The Vision Of A Brave Kid.
**Some people sometimes see things that are not permitted to be seen by men when they are permitted to be seen.**
You might have guessed what I am insinuating, yes I am talking about the supernatural beings around us who only show themselves to us when they desire. But I know some people still don't believe in those things.
***The Irish satirist Jonathan Swift said "Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others"***
**I remember my encounter with what seem like a ghost or most likely a jinn, because whose ghost would want to taunt a Nine(9) year old.**
*Yeah I was about that age when I saw it. It was dark in the night at around 9pm I was sent on an errand to get sugar at the nearest shop.*
*So I got the sugar and I came back into the house and right when I walked in, passed the veranda and behold! right inside the corridor at the left corner something white just flashed at the side of my left eye, I didn't pay attention to it at first until when I went out the corridor because I entered in a rush,* ***then it came back to my mind that I saw something.***
*I walked back slowly then it appeared, it was really something that I saw. And it is white completely, I looked closely again and it looked like a person standing, I moved and looked closer and behold! it looked like a lady with a big white hijab. This time I was not more to than seven feets away. As a stupid fearless little boy that I was I thought it was my mom playing a prank on me, but I was getting weird, I was wondering if that is my mom, then why is she not talking me. why is she just standing there?*
*The courageous me called out to her–mama! mama! But there was no answer and this time it gets really weirder and my heart is starting to ring an alarming bell of discomfort. With my shaking voice I called out again this time way slower Mama! Ma ma! Again no response, and the whole corridor was so freaking silent you could even here the sound of the spiders moving and making their web, others wrapping up their prey. Things are becoming so uncomfortable right now, all that is going on in my brain was what the hell is going on right now.*
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*Why is my mom not answering, foolish me! I leaned a bit to get a closer look at her, I looked down at her feet but I don't see any feet, they seemed covered under the long whatever white stuff is covering them because this time I'm getting a feeling that that is not my mom. I looked up slowly to her face and behold! the face is all white like thesame white fabric she was wearing.*
*What was more scary, was those damn eyes that were swinging left and right and then rolling clockwise so freaking fast, and they were looking right at me. And I was like what the hell is going on now? And I finally realized it, that is not my mom and whoever that was is not effing human. But guess what the brave me did?*
*I called out Mama! Again, just for confirmation. And when I didn't get an answer I had to give up now. I remembered what I used to from my grandma and what mostly our people used to say about jinns; that if you see a jinn and you got terrified, your body hair openings will open and the jinn will have a way to get inside your body. I remember that so I tried not to panic or show that I was scared. I silently draw back slowly and went inside.*
***I went inside I saw my mom and dad in the sitting room.*** *I gave my dad the message that I was sent for, the message that had almost ended me.haha! It wasn't funny. I didn't say anything to anyone and I kept my mouth shut just thinking about it.*
*About five to ten minutes later, my dad sent me out again. I almost told him that I can't go, that I saw something that night. But that wasn't the first time I saw something similar and unusual deep in the night when I wake up or in my dreams. So I didn't want create a scene, plus my mind and guts at the time were daring me to go and see what happens. A test of faith, hah!*
*But to my amazement when I went back the second time there was nothing there, it was gone. And I was relieved and I salute myself for being so brave at such young age. It was after a long time have passed that I opened up about the incident.*
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***Have you ever had an encounter with the supernatural, were you scared or not?***
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**February 5.**
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Leaders Or destroyers Of Tomorrow?
**In a society inhabited by ethical individuals, children are essential for the further growth and development of that society. A society like that strive to produce children, siblings or kins that will carry on its legacy to the unforseen future.**
Elders, parents and community leaders tend to make all efforts in educating and training their children in other to shape them into thesame nature that their parents and everyone in the community or society grew up in. **In other words they try to impose or mold the children according to their ethics, norms and values.**
***So any child, boy or girl will literally grow up to be as ethical as is required from him by his parents, his elders and his leaders. He will grow up knowing what is right and wrong and very well mindful of what is a crime and a sin, and knowing exactly the given consequences, punishment, shame, humiliation and embarrassment that comes with being an outlaw or rebel to the stated norms.***
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**Some are rich some are poor, some are royalty with shiny position while some low borns.** But all may share thesame norms,values and ethics. No society will develop and prosper without these values. At least non that I know of.
**However, today, life is becoming twisted and complicated, things are changing, ethics are being ignored, norms and values are being abused. And is terrifying.**
Looking at how children these days are turning into something one can hardly recognize, children don't follow their parents footsteps anymore. They don't follow their societal ethics. They do what they see fit with no second thought and thought of the consequences in the future. **It is unbelievable and horrific.**
The area I live in currently, there are children, young adult or teenagers who are just becoming nuisance gradually each day. They have abandoned all reason for school and just want party, club and do stuff that thugs and wreched children do.
