create memories. Rest without guilt. Enjoy some of the money you have worked so hard to earn.
Especially as we get older, there comes a point when time becomes more precious than money.
My uncle built the penthouse but never got to sleep in it. His story reminds me every day:
Prepare for tomorrow but please, don’t forget to live today. ❤️
#AfricanDiaspora #RetirementPlanning #EnjoyYourLife #LifeAfter50 #AfricansAbroad #DiasporaLife #Retirement #ObodoOyinboTV