A fateful day
Today should have been a good day and a pleasant day but unfortunately it turned out not to be. Actually it's been bad right from yesterday evening, although everyday should be a good day and we should smile at whatever situation we go through since everything happens together for good but I doubt there'll be any good to come out of all these that happened to me.
Last night, we all went to charge at a friend's house since the electricity company didn't supply us power and our generator has been faulty and we have chosen to ignore the generator since we have always been getting enough supply for the electricity company. I left my phone in the safe keeping of my brother since he was there, immediately he came home past 10pm, he said he left my phone because he was thinking I'd leave it over the night meanwhile I wanted to upload an article last night.
I then ran back to get my phone but unfortunately when I got to the place, they were already asleep and I couldn't get it. I just came home and slept hoping to get it this morning.
I woke up, did my normal chores and got my phone but my data got expired, I was like *"what the hell is this"* because I didn't plan to make another data subscription anytime soon, I just put on my pods and listened to music as usual, then I got inspired to write another article in my *WPS* *office* I write there before uploading here on readcash, after writing the article completely in my private space, I ate and decided to post the first article in the evening and the second one tomorrow morning, if only I had uploaded one of them.
After eating, I watched anime as usual and didn't buy another data subscription because I wasn't having enough money on me lol, so I slept and had a long sleep, it's been long I've been in need of it. I woke up and decided to post my article and opened my WPS office with excitement about my already written article just to see that all my written previously articles and the newly written once just disappeared, I wanted to shout but I kept my cool and cleared cache and all, hoping it'd come back but all was to no avail.
Now I don't even know what to do because literally everything isn't going how I expect it to be, well that's life. I'll just smile my way through all because that's all that matters, but right now, I'm devastated.
After a long break from readcash
It been months now since I last logged into my readcash account, it not like I intended to be away for that long, I wish things would have gone the way I wanted it to, I got to know readcash through my big bro @FashTioluwa if you look well, you will notice our name look alike, I still wonder why my dad had to give us same name, there is only one name that differentiate our names and I like it like that because all the respect he got from people in community, while he was leaving for school, it was like he dropped all the respect for me so I started using his nickname "Fash"
After he left for school, the motivation to write had gone, he is the big writer in the family, so every morning he would ask me if I had written my "today's article" and I would answer no, he would start giving me topic and encourage me to write and through that I was writing and everything was going well, I used my data wisely. But after he had gone back to school, I drifted away from the purpose or part he had set me on.
I started using my phone to play online game, spending most of my time and money in pleasure or things that won't bring returns, though while he was in school, he do ask and I kept on saying no, until one day, he never asked again.
He got back home recently and I asked him for money which he gave me to do my subscription, after which I have done that, I started playing online game again and this got him pissed, he went ahead to get some food, he bought things for everyone in the family except for me. I asked him why and he said "I have empowered you to make wealth but you still choose to beg and I won't encourage that" it was a painful word, I couldn't play game for that day, I kept on thinking, if I had been consistent for the last 2month, I would have had enough money to get those little things I wanted.
Many of you might not know him, but he is one of the big league on readcash, he is the author of Welcome to Readcash Academy, I know I don't have much subscribers like him but I hope I can make a change from now on like him, he is my big hero here on readcash and in the real world.
I would like to apologize to all my sponsors for misusing the faith they had in me, I'm sorry, I wish I knew how tasking this was, but with my faint heart and unseriousness I must have lost the faith you had in me. Please let's start from where we left.
Also I would like to mention some important people that were my friends then, I hope they haven't forgotten me too, the likes of @Lucifer01 @Olasquare @Success1 @Kristofferquincy @Balikis and many more I can't remember their names, with time, I believe we would be able to catch up again. I'm sorry I went for so long, but I'm back for Good. @TheRandomRewarder do not look at my past mistake and forsake me 😢, have mercy on me for my brother sake. I promise to change now. Also if you haven't met him, you should check him out, he told me he would be publishing another part of Readcash Academy today.
I don't have much to say now, but I will be back again with a lot, I would be active and interact well again too.
The scorching sun
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We can all testify to the fact that the sun these days has been very hot unlike the past 10 years, the heat in our houses can literally make one run outside to sleep lol, but it hasn't been like this before, why's it so hot now? Read through and know why.
The Ozone layer is a natural occuring covering of gas in the upper atmosphere that protects human and other living creatures from the direct ray of the sun, the ozone layer has a very small concentration in the upper atmosphere but about 90% of it exists in the stratosphere (i.e the second layer of the earth atmosphere), the first layer is the troposphere.
The Ozone layer primary and secondary job is to protect us from the ultraviolet ray and the heat from the sun which is extremely harmful to humans and life on Earth but now it is depleting and the sun is getting hot and slowly we're being exposed to the ray of the sun, although the depletion is always slow. The wavelength of the ray can cause sunburn, cancer, blindness and acid rain.
The main cause of the ozone layer depletion is as a result of the release of manufactured chemical such as foam blowing agents, halocarbon refrigerants and the rest into the atmosphere. These chemical are also known as Ozone Depleting substance. All these are produced from man's activities here on earth, smoke from foundry, release from Air Conditioner and Fridge, smoke from the dirt we burn in the street and release from our cars.
Although a body was put together to reduce the depletion of the ozone layer but it wasn't enough because it would be like stopping man's activities on Earth, the body put together is called Montreal Protocol and that was in 1987, but they did all they could and the depletion reduced well and the Ozone layer started recovering in 2000, but ever since then it stopped.
***Effect of the ultraviolet ray of the sun on Humans***
It causes cancer and increases sunburn, permanent blindness, acidic rain and eye cataract.
***Effects on plants***
These rays affect the growth on plants and hereby the plants gets implicated with some diseases and eventually end up dieing.
The depletion also affects the marine body, the biogeochemical cycle, even raw materials as well.
**Closing Thoughts**
The heat from the sun is as a result of the depletion of the ozone layer and the depletion is caused by man's activities and the effect of the depletion is very bad on existence of living things on Earth but it can't be stopped. As it has always been said, human will be the end of human. Thank you.
Irrelevant friendship
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Sometimes we humans mistake knowing people and having a friend. We might be so popular in the society or we might know lot of people but that doesn't make everybody we know our friend and that doesn't make us their friend either.
And most times, we have friends whose relationship with us are either mutualism, commensalism or parasitic, I'm using biological terms here but I'd explain all.
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Mutualism relationship or friendship is one whereby two people benefit of from each other, they both gain without having to harm anyone, let me put this more in explanation. You have a friend that you discuss business with and bring business ideas for you so you can both be successful or wealthy.
Commensalism friendship is one whereby one person gains from the other without harming them. In a real life example, if you're in a relationship whereby you're the only one bringing ideas, money and all the resources that's a commensalism.
Parasitic friendship is one whereby only one person gains from the friendship and still causing harm to the other person bringing the gain.
Today, we have lot of people in our life that we share bonds with and all but looking deep down at it, most of those people have never added a dime to use not only in term of money but in all ramifications, now I'm not saying you should expect people to bring business ideas to you because you're all alone but the friendship we're in, what's our gain in it?
I remember one time I had so many people I know and ignorantly, I called the friends lol. These guys only talk about ladies and all, none of them have ever talked about how we can make legit and legal money, all the say is *"****assuming I have money, I'll buy this and that, money's good and all those bullsh*t****".* I remembered when I went to them for advice that I said I have some amount of money and I want to invest in crypto and maybe start trading, immediately they discouraged me and told me the downside to it alone but unfortunately they haven't even tried it out, they judge it based on other's opinion. Yes, I made a mistake of concluding also based on what they said.
Once you realize that the people you're moving with aren't adding to you positively and you've never had any responsible conversation I'd say you should cut them off, there's this thing we Africans say and sincerely I disagree with it, the saying goes thus: ***"Don't cut off anyone, just because someone can't be anything today doesn't mean they won't be something tomorrow"***. If one wants to become something tomorrow, they start today.