Can you imagine two secondary school, teenagers a boy (17years old) and a girl (15years old) got pregnant?? The girl no doubt will always be the one who suffers most, as she had to drop out of school to take care of herself and the baby. **Because of the burden she and the boy put on themselve. How disappointing and disgusting.**
Teenagers today between the age of 14 above are already smoking weed and other harmful substances. What is worse is some are into keeping bad companies, joining cult and other bad organizations for fun or other groundless reasons.
Few are trying to join a legal business or go into some legal entertainment activities to earn some income, some still try to be in school. **But majority are busy trying so hard to be called "Hard guy" as they love to claim. How pathetic.**
The girls are no different, although not as spoilt as the boys but they are not bringing much positive image to the society. They hang around boys and rich uncle's otherwise called sugar daddies, they get spoiled and then discarded.
**We keep hoping that these children of tomorrow will grow one day and fix our nation, carry on our ancestors legacy and make us proud. Develop our country and wipe our tears but I fear for the uncertainty of that future.** *I fear that these so called children of today leaders of tomorrow are not really sure of themselves if they want to be leaders of tomorrow, or if they even have what it takes to stand for us and for this country. I fear they are not that ambitious as expected. How sad.*
**So are they really "children of today leaders of tomorrow" or just children's of today destroyers of today and tomorrow??**
****Conclusion****
I hope children of today will realize what's in front of them and clear their head and stand on the right path to greatness. A path for a brighter future for us and our children to come and our country. I hope they become the guardians of tomorrow, the safekeepers of tomorrow, the architects of tomorrow and the developers of tomorrow. May God bless our children, Amen.
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**February 3, 2022.**
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Message To Ladies And Guys
**Dear ladies, a guy is never just your friend. This article might make some guys happy and some men unhappy, it might make some women happy and some women unhappy. But dig it, thDearis is just some observed facts that I'm about to spill. This is not intended to hurt anyone.**
**They say ladies understand guys better than guys understand ladies.** I'm not sure how accurate that is. Because people differ and different people are so good at hiding wicked intentions behind good intensions. Now when a guy approach a girl he may do that with only one intension in mind which could be obvious at the moment. **But where the problem is, is his other intentions that no one can see, not the lady he is with, not his friends and not even HIM.**
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**Today most men have a hidden dirty or wicked intentions and agendas in their minds when they are courting a lady.** Some have dirty intents from the first day they mate the lady whereas some develop the intent afterwards depending on how free and close they are with the lady. Yes, **men are cunning and dangerous.**
A girls intentions may be crystal clear right from the beginning because she planted it there on her own, but mostly a **guys intention develop slowly with every chance he gets depending on the girls attitude towards him.**
Now the issue is how ladies keep male friends while they are in a relationship. I find it hard to understand why they believe is okay or we as their men should be unquestionably okay with it. They do it without regard to our feelings and our opinions but mostly for their own pleasures and joy.
I agree that everyone deserves to have a friend who will cheer him up and give him some joy but I don't believe it has to be from other gender. It just doesn't make much sense to me. Some use to say that just because a guy and a girl are being friends doesn't mean they have feelings for each other or there is something between them.
But I got these from a lady, a brutal honest lady, and she said this **"being just friends, between a guy and a lady is a lie, there is always a one sided feeling"** either the guy has hidden feelings that he is afraid to utter or the lady has. Either way one must have some affections and attraction towards the other. And if the other should give the chance, then stuff will happen. This may not be applied to everybody but I'm sure it can be applied to most people.
And I for one believe that it will take an extremely, down to earth ethical, holy and religious man to turn down a beautiful, sexy and a brilliant lady's advances towards him, or for him to have the strong ability to control his feelings, desires and emotional urges for her. **Highly unlikely.**
**If one tries to take advantage the other may decline, but that will only be so as long as the other didn't say YES.** But for how long can someone restrain himself from the advances and temptations of an attractive person. Hard to say, no one knows for sure.
But yet they get angry and upset when we doubt their friendships and faithfulness. Take this from a man**_Men are dangerous, I know my gender should not be trusted to be extra faithful and gentle when with a beautiful lady,NEVER.**
****Conclusion****
Ladies, please Understand we are not always comfortable with your male friends or besties, and no we don't find it cool that you confine us and then confide in your male bestie when you should be confiding in us. Is not like we don't trust you the problem is, we can't trust the other guy, we can't trust that he won't take advantage of your friendship and make his move.
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**February 2.**
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Fear Of Leaving Home.
**Do you also use to have that unexplainable fear when you are about to travel or have a journey to a far far place or is it just me? It is so inexplicable, with the heavy breath on your chest and something just sitting there on your throat that you can't get out.**
**I just hope I'm not the only one.**
The reason for me to this fear is the journey that I have been thinking of and looking forward to, a journey that is fast approaching, a journey which might keep me away from home for a long period of time, a journey that I'm not sure where I am going and where my destination is, a journey I have been waiting for and eager to make but now I'm scared to even start preparation for.
