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@FirstCity 19 October 2021

Heartbreak this evening 💔💔💔 My account has been tagged spam. After 2weeks plus, 16subscribers and ACTIVENESS. I'm going to miss you guys here.

@FirstCity 19 October 2021

Philippines are dominating here🇵🇭 Good day to everyone here, I know you're all good. It's Tuesday already and the week is running fast and I like it, the faster the days, the sooner the month ends and the quicker the salary earners collect their salaries. **Disclaimer:** ***This article is not to send a wrong message, Nah. It's a way of acknowledging the efforts of the people I think they have the largest cover here.*** This article is just a random thought on me, I've noticed, observed for a long time and I think its true.🧐 "It might be true that read.cash originated from **Philippines hood**. Yeah, it might be true" Although I'm a new user here (not up to a month), I'm still cruising around, trying to learn and engage in every bit of activities, so I'll humbly say I don't know much compared to 1year+ users. **But it might be true**🇵🇭 I know it's hard to easily find a user's country via the bio, as people seldom put it there, It's just 1% of users that put their country tag to their bio(it's rare). So the easiest means you could use to know each one's country or region in this platform is via the content of the Articles they publish, the comments and the display photos. Are you getting it? **Let's examine**🇵🇭 If you check the list of Communities we have here, you'd find out that 80% of the most active ones are being controlled by them. Isn't that powerful? I took my time to check out the community that has the largest audience and I found out it has the name **Filipino readers.** I know it's not only the Philippines that are there but they have the largest number of members there. You can check the community out. Before now, there used to be a Community called **Open for All**, but it was pushed to abandoned Community. I don't know the reason, maybe the moderator is no longer active. I wasn't Active **there** before it got suspended and that's because it takes days/weeks for articles to be published. But "**Filipino Readers"** has got it smooth for me.🎉 ****My first time here:**** When I joined this platform, upon my first set of articles, I found out the comments I got were majorly from Philippines (maybe because I posted to Filipino reader's Community). Aside that, I noticed that the comments weren't just Community people but from a mere "**passing by"** views and comments. They're everywhere. ****How have I managed to notice them?**** These set of people are lovely people, Incase you've not encountered such, just find yourself a **Philippine close friend** and get attached to some. Lol. Well, the quickest ways I've used to notice have been on; Comment pattern, the display photo(for those that have photos), the funny exclamations they use(I won't mention🧐🧐), the information in their articles(Just a mere glance on their articles, you'd feel that side of the world) **The main point**🇵🇭 I know I'm not accurately correct but I think the Philippines have the highest population here. Take your time to observe. Maybe read.cash originating from that part of the country. ***Let me butress a little:*** *Do you know that the* ***source*** *of a system has the highest rate of influence? Like People tend to know more of a product/system/function because it's from their region. So can we say that since they have the largest audience here, that means its origination (readCash) came out from there?* **And they are lovely** One thing I noticed again, these people have a way of carrying their friends along(friends from offline). I met a friend last week that introduced her offline friend into the system, and just 2days of joining she has gotten 20 subscribers with three sponsors. I was shocked because I don't know how they did it. I subscribed to this lady's Account and I saw in the comments sections of her Articles that they were all from thesame hood. That's lovely❤️. I'm not saying others have not been doing that, ofcourse I knew how my upline introduced this platform to a group of us, but this Philippine love is different. Another one, it seems they enjoy writing and reading that's why they fancy this platform plus th fact that there's money herein. But I once introduced this platform to my WhatsApp group, 11 of them joined and because the money didn't come quickly as expected, they dropped their pen. Philippines have patience and I love them for that. **Disclaimer at the end:** I know this fidings/assumption of mine might not actually be true, but I think the Philippine still have the largest number here. It's just an assumption about the Philippines origination of reachcash, hence I don't really know if it's true. **Hey Philippines! I said well about you guys. 💚💜💙💚❤️** **Much love**🇵🇭 **Thanks for reading** **19th October 2021**

@FirstCity 18 October 2021

Internet fraud is now called Grace of God Good day my very good people. It's Monday and the atmosphere is tensed already with that work-full weather mood. I wasn't able to get publish yesterday because of schedule at work place and church also. My church service unit did end of year Thanksgiving yesterday and it was all fun. From the prayers, dance, uniqueness in dressing, the food and groove afterwards. My topic today is very a common act in this current era of ours, how we've succeeded in painting some practices as normal, like it doesn't count as an offense to the community or to God. **Are you aware of yahoo(internet fraud)?** That's the name we usually call it in my country. It's very rampant here, I don't mean to criticize or judge anybody, calm down I'm heading to somewhere. This act of fraud is now the order of the day for 80% of young adults on the earth. Are you among the 80%? LOL. There was one time a policeman(used to be my neighbor) said if this had existed in their time, he would have made lots of money..haha. He got surprised on how the system was catching fire, small boys driving exotic cars, building houses. You wouldn't blame the police man, he works in road so he knows how much displays from these boys sees always whenever is on duty. **It's a crime publicly but acceptable privately.** Internet fraud is now like a normal thing in the country, it's Openly seen as a crime in the public but when it's indoor, crime is not in view anymore. How do I mean? The anti-crime sector that's against fraud is privately engaging in it, both directly and indirect. You'd see a **force man**(police) that want to get a suspect arrested, he would demand for a large sum of money to close the case instantly. Once he gets the money he closes the case with immediate effect. That's corruption at its peak. I wanted to mention some examples but I don't want people to come for me. LOL. Another one, parents are openly against internet fraud but when their child **hit it hard**, it's now "**GOD IS AT WORK"**. Haven't you experienced such? There was a lady in my street with three children(15years to 21years), all boys. These boys derive joy in troubling their mother, everyday trouble, noise, fights and stealing. Some scenarios, when the battle becomes tough for the mother, he calls the pastor to help in resolving issues. Meanwhile these children were into internet fraud and were yet to "**pick"**(yet to succeed in collecting money from their client). One night around 3:00am there was shout off jubilation from their compound, I didn't know what was it untill the following day. The eldest one got a **fine white Camry**(I don't too know about cars, I would have mentioned the spec of the car, but it's one of these latest cars). The mother was jubilating, dancing and singing praises to God. Haaa! The next thing that shocked me the most was that, they called a pastor to come and bless the car.It was a praise-full program in their house that day. No doubt, they knew the source of the money but no body bothered, it's **God at work** The one happened yesterday in Church, it was an anointing oil service and we were made to deep out hands into the anointed oil, place it on our forehead and make declarations on what we want. I was posted to officiate at the **overflow** as an usher-our church is a big church and has extension. When the oil got to my spot, I took and handed it over to the next person, "na here problem take start"😂(a scenario occured). The guy next to me was praying aloud that let this oil work for him to enchant any client he chats from henceforth, that he wants the oil to soften their heart to pay him. What a gut! He was saying it with confidence without fear. I was shocked, no fears at all, no regards for holiness. **"Why is God too calm?"** I asked myself. Thank God, man is not God. Regarding this effect, this has touched so many areas and it's now regarded as the new thread now. Even the preachers that are supposed to hit on this issue are now Among those supporting them with prayers. I know it's not good to judge, but I see no reason covering the truth with unglodly prayers.🧐 Conclusion I know truth is bitter but let's be telling ourselves the truth. Even if you're victim, learn to say the truth to yourself. I know it can't be quenched now but it all start with us. What if your child steps into this act and succeeds in duping someone, would you stay calm and welcome it as God's grace at work or you would question him or her? Let me go and eat food, I'm hungry😋. **18th October 2021** **Thank you for reading.**