Author's message
Learn to let go of people whose relationship is just the same as a parasitic relationship or commensalism, if you have someone who isn't adding to you in any way or isn't making any meaningful conversation, let go of them because that's the only way to grow. If you keep on hoarding friends and all of them don't have ambitions, you'll also lose your ambition, that's just the truth of life. Make responsible friends today and grow.
You are all alone
Yes, you're alone in this world. You are all alone in this mortal existence, you're the only one that's got you and will never give up on you, sure your family might be there to back you up but trust me, you're all alone and alone you are. I'll be illustrating this with a little story as usual.
There's this cool headed and ready to fight for his friend guy named Chris, he has always been there for his friends whenever he needed them, even when they are suicidal and they couldn't sleep, he'll be there to comfort them. Sometimes he doesn't sleep just to ensure he makes one of his friend sleep so no one will comit suicide but mind you he wasn't doing it for any personal gain and he never asked for anything he return, he just did it as the good human he is.
There was once a time his friend was having this anxiety of a thing and he became a therapist lol, he went to learn about it and how to get over it and most of friends are female though. He sometimes goes out of his comfort zone to help them and they always get better after talking to him because he has the comforting words in his mouth, someone told him to be a life coach instead but that's not his calling.
One certain day, he was having an unrest in his mind and didn't know what caused it, he said to himself ***"this unrest is either caused by him not speaking to his friend for a while"*** because he kind of got attached to the friend nothing so emotional but later on he realized that wasn't it, it was because the friends he has been comforting for a long time started giving off some weird vibe but they said it's stress from school and he understood.
Then he told a friend called Anna about the unrest in his heart, like he poured his heart out and this is something he'd never do but he did it because he felt they're both friends but her reply broke him the most, her reply was "**umm, I don't know, go settle it yourself I'm busy with school**". He was like "***wow, okay*** " he ditnt say anything. Then he was like probably she's not the one to comfort him then he seek to another friend and explained and her reply was same with Anna. Then the unrest became more heavy in his mind, but there was no one else to turn to since everyone was saying same thing and he can't keep on telling people how he truly feels.
And on a particular day, he realized that he's all alone and he has to battle his demons himself and surprisingly he turned of the switch to care like most vampires do lol. And after doing that, he had rest.
Author's message
You battle your demons alone, no one will fight for you, humans can only try and assist but when the battle gets tough, you'll fight your battle alone and you should be prepared against that time.
Looks like I've been gone for ages, I've missed it here. Although I'm not fully back, but I'll be interacting for now. I missed you all.
Thank you @FashTioluwa for the new sponsorship, I feel so honored and I'm glad. I'm grateful, you shall continue to be blessed.
Thank you @FashTioluwa for the new sponsorship, I feel so honored and I'm glad. I'm grateful, you shall continue to be blessed.
Your company
There's this popular saying that I've always been against, maybe it's out of ignorance or I don't like how it is being said but now I agree with it, and the saying is "***show me your friend and I'll tell you who you are"***. I've been against is it because I do say ***"what if you're friends with someone who does social vices and all, but you'll be the one to change the person for good since change is constant"***, but now I've realized that if you can't beat them, you'll join them. I'll be analyzing everything with a story.
Daniel who has been a straight A student and has been excelling perfectly in his academics, changed school suddenly because his parents changed location and hence Daniel has to follow them. In his new school, they also have a wonderful school settings, their laboratory are of high specs, well qualified teachers and they have everything a student will need in his academics.
But the first set of friends Daniel made were all students who are struggling with their classes and they have no interest to move higher in class, they're all well comfortable with their bad results and they also engage in drugs. Then Daniel was doing normal in his academics and he was coping despite that he's in a new learning environment. Unfortunately for him, he can't see the future if not he'd have changed the friends he was moving with because they were about to change him and do thing he never thought he'd ever do in his mortal life.
Daniel was trying to persuade them to read, he gave them access to the private garage his dad gave to him for his studies, so they would come and read after school and they'd all spend time together, but the so-called friends Daniel made started doing otherwise in his garage. They'd do drugs and kiss and play till the reading session is over, Daniel is always believing he's their messiah and he'll change them for good.
People started telling him to stay away from them but he won't listen because he sees himself as a good person but one fateful day, they told him to try a drug and they described how he'll use it, the first day he declined and told them never to try him with something like that ever again but the Devil never stops when he sets his eye on a target.
Another day, they just said it as a joke and he didn't say anything because they were joking and they left a piece of the drug on purpose, then he saw it when cleaning his garage after they all left. And he thought in his mind ***"what exactly is in this drug that they love so much, what if I try it and see what they feel so I can understand them better afterall they're my friends and they'll never poison me"*** and in that particular moment was when Daniel's life started drifting apart.
He then took the drugs and he felt like he was in cloud 9, he felt so high and was happy and shouting in his garage. The next day, he didn't mention it at school, he just acted normal. At their usual meeting spot in Daniel's garage, he opened up to them and they told him to try it so he'll understand them more and more, then he took another one and another one and another one till he forgot himself and got lost in drugs. Then he started performing poorly in school that the principal had to call him and talk to him, but all was to no avail, they contacted his parents but nothing changed yet.
Daniel got fed up of his parent advice daily and left their house and he left school. That was how Daniel life drifted apart and he became a nuisance.
Author's message
There's no such thing as a messiah in a friendship, it's okay to actually try, but when you see you can't change them, you leave because you'll slowly start becoming like them and you'll do things you'll hate. Slowly you start becoming what you hate, now I truly believe that if you can't beat them, you'll join them. Know the company you keep and engage in positive conversation because evil conversation corrupts good manner. Thank you.
History of Valentine's day, February 14th
Valentine day, a day we exchange gifts and spend quality time with those we love and cherish, a day celebrated in the name of "love" but here is the history of what made it valentine's day.
The Catholic knew three well knowned Saints named Valentine and they were all killed or to be precise martyred. One legend says that St. Valentine was a priest who was serving during the reign of the **Emperor Cladius II**, when the Emperor mandated that all single men should be made soldiers to fight for the country and to strengthen the military of the country but St. Valentine realizing all these stood against it and ruled it out as an act of injustice and then he started performing wedding ceremony and joining single men to their wife in secret, when the Emperor heard of it, he ordered that Saint Valentine should be killed.
Source https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2
Another legend says that the person who truthfully owns that day is a Bishop, although he was removed from his bishop post due to lack of information about him hence there isn't much to be said about him just that he heals and take care of people with epilepsy and he was a beekeeper. He was also buried on February 14th
Now the last legend days that Valentine was killed because he tried escaping some christians brothers of his from the harsh treatment in prison where he fell inlove with his prison's mate daughter who came to visit them occasionally and brings them food and all they need. It was there he wrote a letter to her and ended it with "**Your Valentine**" a signatory phrase still used till today and all the killing and burial happened on February 14th.
Although the history of whoever was named after the holiday is not all certain and specific, we should just use it to make someone feel special, not necessarily someone we want to spend the rest of our life with but someone we'd always want to see happy or perhaps someone on the street, just to make them happy. Valentine's day is a day where we sometimes express feelings, make babies, go out and make out lol, go on dates and do any other thing we consider as happiness. Just make this Valentine's day a day to forever remember, take a step away from the usual activities of our normal life and be happy, you only live once. Thank you
My unpleasant valentine story
It was the February 14th of a wonderful year which is said to be valentine day, a day where love and gift are shared between two or more people but the idea of valentine was so different from what my school know it to be.
On that wonderful day, a Friday it was and a bit sunny and cool, the weather was so pleasant as the day was. My friends and I got to school extremely late on that day because we went to get gifts for who we wanted to celebrate valentine with.