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**I have been like this since I was young, so young.** I remember when as a kid when my mom wants to travel to see her mom in kaduna state. She would be begging me to join her on her trip but I would so ardently refuse and will always choose to stay at he with my dad. **I have been wondering why I'm like that, why am i being like this. But really,I don't know for sure.**
I know I used to be scared of the road, due to the multiple terrible accidents I used to hear about, the attacks by armed robber at that time. **But now my fear has gotten even worse.**
**Yeah! Worse.**
You might be thinking that may be because I'm about too old to be fraud of a simple journey, but no, it has actually gotten worse. I mean why wouldn't it, with the increased rate of accidents and **what's more worse; banditry and kidnapping of travellers? Yeah I think I have the right to be worried a little.**
The fact that I hate driving for more than the time of my comfort, is mostly due to my distrust on the the driver himself, the other passengers, the road itself and any other factor that will make me feel uncomfortable. **You can say I have a big trust issue. Yes I do.**
Even though nothing is going to happen. **I hate when I put the fate of my life in someone else's hand. Is uneasy.**
Now out of the road and safe. My next fear is I might be going to a place where I don't know a single soul, an absolute stranger in a strange land. How terrifying.
I never imagine going for NYSC could be this terrifying and discomforting even before you start the journey. What if I went there and can't take good care of myself alone or can't even find a comfortable house to shelter myself in, what if i won't like the place and the people or worse what if the people won't like me. What will I do? That is the question I have been asking myself for long and still haven't found a comforting and finalising answer.
I really don't want to go to a place where I will be in the need to relocate to another place, as I don't want to serve close to home and yet I'm scared of going far. What if I fall sick there, who is going to look after me? Poor me.
I still can't believe that I could stay away from home for about a year and all alone. Imagine that to someone who has never spent more than a week alone away from home. Funny and pitiful, right?
But what i am hardly hoping and praying for is to go to a place where I will develop my talents and skills and improve my experience, I guess that is all what a youth corper are expecting to achieve while serving. **Amen to that.**
**Conclusion**
Whatever the case I just pray that it all go well and by the Almighty's grace I will enjoy wherever I happen to find myself. It will all be perfectly well.
But I just wonder which state in Nigeria will serve me more as corper? I would like to know your opinions.
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**February 1**
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Damaging Heart
**Today, young children are exposed to various kind of unhealthy treatments by adults, their friends and other young children who are older.**
Some children grow up to be broken or depressed, all as a result of what they went through or what others put them through at their early age. It is pitiful when you see children like that, children who were so cute and beautiful but damaged on the inside.
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Every man or human at his young age is said to be kind, gentle and loving. But surprisingly at old age some people turn out to be so ugly, so mean and full of hatred. **So what is the reason? Why do people who were so adorable when they were little children but turn out so corrupt and evil when they grow older.**
**The heart is delicate and shapeless organ at its initial stage.** But it eventually grows into a certain shape in accordance with what kind of treatment and environment it is most familiar with. If the man's heart grows to be familiar with love, kindnes, honesty, happiness, generousity and all other kinds of good emotions and things, then the person will grow to be kind, full of love, honest, happy and generous.
But if the child was nurtured with the opposites like; hatred, cruelty, anger, lies etc. Then that is what he's going to grow up to be.
We must avoid saying harmful words to our little ones, when they hurt us–besides how could a child even hurt a grown person? If they misbehave we should say kind words to them and show them how wrong they are and what the consequences could be. **We should not bully or scold them in a way that will allow them bury some pain within their heart.**
**Parents and teachers, there's a saying that what sticks with children the most is what their parents and or teachers say to them.** If a child is not doing well in school don't hate and start the habits a attacking him or her with harsh words, words like; dumb, lazy or stupid. He is a child and a child believes anything his parents or teacher say to him. So if you call a child stupid, he is going to grow up believing he is stupid. **If you call him dumb, he is going to grow up believing he is really dumb.** And that is not good for anyone. He will grow up being depressed and damaged. And it is your fault as his teacher, as his parents.
A child copies what he sees other people do, especially what his elders are doing, so as an elder try to do good in the presence of your little ones, you're teaching them good indirectly. **Because most children prefer to do what they see from others than to be told what to do.**
If an adult is behaving in a dirty, and inappropriate manner in the presence of a little one, he is indirectly teaching him do be or do thesame. That is why you see kids acting and saying things that will make you wonder who in the world must have taught them so. They saw someone doing thesame and learned from them. It's unfortunate.
****Conclusion****
**A child born around harsh parents and family, raised under harsh treatment. Is a heart under destruction.**
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**January 30.**
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All In or All Out
Be all in or all out there is nothing like being in between, it doesn't count.