@FirstCity 17 October 2021

Hey guys. My weekend is not a normal weekend, weekends are the most busiest days for me. I've been kinda silence since yesterday due to tight schedule. I'll come and read your sweet articles soonest. Much love here❤️

@FirstCity 16 October 2021

Let's balance it: people-pleaser Good day People, hope your day is going well. What about your weekend? Mine has been a work-full one, but no cause for alarm because it's part of me already. Let me share this long piece of mine: **People-pleaser.** How well do you know about people-pleaser? Once a victim? Or na, you are stone hearted? Lol. The truth is that, if truly your heart is functioning then it's inevitable. People-pleasers are known for doing whatever it takes to make other people happy. While being kind and helpful is generally a good thing, going too far to please others can leave you feeling emotionally depleted, stressed, and anxious.  ****What is a people pleaser?**** *People-pleasing involves putting someone else's needs ahead of your own. People-pleasers are highly attuned to others and are often seen as agreeable, helpful, and kind. However, people-pleasers may have trouble advocating for themselves, which can lead to a harmful pattern of self-sacrifice or self-neglect.* *Source* https://www.verywellmind.com/how-to-stop-being-a-people-pleaser-5184412 **Are you a victim of pleasing others?** I think we all fall in this category because in one way or the other, we've experienced it and we know how it feels. Are you being smart and sharp on this? **Like hell NO! You've not seen yourself pleasing others before**. Okay, let me show you some signs that you might have done it ****Here are some of the signs that you might be a people-pleaser**** You have a difficult time saying "no." You are preoccupied with what other people might think. You feel guilty when you do tell people "no." You fear that turning people down will make them think you are mean or selfish. You agree to things you don’t like or do things you don’t want to do. You struggle with feelings of low-self esteem. You want people to like you and feel that doing things for them will earn their approval. You’re always telling people you’re sorry. You take the blame even when something isn’t your fault. You never have any free time because you are always doing things for other people. You neglect your own needs in order to do things for others. You pretend to agree with people even though you feel differently. People-pleasers tend to be good at tuning in to what others are feeling. They are also generally empathetic, thoughtful, and caring. These positive qualities may also come with a poor self-image, need to take control, or tendency to overachieve. *While people might describe you as a giver or generous person, when you're a people-pleaser, all of this work to keep others happy may leave you feeling drained and stressed.* Lead image ****Causes of being a people-pleaser**** In order to stop being a people-pleaser, it's important to understand some of the reasons why you might be engaging in this kind of behavior. There are a number of factors that might play a role, including: **Poor self esteem:** Sometimes people engage in people-pleasing behavior because they don't value their own desires and needs. Due to a lack of self-confidence, people-pleasers have a need for external validation, and they may feel that doing things for others will lead to approval and acceptance. **Insecurity:** In other cases, people might try to please others because they worry that other people won't like them if they don't go above and beyond to make them happy. **Perfectionism:** Sometimes people want everything to be "just so," including how other people think and feel.  **Past experiences:** Painful, difficult, or traumatic experiences may also play a role. People who have experienced abuse, for example, may try to please others and be as agreeable as possible in order to avoid triggering abusive behavior in others. The motivation to help others can sometimes be a form of altruism. A person might genuinely want to make sure that other people have the help that they need. In other cases, people-pleasing can be a way to feel validated or liked. By making sure that people are happy, they feel as if they are useful and valued. ****Bad results of being a people-pleaser**** People-pleasing isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Being a concerned and caring person is an important part of maintaining healthy relationships with loved ones. It becomes a problem, however, if you are trying to win approval in order to shore up weak self-esteem or if you are pursuing the happiness of others at the expense of your own emotional well-being. If you are devoting all of your time to helping others in order to make them happy and win their approval, you might experience some of the following consequences. **Anger and Frustration:** While you might actually enjoy helping, you are also bound to experience frustration when you are doing things reluctantly or out of obligation. These feelings can lead to a cycle of helping someone, feeling mad at them for taking advantage, and then feeling regretful or sorry for yourself. **Anxiety and Stress:** Efforts to keep other people happy can stretch your own physical and mental resources too thin. Trying to manage it all can leave you plagued with stress and anxiety, which can have detrimental effects on your health. Helping other people can actually have a number of mental health benefits.5 But not leaving time for yourself means you might end up experiencing the negative health consequences of excess stress. **Depleted Willpower:** Devoting all of your energy and mental resources toward making sure that others are happy means you are less likely to have the resolve and willpower to tackle your own goals. Some research suggests that willpower and self-control may be limited resources. If you are using your mental resources to make sure that other people have what they want or need, it might mean that you simply have little left to devote to your own needs. **Lack of Authenticity:** People-pleasers will often hide their own needs and preferences in order to accommodate other people. This can make it feel as if you are not living your life authentically—it may even leave you feeling as if you don’t know yourself at all. **Weaker Relationships:** If you are putting all of your efforts into making sure that you meet other people's expectations, you may find yourself feeling resentful. While people might appreciate your giving nature, they may also begin to take your kindness and attentiveness for granted. People may not even realize they are taking advantage of you. All they know is that you are always willing to lend a hand, so they have no doubt that you’ll show up whenever you're needed. What they may not see is how thin you are stretched and how overcommitted you might be. **Conclusion** Just like I ealier stated, we've all experienced people-pleasing and most of you are still experiencing it. It can't be totally avoided as we can't totally go away from helping our loved ones. You can only totally avoid it if you move to another planet without human being, maybe you'd end up pleasing the space features there. LOL. Anyways, you can control it a bit when you decide to set boundaries, help when you feel like helping, set goals and priorities. **Thank you for taking your time to read this long epistle.❤️** I give credit to very well mind website. https://www.verywellmind.com/how-to-stop-being-a-people-pleaser-5184412 **16th October 2021**

