Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

 

I was thinking this morning.... I woke up Friday morning with the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. While ajebutter people will wonder why I am speaking gibberish, a Warri man will say 'bros, why you dey yarn opata na?' However, the oldies will remember the word as a song and single from the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke.

The song says about the word in a part, 'even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious, if you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious.' The Cambridge dictionary defines supercalifragilisticexpialidocious to mean extremely good or wonderful.

With each passing day of 2025, I am better appreciating how extremely wonderful life is. There is this open area in front of my house, where wild banana grew for some years. Just before Christmas of last year, the estate decided it wanted to use the area as children playground. They dug out all the banana trees and filled the area with over 10 inches height of sharp sand. With no more trees in the area, the children had fun playing in the open sandy park.

Then came the first rains of 2025 last week. As I went out for my morning walk that Friday morning, I observed that despite the 10 inches sharp sand that covered whatsoever was left of the banana plant, fresh suckers had sprung from the ground. Wow! I stood for some minutes pondering on the determination of the suckers to survive and could only whisper Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Life is extremely good and wonderful if only we can look beyond our challenges and focus on our creator and creation. Despite the weight and harshness of the sharp sand that had buried whatever was left of the banana plant, the suckers still forced their way out with the first rains. Life is wonderful. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

The events of 2024 may have buried your confidence and swag. Please don't let it bury your dreams and hope. As you navigate 2025, refuse to be buried under the weight of disappointment. Push yourself, make the effort to stay afloat, because at the scent of water you will bud again (Job 14:9). Why? Life is wonderful and this year shall be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Stay hopeful. God's got our back.

Happy Sunday!

......Just the thoughts of a certain Wey Mey