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*It's a brand new day in brand new year my dear read cash stars and superstars. It's been a while since my last article, I have been online, but have not released a new article until today, probably because I have been way too busy with other offline jobs or may be because I was so pissed the so called Random rewarder have not been noticing my article or something for some other reason. Or may be because I was considering quitting read cash–Uhmmm... I don't think so, I am just getting started and there is no quitting in me.*
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**All In or All Out**
These days or in this era where most people live and do things for themselves and for their own personal and selfish benefits, **most people have become inconsistent in relationships, love, job , work place and even religion.** People don't see the need to put full efforts in activities they engage in everyday.
**Nobody is perfect** or is it, no body is perfect the correct way to put it? That is sometimes true, but the way people understood this statement have made me think on the possibility that this statement shouldn't have been invented. The reason is because people are using it as an excuse to neglect their responsibilities in life, relationships, jobs , work place and religion.
****Love and relationships****
Today people don't give their best for the people they love, they show little care or ignore them entirely– and when they are confronted for reflection; they use **"nobody is perfect**" as an excuse, as an escape route. And then they move on Without feeling any shame for their Incapabilities. It's sad and annoying at thesame time, it should be this way. **People need to reflect in their actions and make adjustment not only for the people around them but also for their soul.**
****Job and Work****
**If you are performing a task or a job do it with all your heart and put all your Possible efforts.** ***~~**Go All IN.**~~***
And I know that going All IN is not an all good advice when it is related to investments– ***you must never put all you have in one business.***
Put your best in your job or work place, never live a task unfished or undone. Put extra effort, put extra time and put extra talent– **and you will be proud of yourself one day when you look back at what you have done what you have achieved by doing so.**
****School****
For students in the college and universities, that always neglect their class and academic activities for some unnecessary and unproductive stuff, need to wise up and do what's best. You are in school to learn, go All IN. Pay attention in class, do your assignments, do some academic research and brainstorming in and outside class or school. **Go All IN.**
**Relationship**
One sided relationship I know you are all familiar with this. People today pretend to be loyal and honest in a relationship but are not even in it. They lie and pretend to care, to love, to be honest and loyal but are not. If you can't truelly do all of that, **then get Out.**
****If you can't go All in then Go all Out and then you don't have to make people suffer the disappointment of your inconsistency.****
****Religion****
Some People in religions whether Islam or Christianity, are only bearing the name of their religion. They are not in compliance with the exact teachings of their religions. That is why we have bad Muslims and bad Christians today. Go all in, learn everything you must learn in your religion and be perfect in it. **Go ALL IN.**
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My First Love
*My first love was kind when she wants to and to whom she wants to, but I always get the full dose. She was so generous to her friends and family, strangers and even animals. She is the best cook I've ever known, I can boldly say she is better than my mom, way better. She took care of me, looked after me more times than my parents have. I was always by her side and she by mine, day and night. We had the strongest bond in the family.*
*And her name was Maryam, late Maryam, my grandma. And we were inseparable until she passed away on February 2018.*
*Time wasn't her friend, you see grandma was so old that not one knew her actual age not even her children, she is the eldest among her siblings and her younger ones are also so old, so there is no one that could know her actual age.*
*But what they usually used to estimate her age is the age of her children and the Nigerian civil war. At that time she already have given birth to five children, my dad is the sixth.*
*The first child (a son) with her first husband was 14 years distance from the second her second child (a daughter) from her second husband (my grandfather). I remember the story she used to tell us about how they used to hide inside a digged hole to escape the risk of being hit by a bullet or some explosives. So they would crawl into a hole and stay inside day and night, she being six months pregnant with my dad. They have been like that till the end of the war. It was a sad story. A war is not something anyone deserve to experience.*
*She is didn't go to to school but I learn about our Nigerian heroes like Nnamdi Azikwe, Tafawa balewa, The Sardauna(Caliphate) of sokoto, Abacha etcetera, right before I was taught in school. She told me how children were force out of their parents homes and taken to schools and how some including her use to hide or hid by their parents inside a well from the English people just so she will not be taken. Hahaha...It was a funny story.*
*I loved that old lady even though my mom had a different experience with her when and my dad got married. But I don't want to share that story. I prefer to share the good part of the story.*
*Because whatever misunderstanding she and mom had, it all ended when I came around. She became my best tough guardian. As a child I was allowed to do whatever I want and no one would dare touch me. Because if you do, You're gonna be taking it up with the old Granny.*
*My dad was very strict and very harsh. And when she came down with illness from hypertension and old age, I was scared shitless of not having anyone around me who would have my back, I was afraid I would be lonely when she left. Because she was a very strong woman and no one has ever showed me so much love than she did.*
*She was born a princess from a royal Fulani family in Kano state. I guess that is why she can't eat anything lowly, have you ever seen a one hundred years old woman with full strong teeth all intact and can eat any meet from morning till the next day without having a running stomach, that is my grandma. She also love animals, there was a time when she had two dogs, lots of poultry; chickens, guinea fowls,ducks, turkeys and pigeons, and a cow and a heard of sheeps and tons of cats in her room raising all in in thesame house. Yeah....our house was like domestic Zoo. She was such a healthy and strong old woman.*
*She died at estimates of a hundred years old from old age. She was a strong, generous, courageous, dauntless and friendly woman. And I miss her so much, May her soul rest in Peace. Ameen.*
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Everyone is BRokEn Somewhere
*Hello read cashers. It's been a while since I wrote an article. I have been so busy lately and couldn't get enough time and composure to sit and write. But I'm back now. It's been a pleasant 2021, for those of us who have faced hardship in the past year, I pray we get deliciously compensated this year and for those who have had a great experience I pray for more.*
*And now allow me to welcome you all into 2022. Happy New Glorious Year Fellas! Yeah I imagine this year is going to be Glorious. Because I smell it and I'm hoping for lots of new changes and Improvements this 2022.*
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**What I want to talk about today is about how some people underestimate or degrade themselves and try to compare themselves with other people who they barely know what is going on in their lives. I hope you like it.**
**EVERYONE IS BROKEN SOMEWHERE**
We are created thesame and perfect but not absolutely perfect. Each and every single one of us is broken somewhere, each and everyone of us is damaged somewhere, each and everyone of us is empty or missing something somewhere and whether you know it or not there's nothing you can do to change it. Because that is God's signature and we can't beat it. I believe there's a reason why we are created this way. Why no human being in the face of the earth is absolutely perfect, who has no deficiency in one part or the other, who has everything at his disposal in his arsenal.