On getting to school, we were punished because of our late coming, we were eached flogged 4 strokes of cane because we were seniors but it wasn't painful as we were all claiming that we were too big to cry for cane, but it was extremely painful. We had to close early on that day because it was a Friday and the school was dismissed after a closing assembly but my friends and I chose to stay behind to give out our gifts.
I went to meet the girl I've chosen to be my val and I told her some nice words to make her smile before giving her the gift, she smiled till I saw her teeth, her smile is very beautiful. Then I brought out the gift from my back and gave it to her.
At first she collected it and returned it immediately, in that quick come of collecting and returning my brain was trying to comprehend what exactly happened but unknowing to me, our proprietress was looking at us from above but the girl knew this. Then the girl shouted and said "leave me alone, I'm not going to date you or collect anything from you" and that was what our proprietress heard and got angry at me, although the girl only said it to excuse herself from any punishment that was supposed to befall both of us.
Our proprietress came down from her office and flogged me 8 strokes of cane and this time I actually cried, a full grown boy like me crying hahaha. That was how I was flogged twice in a day, painfully.
**Author's message**
Valentine day is not only for lovers to celebrate, you can give anyone you cherish gift not only when you're dating. Share love and gift as you wish on valentine day. Thank you
The quick crumbling
*Hello everyone, it's been a while I've been active here, well that's all done as we have done our electricity connection as stated in my previous articles. So I'm here to stay for the better now, well easier said than done lol. This article is going to be more like an interrogative article as I'll be needing your opinion strongly on this.*
**This has nothing to do with my personal life**
Emma and Daniel have been childhood friends, they started kindergarten together and have been attending same school ever since then, they both have same birth month and all, they even look so alike that one would think they're brothers. They grew up knowing each other well.
Emma is the kind one and a very understanding person, he respects personal space that if you tell him to leave your house after you invited him, he'll leave without holding a grudge because he believes you'll need your personal space. He's always trying to make everybody happy and always giving nice words to motivate people's spirit whenever they're depressed, while Daniel on the other hand is just opposite of Emma but not entirely opposite, but surprisingly they've been friends for a long time and they understood each other better than anyone else and they've had just about one or two quarrels which ended quickly.
Daniel has a girlfriend/lover anyone you'll call it, the entire family knows they're together but here's the problem they had, Daniel doesn't give her the attention she needs, he's always busy talking with his best friend and sometimes compares his best friend and his girlfriend which Emma has warned him several times to stop. Emma is always telling the girl not to be offended and always telling her to understand and be patient, but Daniel still isn't changing.
One certain day, Emma got fed up of everything and said anything that's going to happen will happen, he doesn't care anymore and unknowing to him, The girl decided to break up because she can't take it anymore. They broke up without Emma's knowing. A week after Daniel messaged Emma and was telling him how sad he is and wanted to start blaming the girl that ***"what does she want that I don't give to her"*** and Emma said ***"bro she wanted attention but you weren't giving her any, instead you gave it to someone else".***
Suddenly Daniel got annoyed and said Emma planned the break up so he could be with the girl but it wasn't so, Emma got annoyed immediately and they both exchanged words and suddenly the friendship of a very long time ceased to exist.
Now the question I'd need everyone answer on is: Was Emma supposed to protect Daniel's and his girlfriend relationship until the very end because he knows how Daniel loves her, or was his decision the best?
Is Emma a bad person or it's Daniel that's not understanding anything as usual?
@Kristofferquincy @TOP.10 @Success.1 @FashTioluwa @L0neRider @Balikis
I'll be needing y'all thought on this. Thank you.
The last breath with regret
*Hello everyone, hope you had a nice day and not stressful. Well my today's mood is in different direction with my article, I'm so happy and I can't contain it but I'll share it tomorrow.*
**~Neck on the rope and message pop up on Luca's smartphone and at that moment he regretted his action.**
Luca is a straight A student right from secondary school, moving to college he lost his dad and sponsoring of his education began to waver but he didn't let that affect him, he struggled more and did some part time job just to support his education, after his college he came out first class in his department but he couldn't get a good paying job due to the situation of the country that connection is needed for most of the things and he lacks connection.
He got a job which is not enough for hi daily meet not to talk of his mum, but they kept on managing afterall half bread is better than none. The house they were living was a rented apartment and the rent was due but there was no money to pay for it, Luca went on to get a loan online and he was able to cover that of the house rent.
One fateful day after his shift was over, he went home and saw his mom laying on the floor and he rushed to meet her and tried reviving her and after about 5 minutes of constantly giving her CPR (*cardiopulmonary resuscitation*) she was revived. Then he rushed to a pharmacy nearby and the nurse came to his house and ran some test on the woman and said she was having heart issues due to the fact that she's always staying beside smoke daily because she sells roasted corn, the nurse further went on to say she's also having ulcer because she doesn't eat well. After hearing all this Luca was down casted and felt like the world was closing on him.
But he tried to summon courage to go meet his boss to lend him some amount of money so he can use it to treat his mum, but unfortunately for him, his boss told him that he hasn't paid some of the debt he has been owing.
Everything was running through Luca's mind daily, slowly he was losing his sanity and he was going into the darkest place of life where he couldn't recognize anybody and the place where he'd shut himself off from the world.
Luca's mom passed away because she couldn't receive treatment. Surprisingly, he didn't cry because it's like he has cried away all the tears in his eye but deep down he was dieing.
He then sat down one certain day and was thinking "God, is this fair? I thought you said you had a purpose for us all, what have I not done? I came out with first class and I've submitted my CV (*curriculum vitae*) in almost all the company in this state, I've been doing good, I pray daily and I've done all laboring jobs but it's still not enough, seems I'm not one of your creature, I guess I should just end this dreadful and wretched life". Luca was so deep in thought and one day he made up his mind to end the life he has been living.
He came to the living room and put his small phone on the chair, he has tied the rope so firmly to the fan and he sat down and cried and was thinking if he should stop or not, but there was nothing like hope to stop him from not commiting suicide.
He then climbed on the stood and put his neck on the rope and threw the stood away with his leg, he was strangling and the air in his lungs started fadinf away, his life force started going and suddenly a message pop up on Luca's phone but he was able to see it, as it was a message from one of the company he submitted his CV to that he was given the job he wanted and it was a good paying job and in that moment he regretted his decision that if he could have waited a day more he might have had a good life but it was late already.
**Author's message**
No matter what you're going through, no matter how depressed you are suicide should never be an option, there's always a bright light at the end of the tunnel no matter how long the tunnel is. Just don't give up and be positive. Thank you
I've been off this platform for some days and I'm back and better. I hope I won't have to go again because of the stress I see coming.
The world today
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Y'all expecting the usual greetings of "*hello everyone, hope you're good*" well today's different. There's no way to be good with the situation we meet ourselves in, although we should always try to find good in any situation we meet ourselves but is there really any good to find in this world today?
Just last week, there was a news breakout that some teenager wanted to use a girl of 16 years old for ritual although some people are saying there's no such thing as ritual but I'm telling you, there are terrestrial powers sorrounding us, same way we believe in the gospel and have faith in it, same way there's terrestrial powers but I'm not here to talk on power or no power now, the boys who used the girl for ritual are just within the ages of 17 to 20 years old, at that their young age they can't work for money with hard labor or use their head and think on how to make money, the system today has turned so many teenagers and youth to be lazy to the extent that they just want everything on a platter of gold hence they go into some practice that is nothing to write home about.
And some of these things at times shorten their life but they don't think about it, all they think about is just to oppress people because they feel oppressed, none of them actually feel sad because they're not progressing with education but all they say is the popular worthless word which is *"school na scam".*
You'll see kids who are not up to of any age doing drugs and are actually happy about it, well most of it are caused by the parents because when they see their kids moving with the wrong crew, they won't correct them but instead they keep mute because the child gives them some amount of money made from either fraud or from selling drugs.
The government as a body isn't in any way supporting because they can't provide job and people who are in power won't leave even after using up their time hence they won't create another opportunity for the upcoming people.