@FirstCity 15 October 2021

Laziness has advantages too I'm jealous at everyone enjoying their weekend at home with family and friends, my weekend is not a weekend to me and I'm used to it already. I work all through. Once again, happy enjoyable weekend to you all. This is my entry to the Laziness prompt by @JonicaBradley , after reading the version from @ExpertWritter (read it here), I decided to drop mine. https://read.cash/@ExpertWritter/the-role-of-laziness-to-our-life-6e0db241 **My take on Laziness** ****Laziness has advantages too**** To be truthful, laziness has a way of influencing us badly. I mean it’s difficult to get things done or get a productive result when you’re just lying down weak doing nothing and can't even access your online duties (for those that works remotely). Lead image from freepick.com But looking at it from other angle, from the workaholic aspect, they seldom agree that not being able to work is not laziness but just mere time for relaxation. But is that really true? You know sometimes you try to justify yourself from a different perspective and give yourself applauds. LOL. On a clear note,being lazy is not bad. Although most people have their definition and perspective on laziness, but it's not totally bad. Let’s say that you’ve had a hectic day so far and there’s no end in sight. Is it really the end of the world if you literally do nothing for 15-minutes? That's a big no. The point is, you can’t be “on” all of the time. Sometimes you need to kick back, relax, and be lazy. yeah, be lazy if that's what the world calls it. **Permit me to take you on a ride.** When you're lazy, you're less likely to experience bornout. *Burnout is a form of exhaustion caused by constantly feeling swamped. It's a result of excessive and prolonged emotional, physical, and mental stress. In many cases, burnout is related to one's job. Burnout happens when you're overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to keep up with life's incessant demands.* Source: wedmd.com https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/burnout-symptoms-signs#:~:text=Burnout%20is%20a%20form%20of,up%20with%20life's%20incessant%20demands. This is dangerous you can prevent this by allowing yourself to a little lazy. When you take your body out on a cruisy lazy treat, your whole system wonders on a land of no stress and at the end helps in relieving some emotional pains. Also when you put your body in that lazy real, you have opportunity to set some boundaries like not bringing some work home and at the end, if you decide to say "no work tonight" there'll be nothing to pressure you. Some of the consequences of bornout are I'll health, disogarnization, decrease in work creativity, etcetera. Being in the realm of laziness takes the mind deep down to think and reflect on some point of weekness. It makes someone to become more self aware. You have more time to wonder on what's affecting and simultaneously hunt to profer a solution. How do you solve a problem you are not aware of? This is the time you have time to feed the eyes on pleasures such as watching television, music, movies etc. Most over-busy people hardly find time to watch television. And this improves the emotional status of an individual. Free time or laziness state sharpens the emotional status of the individual. Let me proof a point, it's true that the idle mind is the devil's workshop but have you imagined what the devil is using all the ideas from idle people to do. Have you imagine how big and productive the workshop of the devil would be? Take your time to cross examine it, if we are usually outsmarting the devil with those ideas from the idle mind. We would have taken the throne of the devil. LOL. Before I excuse my keyboard, do you know that being lazy means less busy and that obviously result in better health. When you are into laziness, you are more rested-mentaly and physically. Finally, when you're lazy, you are more efficient and effective. Do you know that lazy people finds the quickest way to get a task done? Hahah😂 **Conclusion** It's stated that everything that has advantage must have disadvantages. Even death has advantages(someone that's at old age, let's say 100years and has been sick for four years, if he or she passes away, that'll be advantageous to to the family and the berived, to the family- there's rest and shutdown cost of treatment, to the berived- no more pain. This article is actually a win for me- I've been battling with a topic to write and this prompt came as a savior. More also, I know laziness is bad but I just tried to crack up the brain to come up with a different thing entirely from what I've read so far. Do you want to try? The floor is not flooded yet, jump on it now. Give us your take on laziness. Read the original Article and write yours. https://read.cash/@JonicaBradley/writing-prompt-19-laziness-702e830c **15th October 2021** **Thanks for reading❤️**

@FirstCity 14 October 2021

Lessons from my upline: Avoiding Spam **Lead image** They said, if actually you want to have fun during your weekend, you start preparing from Thursday. How is your **Almost weekend day** going? Hope you're cool? Have been meditating on what to write since morning till now and it seems the head is blocked, no idea seems to be popping out untill I meet a short post from @Petite that Rusty termed her account spam and she posted with pain. I don't really know if it's resolvable as I haven't heard about Its solution, I'm a newbie here and i **know I've not known enough.** Luckily for me, I have a well to do upline that have taken his precious time to groom me on this platform. The person on @Kushyzee . I have been well thought by this guy and I owe him alot. If you check my first article, from the scratch, You'd see that this account is not actually my first. I once had Account that had spam issue that I abandoned. When it occurred, i rushed down to my upline and asked him what could be the reason, he explained and gave me some tips which I have been working with and they've been so helpful. https://read.cash/@FirstCity/from-the-scratch-bf325f52 ****Some of these faults that attract penalty from Rusty are as follows:**** There's no need saying much on these as you might have read articles of such from gurus(genius) here, so I'd just mention and pass. I can't explain it better than them or the RandomRewarder. Hahah. ***Posting erotic contents,*** ***Abusive words.*** To mention but a few. Now the most likely and simplest to fall on is the ***low comment***. I don't know how rusty tackles this aspect because when it affected me, I concluded that's it's done on baias basis.(I'll talk more on this later). Low comments just as using sentence below 20 words could attract this penalty. Comments with just emoji are also victim of this aspect. **Check out these kind of comments that rusty frowns out;** "😂😂😂😂" "Okay" " I think I like it" "👍" Etc. ***But I've been seeing comments like this and nothing happened to the accounts.*** I asked my upline why is rusty baias, why is it not being strict with its rules and he explained to me- **"most of these people that are fond of replying with low words and are overlooked by rusty have built their reputation already, if you check well most of them have 100+ subscribers"**. I got amazed, I considered it to some extent and I got to realize that it's very true, it won't make sense if an account with 100+ subscribers would just die off like that, because in the cause of building the wall, they've be acknowledged alot with long comments. That's so true. ****How I've been maneuvering low comments.**** My upline again, he gave me an expo and it's very useful, he told me that when he reads an article and he doesn't know what to comment, he better leave it like that. Wow! He said also, that if he wants to get noticed from the publisher, he upvote the article. I've been using this process and it's working for me. When I read and I'm in short of words, I goes with two options, either to leave it(without commenting) or I upvote with minimum of $0.01 BCH. In either ways, I'm gaining attention. **Conclusion** To the gurus(genius) in the house, this is not to outsmart your already written articles on such topic. I just feel like acknowledging my upline for a work well done and also, to encourage my fellow newbies, yeah I'm still a newbie. To @Lovelyfaith I came across where your name was mentioned as a newbie and this is my little contribution to say you are welcome, please do well to o acknowledge the points I analysed. I'm not forgetting @PetiteI feel your pain and I hope it's resolved soon. Please you guys can help out to profer solution to her if you have any. Special acknowledgement to my super upline @Kushyzee, thanks for all you and my to my first super sponsor, I love you❤️ @GarrethGrey07 . **Thanks for taking your time to read.** **Much love ❤️** **14th October 2021.**

@FirstCity 14 October 2021

Hurray !!🎉 🎉🎉🎉🎉 I got my first sponsor from a super friend @GarrethGrey07. I just got the notification and I couldn't keep calm. I'm shakingly and humbly grateful. Thanks so much my dear friend. More BCH to your wallet.💚💚