I have seen someone who is rich, beautiful, but is not educated, Someone is educated, beautiful but he is poor, Someone is rich, educated but is not so good looking, Someone is beautiful, educated, rich but is not healthy, Someone is healthy,rich, educated, beautiful but is a devil, and somehow you may find someone who is Poor, not pleasing to the eyes, so unhealthy but is a down to earth genius. That is life.
No, do not be disheartened because your neighbor seem so perfect, don't feel sad because your friend seem to be having the best life while you struggle with your own everyday. The fact is each and everyone of us has something special and everyone has something missing. We all have our own superpowers, some of us realize their own sooner than others, some have their superpowers stashed deep inside them and if only you will look deep within yourself, you will see that you are a star in your own world
Look deep inside yourself and you will see that you have something special only made for you, you will see something that your friend or neighbor doesn't have.
So in whatever situation you may find yourself, do not falter, be grateful. Don't give up on yourself, you're better than someone with something and that person is also better than you in something. We all have our flaws and we all have our gifts. Whoever you are and whatever you do, you should know that you are great.
**William Shakespeare** once said "some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness struck upon them."
So even if you are not born great you can strive hard to achieve greatness. You can't depend on miracles to happen to you you have to work for it. Work for it in the way that you don't put yourself in a difficult position and look pathetic. Work with what you have.
And stop trying to be like other people around, because you don't know what it takes to be like them. It is pathetic, how people try so hard to become someone they are not. I wonder why people have to go Putting themselves through so much unnecessary stress and pressure just to impress others or to be noticed by others. What is funny is the people whom you're are trying so fervently to impress are so englobed in their own life minding their own business, and some of them don't even care about who you are or what you do.
WE ARE ALL GIFTED With something
Once again, Happy New Year Fellas.
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Oh boy boyy! I just received my first sponsorship payment from my only sponsor @FarmGirl Thank you dear friend.
I have learned since childhood to care less about most things, care more about some things, care lesser about somethings, zero care about lots of things.
I have learned that not everything and everyone deserves your attention, but all deserve your charity.
I have learned that lying is evil, and the tongues is a dangerous weapon.
My New year(2022) wishes
**A huge gratitude to all my viewers, likers, commenters and upvoters. I'm still searching and hoping for sponsors though.**
*Christmas is over and I hope you all had a wonderful celebration. So Happy boxing day.*
*Is now five days untill 2022, a whole brand new year. I pray to the Almighty to make it the best among the previous years, and of course hoping that COVID19 be finally defeated and eradicated.*
*2019 and 2020 have been...kinda tough years for me well I presume they've been to almost everyone around the world with all the COVID-19 pandemic cases going on. But for me the worse in those two years is me experiencing failures, two years delays in chasing my dream carrier, going broke for a long time that I can't remember, relationship heart break and disappointments. Phew! But is all fine now and I guess things could have been worse, So I'm utmostly greatful to the Most High, I feel like God planned something special for me, and I hope it starts revealing itself this new year. Oh may be it already has_ I mean I'm on read.cash. and I wouldn't have known about read.cash if things have gone my way.*
*So I guess is not all that bad. Like they say* ***there's always a blessing in all hardship and delays.*** *Not really sure if that's how the saying goes but I know you get the point.*
*So before 2022 is finally here, I would like to share some of my new year wishes with you nice people.*
***My 2022 wishes***
***1. A successful NYSC Mobilization***
*I have been waiting to be mobilized for like decades since I officially graduated about six months ago. But unfortunately I'm still sitting. But I'm still calm because I'm not the only one waiting, since like half my course mates are still waiting. Don't get me wrong I'm not happy that I'm not the only one delayed.*
*So I hope for all of us waiting to be successfully shortlisted and mobilized come 2022.*
***2. A favourable deployment***
*I pray that where ever I'm deployed to, should be a place that people are really surviving and living life. I don't know where I'd be deployed to but whichever part of the country I'm lunched to I hope is nice and affordable place for me to live and has lots of opportunities.*
***3.More sources of income***
*Multiple Sources of income can never be too much, I wish I can have like 20 sources of income or more. Yes, I love money. .but waking up everyday and knowing you're gonna have a bigger bank account is reliving.*
***4. A Successful service year.***
*I wish to conclude my service year with zero hiccups and concentrate more on my life.*
***5. Obtain ICAN Certificate and pursue my carrier***
*ICAN is an accounting body meaning the Institution of chartered Accountants of Nigeria. So as an Accounting graduate, is very important sit for and pass it's exams to become a chartered accountant.*
***6. More and More BCH***
*And lastly but not the list I want to have a gigantic wallet of BCH. Thanks to read.cash i have hope for that.*
***Thank you dear read.cash friends. I will highly honor your support and sponsorship.***
Poorly planned innovation a major cause of inflation.