You see girls who are supposed to assist their mum in the kitchen or read their head out to help the feminist culture, they'll venture into prostitution, although they might have had a sad story or something that must have pushed them into it but there's no reason that's justifiable for that. Kids these days no longer have fear, you'll open your TikTok app and see thousand of people posting their rituals and all about it adding amipiano sound and people with think it's fun and comment something that tally with it but when they use their relatives for the ritual itself they come out to start shouting Justice for one person or the other, they won't call the person to attention and tell the person what they're doing or people they're following are not the right people.
Not to talk of churches these days, I won't dive much into that because that's a story for another day.
Closing Thoughts
The world has turned into a big mess and it's starting to look normal but it's not, young people comit suicide and people starts to see depression as a normal thing, doing drugs has turned to the other of the day. Hopefully everything goes back to normal but it looks like I'm wishing for the impossible. Could this be the end? Let's all try to stay safe and have a wonderful week. Thank you
Top 10 strongest animal
*It's the weekend and we're probably having one of the best day of the week, because we'll rest and spend some quality time with family and friends, and well reverse might be the case. After long compilation of names, I've come to a conclusion of the top 10 strongest animals.*
**10. Grizzly bear**
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The grizzly bear is a North America sub species of brown bear. Just as mother and child play, the bear and her children and extremely playful and they show love and care to their cubs. Despite their impressive size, grizzlies have been clocked running at 30 miles an hour, and well they are dangerous to humans because of their wild palm and they dig dens for winter hibernation although they have a very thick fur which does not allow the cold of the winter really affect them. They feed on fish, rodents and all. They can lift a weight of over 500kg, that is 0.8 times it's weight and this makes them one of the strongest animals.
**9**. **Anaconda**
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There are difference species of anaconda such as; the green anaconda, the yellow or Paraguayan anaconda, the dark-spotted anaconda and the Beni or Bolivian anaconda but the green anaconda is the strongest of them all. The green anaconda, commonly known as the giant anaconda can live on both land and in water, they are large on land but stealth and sleek in water. Green anacondas can grow to more than 29 feet, weigh more than 250kg, and measure more than 12 inches in diameter. The green anaconda can squeeze something as its own body weight to death.
**8. Elephant**
Source https://images.app.goo.gl/RvcGcLqQ6ww4z5VK7
Elephants are the largest living land animals and they're one of the animals with the largest brains and longest memory. Their brain is about 6kg, that is 3 human brain weight. The elephant feed on grass and they have a very strong trumpet that is used to cut grass and also drink water, multi talented trumpet lol. They can weigh up to 6,350kg and can carry a weight of 9000kg, that is the weight of 130 adult humans. It's generally said "never offend an elephant because they'd never forget".
**7.Musk Ox**
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The muskox is a hoofed mammal of the family Bovidae. Native to the Arctic, it is noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted by males during the seasonal rut, from which its name derives. This animal can pull and carry something that weighs up to 900kg and that is 1.5 times it's body weight across a rough area
**6.Tiger**
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Tiger is the biggest cat species and an apex predator that preys primarily on deer and wild boars. The tongue of a tiger is so rough that it can scratch one skin. Although the lion is the king of the jungle, the tiger is the biggest and probably most strongest. A tiger can carry something that weighs 550kg, twice it's own body weight. And it can carry it up a tree 10feet tall.
**5.Eagle**
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Eagle is a symbol that represents peace and hope and all but the eagle as an animal is simply otherwise. The eagle is a ferocious carnivorous animal and one of the largest and the strongest birds that can site prey two miles away and are very fast in flight eith their strong and sharp claws. An eagle can lift up to 4 times it's weight during flight and the golden eagle weigh up to approximately 7kg.
**4.Gorilla**
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The gorilla which is mostly known as the first human or humans evolved from gorilla. They're herbivores and they act like humans, they care for family and also fight for alpha male. A gorilla can lift something as 2000kg that is about 30 humans.
**3.Leafcutter ant**
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The leaf cutter ant is a small ant with strong jaw and they're one of the strongest in the ant kingdom in the classification of their queen, king and all. Although they're little, they can lift something of 50 times their own weight which is about 500mg.
**2.Rhinoceros bettle**
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They're magnificent creatures that are very small but extremely strong. They have a solid-like horn but they're quite light. They can lift up something that weigh up to 850times their own body weight, like a human lifting a bus with passengers.
**1. Dung Beetle**
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Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. These interesting insects fly around in search of manure deposits from herbivores like cows and elephants and use it for their personal interest. Dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night. They have quite strong horn and strong legs for rolling dung.
Closing Thoughts
I hope you learnt something new and see that it's not only by size but little creatures are quite strong in their own unique way. Thank you
Ignorance
Hello everyone, hope you're good? I've not been active here for a long time because of some reasons I stated in my article A fateful weekend and I hope it gets sorted out so I can write some amazing articles. This article is not to start any religion war, kindly drop your opinion nicely. https://read.cash/@Fash_Tioluwa/a-fateful-weekend-527b43b2
The word ignorance is lack of knowledge and information, and not wanting to know about something. Ignorance has lot of definition but same meaning, it can also be said as lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated things.
Ignorance has killed lot of people and has made lot of people lose job opportunities because they're not ready to learn new things and leave their old beliefs, it's not like their beliefs are wrong or anything but it has gotten in the way of their prosperity.
This ignorance is really common the christians, not all of them though but quite a number of them. Let me say a little story - *we have a family friend that's a Christian and has been in search of a job, he was given a job offer on a platter of gold to be the manager of an hotel but he declined because he's a Christian, he said he can't work in an unholy place and now he's still in search of a job*. With the way the country is and how difficult it is to get a job, you said you can't work in an hotel as a manager because right from kid our definition of what an hotel is is totally different from what it is and most of us did not even try to know what an hotel is and get rid of the old definition of it, we just let our ignorance and lack of wanting to know more get in the way of our prosperity.
There are basically 3 types of ignorance
**Factual ignorance** - This is when we lack knowledge of some basic facts about how the sun shows and how the earth rotates.
**Object ignorance** - This is when we naturally hate some object because of what we've heard about it, like how some people hate doll and teddy bear probably because of that movie *shoki*
**Technical ignorance** - This is the lack of technical know how of somethings, like how to use phone and about cryptocurrency and all.
Just as mentioned in an article written by @Kristofferquincy about how Nigerians think. Our thinking has really damaged us and has held us in a position that won't let some people move forward in life.
I was asked once that "*why is it that the rich keep on getting richer and the poor keeps on getting you know more poor? Is it that the rich takes all the opportunity to make wealth or what?*" I replied and said " *yes, some rich people only give the opportunity to make wealth to their already rich friends and children and some poor people don't have the means to even make wealth. But still yet some people have been showed how to make wealth but they say it's against their beliefs, even when it's not fraud*". Some people believe and say cryptocurrency is the currency they spend in hell and they'll never get into it even if it's their only way to come out of poverty.
Author's message
Let's learn to know about things and stop judging things on someone's opinion about that thing, we should not limit our opportunities because of our beliefs. And we should explore the world more.
This might be one of the unidealistic things you've ever read, but I hope you enjoyed and learn something new from it. Thank you
Top 10 fastest animal
*Hello everyone, trust you're good, hope you had a wonderful weekend?*
*So after all my research and time taken, I've compiled and come to a conclusion on the top 10 fastest animal. The countdown will be from 10 to 1, hope you enjoy it and learn new thing. And all the animals here are based on personal research.*
**10. Brown hare**
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The brown hare with a botanical name ***lepus europaeus***. They are known for their long, black-tipped ears and fast running and it prefers a mosaic farmland. The brown hare's long back enables them to reach a speed of 77kph/48mph and this helps them to evade predators. They're commonly mistaken for rabbits because they look just alike.
