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Here I come with another piece on Money Family or Relation.

We've all come in contact with different people with different ideology on Money Family and Relation , if many are been asked to choose most will choose the former because money is everything like they believed. After all they'll add, family can betray you at anytime or may not even appreciate your effort towards them, so why waste time choosing them when money will change a lot in their lives.

I do agree too, who wouldn't? I mean when you are sick and need a very urgent operation performed on you, isn't money the only thing that can save you? Would your family save you? Would they be even there in the first place? So why choose them?

A lot of well mind answered questions will go on and on..lol..

Remember though, money can solve a lot of things but can it put you in your grave when you die? 😂😂. .. oh I get it ! Maybe your ghost will wake up to give people money to bury you. The truth is ,no one knows when the life ends, we all just have the hope for tomorrow.

I once saw a short video on family and relation. It stated out the difference between a family and a relative.

Family and relatives.

Many definitions are out there stating what relations and families truly is.

In my own terms, Relations are who you are binded with by blood, these people consist of your sisters, brothers, aunt, uncle and others. While Family are people who value you and invest in you. They are people who you can tell your dreams to and they motivates you towards achieving it. They are people you can call on and tell things and they won't belittle you or trash your words, or leave you hanging when you needed them the most.

Though, it is believe that your parents, siblings, uncle's and others are your real families but how true is that? Have seen many cases where a mother as left her child wandering alone when he/she needed to be cuddled, or a father hurting their children physically and emotionally, blaming them for having to come to the world , or where siblings fight and kill each other in order to achieve more than the other and having to compete with one another.

It is sad truly to see that the people we call our blood and term as families aren't one. Then this make you realize that you all just related.

Money, family or relations?

What actually motivated me to write on this is my visitation today to a friend. I once spoke about her in one of my articles about the death of her beloved father.

Today made it the 41 days that he passed on and according to their religion they'll have to pray and make bean cake to be shared to people. But instead the opposite happened, I was a bit surprised though at what I found.

What occured?

On getting there, I met the place empty, I became sad and almost cursed the drug I used for making me sleep off thinking I got there late, I made it there around 9:34 am . Then, I reasoned deeply on why they would have ended things so fast when it still morning.

I walked towards the compound and pressed the door bell and waited for the gate to be opened but no one answered. So I pushed the gate and found it opened, I walked towards the house and saw all doors open, going in with a slow pace, while scrutinizing my surroundings to check if anything was off. I was met with my friends sister who was coming out to open the gate ,she greeted me and I was about to answer when I saw my friend laying on the bare tile with a solemn face. I walk towards her and sat with her, giving her a tight hug . I looked at her face and then she burst out telling me what happened. After my interactions with her, I understood why everywhere was silent.

The families who were to be present for the prayers travelled for a party which was to hold this Sunday... Leaving them alone after promising they'll be there and when they called the people who were to pray, they said they wouldn't be able to do it without the presence of at least one of their families.

The party they went for wasn't to take place today or tomorrow but Sunday and it just half a day journey to the place and they couldn't stay, or divide themselves to be able to attend to this children because of money.

Just like she had said, they'll be a lot of prominent people there and money would be involved also they are people among them who are commissioners and wants to be giving a post where they went to. All was to take place that same Sunday..

This made me realize that people will choose money over and over again against their thought to be loved ones.

It was really sad because she had to start telling people who she had invited to stay home and shouldn't bother coming when they called to confirm if they had began.

I had to make things right in my little way and use my spirit of great vibes to make the atmosphere charged with happiness and she was a bit sad when I was about to leave her.

The rate at which people will sacrifice their loved ones for post or money in such a cruel way is really bad.

I'm not here to judge anyone's opinion on what they'll choose but remember that money won't solve everything.

If I were to question those people on why they had chosen the party to their own dead blood brother praying day, they'll have something to say. After all the dead are gone and let the living continue leaving their lives to the fullest.

We all have our life challenges but try to be there for people, it might be their turn today and yours next. Will never know.

Just like she had said, if they could leave us(elder brother, sister and herself) at this stage when it not even up to half a year our father died then we shouldn't expect anything from them and neither should they! .

Now, check yourself deeply and ask yourself this question, are you a Family or a relation? Or you are plainly for the money.

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Writer Balikis

Date: 17 February 2022.