Good morning fellas!
The high rate at which products price continue to increase is scary. And no one is doing anything to fight it. Prices of foods and other products keep rising from time to time. Six years ago who would have believed that a single egg could cost up to 60-70Naira. Groundnut oil today costs 4-6 times the price it was 10years ago.
Today a small income earner cannot afford to buy rice for his families because a bag of rice is almost equal to his monthly income. Even water is expensive these days. And what's worse is majority of workers income is not changing at any considerable rate, some is not even changing at all and even getting worse by the day.
Just look at it this, how would people feed themselves if the food available in the market costs more than they are earning? How would they feed themselves and their families, how would they pay for their children's education, how would they pay for their health care, what about their rent and other necessary bills? How are they going to cater for these expenses if their monthly earning is not even enough to feed them for a while month? It is horrific.
It's strange and disappointing that no one is fighting to solve these pressing issues, yet everyday new entrepreneurs keep coming into the market creating new businesses. But I guess is because Nigerian entrepreneurs are not creating businesses with the aim of solving societies problems. Rather they creat businesses with the sole aim of getting richer by the end of the year. Terrific.
If only they will look deep into the market, into the society and see the biggest struggle that people face and then try to see what is causing such problem and then strategically find a way or try to innovate a business that could solve such struggles, would they not have made more profit.
Take fish and egg for instance, why is egg too cost and sold for 60-80Naira each? If you ask poultry farmers they'll say chicken feeds and drugs is expensive. And yes chicken feeds has skyrocketed in recent years. But why is the price of chicken feeds high today,what is the cause? This is the question farmer should be asking themselves and not just ask the question, try to cultivate an idea that can be practically applied in order to solve this problem. If we know the cause of a problem then we can easily find a way to solve it.
To solve a problem we must first know the cause of the problem, and then formulate a solution. If chicken feeds is too expensive why can't we find a substitute or produce a different type of feed at a lower price but as well effective or better.
The Fish I used to buy at N100 is now N300, I was shocked when I first experienced this. Why is fish this expensive now, I don't know yet. But I hope things will change. But I'm not sure they will. Because in this country whatever price goes up, it hardly comes down.
Inflation is an economic problem that should not be taken lightly. We should not wait for government to solve it for us. We as individual marketers, business men and small traders should try to avoid it. Most products in this country today are expensive not because their cost of production is higher but because of the thirst for bigger profit by business owners,marketers and managers. They increase the price of some products just because the price of other products have risen. They show zero consideration to the income of their customers, zero care whether their customers will be okay with the increased price. Some hoard food stuff and other products just to creat their scarcity and increase their price in the market. This is uncalled for.
We need to learn to love for others what we love for ourselves. The mercy we show to others is thesame mercy the Almighty will show to us. Let's be people that fight against our country's problems not be its advocates. I pray for change and a better Nigeria.
God bless Nigeria. Happy Christmas and happy new year.
Happiness Vs Contentment
Heyy read.cash stars, it's been a while.
Some recent posts goad me to write this article. Hope you'd like it.
**What is happiness?**
Is it joy and laughter, does having a huge bank account defines happiness? Does happiness have anything to do with going to parties and clubbing and drinking and dancing Or does having the biggest company of friends make you happy Or having the prettiest chick or driving the coolest car in the neighborhood ?
All these things are just driving tools that trigger our positive emotions but are not necessarily the things that make us really happy.
**Happiness is an emotional state characterised by feelings of joy, satisfaction, contentment and fulfilment.**
*According to the oxford dictionary "happiness is the state of pleasurable contentment of mind"*
So if you look closely you will see that non of those things I said earlier are a source of happiness.
