The Affiliated Chrism

 31 December 18:00   The Affiliated Chrism by Ernest Quansah

    "I am the greatest warrior. I accept fought with gods and baffled them. I accept fought with giants and won. I am strong; I cannot lose in a battle. I am the greatest warrior ever," said the assured warrior".

    In West African ability there are some ablaze methods that grandparents use to advise abasement and success to adolescent men and women. One of these methods is that of using allegorical stories. One such allegorical adventure is alleged the affiliated cream. This adventure is advised to adviser humans from West African cultures into extensive their abounding potential. You too will account from this story.

    In a baby apple in Western Africa it was accepted that if the baron died his asleep physique haveto be rubbed with a specific cream. This chrism can alone be begin abysmal central the jungle. The adventure to access the chrism takes seven days. Whenever the break alleged for the cream, adolescent men in the apple were asked to go into the boscage to acquisition the cream. The apple elders will acme the adolescent man that is able to acknowledgment with the chrism as the next baron of the village.

    Most adolescent men who carefully approved to access the chrism for the account of acceptable baron never return. Those who did acknowledgment came aback abandoned handed. So some adolescent men absent their lives in seek of the chrism that parents began to debris to let their sons go into the boscage to attending for the chrism if a baron died. One day, if addition baron died, there were alone two men the apple who were accommodating to accident their lives to acquisition the cream. The earlier of the two men was the abundant warrior. He acquainted as admitting he was abundant and adapted to be crowned the next king. The additional is the behemothic warrior. His ambition was to accompany the affiliated chrism home so that the asleep baron could accept a able burial.

    After abundant appointment apartof the apple elders the accommodation was create that the two warriors could be beatific out to acquisition the affiliated cream. Above-mentioned to their departure, and as allotment of their custom, the two warriors approved admonition and blessings from the apple priest. The apple priest brash both men to be actual accurate and to focus on award and bringing home the affiliated chrism and annihilation else. Afterwards their blessings and admonition the two men set out on their separate means to accompany home the affiliated cream. They had absolutely seven canicule in which to acquisition and accompany the chrism home or abroad the baron s physique would activate to decay.

    What these two men did not understand was that they were traveling to be activated throughout their journey. This analysis is to actuate their ability to be crowned the next apple king. Not continued into their seven-day adventure came the first test. The abundant warrior came beyond an old adult sitting beneath a tree. The adult asked him, "Sir, I am old and tired. Could you amuse advice me get up so I can abide on my journey?" The abundant warrior replied, "No way, don t you understand I am in a chase to acquisition the affiliated chrism first. I am traveling to be the next king. Don t adjournment me, I haveto go now".

    The old adult pleaded with the abundant warrior and assuredly he agreed to advice her. If the old adult couldn t angle beeline the abundant warrior became agitated yelling, "You are so old you cannot even angle on your feet. I don t accept time to authority you up, get out of my way." Off went the abundant warrior. Next on the arena was the behemothic warrior. The old adult asks him for the aforementioned advice and he provided his assistance. Acumen that the old adult could not angle on her feet, he asked her, "You are old; you cannot angle on your feet. Can I advice you get to your destination"? With a smile on her face the old adult thanked the behemothic warrior for alms to advice her. If the two accomplished the ladies home she asked him "Where are you traveling my son?" The behemothic warrior replied, "I am searching for the affiliated chrism to yield to my apple so that the baron can accept a able burial" The old adult told the behemothic warrior, pointing to baby aisle next to her home, "You see that path; I wish you to yield it, airing straight, focus and don t let anyone aberrate you from your course." The behemothic warrior angled afore the old woman and thanked her.

    By this time the abundant warrior was encountering his additional test. He had appear beyond the alotof admirable woman any man s eyes could behold. The woman told him, "No man has anytime appear actuality after spending the night with me". The abundant warrior eyes gleamed at the suggestion. "Sure" replied the abundant warrior. "I will absorb the night with you, for I accept absolved some canicule analytic for the affiliated cream. I am traveling to be crowned the next king. I am annoyed from my continued journey. I will absorb the night with you" The next morning if he left, the behemothic warrior came beyond the aforementioned woman. The aforementioned allurement was continued to him, he replied, "You are the alotof admirable woman I accept anytime seen. I would adulation to absorb the night with you but I am searching for the affiliated cream. My apple needs it so that the baron can accept a able burial. I am so apologetic I cannot absorb the day with you but can you acquaint me how I may acquisition the affiliated cream?" The admirable woman answered, "Keep traveling on the aisle you accept called and you will acquisition what you are searching for".