@FirstCity 13 October 2021

We are all victims of uncontentment Lead image It was a free day for me, I enjoyed my time on this platform today. Hope your day went well? Enjoy reading this piece of mine❤️ In as much as we've heard, listened to encouragement words to be contented and satisfied with what we have, we still have a loophole on this aspect. Human beings are created to hunger for more even if we have all we needed. Is it that God made it so? He made it for a suppose? I've heard preachers of **contentment** wishing to be another figure, more richer or preferably to be out of their country. Who doesn't like good life? Lol. ***Let me not go far, sincerely answer yourself these questions to yourself:*** Are you satisfied with what you have now? Are you satisfied with your educational achievements so far? Are you cool with the way your body look? Are you satisfied with your current fiance? Yeah, fiance🧐. Are you okay with your skin color? Are you okay with the quantity of BCH you have currently? ***If truly you gave yourself a sincere answer you'd see that you're guilty of uncontentment too.*** I know being satisfied plays a cool game in our daily lives, it helps not to indulge in dubious acts but I think uncontentment is a **natural act**, it runs in us, it's most times **inevitable**. You can only try to control it but can't completely put an end to it. ****We are all guilty of this fact and I want to prove some points.**** ***The poor want to get rich.*** You can't see a poor young man happy in his poor state, there's every tendency of him thinking on how to make money on every 5hours. Even if he is in a good health and everyone around him are healthy, the urge to make wealth is naturally there in his heart beating fast with a **thick reminder sound.** Social media will put a constant reminder to him because the media is all about flaunting of riches, he'd get oppressed and depressed if care is not taken. Haven't you heard of Internet fraudsters? They'll intimidate with their flaunts of cars, houses and **babes** to the extent you'd start thinking if God is baias. Lol On a normal circumstances, no one is Happy being poor. Even the **trying ones** are often times not okay with where they are, the urge to push further will always be there. **The rich fighting to be richer.** In a contrary facts, the rich are also not satisfied with where they are. It's natural bro. If you're rich (you have money in account, landed properties, houses, cars), you still want to acquire more. If I'm wrong, please come and proof me wrong. There's this unsatisfied spirit among the rich, they're not satisfied whatsoever, they want to acquire and accumulate more. At some points, being rich alone is not enough to them, so they divert to becoming famous- some go into politics. They want their name to be heard and by so doing, they venture into power holding (occultic and the rest). Do you think these are just ordinary Desires? No, it's the force on uncontentment at work. **The fair and the dark coloured skin.** My Africa people, you're all used to this. We know the battles we are facing everyday on this point. You'd see the dark desiring to be fair. You think that desire is ordinary? No, it's force of uncontentment at work. This will push the dark to use Organic cream to change their skin colour (Sorry oo if you are a victim here). Though is now seen as fashion but I quote it wrong, it shouldn't be so. Even the fair changes their color to dark because they assumed black is better. I've seen a fair lady that treated her color to dark because she has a black large spot on her face. She want her body to follow her face. Let me divert a title, we all know **late Michael Jackson**, right? Okay ponder on that. **The thin and thick**. This is where I fall in. I'm the slim type, I've grown to love the slimness but sometimes (not always bro) I wish I have chubby flesh hahaha. You shouldn't blame me, it's natural. This is has made many people to change their figure. The thin want to be thick and then thick want to be think. In this part of the world, Nigeria, ladies want to be slim whatsoever. I don't know whether it's the same in your country. And the funny part is that, most of them don't Want to go into dieting or work out, they end up using drugs. God help us. But why would they want to be thin? Slim guys goes with chubby ladies, so the race is still balanced. Hahah. **What do you think about uncontentment?** In one way or the other, we are all victims of uncontentment. We know the it's not good but we can't help it. Though uncontentment pushes us to achieve unmatchable results if well controlled but if not well handled the end result Is always regretting. Uncontentment runs in us, we can't completely avoid it but we have to power to control it. God created us to be responsible for our choices, make the right choice. ***Thanks for taking your time to read and feel free to drop your comments.*** **13th October 2021**.

@FirstCity 13 October 2021

What if human teleportation becomes real? I bring greetings from my hood with lots of love. Chop the love ❤️ I woke up this morning with a bugging thought because I miss someone and I want to be there with her but distance sucks. She's been sick for three days. Our morning conversation pushed me to this topic: **Human teleportation** You've heard of teleportation, right? Maybe you've not properly learnt of it, what about movies? I've seen series of movies on human Teleportations and all of them were wonderful. **But why is it not real now?** **By the way, what's teleportation?** **Teleportation** is the hypothetical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. It is a common subject in science fiction literature and in other popular culture. Teleportation is often paired with time travel, being that the travelling between the two points takes an unknown period of time, sometimes being immediate. Definition gotten from Wikipedia. I went further to search and found that this transfer of energy is only possible in the quantum world for now and not real in the physical word. **Quantum world:** physics term use to describe properties such as mass or energy. *Let me not make this article more like a lecture class with physics terms.* So, teleportation has the capacity to transfer energy from one entity to another without putting the distance in view(it doesn't matter the length of the distance). A more simpler example of this teleportation is the telecommunication system, it covers a wide range of the world spacw without considering the distance. It's instant and magical. **My point.** Like I stated earlier, I have seen movies where teleportation were used and it made a lot of sense. One of the movies (I can't recall the title), a phone was used as means of transfer, once the guy dials the phone, he finds himself appeared at the end of the receiver. Isn't that Wonderful? Won't you want to the appearing and disappearing? Lol. This is not local witchcraft. Another one again, the guys dials the number and imagine in his mind anywhere he wants to land(appear) and it happens the way he imagined it. Wow! So after seeing all these, it pushed me to make some researches to see if truly there's existence of human teleportation, but they said No, it only exist in the qautum world. **But if eventually human teleportation becomes real:** It's one of the things(imaginary) I have fancied, just the way people fancy about skydiving and space traveling. If it eventually human teleportation becomes real i wouldn't mind being among the first ten persons to use it in my country. Do you know what it takes to appear to any part of the world. Maybe there'd be geographical restrictions but I wouldn't mind transversing anywhere within the limit. I'd be physically present to attend to any issue that needs my attention. When I'm called for wedding parties where distance and time are barriers, I'd just Target 30minutes for the whole events. Appear, share gifts, take pictures, eat food and zoom back. Hahaha. I'd take advantage of the football world, appear to any stadium and watch live matches, do I need to pay? Nah, I don't need to pass through the gate, I'd just appear on one of the empty seats and enjoy myself. When match is over, I zoom back to my country/house. And etcetera. It's easier said and imagined, lol. I know things like this will come with precautions, failures and repercussions: what if network fails along the way? Haaa! What if at the time of transporting, my family start looking for me and had already announced my missing to the television centres. Lol then I'd appear back and tell them I'm now a super human. Lol. One thing for sure, the local witches in my country would definitely come for me to see how it works, and when I refuses to show them, it'll become a thug of war (Nigerians will understand). **The end of my imagination.** I think my head is full this morning to have thought of this thing. Well, it's **win win** for a topic this morning. But what if eventually, human teleportation comes to existence, would you like to take part in the adventure? Feel free to tell me your take on it. **Note:** the findings I made may not be enough to justify its existence, it's a shallow findings for me as I didn't bothered to go deeper. If you have a better knowledge on this, you're free to chip in let's learn together. **Thanks for reading❤️** **13th October 2021** Lead image from unplash

