The document discusses the importance of humility. It describes a man who smiled looking in a certain direction with an empty stomach, recognizing that God had provided for humanity. This man treated all people with love and respect, even those with little, because he saw the divine in everyone. For leaders to have the people's trust, they must show humility like this man. The author is proud to call such a humble leader "father" and promises to follow his example of humility so that future generations may learn its true meaning.

1. HUMILITY
I often ask questions like how a man with an empty stomach smiles, when he looks into a certain
direction
I ask questions like what it takes for a bird to finally eat from its neighbor’s window, birds are
lovely right, and might be humble I guess
I got answers which weren’t befitting my questions, but as clouds opens and blessings contacted
the ground, providing fragrance of nature, I found my answer
You are my answer, how can a man have it all and still be humble, how can a man have it all and
still treat people with love and respect, how can he have it all and with a smile on his face, dine
with some who have just little
Do you still need an answer about the man, who with an empty stomach smiled just looking at a
certain direction, of course no, you are the answer, he smiled because he saw you
He knew God never forgot humanity while creating you, the man knew you are the voice of the
people, he knew you are the only way people can be heard or seen, he knew that, like nest to a
bird, you are a sanctuary to men
For your kind of men, when daughters pray for fathers they weren’t just praying for someone
they will call dad, that will love them alone, but rather a man that the universe will call father
I am a daughter and I am proud to call you father, like the best perfume ever made, your humility
was, the first contact I had, in this home we call place of work
Father thanks for showing me a way, and like chicks to mother hen, I will trail in it
And when I become a mother, like a sailor, I will sail humanity with humility, paving ways for
children in the universe to see the true meaning of life, so when they walk on earth, they will
walk with humility
©Fatima Muritala