*John Stuart Mill "I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them"*
As human beings, the things that make us happy, make us happy because our brain is telling us that that will make us happy. And we believe it.
Now would you believe that as people we are naturally slaves to our own minds. We eat when our mind tell us to, we sleep when it tells us to, we laugh we cry because our mind is controlling us to do so, and there's nothing we can do about it.
We tend to find pleasure in certain things because we feel they'll please our mind and make us happy. Whether it be going out with friends and party, cracking jokes and bullying others, watching TV and artists for entertainment; music, comedies, dancing, clubbing and sex. People do all these things in pursuit for happiness and pleasing the mind.
But the irony is no matter how much of all these things a person can have, he will be still be unhappy if his heart is in discontent. Because contentment with self is key to real happiness.
**What is Contentment?**
***Contentment is being satisfied with oneself and what one has.***
If you have all the money in the world and all the girls and luxuries in the world, they will not make you happy if you're not content. ***Being content means you have accepted whatever situation you're in, whether favourable or unfavourable****.*
For example, Look at the nice old small trader sitting in front of your street, see how happy he carry out his daily business. He may not have all the world but he's happy with what he has. Impressive, isn't it? Conversely, there are thousands of rich people in the world who are not comfortable with even the people around them, not satisfied with what they have. Most are rich but bad health or something they are lacking has made them unhappy.
Just as ***Siddhartha*** said ***"Health is the most precious gain and contentment wealth"***
you can be the richest man in the world but only good health and contentment will define your happiness.
**Zhuang Zhou** wrote*"A gentleman who profoundly penetrates all things and is in harmony with their transformation will be contented with whatever time may bring. He follows the course of nature in whatever situation he may be"*
**Socrates** said it best **"he who is not contented with what he has, would not be contended with what he would like to have".**
Therefore happiness is not what we think it to be. It is something that is internal not external, it is something within us, in our mind and spirit. A happy man will be happy when he make some achievements but the moment he lost them he's back to being sad and unhappy. But a content man is always a happy man regardless of what little he has. A man who is content is a man who believes that his happiness does not come from material things, he believes that only he or his God can make him happy and nothing or no one else.
So ladies and gentlemen, instead of trying to be happy, try to be content and satisfied with what you have and God will make you happy. Because being content is the best way to find happiness. Merry Christmas and happy new year.
Thank you for reading.
It's another morning and it's three day left to Christmas. I've been fantasizing what the Christmas day is going to be like and how many gift I'm going to receive. My dear christian friends I've been thinking and have come up with an idea of what the best Christmas gift is going to be. It's BCH. You don't need to worry about buying gifts just send me some BCH. Merry Merry Christmas. 🌲☃️🌲🌨️❄️☃️💖
Good morning read. Cash stars. Damn! This December came in strong, with the cold and everything. I was so deep in my bed waiting for the morning sun to shine, little do I know is already after 9. And I'm late for work.
My attractions, repulsions and what keeps me around.
**What attracts me is not what keeps me**
Yesterday has been such a long and busy day . I couldn't even get a chance to think of something good to write here...because my mind is so exhausted.
The day is finally over and I was sitting in front of the house with a friend gisting about relationships. Then he was talking about what attracts him to a lady, his likes and dislikes. He gave his own interesting points on why he prefer a lady with some certain qualities and so and so. And I also shared my own opinions serious ones and sarcastic ones. It was a funny conversation.
*But the thing about me is I'm kinda diverse and dynamic when it comes to relationships. What attracts me is not always what keeps me.*
**Now allow me to share with you some of my view points regarding my attractions, repulsions and what will keep me.**
**Attractions:**
1. As you must have guessed and generally what attracts a man at first sight to a lady is **her beauty, her physical attraction.** The beauty in her face and body, i don't care about her complexion as long as she's pretty. Then her body structure(moderate body, not too slim, not too chubby)Hight; preferably tall but not talker than me, I'm about 6.5 feet...so if she's taller than me...hah! then she's too tall.
2. Second one is **her maturity.** Not just by age but by her attitude, character and behavior. I hardly tolerate ladies who act silly and too childish. I get so captivated by those maturedly well behaved girls.
3. **Intelligence, common sense and Sense of responsibility.** Lots of people have great intelligence but few among them are capable of using common sense. A girl with both intelligence,common sense and sense of responsibility is like the **most precious gem to me. She knows things and always take responsibilities for her actions.**
4. **Respectful**. Respect is very vital organ in a person and the lost of it is very crucial to a relationship. Therefore a respectful lady is a perfect gift.
**Repulsions**
*This things always win in pushing me out of a relationship. I just can't tolerate them, probably because of my sensitivity. Yeah I get a bit sensitive at times.*
1. **Talkative and Lying.** Some girls are kin to telling lies because they talk too much. And don't get me wrong I like girls who talk alot, who always have something to say. But if what they will open their mouth to say is a lie then I'll definitely pass on that. And if they do it constantly I get bored,tired and annoyed.