**9. Blue wildbeest**
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The blue wildebeest is a herbivore, feeding primarily on short grasses. It forms herds which move about in loose aggregations, the animals being fast runners and extremely wary, they are commonly found in Eastern Africa countries. They're same species as the antelope, just that they're very large and they can run up to a speed of 80kph/50mph which is exactly the speed of a lion and this helps them to sometimes outrun a single lion.
**8. Marlin**
Marlins are fish from the family *Istiophoridae*, which includes about 10 species. This fish has earned the title as one of the world fastest fish. A marlin has an elongated body, a spear-like snout or bill, and a long, rigid dorsal fin which extends forward to form a crest. Its common name is thought to derive from its resemblance to a sailor's *marlinspike*. Marlins are among the fastest marine swimmers, reaching approximately 110kmh/68mph in short bursts. They are eaten by sharks.
**7. Pronghorn Antelope**
The pronghorn is a unique North American mammal. Its Latin name, *Antilocapra americana*, means "American goat-antelope" but it is not a member of the goat or the antelope family and it is not related to the antelopes found in Africa. The pronghorn is the only surviving member of the Antilocapridae family and it has been in North America for over a million years. Pronghorns can live to be as old as 12-14 years in the wild, but the average lifespan is probably considerably less and this should be old enough. They also have Bionic binocular vision. It can run up to a speed of 98kmh/60mph.
**6. Sail Fish**
A sailfish is a fish of the genus Istiophorus of billfish living in colder areas of all Earth's seas, which holds the record for the fastest speed of any of Earth's marine animals. Sailfish can live for 13 to 15 years. However, sailfish caught and released by sport fishermen have an average lifespan of only 4 to 5 years. Sailfish spend their entire lives near the surface of the open ocean, but can dive up to 1,150 feet (350 m) to find food. They can swim up to a speed of 110kmh/68mph
**Cheetah**
Cheetah are part of the big cat family and they're known to be one of the fastest land predators although they have a poor hunting skill, all they do is just chase the prey. These cats are nimble at high speeds, able to make quick and sudden turns in pursuit of prey. Cheetahs’ bodies are uniquely adapted to help them reach top speeds, from their long, slender limbs and hard foot pads to the flexible spine that gives them their long stride. Fastest mammal on land, the cheetah can reach speeds of 113kph/70mph over short distances. It usually chases its prey at only about half that speed, however. After a chase, a cheetah needs half an hour to catch its breath before it can eat.
**4. Spur-Winged goose**
The Spur-Winged Goose is the largest waterfowl found in Africa and the largest species of goose in the world. Spur-Winged Geese absorb poisons from toxic beetles they occasionally ingest, making their own flesh deadly to consume. It occurs in wetlands throughout sub-Saharan Africa. They have spurs on their wing which is a bony extension on the wing. The can fly at a speed of 142kph/88mph, they can fly faster than some moving cars.
**3. Frigate bird**
Frigatebirds are large seabirds with long, angular wings. They have a deeply forked tail that is often held closed in a point. The bill is long and sturdy with a prominently hooked tip. Frigatebirds are mostly black, but females and young birds have varying amounts of white on the head, chest, and belly. They have a long lifespan and cn live up to 34 years, they can also fly at a speed of 153kph/95mph.
**2. White throated needletail**
The white-throated needletail, also known as needle-tailed swift or spine-tailed swift, is a large swift in the genus *Hirundapus*. They are said to be migratory bird breeding in Central Asia and Southern Siberia. They feed on small, flying insects like beetles, flies, bees and moths, they're not harmless. They can live up to 10 years and can fly at a speed of 171kph/106mph
**1. Peregrine Falcon**
The peregrine falcon, also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family *Falconidae*. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. Peregrine falcons can dive faster than a moving Formula One race car, they can live up to 15 years and sometimes longer and can fly up to a speed of 332kph/200mph, they have earned the title as the fastest animal on earth and the fastest.
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Thank you.
Little things that really counts
Hello people of read.cash, hope you're all good and you're had a wonderful weekend, hopefully this week is a wonderful and favourable week for us and for the market.
There are things we do or say that we think it's just little but it really has great effect on the other person be it good or bad, sometimes we say things based on how we feel at a particular moment and most times we just say exactly is what on our mind out loud and sometimes it makes one happy and sometimes it breaks one more than we can even imagine.
I'll be listing out some things we say or do that we just think it's normal but trust me it's not, although it's good to say the truth and always let someone know if their opinion is not ideal but there are ways we can say it that won't be so hurtful.
There are times we compliment people with beautiful words that we think it's just normal unknowing to us, we've actually put a big smile on someone's face for the day, whenever someone sends us a picture, and we give them some really nice words on the picture, it brings comfort and joy to them and by nice words, it's not just "beautiful, dope, nice" we should learn to complement everything also by admiring their clothes and shoes and everything on them, that way you might remind a soul that they're actually beautiful and make them smile for that moment.
And there are times we also say things that are hurtful that it does not only hurt but it breaks the person soul and we think it's just minor and we laugh about it.
I for one hate comparison between two humans, when you're telling someone they're not as good as another person that they should learn from that person, especially if they personally know the other person, this does not only bring hurt but cultivates envy between two people. For instance, comparing your lover with your best friend, automatically, your lover begins to hate your best friend and of course they're both female.
We laugh at people's dressing and their method of speaking and maybe one deformity, they might laugh alongside you even when you're making jest of them, but deep down they might be in tears, this thing is rampant, we do it all in the name of cruise but it's not proper.
We say word like shut up, go to hell and all other words that are somewhat abusive and all not knowing it's damaging someone.
**Author's message**
Let's try to caution what we say and correct people with calmness. If their idea isn't making sense, let's tell them politely and not make fun of them, compliment people and try to put smile on other's face, stop comparing people, it's not proper. This will help create a wonderful relationship between all humans and the world might start to become a better place. Thank you
A Fateful weekend
*Weekend is the last day of the week as I'd call it, the day where you spend with your family and have fun with them but as for my own weekend, reverse is the case.*
Starting from last night, the power holding company decided to seize the light, we were all thinking it was a minor issue and it would be restored soon, so we were saying once it's 10pm we would have light so I didn't care about the percentage of my battery, I kept on pressing my phone till the battery got to about 13% so I decided to drop it and plugged it down that incase they restore the light and I'm not awake to plug my phone, I plugged it and slept off. Immediately I woke up, I went to check my phone with joy in my heart that it will be in 100%, unfortunately for me, I met it on 1%, I couldn't cry but I was sad and that was when my day started going wrong.
I then did my normal house chores because it's the right thing to do immediately after waking up, then I went to look for a spot in the community I live in to charge my phone because my phone is more like my business center and I can't stay away from business for a day.
On getting to where I'd charge, I heard that our fuse has been removed by the power holding company directly from the transformer due to our certain complains on the crazy bills they charge us. Immediately I got the news, I was heartbroken and I was like "*damn, how can these people do this, knowing fully well that we all use the light for one business or the other*". The thought of washing my clothes without the washing machine crossed my mind and wearing a rough clothes to church and all.
As if that was not enough for the day, I got home and saw that we haven't prepared breakfast but I didn't say anything because I was trying to act like a big man. But immediately I got so hungry, I spoke up and asked what we were having for breakfast but it was like I was speaking to the air as there was no reply coming back from the question I asked. Later on, we all put our heads together to cook but I was asked to cook and I ate breakfast around 1:08pm, this was not because there was no food to cook but everyone at home just got so lazy. The food I also cooked burnt and I didn't enjoy it one bit.
Just for me to get my phone back and come online, I noticed my data plan has expired, I thought of getting a new data, but I wanted to clear some space on my phone because if I had data, I won't have time to clear my phone. While I was clearing my phone, a friend showed me a good data plan that was cheap and the amount of data attached to it was huge and I was like "*wow, where have you been all this while*". But I had to buy it on my other sim which is **AIRTEL**, but I felt uneasy at first because lot of people complain about the sim on a daily basis but I still went on to buy it.