@FirstCity 12 October 2021

When I'm hungry Good day good people. Today's Tuesday is programed for hunger for me. Am I fasting? A big no! I can't even explain how I found myself in this state this morning. ***Letme tell you my funny experience I had this morning.*** I woke up around 5am as usual, went through my phone to check for updates(read.cash inclusive), arranged my stuffs and zoomed out for work by 7am. I don't normally take breakfast between 6:00am to 8:00am, it's not my thing at all. I consider it as it's too early for my stomach(though, medically it's good). So on a regular day, I take breakfast as from 9:00am and that usually goes with solid food- I'm not the tea type hahaha. *Talking about tea- it baffles me always when I hear people say they took tea and bread for breakfast and that'd last them to lunch(1pm). I can't even imagine it to my body. If I'm taking tea, I'd consider it for a short time coverage, let me say for just interval of 1hour, anything more than 1hour is call to riot on my stomach.* So I got to work at exactly 7:10am, I quickly jumped to my morning routine. Not up to an hour, the stomach started calling for help. Ha! So quick! I started wondering what could make the stomach call so early, then a sharp reminder of last night experience came to my mind *Last night, when I came back from work, I took a lot of cold water and it filled my stomach that made me to ignore food.* The effect decided to **"show me pepper"** (toture me) today. **"But this is too early for me to eat"** I thought. One thing I observed about eating food and quench for the stomach is that, the stomach could be panting for food but if the appetite is not there, it'd be hard to satisfy the stomach. **Don't you know that?** Let me give you a clear example: ***when you are sick, why is it hard for you to eat when the stomach is empty? Food for thought.🧐*** Time got to 9:17am and I couldn't just help it anymore. It's time to get a breakfast but our breakfast meal wasn't ready. Haaa! It seems today is all planned against me. I was left on the spot, I couldn't go out to get food because none of my colleagues were on seat at that particular time. "*I decided to be the boss to my stomach, it can't control me, never! Instead I'll be the one to tell him it to keep mute".* **When you are hungry, how does your body system react?** **When I'm hungry;** My system gets weak and difficult to perform any task. Is this only me? Tasks are energetic engagements and how can it be done without energy? Being hungry means energy in the body system is being calculatively exhausted. Food gives energy. I reduces my communication speed. This is natural to me, my talking speed automatically get reduced. Infact I'd prefer if I'm not disturbed with too much questions at the particular period. I find it hard to **get a topic for the day.** This point is what actually made me to write this article. Before now, I've pondered the brain on topic to write but nothing came out. Oh! Something came out actually because it was from here I got the idea. So let's say hunger gives inspiration sometimes hahah! No wonder some men of God fast or keep away from food most times to get inspiration on the word to teach. Lol. 12:09pm already and yet, not done justice to the stomach because I said I must finish this hunger triggered topic, meanwhile they had called for breakfast few minutes ago. Is this call still for breakfast or lunch already? Lol The hunger is affecting my typing already, my fingers are shivering. I'm beginning to battle with spellings despite with the help of **autocorrect** Letme go and eat food.....let me go and answer the hunger call. My stomach has tried, somehow I have a **super-stomach,** other people's stomach can't withstand 1hour hunger. Lol. Sorry for the 'dizzy' arrangements of English. *This article was finished exactly at 12:11pm to answer the call of food.* What about you? How does your body reacts when you're hungry? Tell me in the comment. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ **12th October 2021** Lead image

@FirstCity 11 October 2021

Positive Monday Lead image Goodmorning my dear Readers and publishers, I'm too sure you all are good. It's Monday and a new week to spark up the dream chasing, aim at the **already placed target** and hit it hard. *****It's Monday again***** Right from the days of school, we all know how Mondays look like, the workaholic day, the ever serious day, in fact, the most longest day of the week LOL. Did you wake up with these bugging thoughts on how to conquer today? -Maybe you left logs and volumes of work work last Friday at the office with the mindset to touch and finish them today. -Maybe you have lots of bills to clear via the productivity of this new week. -Maybe you were heart broken last week and you don't feel like welcoming the new work day with that a positive mindset. Don't be disturbed, haven't you heard that *joy comes in the morning*? **Why not be positive? You can do it.** A positive attitude is not just about sporting that smile on your face every time, it is more than that. It is about maintaining that optimistic mindset and attitude even when things are in utter chaos. It is often said that what good or bad diet does to your body, positive and negative thoughts do the same to your mind! Feed your mind with positive thoughts and you will see amazing changes around you. ***You practically becomes what your thought says.*** When you start thinking optimistically, your mind becomes clear of any negative thoughts and you will see the world in a new light. You will stop blaming yourself or others. You will be in total control of your emotions and try to seek a valuable lesson in every setback you experience. ****Here are a few more reasons why should develop a positive attitude in life:**** **Happiness:** A positive attitude is known to be linked with the feeling of happiness. Happiness is a state of mind; it comes from within and not dependent on external factors. When you think positively, you will be in harmony and feel happy. To put it simply, with a positive attitude, you can be happy right now, irrespective of any situations you are in. **Self-confidence:** When you develop a positive attitude, you will start feeling better about yourself. You will treat yourself with more respect and love, and this in turn will boost your confidence levels and inner strength. You will take on new challenges and come out of your self-limiting beliefs. **Stronger immune system:** People with a positive attitude are lively, energetic and healthy. Positive thinking renders a positive effect on health as well; it lowers stress and improves your overall wellbeing. Even when you fall sick, your body recuperates faster. **More focused:** With positive thinking, you achieve emotional balance, which actually helps the brain to execute functions properly. You learn to stay focused and as a result, you can come up with the right decisions in challenging situations. **Training your mind to develop positive attitude:** Repeating positive affirmations is a great way to train your mind to think positively. Reading inspirational and motivational quotes on a daily basis will help you overcome negative thoughts and instill a sense of optimism in you. When any unpleasant event occurs, approach it with a positive mindset and try to learn an optimistic lesson out of it. Remember, your thoughts determine your feelings and actions. So whenever any negative thought comes to your mind, immediately replace it with a positive one. Even if you are in a dire state of affairs, a positive mindset will help you sail through the difficult phase easily. Resolve to be cheerful, no matter how the situation is. If things are not working in your favour, instead of fretting, work towards your goals with a positive attitude and you will see amazing results soon! **Have a fruitful Monday.** All through last week, my mind was full of depressing thoughts, how to meet a target I'm working on, but an energetic mindset, full of positivity, woke me up this morning. Isn't that enough to be assured of the breakthrough of the week? Be positive this morning and see the magic. **Wishing you guys the best of the day and week.** **Much love❤️❤️** **Thanks for reading** **11th October 2021**