    The third and final analysis neared for the two warriors. As the abundant warrior connected with his biking in the jungle, he noticed an old dark man added or beneath traveling in circles as if he were lost. The abundant warrior told the dark man, "Old man, why are you traveling in circles" The man replied, "I am blind, I anticipate I accept absent my way aback home. Could you advice me get home?" "Help you get home? Are you crazy old man? I accept two added canicule of biking to acquisition the affiliated cream. Don t you understand I am traveling to be the next king? Oh! I see. You understand I am searching for the chrism so you are advisedly aggravating to adjournment me so that the behemothic warrior will acquisition it first." The old man replied, "Son that is not true, if you can advice me get home I will appearance you the hut area the affiliated chrism is located." If the warrior heard that his affection jumped and he agreed to advice the dark man.

    "Here" said the abundant warrior to the old man, "put your duke about my arm, accord me the admonition and I will yield you home." The dark man put his duke about the abundant warriors arm but said to him, " I will advance you there." As they began to airing the abundant warrior, afraid to acquisition the chrism first, kept cogent the dark man to bustle up as he rushed through the boscage affairs the dark man with him. Anon they accustomed at the dark man s hut. If they arrived, the dark man thanked the abundant warrior and said to him, "You see that path, I wish you to yield it and airing beeline and it will yield you to the hut area the affiliated chrism is. If you get there, you will see several calabashes create of gold, some create of silver, all absolute chrism but you will see one baby and one ample calabash create of clay. Yield the baby adobe one. It contains the chrism you are searching for" "Thank you, acknowledge you" exclaimed the warrior and off he went. If he accomplished the hut, he could not accept his eyes, the adorableness of the aureate and argent calabashes. He calm as abundant of the aureate and argent calabashes as he could backpack with him. At the bend of the hut sat a baby and a ample adobe calabash. He looked at them, absitively he didn t wish the baby one and took the beyond adobe calabash cerebration it accommodate added affiliated chrism and he create his way aback to the apple with golden, argent and one ample adobe calabash.

    The behemothic warriors about-face came next. The old dark man asks him for advice in accepting home. The behemothic warrior agreed to advice the old man. "I will advance you to my home" said the old dark man. The behemothic warrior humbly agreed to let the old dark man yield the lead. If they accustomed at the old dark man s home, he thanked the behemothic warrior and gave him the aforementioned advice and administration as he gave the abundant warrior.

    When the behemothic warrior accustomed in the hut, area the chrism was, he remembered what the old dark man told him. On his way aback he accomplished he was active backward but chock-full by the old mans hut to acknowledge him. While he thanked him he acquainted the charge to ask him for advice already more. He told the old dark man "We were accustomed seven canicule to accompany this chrism back. It is about the end of the seventh day. I cannot create a accomplished day adventure in a few hours. Could you amuse acquaint me area I can acquisition a abbreviate cut through the boscage so I may ability home on time? I haveto get aback on time so the baron can accept a able burial. The old man replied, "Son, don t anguish I will advice you. I wish you to abutting your eyes, if I say accessible them you accessible them."

    When he opens his eyes as instructed he accomplished that they were both continuing on the bend of a baby lake. In a afraid accent he told the old dark man, "How did this happen, how did we get here, attending at the lake; I understand this lake, I appear actuality to back baptize accustomed for my family. Look, over there; that is my village; it is just a abbreviate airing away." The dark man replied, "You accept done able-bodied my son. The villages elders are cat-and-mouse for you go now." Poof, the dark man vanished into attenuate air. The behemothic warrior accustomed home first with the baby adobe calabash absolute the affiliated cream. If he got home, his mother, sister and the apple elders became charmed about his safe return. His mother was even added charmed seeing her son had alternate home cautiously and that he will be crowned the next baron over the village. Oh! The joy they felt, the women got calm and danced in celebration. Afterwards the baron accustomed a able burial, the behemothic warrior was crowned the new baron

    Not continued after, the abundant warrior accustomed and saw the behemothic warrior sitting on the throne. The abundant warrior became actual agitated at the apple elders. "What accept you done? You accept accustomed my head abroad to him? The head is mine! It is mine! I am greater than the behemothic warrior; I accept fought the gods and baffled them. I am brave. I am a warrior. Here, actuality is the affiliated cream; I brought some in gold and argent calabashes." The elders asked the abundant warrior to cascade the chrism out so they could see. As he did, all that came out of the calabashes was sand.

    In accomplishing success in all aspect of one s activity focus, determination, discipline, and backbone are a MUST. As the aloft adventure illustrates, the affiliated chrism is a representation of success. The old dark man and old adult are representation of those who are put on our aisle to advice us succeed. Altered humans are accustomed altered talents to use to serve mankind. The admirable adult is a representation of carnal things that are annihilation added than distractions. It represents things that attending adorable to the eye, but are alone there to aid you in failing. The calabashes represent choices and award the affiliated chrism represents success.

    You too can accomplish in all aspects of your life. success is a birthright. However, success can alone be accomplished if one makes the appropriate choices or at atomic learns from their mistakes. There will consistently be all sorts of things that attending abundant and adorable to the eye as you undertake your activity journey. If you are focused on what affairs the most, you will succeed.