After buying it, I was smiling and happy that at last something good for the day only for me to put on my data and realize that their network reception is so poor that I can't even access the internet to browse on anything, I tried and tried put my phone on airplane mode and all but all was to no avail. I then decided to call their customer service to complain and see if there's anything they'd be able to do but I didn't know the number, so I decided to sleep a bit and rest from everything only for me to wake up past 4pm and by that time, no one would answer me from their office because today is weekend.
And now I can't access the internet unless I switch sim once again and the expenses something huge, not to talk of the cold and dryness I've felt today, it's like I'm turning into ice block. I'm still on the bed typing these and hoping something good happens before today ends.
Well today has ended and I can say that the only good thing that happened today is that I woke up.
I'm tired of everything but I'll remain positive and pray there's some good changes. Thank you.
Anxiety
*Truth be told, when I woke up this morning, I had no plan on what to do or what to write on. Call it lack or foresight and today has been fun as I went on an impromptu outing, well that's that on that.*
As a kid, I've always thought anxiety is a the feeling when one is eager to know what is what, why the sky is blue and why the pepper sauce is red, I've always thought that is where the definition of anxiety ends, but of recent I've realized that it's far from that, let me explain it to you.
Anxiety is your body's natural response to stress and stress here is not the tiredness we feel from doing a particular hardwork, stress is a feeling of emotional or physical tension. It can come from any event or thought that makes you feel frustrated or angry.
Anxiety is a feeling of fear or apprehension about what's to come. It's a feeling of what will happen next and you getting scared of it.
What is the feeling of anxiety
When your body feels a need to look for every possible danger and trying to avoid it even when there's nothing like danger, it's programmed in the person's brain already.
Symptoms of anxiety
**Feeling restless:** When a person feels the need to walk and sit and sleep and be awake at the same time, that's when a person is restless. You'll come online and at the same time you feel like watching an offline movie, you feel like doing everything at once, you won't be able to concentrate on one thing hence you'll be walking around restlessly without a particular aim
**Getting fatigued easily:** You get tired easily due to anything you do, you get tired while eating and end up dumping the food, get tired of reading and playing game
**Difficulty in concentrating:** This is the point when most people have this brain freeze and suddenly their mind goes blank, they won't be able to achieve a thing from whatever they're doing because their mind is distracted
**Sleepless night:** I think this is a common thing because most people hardly sleep, though they might not have anxiety it's just simply insomnia and mostly anxiety leads to insomnia whereby you won't be able to sleep, then your body gets used to it and if the body can't take it any longer, it suddenly breaks down.
How to stop the feeling of anxiety
Take a time out, like put everything on hold and let everything play out itself
Eat balanced diet meal
Exercise daily
Take deep breaths
Get enough sleep
Anxiety leads to overthinking and this leads to depression when you shut yourself off from the world and start thinking and you start having some mental issues because you're beginning to overthinking, when your body can't handle all the stress any longer, the body becomes weak and the person dies. So it's a two way thing, it's either the person goes mad or dies and it's the two outcomes are bad.
Author's message
You shouldn't be worried about whatever will happen next, just make your plans and let nature and life take their turn on your plan, if it's going to work so be it and if doesn't, you can always try another way. Try to get enough sleep and engage in positive conversations, go out more and see goofy picture and movies if it will cheer you up atleast, whenever you're feeling things are not going your way, well life can never be as rose because if all is going our way, we might not value some things. Things would still go your way, you shouldn't just think about the bad aspect, think on the good and see some joy in it, it will help you grow mentally. You can always have someone by your side to listen to you and if you don't have, you can go to a bar and start a conversation with a stranger, it helps I'm speaking from experience though. Just be happy no matter what. Thank you
A failed schooling system
*I had a wonderful day and I'll brief y'all about it, today isu childhood friend birthday, so I planned surprise for him and it was fun, I ate cake and all. Although there was alcohol but I'm too young to take it hahaha. I had the wonderful day ever trust me.*
*This article is based on the federal university and not the private ones and it's based on my personal point of view.*
I live in a country whereby the country has failed the citizen as a whole and the schooling system has been ruined and this has scattered the society.
Starting from kindergarten, kids pay huge amount of money just to get enrolled in the school whereby their education is not quality because most of the teachers out there are not educated enough, some of them don't even have a certificate, they just have experience of it.
Moving to the primary school as some of you may know it that way, children who are not old enough to even be in that class, you'll meet them there although some of them are smart to be there already but the population of the ones who are not smart is more, pardon me.
Moving to the secondary school I mean the SS1 upward, when you look at the students there you'll realize that most students there don't even know what they're in for, they just go to some certain department because their friends are in one department they just do ***follow follow.***
Then they graduate them knowing their brain capacity is not good for the next stage of education. Now facing the terror called **JAMB** and they fail.
For those that know the body in charge of admission into college, **JAMB**, they've failed the education system already because they keep on providing admission and they don't have enough classes for them and this has made a lot of people drop out.
Now in the recent activities of the just concluded **JAMB** which I was also a victim of this I'm about to say here, I'll be using a school as an example.
A popular school, **KWARAPOLY**, the school sold form for over 100,000 student meanwhile they can only accept 50,000 students. People who have placed all their hope in the school and are waiting on admission for the school, their hope has been shattered. They can't be given admission anymore and they'll have to wait for another year and within this year, the student will become sad and depressed because most of their mate are in school and moving up meanwhile they're still at home hence this creates more radicals in the society.
Even those that are in college, there is really no hope of using their certificate to earn decent money because the president himself said that there's no longer job for anyone in any government sector and the private sectors are on the edge of going bankrupt because of the situation of the country.
In the country, we see lot of rascals and fraudster and all, although all what they're doing is illegal but most of them don't have a choice because the situation of the country is not helping one bit.
Closing Thoughts
Truth be told, I'm on the edge of giving up on the country, I just hope the country gets better to provide more admission for people and more jobs for the people who are graduating so the fraudsters in the country will reduce. Thank you
Happiest Moment
*I've always heard about brain freeze and I've never experienced it but that changed today as I sat down looking at my screen and nothing was coming to head, I went to do the usuals that gives me the inspiration to write listen to music, play games and watch movies but all effort was futile. I came here to read some articles and there was still no change in the brain freeze I had because I couldn't think of anything for about a minute, if my name was asked at that particular moment, I won't be able to answer.*
Leaving all that behind, I heard some kids playing and one said "try to be happy" then I sat down and started thinking that in this economic and situation of the country, what will warrant one to be happy.
Everyday will see and hear of people dieing, we see people depressed, bad news has become the news of the day then I was like can we ever have a happy memory in the future since bad news and social vices has become the order of the day.
So I started thinking of the happiest moment I have, then I was like was it when my dad got me a new smart phone or when he got his first car or when my mum got me a new pair of expensive designers or when I went to different fun city, I couldn't bring myself to a conclusion on the happiest moment I ever had that was when I realized that the happiest moment we'll ever have has not been created yet.
One's happiest moment cannot be determined by memories of the past because for it to be HAPPIEST, it has to supercede all other memories.
We can just watch and enjoy the moment, be it bad or good, it's generally known that there's good in every evil and vice versa so whatever bad moment we're going through, we should bring out the best in it and make it a happy moment but mind you it can never be the happiest because if we're asked to pick the happiest, we'd have a lot to choose hence it cannot be happiest but a happy moment.
So whatever situation we find ourselves, let's remember to put up a wonderful smile and know everything will be okay, create whatever happy memory we can no matter the situation and continue to be positive because negativity will only drag people down.