@FirstCity 9 October 2021

If I were the Supreme God God day everyone, it's weekend and as usual I'm choked with work. Kudos to those that have free enjoyable weekends. This is my entry to the prompt by @JonicaBradley if I were, after reading @Kushyzee and @Cogamedia articles, you can read them too (Kushyzee entry and Cogamedia entry). I'd like to adopt Kushyzee of being a God but in another dimension. https://read.cash/@JonicaBradley/writing-prompt-18-if-i-were-08ea82c3 https://read.cash/@Kushyzee/if-i-were-a-god-2fe60ad9 https://read.cash/@Cogamedia/if-i-were-a-president-9399e8bc **This is mine- If i were The Supreme God for just a month.** This is not trying to measure with our supreme God or try to portray that He's not doing His work well, nah! It's just an imaginary thought and God please don't be angry with me🙏. So if God happens to handle over His power to control the entire world for an inteval of a month, you know what, I'd start scattering, striking and rearranging from His closest home which is the church. ****The church**** ***I would shutdown politics in church*** I will shutdown all political activities in church. I don't know the settings in your church there but here in Nigeria, politics is now the order of Happenings. You'd see pastors fighting to be promoted even when God stated that promotion comes from Him. Ha! Nowadays, to occupy a position in church is done via ballot elections. Just imagine! Where is the Holy Spirit that need to be consulted and know the right person for position? The political display in churches is now rampant. Top politicians that we know their dirty standards in the society are fully welcomed in churches occupying sensitive positions that holy people need to stand in *(I'm not judging).* ***I would open an heavenly bank account for offerings and tithes.*** Since churches have turned to a full time business, I would open a ***firm large Account*** to receive offerings and tithes, to curb these men of God from enriching their pockets with church funds. I don't know about your country, but here in Nigeria, it's now a legal platform to get rich quick. I'm not saying all churches are victim of this, but 80% are full victims. You'd see the givers suffering and the receivers dripping. I know there's a spiritual impact attached to giving but please let the physical impact be acknowledged too. Let everyone pay to God's account and I'd pay church workers from the account, or maybe when there's need for church Building I'll transfer from there, yeah, money transfer. Hahah🤣🤣🤣 ***Expose all magicians acting as men of God.*** Oh! We call them workers of iniquity. All the men of God using "**juju"(fetish power)** as their means of performing miracles will be exposed. Enough is Enough! Most of these people go to occultic houses to buy power, haven't you seen? Not just movies, they are real. The funny thing is that the masses are aware but they like "sharp sharp" miracles(quick miracle). ***Quench the talent of those Gospel singers indulging in immoral acts.*** Do you know that most of these singers take drugs or perform some rituals or engage in sexual acts before performing? You wouldn't know because God is a merciful God. If I become God I'll seize those talents from them, ***"untill their eye clear"(untill they realize that God is the giver of the talent and should not be abused).*** I learnt of a confession of a very good singer in church that normally have intimacy with someone a night to church day, she said it makes her feel comfortable on stage. ****To the governmental bodies.**** I'd instantly disharm all the governmental bodies from all the occultic powers. Asking if all of them are occultic? Well, I can't really say all, but 97% of them are into occultic. Come and prove me wrong. Once they're disharmed,....(let me stop here). ****What about the world entirely?**** There are lots of changes I'd make as regards to the world entirely but my hand is arching already. But finally, **I'd ensure a good enjoyable life for the one month with no crises, sickness or death and a topup of $2,000,000 to all the living souls in the world. Is that too much?** It's possible, God's bank can not be bankrupted. Well, the $2,000,000 is for the good people only.👌 How about you join the prompt and let us know your imaginary thought on this prompt. Check the instructions below; Lead imag edited by me using canva https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/04/23/401643807/a-god-that-could-be-real-in-the-scientific-universe **Thanks for reading** **9th October 2021**

@FirstCity 8 October 2021

No one would make heaven ***"If all sins count, no one would make heaven"*** Good day my dearly friends, I'm sure you all are good. This topic popped out of my mind after I posted it on my WhatsApp status this morning. I'm not sounding biblical, but the Holy Book stated that God has a punishment for all sinners. This era, we've succeeded in making some of our sins as **deep sin** and others **insignificant.** We've normalized lies, hatred as **involuntary acts** and assume God doesn't take count of them. What if God is taking record of all our sins? What if God is going to judge us with those sins we assumed they're insignificant? Would you make heaven? I'd be focusing on the sin that's now rampant in this age and it's now more like God has no punishment for them anymore. ****The Sin of lie**** Some years ago during church outreach in my local church, we were preaching the Good tidings to this elderly man for salvation and he asked a question; "have you lied before?". We laughed and made the man to understand that we're all sinners and there's always a platform for us to change and adapt to Christ's lifestyle. Lie is one of the major and neglected sin in our modern society. We overlook it and assume it doesn't matter to God. **The major point I want to buttress is the lies on age of people.** Are we together? You're victim already. Lol. The lie on ages of people are now insignificant to this our modern days. We look at it as it's nothing serious and God has cancelled the punishment for liars and we are free. Hold on guys,....God really cancelled the punishment for liars? Or it's me that's no current? Lol. Let's look at some popular platforms on the lie on age. ****Football age**** It baffles me always when I see an old man with brown beards(fainted beards) called 21years old. Ha! This one that can produce my kind is 21years old? Are you telling me that those ages tagged to footballers are real? The world of football has generalized this lie into the whole world and it's now rampant and common. Last week, one of our international player in my country celebrated his birthday and I was wowed when I saw that he just turned 24. Hahahah.(name unmentioned). If this such lie is punishable to death, then the world of football has succeeded in leading us to hell. We should hold the football world responsible? God have mercy. ****Employment Age**** This point is the weirdest in my country. You would see people forging age declaration just to meet up the requirement age. So bad! I learnt of a guy that has four age certificates so he could easily fit in to any age term. Sometimes it's not the people's fault but the condition of the government. You're a victim?- conscience is judging you already, ahahah! This same fact goes to the religious system. Some churches has a framed age for you to be qaulified to work as a pastor or handle a unit in the church. This has made people to decreased their age in order to be accepted. Can you imagine that? **Lying to work for God.** Ha! You're doubting me? I have seen. I wanted to stop here but, what about ladies that are scared to be called 30th? **Conclusion** Are you a victim of any of these lies? If all sins are measured equally with their punishment, then just 1% of people in planet earth would make heaven. If lying is measured with same punishment with killing, adultery, fornication etc, then it's only God's mercy that will save us. The worst fact is that we can't control these lies anymore, it's living with us daily. The football bodies have tagged it legal and we've been blindfolded to see it as normal. The employment sectors have placed it into their regulations and it's now very normal to most countries. What would make the birth registration body(the law) to accept to change or adjust someone's age?. Even the pastors that are supposed to preach against it are victims. God have mercy on us. **Thank you for reading** **8th October 2021**

