𝑨 𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒇 𝒀𝒂𝒎 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒆

It's funny how inanimate objects can give us practical lesson, if only we pay attention.

I learned something from a tuber of yam yesterday. Funny right? Well, whatever I learned yesterday isn't something new, but it was practical and so it served as a reminder.

We had about three tubers of yam at home and amongst the three, one was so ugly looking. The body looked like a person with leprosy so I wrote it off immediately.

I was so reluctant to cook it because, I concluded something good couldn't come out of it.

But then, I decided to cut it, cook and make it a white yam with sauce. I didn't want to put in so much effort to prepare yam pottage because of the look.

After peeling, I set them in my pot to cook. Afterwards, I made a sauce in a different pot.

I kid you not, that yam ended uo being the tastiest white yam I have ever eaten. It was so naturally sweet, even without the sauce and then it dawned on me, that I shouldn't judge a book by it cover.

The lesson is, that yam is literally all of us. Rough outside but sweet inside, only if someone is patient enough to peel and cook.

This applies to how we treat opportunities and other humans. Maybe because of a person's background, financial status, age and the likes we tend to write people off. We can never tell. what they are made of, if we don't give them the chance to show us.

We should learn to give people the benefits of doubt. Beauty does come out of ashes. Let learn to first see what things or people are made up of on the inside, which is often not obvious. It takes patience to see beyond the obvious.

Many people tend to pick life partners based on physical appearance alone, forgetting that the inside matter as much as the outward appearance.

Take your time and choose properly. A skill, a career, spouse, job opportunities, friendships. Get to know people very well before you judge them because you might be losing a gem while you're busy gathering stones.