Author's message
*Be happy no matter what, converse with people in order to avoid being depressed, create good and happy memory with people so when we one day leave the earth, people will create the happiest moment of us with them. Spread love and make people happy, be good and everything will be okay.*
*Thank you for taking your time to read through although I might have diverted from the main topic.*
Illiteracy
***Today has been a stressful day for me, I've been going to the market place to get things for my mum and for myself also since I'm literally the only one at home and it will be extremely stressful for her to go to the market and get all things herself. On getting things at the market, I turned back and saw some kids not up to my age carrying out some hard works, they're practically labouring for their daily bread and I was feeling for them because the heavy loads they were lifting left and right like it was some wool, I couldn't do any of that then I was like "hmm, this is sad" and I shook my head, that was when I thought of writing this article***
Illiteracy is said to be the inability to read and write and it is also the lack of knowledge or ignorance in a particular subject. Ignorance is more like a weapon that is used to brainwash some people into doing things they never intended to do and this has wrecked the society as a whole, Illiteracy has lead lot of people to death, exposure to things at a younger age which they're not supposed to be exposed to and many more.
Illiteracy has caused some irreversible effects in lot of people life and I'll be listing some out
Effects of Illiteracy
**Child labor:** This is the exploitation of children through any form of work which deprives them of their childhood, interferes with their regular school and is morally and mentally harmful. As a parent who's not educated and can easily be swindled by smart people, once they tell the parent their children will be doing easy job and they'll pay them high amount of money the parent won't think about any other thing either what kind of job the kid would do or where will the kid work, they won't think about all that because money is mentioned and they're not educated to know all these can't be truly possible, they'll set the kids free and let the kids go to work a work of a 30 year old man. This will make the child exposed to things they're not suppose to be exposed to and it sometimes creates kids who will end up becoming terrorist and kids who always engage in social vices.
**Human trafficking:** As we've all seen on TV and in movies how women and children are being sold as slaves to either work as a prostitute or drug dealer. Women and kids are mostly sold because men are a bit strong and can easily fight their way through any gang of people who wants to sell them. People are being sold same way they come to meet people for child labor, they'll come and tell them they're taking their kids abroad for a scholarship and they'll pay the parents huge amount of money, in no way will any opportunity as such come because there's nothing free in this world, but an illiterate parent won't know this and would happily give out their children for fake scholarship and after about 2 to 3 months, they will stop sending money to the parents but the kids abroad will have their life on the line doing all sort of hard job and all.
**Stagnant movement of the society:** This is based more on ignorance, even people who are literate cause the society to be stagnant due to their level of ignorance. As it is mostly said "a literate man is also sometimes an ignorant man". When people are planning for the betterment of the society at large, a particular person will be against it because he doesn't have idea of it and he's not ready to learn about it and this brings about confusion and things won't go as planned. We have lot of them in our community, they're always the ones who are against every single plan that comes up, they're like the devil in disguise because they're always against every plan to move forward and this particular set of people are mostly the illiterate because most educated literate know what next to do to make the society move forward. Because of their ignorance self, they'll go against every plan and the plan won't he initiated hence the society won't move forward.
Closing Thoughts
*In our community or society, we should endeavor to educate the elderly ones and make them literate to a particular level so they won't fall for all this scam easily and this should in a way end lot of social vices and move the country forward.*
*I'm deeply sorry if this article isn't making lot of sense, I'm exhausted from today's stress and I hope you enjoyed what you read.*
Religion or tradition
Just to be in the clear, I'm not against any tradition or religion, this article is only to point out things based on my point of view
These days we have thousands or churches, mosques and shrines in our community infact churches are now more than houses and schools which I feel it's not meant to be so.
Now we must have in one way or the order seen things in either our churches or mosques that we believe it's not meant to be so but because it's traditionally right, we believe it should be right also as a part of our religion.
Some Christian churches have turned their church into a tribe church, that is you won't find another ethnic group in their church except for their own. Let me cite an example, you'll hardly see an *Igbo* man pastor a CAC church, not only because of the difference in language, of course they can bring in an interpreter but no, they believe it's only meant to be pastored by a *Yoruba* man
Same way you'll hardly see an *Igbo* man as a muslim because they believe that religion is meant to be for another trible entirely.
Religion has now turned into a tradition.
We can hardly see an *Hausa* man in any other religion apart from *Islamic* religion, not because he was born into it, but because he now feels like as a part of his culture, he must follow that particular religion.
Then this fact has now turned into hate that we no longer like and respect our fellow human, we now see Pastors hate on Alfa because they're of different religions. They'll never greet themselves and mostly wish for each other's downfall, same way they'll bring their children into the beef and they'll end up creating a society where there's hate and they'll be no forwardness.
I don't want to go deep into the spiritual aspect because I'm no Spiritual person but we've seen instances where by an Alfa is seriously flogging a lady because she didn't kneel to greet him, he's flogging her because she didn't greet him as an Alfa. But it's not meant to be so,he should have corrected her as am elderly man not as an Alfa, there are tons of vidoes out there showing things like this.
I go out daily just to see 2 elders of different religions beefing each other and letting their hate spread, we have some friends who are the opposite religion as us and they're scared to invite you to their house because of how their parents will react.
Same way this religion and tradition misconception have ruined lot of marriages today, we see when a woman marry a man and after about 7 years of happy marriage, the man then says it's their right as a man in their religion to marry a second wife just because his ancestors have been doing it, he now believes it's normal for him and his religion is also in support but the woman won't be in support hence this lead to a broken marriage.
We should learn to distinguish between religion and tradition because if something is right in our tradition, that doesn't mean it's right in our religion and we should learn to love and respect each other's tradition. Hopefully this way, we'll be more productive and end whatever conflict we have as humans. Let love and peace rule. Thank you
The Holiday
*It's the holiday season here and it's over already? So quick it just came and ended like it was a day.*
The holiday was a bit interesting because Andrew siblings were around, they were 4 in numbers, a wonderful family of 2 boys and 2 girls and it was complete.They were very happy seeing each other after a very long time, but Andrew wasn't really happy, he was just like "hello fam, you're welcome home" but they didn't notice he was sad because that's how it has always been.
They all love each other but Andrew feels they love him less because they all rapport with each other better and well than they do with Andrew so he normally seclude himself from them whenever they're having a conversation or they're all together, but still yet they feel because he's young and he can't catch up to their conversation yet that's why he's like that but unknowing to them, the love he has for them as a family is diminishing and he's beginning to feel they don't love him because they count him out of their conversation most times
One certain Wednesday, the siblings were having their usual discussion and Andrew decided to join in the conversation because he realized communication is the key to almost everything, when you communicate you tend to amend issues, everything gets settled and we continue with our life with a wonderful smile on our face and joy in our heart. So he have his own opinion in their conversation and they all laughed about it because what he said was making no sense, he also laughed at it but he was crying in his heart, he didn't show it out because he wanted to be a big boy. They all ended the conversation and went to continue their daily life routine.
The next morning, they all woke up and gathered for morning devotion but Andrew was nowhere to be found, they were all panicking as they rushed to his room and saw a letter on his reading table, the letter said "Dear Family, I've noticed you people don't really like me because you don't put me in your conversations, you don't give me attention, you laugh at any suggestions and ideas I bring up so I've decided to go look for a family that will cherish me for who I am, please I'll be safe don't look for me" this letter made the entire family weak, their mum was in a state of mind was disorganized, she didn't know when all these happened because she's always on business trips out of the country, same with their dad.
But Andrew took his phone with him, thank God for modern technology, they were able to track his phone and went to look for him, they found him sitting under a bridge and immediately they saw him, they ran to hug him but he didn't hug them back, then they apologized and promise to give him all the attention he needs and love him, not because he asked for it but because it's their right to do it, then they all went home and lived happily ever after.
**We might have a junior brother or sister, a lot of people might not complain out, but we not giving attention is slowly killing the feelings they have for us, we should learn to love and give them the attention they need as a baby sis or bro, we should also learn to appreciate their every ideas and correct them with love. We might just end up saving slmeome from running away. Thank you.**
Things some writer go through
This article is written solely on my point of view
I've been in my feelings lately, I've been emotionally down and I can't function well whenever I'm down, so I indulged my friend to explain how I felt and they said it's probably a mood swing which I don't know much about because I'm never sad and I'm always happy.