@FirstCity 5 October 2021

She measured my love with gift ***Isn't birthday gift supposed to be on a willingness basis?*** Lead image This question popped out of my mind this afternoon while trying to capture a topic for the day and this gladly turned up for me. Gifting Someone a gift on his or her birthday is something of great necessity, no doubt about that because it goes a long way to gladdens the mind of the receiver. It doesn't only make them happy, it puts you(giver) in a big place in the heart of the receiver. But what if it's on demand? If you give out based on demand from the celebrant, do you think it would be appreciated the way it ought to? **Let's take it down a bit.** Let me use ladies as case study. I don't know who put it into law that it's their entitlement to receive a gift on her birthday from male friends. Ladies in the house know what I'm saying 🧐. The funny part is that once a guy makes advance on them, they'll automatically included him on the payment row(expecting a gift). **Why?!** If you put me on such angle, I'd proudly fail you. I once had a lady friend that I made advances at and I was foolish enough not to check and confirm her birth date***(common sense demands to check if her birthday is close by to avoid stories that touches hahah),*** so I fell a victim. I didn't know her birthday was around the corner. Honestly, I was having **cash** on my bank account and I was ready to surprise her not the way she expected. Her birthday reached, I sent her a text, wished her well on social media and called her as well. She received the messages and replied with ***"I'm expecting my birthday gift",*** I smiled and stayed my on my lane with my plan. She Posted all her received gifts on media tagged with appreciative comments. At about 11pm she messaged saying she's disappointed bla bla bla. Omo! I had to let her be. Just like I said, if you prepare an examination on such platform for me, I'll boastfully fail. **Today's encounter.** I'm currently passing same experience again. Today is Ruky's birthday that she has been canvasing (announcing) for weeks. Ruky is a church girl that turned to a close friend, I've been crushing on her for weeks but I withdrew myself when I found out she's too demanding. She's always on ***"I'm not fine, I need this and that".*** I've helped her financially many times (but not a pressured-demand ground). All through last week, she Channeled 78% of our conversations to her birthday. I got tired of the whole conversation and decided to put her chats on archive 🤔. I know she's currently expecting money transfer to her account but no, I want to fail the test. Lol. Yeah, I wanna fail again 🤣 *I Have sent her text- a text would do.* *I posted her photo on social media- that would do.* *I have secretly prayed for her- that would do.* If not seeing that highly expected gift from me will make her term me as not being loving, I'm proudly gonna accept that **Closing words.** I don't know about you, I didn't give not because there's no money to give out, but it's a mastered principal I uses to check these "**sharp sharp"** friendly ladies. Most of them are just too demanding and rate their love via **"who gives the best".** Haven't you seen movies on such? Guys are rated by ladies on how they give, the lower you give, the the little your love for her and vice versa. Another fact, if they're expecting much and you happens to gift them below their expectation, mehn it won't be valued to heart. I'm not trying to scatter relationship sir/ma, just buttressing a point. Guys, if you've not noticed this, the next girl you'd me, try and ignore buying her gift on her birthday and remember to give the story here. For the people in relationship, please if you want to try, do it with caution. Hahahaha. **Love you guys❤️** **5th October, 2021**

@FirstCity 4 October 2021

The blue eyes girl I met I have heard and seen movies and broadcast of people using artificial Iris but never seen one physically untill today. I made some Google findings about artificial Iris and I got some knowledgeable facts. Let's look at them; **Types of lenses** Three types of lenses are available, depending on how drastic a change is desired. They include: *Visibility lense, Enhancement lense and Opaque lenses.* *****Visibility lenses***** These are lightly tinted, and will only have a small effect if a person’s eyes are very light in color. Visibility lenses are tinted to help people see whether their lenses are in their case. The tinting also helps a person to find them if they are accidentally dropped. *****Enhancement lenses***** Enhancement lenses are semiopaque. They do not fully alter the color of the eye, but they can intensify it, making it stand out more. *****Opaque lenses***** On these lenses, the iris is colored in fully, allowing a person to change their eye color completely. Opaque lenses come in a variety of colors, including: violet, blue, green, brown, hazel, gray. This is the part I'd be talking about cos I saw two ladies with different colors; blue and red. **The girl on blue Iris.** Just like I said, I've never seen anyone with it untill I saw this lady. She came to our office to get some fried food and when she's done selecting she came over to make payment on my desk. Immediately I noticed the change in the colour of her eyes, I became shocked, at first I didn't believed what I saw, I had to look again. Even the second look got me confused because it was so enticing and I thought maybe it's magical and I'm about to be enchanted and surrender all the money in my custody. Lol- we know how magical movies work nah*(just kidding).* In as much as have heard about blue eyes, I've never seen an **home girl** coming with one(maybe have not be up to date). At that same sport, I wholeheartedly believe that the blue eyes I was seeing is natural because I knw It'd be hard for a girl in a **not popular city** in my country fix a temporal lense*(I later found out I was not updated)*. So I found Interest interacting and looking straight to her eyeballs. Sincerely, if that's how people fall in love via mere look, I fell in love with the eyes at that spot. I wanted to make move in collecting her contact number but her boyfriend (the guy she came with) was not far from the spot and I just let go. After she left, I told my coworkers about it and one of them concurred that it's the trend of the nowadays ladies. I was surprised because that was my first. So I crossed it in my mind to be checking every Ladies eye that comes to my desk. Funny, right? **The girl on Red iris.** Just few hours when the lovely, enchanting blue eyes girl left, a very light skinned girl worked in, she was dressed in all the classy girl's stuff; long pink nails, long curly weavon etc. What a beauty to behold, but immediately I looked her eyes, **I saw a fiery, pussycat look.** Damn, the eyes wasn't abnormal at all. I couldn't look through the eye thrice, I only managed to go through twice. It was full of magical red(yeah, magical red) and I had to recollect my **within-appraisal** I gave to her at first, Lol. She's no longer beautiful. ****My thought on fixing artificial Iris.**** Sincerely I would love my girl(when I get one) to fix that blue color Iris. I love it to the core. But my fear is the negative effects if not well handled or fixed. From my research i found out that artificial lenses causes itchy, watery eyes, blurry vision, a scratched cornea partial, and vision loss or blindness, if not well fixed. **Thanks for reading.** **4th October 2021**

