Objective Gist

The treehouse I had once built a tree-house with a childhood friend of mine during one of our idle moments years back. We exerted a lot of energy into pulling down tree branches and gathering planks needed for the structure. The lessons learned during the course of the project teaches a lot about building and maintaining strong relationships. The Excitement: First, we were excited by the fun of having a treehouse that we began to discuss so many things we will do inside the treehouse when it is completed. We had chosen a huge mango tree in my friend’s compound to host the treehouse. We were too carried away with the frenzy of having a treehouse that we went straight into the construction without any architectural plans on how to actualize our tree-house dream on the awkwardly shaped mango tree we had chosen. We were soon besotted with a lot of challenges when the construction began. No matter how hard we tried to use our ‘by the moment’ thinking to fit the planks together,

Just do it! Those are words of encouragement you are likely getting from folks and friends pushing you into marriage. They will advise you to "just do the marriage", you will "SURVIVE" in it. SMH! I will rather tell you, don't 'just do it' in the hope to survive in it. DO IT with preparedness to survive in it. Many have been pushed to jump into marriage but fumble and tumble out of it in regret. If only they had prepared for it. Marriage is a serious institution that requires proper preparation. If only people can prepare for marriage the way they prepare for the wedding ceremony, we would have less of broken marriages. Couples need to lay a solid foundation for marriage before jumping into it. Jump when ready! Those are the words of advice from me to you. Don't be pushed into what you are not adequately prepared for. 'Do it' at your own conviction of readiness. Do not let people pressure you into marriage when you are not ready for