2. **Unclassy and unreserved.** Have you ever had a girl that you're in a relationship with became friends with guys, total strangers right in front of you? And welcomes every guy that opens teeth and smile at her. That is very annoying and a major turn off.
**What keeps me**
The beauty of a girl may attract me but what will keep me stuck with her is her **good character, Good manners, intelligence, sense of responsibility and ethics**.
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So that's it, thank you for reading my read.cash people. What's your opinion?
Being The First Born
Is being the first born a blessing or a curse?
This is the question I always ask myself whenever I feel stressed out
I use to wonder, what if I was born second or last or just somewhere in the Middle
Would things have been different for me?would i have been more happier or would I be more sad or more....well more of whatever younger siblings feel?
I understand that, as the elder, is only natural that you take the lead and set example for your younger ones.
You're expected to take charge in family matters, represent the family, protect the family, make the family proud, make your family proud by making other families proud, make your family proud by making your relatives proud.
But what about making yourself proud?
You see as soon as we're born we're burdened with too much expectations from our parents before we even ignite our own ideas.
The father may say my boy is going to be a doctor or an engineer or a lawyer, an accountant, a banker.
Our parents begin to make plan for us what they wanted but failed to achieve for themselves, hmph... ironic, right?
Is like as soon as they set their eyes on us all they see is the reincarnation of themselves, them in a new life in a different time.
And this time their life is going to be different. Different from the one they're currently leaving. And all they have to do is make sure they put all their undivided attention on this kid.
Teach him to be a father a mother a brother a sister a friend and a leader even before he has his own child, before he make his own friends, before he understands the world, before he knows himself.
He learn to take care of others before he could berely take care of himself.
Is like we're prototypes. We get shaped and structured, and then restructured and re-restructured many times until we are a perfect creation.
I guess that's why we are able to quickly adapt to changing conditions.
They make us dive and catch like goal keepers all kinds of cool and also the shitty parenting ideas. But I guess is fair
We have to be the human guinea pigs
for the sake of our siblings
I wish we had our own guinea pigs
before they pushed us out into this world. If that is even possible while we remain first borns
Why do first borns suffer twice or more of their families difficulties?
I guess that's why we're smarter and stronger emotionally, spiritually and physically.
And If just like the shred pieces of a carbage and an onion that covers the outer layer of the body like a shield taking on all the world's nasty dirt so that all the protected inner layers can come out strong, hot, Sweet, clean and neat.
Then I'm proud being the first born.
Thank you for taking the time read. Please comment your views concerning first Borns.
Most people complain about this harmattan season in Kano, but for me I feel this weather was meant for me. I dont mind the cold air, it is so refreshing. Only the haze is my problem, and that you can't take a long walk outside with your eyes wide open because of the dust the breeze carry. So whats best for this weather is stay indoors, watch TV, play videogames, eat and sleep. Good day.
The Truth Is Hard T Fathom
The Truth Is Hard To Fathom
The truth is painful, sometimes people hear truth as rudeness but is not. The truth is just the truth and Sometimes it cannot actually be truth if it doesn't hurt a little. "The truth hurts" but sometimes it hurts more people than anticipated.
I try sometimes to chew my words before I spit them out or just as they say "listen to yourself before you speak" . And honestly, I use to listen to myself before I speak all the time but most the times I listen to myself and keep my mouth shut because I don't want to hurt myself by hurting the person I'm about to speak to, a bit selfish I use to wonder. But the truth is when I actually do I end up debating with myself if I did the right thing; I mean was I right to stop my mouth from saying what would have actually change that which is wrong_right by saying what actually is, or would I have been right if I had opened up and say things that could have made all that is wrong_worse or would it have fixed everything. Technically, one has to just say things the way they are, in some cases though one need to be gentle, soft, polite, loving, nourishing and supportive.
Well...saying the truth is not always that easy depending on the gravity of the damage it could make. Because the truth sometimes destroy; relationships, friendships, families. Hence the benefits of a GOOD LIE, which confines the brutal truth, keeping it motionless at a controllable state from creating havoc. But there is no doubt that sometimes we need a little more of a lie to protect what we love, a relationship or just someone who might be affected.
The general belief "the truth shall set you free" cannot be applied in all aspects. Because some truth can be a secret that could destroy you or someone for eternity especially when there's guilt attached to it. But of course some secrets are meant to be exposed to save or protect an individual, there's no denying that.
Literally, one need to just pick his poison. One must decide which is better and which is worse. The TRUTH Whether is you who is saying it or someone is sayings it to you, you must decide for yourself If saying and revealing,hearing and acknowledging the truth is betteroff than being ingnorant about it. So PICK YOUR POISON and should always do what is justly right for everyone.
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"I am who I am, accept me or reject me I don't care" this is a statement I hear most people make. The funny thing is most of this people are so bad to the core and they don't care to change.
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