Make an effort to plug the leak

Brian Ngosi

Life is worth living when you can protect what you have and who you are.

Attitudes and mannerisms can expose leaks in your life, and the lives of those that you have a role to protect.

Leaks account for many of the misgivings that can be avoided, controlled or maintained.

No leak is too small, because the gross impact counts.

It is those small things that you take for granted that will build a case against you.

It is a case of a drop forming a pool.

Do not allow yourself to devalue who you are, or forfeit your possessions, over the small things that you can take corrective action on.

Make it a habit to plug leaks in their infancy.

Leaks create weak points from which bursts eventually occur.

Do not see or hear about something that concerns you and ignore it.

That, however, does not mean everything that happens should be treated as an emergency. All you need to do is plug the small leaks.

There is no problem worth neglecting.

Be that kind of person who keeps track of developments on issues of interest, especially issues of interest to you.

Even before the issue is presented to you officially, you should be well aware of how it is taking shape.

When you keep an eye on developments as they form, you will be able to prepare yourself for the worst, rather than be caught wrong-footed.

You should be that one person who stands out to save the situation before it deteriorates.

Leaks do not provide for a natural or normal system; so, it is not proper to try and convert leaks to any good.

We have seen in communities, people converting water leaks by planting bananas or vegetables to harness the leaking water.

The nobility of the act is defeated if you look at the bigger picture.

Leaks have crumbled business entities.

Leaks cannot be accounted for in the bigger plan, even if the leaks benefits you somehow.

The ills of corruption are a result of failing to plug leaks that would have developed into a cancer at grand-scale level.

Marriages have crumbled because of small leaks that went unattended.

If you cannot account for your time and resources in your personal relationship, the future may turn bleak.

In a marriage, it is small disagreements that develop to become irreconcilable differences, which then form the basis for divorce.

Do not look at the size, but look at the effect of every leak in your life.

Allow everything to follow the normal route by taking corrective action at the slightest opportunity.

Do not allow yourself to benefit from a leak. Always pay particular attention to minor details.

It may not be easy to define the cause of a leak, but the effects tend to be definite.

Manage the leak to avoid the effect, and work backwards to establish the cause.

While it may appear to be lack of wisdom, it is life-saving to always be on the look-out for any leaks.

You do not want to continue to lose more, while you are tracking the cause.

It should follow that you stop the wastage, as this will help you avoid a recurrence of the leak.

You can only stop wasting a thing whose worth you appreciate.

Imagine a truck of grain creating a grain tail during a journey. The cumulative loss is relative to the distance travelled.

Leakages are not negligible losses.

Leaks are not in the design plan, and should not be accommodated or converted.

Leaks create sources for ills that end up destroying communities.

It is those accommodated leaks that will breed evil cultures, like corruption and substance abuse, which have a net effect of tarnishing societies.

Communities accommodate leaks at their own peril, and this borders on foolishness as the leaks provide the bedrock for future problems beyond the reach of the same people who had the obligation to plug the leaks.

Red flags should be raised at the initial instance, to avoid instances of trying to uproot a problem that has become entrenched.

While it is never too late to right a wrong, there is wisdom in nipping it in the bud.

Life is fair in that it gives warning in many of the instances where society will eventually pay a huge price for ignoring leaks.

If you see it that means you can correct it.

Make an effort to plug the leak.

*Brian Ngosi is a life coach and motivational writer with a desire to inspire individuals to make a difference for the greater good of society. Brian can be interacted with on: [email protected], Facebook: #BN_inspired or WhatsApp +263772440383