So it took me some time to write an article throughout yesterday, I was thinking and thinking but nothing seems to come to my head and I couldn't publish one article yesterday.
I know some writers here might be able to relate to the fact that they will just sit in front of their computer or their smartphone and nothing will come to their head to write on, they'll sit and think for hours and all the thinking sometimes is futile.
Some writers might have a topic to write on but there's no tangible point to develop and they don't want to end up having a balderdash article.
Some might even have a wonderful article which is meaningful but they don't have a topic to go with it so most of them just save it in draft and start racking their brains on a suitable topic for the article.
Some people will have the best article, best topics and all but they won't have time to write because they are always busy, some might be busy with their school and educational work, some might be busy with their professional work and some might be busy with God knows what and so they won't have time to write their article and this will make them weak and lose interest at times.
And some people are just going through a lot that they tend not to think straight and just abandon their daily life, I'm sorry if this article isn't really making sense, my next article is definitely going to be better and that will be tomorrow.
*So I'll be off today, having some rest because I've been told by my personal little nurse that I need to rest and eat more, that way I'll be happy once again. Just incase anyone is feeling down also, just take a day off and rest, you will surely be better*
The saying goes as "**what doesn't kill you will make you stronger"** and this can't kill me so I'm definitely going to be stronger.
Distance between two friends- closing chapter
This article is the continuation and closing chapter of my previous article, you can as well read the previous one to have the full understanding of what went down before.
*A quick recap: Laycon and Ashley have been best of friends for over 2 months and Ashley went to college meanwhile Laycon is still home and their friendship begins to waver.*
Laycon is not the person thay complains easily, he accepts whatever situation he his, explores it and brings out the best in it. Ashley on the other hand has anger issues and she talks rudely at times but Laycon has always been the one to calm her down and tell her the truth no matter how hurtful it seems since they were both friends.
Laycon noticed that whenever they're chatting, she is always complaining about everything, how her day went, her hostel mate, she even complains about Laycon to Laycon, funny right?
On one day they were both on a call, Laycon was telling her about what he's going through that he's still home and some people are beginning to ask him when he'll go to college and that question is like they're making jest of him, as he was explaining everything to her, she just said she's tired and not ready to talk that night and she's going to bed, she then hung up the call. Laycon was pained but he didn't say anything he was like "*sure she's tired and she needs to rest"*
One fateful day that he couldn't take it anymore, he told Ashley that she suddenly changed towards him since she entered college and their friendship has been on edge and he hasn't been complaining about it because he cherishes the friendship a lot, but he only said that to express how he was feeling not knowing it would take a drastic turn in their friendship
Ashley then got annoyed and said "***what do you mean by that? Do you mean I'm now proud because I'm now in college and you're not? Well if that what you feel, yes that's how I feel, I can't be friends with someone who's still at home and have no hope of coming to college soon because we are no longer on same level"*** at first Laycon was laughing about it and said if this is a joke stop it because you're hurting my feelings already, she them hissed and ended the call
Laycon tried calling back just to tell her he didn't mean it that way since he so much adored their friendship because it's the best thing that has happened to him in a very long time and he wasn't ready to lose it, he called her one more time, she picked up and said a lot of hurtful words to Laycon, this then broke him down in tears, he then asked one question and said "*Ashley what will become of our friendship"* and she said ***let it end right now .***
Those statement made him cry and he regretted why he wasn't in a college yet and ever since then he has been weak and he realized that not every story or friendship has an happy ending since nothing ever goes as planned in this world.
Thank you
Distance between two friends
This article is talking about two random friends who became best of friends in over 2 months.
In a far away country, there lived a boy and a girl named Laycon and Ashley respectively. Laycon and Ashley we're both classmates in secondary school but they were not even friends then, they were just some random classmates. Although they do communicate with each other often times but they only talk about school stuff and nothing else so this didn't make their friendship stronger.
After graduation, Laycon and Ashley didn't communicate they only see their status and reply to the funny ones because they both post meme on a daily basis.
But Laycon is a very good person and he likes helping people who are emotionally down because he has been there before and he hated how he felt then, Laycon is just like a motivational speaker, his words brings serenity to one's soul.
On that fateful day, Ashley was down because hee true love left her for another girl and this made her weak mentally and emotionally, then Laycon noticed that all what she has been posting are sad quotes then he messaged her because it was like he felt what she was feeling then, he helped her get through her rough phase in life, he talked to her and told her things that made her happy once again and ever since then their communication grew stronger.
They began to share their secrets between each other and they talk everyday, their friendship grew stronger and they became besties. They planned to go to same college together and live in opposite rooms *since a boy can't live with a girl in normal settings of their country* but unknowing to them that nothing ever goes as planned in this world.
Ashley was given admission in another college while Laycon was still home waiting for his, but with the fact they have seen, both of them can never go to the same college again because Laycon can't wait another year to pick Ashley college. Now Laycon hasn't been given admission into any college he chose and he's still at home while Ashley is in college already. So in their normal daily conversations, Laycon realized Ashley is no longer expressing herself like she used to and there are things that he would so desperately want to tell her but she's mostly not available at the right moment, she's always busy in class and getting her new hostel fit.
Now their communication has reduced to a certain point and it isn't as strong as before, will this end their friendship or will this make their bond stronger in the face of the trial? Or is their communication reduced because they've not really been friends for a long time and they're just new friend? Everything will be discussed in my next article. Thank you
Gender equality
This article is to in no way spite any fight it's just from my own point of view.
We must have seen lot of argument here and there on the topic gender equality, I for one don't have issues with it because I respect that every one should be treated equally and we should all be respected not minding our gender.
Gender equality started as a result of these western cultures and all because some women were paid low at work and some women were not allowed to attain some certain position in some certain aspects of life.
In some countries, women aren't allowed to attend secondary school let alone colleges, some women aren't allowed to give their opinion on how to run the family and all they do is stay in the kitchen and cook for the man and satisfy all his need and want.
Now, some women have turned the *Gender* *equality* motion into something else. They ignore the big picture and start fighting for meager things which aren't even normal. I'll be citing some examples below.
**NOTE**: This isn't to cause any argument
You'll see when a man and a woman are going for an outing, the woman will say it's the man's right to close the door behind even if he comes out first, although it's romantic and nice of a man to do it but it isn't something that's based for the man, if a man does the opposite and let the woman closes the door herself since she came out last, she will start saying the man isn't respecting her gender and he's against gender equality.
A woman should have a car because it helps reduce the stress of walking to and fro and getting on public vehicle but if the man can't provide a car for her and he has a car, that doesn't mean he's violating her gender right, most women go on social media platforms to say stuff like " *my man has a car and he didn't get me one, my fellow women let's fight for our right so we can have our own cars".*
They've ignored the bigger picture on where their right are actually violated and start fighting for things that isn't even a violation on any gender.
The true fact in this is that most men are also violated but they won't speak up about it because they have to act like a man and act tough. In any organisation, it is very rare to see a man as the secretary of any organisation, if a man and a woman should go out in search of something, the woman will be picked leaving the man, they call this a woman's charm but what about the man, he wasn't picked because he's a man, he was violated.
This one happens a lot when I was in secondary school, whenever something goes missing, they won't suspect any lady because they feel the ladies are all cute and innocent but the boys of the class will the thoroughly dealt with because they're guys and guys tend to do all sort of social vices but it shouldn't be so.
In some countries, women right aren't even violated, they are all treated nice and equal but the men are violated, but they won't say anything about it.
This is just to remind everyone that we should not ignore the bigger picture on gender equality movement and start fighting for meager thing.
@Fash_Tioluwa