@FirstCity 3 October 2021

Procastinated Saturday Date:03/10/2021 Time: 11:30pm Hope y'all are doing good? It's been an hectic weekend for me. My weekends are more of the most dutiful days in my work place. I think I've violated the standard I gave myself on **one article per day for the whole of this month.** Well I don't really know if it's to blame my head or hand. Lol. Procastination has been feeding on me recently and I can't help it. Sometimes it tackles me from the head down to head and makes the whole of me weak. **How can I avoid procastination?** It's feeding on me. I failed to publish yesterday, being Saturday. I tried all my possible best but I got confused and consumed with procastination. I had the plan to write and publish before 2pm yestday, but the plan turned against me. ****My Saturday**** I got to work as early as 7am, did all the necessary early morning arrangements in preparation for the day's task. About 10am, I got a leisure moment and decided to engage my note. All the ideas to write pop out and I was glad and little did I know that spirit of "**you can do it later"** is being calculative. Haha. Guys, I didn't know when I found myself out of the note page to check a WhatsApp message. I stayed on WhatsApp for like 15mins and before I could return back to the page for continuation *(continuation? I was yet to start),* customers came in and I had to drop the phone. **I'd still publish it today, there's still time.** Around 2:30pm, I tried to get engaged again with writing and a thought entered into my mind, **"why don't you go and read the articles on your notification first as that's what consume time and you could write your own anytime with ease?"** I gave it a thought and decided to run through articles on my notifications. I went through three of them, liked and commented, it wasn't easy at all. Meanwhile, all these spaces of reading and chatting were on chance, I do read a little and drop phone to attend to customers, so it took a little significant time to go through those articles. So it's time to sit on my article for the day, gbas gbos! They turned the TV channel to premier league match. Who doesn't love football match. I confidently dropped the phone and channelled my full attention to football match, *(the Article can wait later hahaha.)* Lots of excuses occurred all through the day and I made up my mind to just leave it for the night. I closed from work late around 9:30pm, I got home with the mindset to fully concentrate on the article writting for once, but it seems the procastination power followed me from work to home. Immediately I got home, I rushed to the bathroom and found out there's no water for the whole compound. I had to sort for means to get electricity to pump water which I succeeded and after taking my bathe, nature took over with sleep. I found myself next day(which is today) by 5am Conclusion Well, it's very obvious that 90% of well to do people have experienced procastination in one way or the other. You can only measure procastination via a target or goal set. What is procastination when there's nothing aimed at? My people, if you're encountering encountering procastination, and very bothered, just know that you're doing well, but don't relent. The conscious reminder of failed achievement we ought to have gotten is good reminder to stay awake. We can avoid procastination to some extent but not totally. **Thanks for reading.** **Pardon my compilation of English, I didn't not studied English in School.** **Hahaha. Love you guys** 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️

@FirstCity 3 October 2021

Love your enemies **Happy church people🥰** *Letme start with this question, do you really love your enemies? What's your answer? Is the answer in your mouth contradicting the answer in your mind?* **I have some points to prove and sorry cos I'd be sounding religious.** Let’s say that you believe that the future of your society is imminently threatened by the beliefs and activities of a significantly large group of people, i.e., your cultural and political opponents. You’d like to do something to counteract their influence and keep society from going completely off the tracks. Let’s also say that you are a Christian seeking to obey Christ’s unequivocal command to lovethose very same people. Profound disagreement does not naturally mesh very well with love, but that is what the Christian is called to navigate. What does this look like in practical terms? Part of what it means to love a person with terrible ideas is to hope that they eventually come to discard those ideas and to believe the truth, both for their own good and for the good of others — and, when possible, to help influence them in the right direction. In other words, sincere attempts at persuasionare an important aspect of loving your enemies, whenever you interact with them on the internet or, with increasing rarity, in the real world. Of necessity, persuasion requires foregoing the very real pleasures of sarcasm, one-upping, finger-wagging, name-calling, etc. Even if you can think up theological justifications for being a jerk, they just aren’t going to help you get defections from the other side. In other words, persuasion demands emotional discipline, a willingness to play the long game instead of indulging in quick, meaningless rhetorical “victories.” The task of persuasion also involves finding a point of mutual agreement and then working outwards from there. If, for instance, you’re trying to convincea pro-choice advocate that abortion is wrong (as opposed to just shouting them down), you could start with a concept you both find obviously true: that unplanned pregnancies leave a lot of women in truly awful situations. From there, you can try to show that abortion is a bad long-term solution to this social crisis. Even if you fail to persuade your opponent on the spot, (which you probably will) you will have at least proven that some pro-lifers, at least, try to take all aspects of the abortion problem seriously. This could go a surprisingly long way. Of course, finding consensus with one’s opponents has never been exactly easy. Our contemporary cultural climate makes it feel next to impossible. We live, apparently, in parallel universes that share only a handful of basic facts in common, and even these are given vastly different interpretations. But even and *especially* if your opponents prove intractable, Christ’s command to love them is still in full force. He elaborates: **“Pray for those who persecute you”** (Mt 5:44). Some Christians have suggested that this command can be fulfilled by prayers in the style of the imprecatory psalms: praying for God’s wrath and judgment upon the wicked. This interpretation clearly violates the spirit of what Jesus was saying here (see also Lk 9:54-55). He is telling his followers to pray that their enemies would find the truth, that good things would happen to them, and that they would be ultimately saved. It’s not terribly difficult to pray all of this for faceless **“enemies”** in the abstract. It’s very hard indeed to pray all of this when you start thinking of particular individuals. But here, as always, it’s best to make your prayers as concrete as possible. Is there ever a place for speaking sternly or even harshly to your opponents? Jesus did **(“You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil?”** (Mt 12:34)), so the answer must be, **“Yes.”** But it’s very risky to take episodes of Jesus’ anger in the Gospels as blanket approvals for the vehement airing of our grievances. We are just not as adept as the Lord at acting from a pure desire for justice and truth, unmixed with various personal vendettas and petty hatreds. In other words, calling someone a snake can be within the bounds of Christlike behavior — but not very often at all. **My thought** Though it's difficult to accept attacks and betrayal trying to love an enemy because they'd keep attacking and crushing you, but Christ demands that from us. Just like he said, "he can not allow a temptation bigger than us to come to us", he knows that when we keep showing love to them, they're bound to Change. **Thanks for reading**

@FirstCity 1 October 2021

I interviewed myself I love it when I see challenges or pattern to write on. It makes it easier for my thoughts and more simpler with the topic. I found Interest on the thread I read on @Kushyzee article and decided to jump on it as it's a good means to cover up for the daily article. (You can read it here) https://read.cash/@Kushyzee/an-interview-by-me-featuring-me-f58764bc *My questions and answers:* **1. What time did you get up in the morning?** It woke up 6:15am. That has been my normal time if there no washing of clothes in the morning before work. **2. Your new obsession?** I don't know how I found myself glued to watching football matches. **3. How do you like your steak?** I love it when it's fried. The thick fried taste is superb. **4. What is the last film you saw at the cinema?** I don't think have sat down once at a cinema. Yeah I've not seen any movie once in cinema and I know I've missed alot. I wasn't brought up in an urban area, so I never fancied cinema. **5. Favorite TV show?** I'm not really a fan due to busy schedule, but I think I like that home made Africa Magic show: ***My Flat Mate.*** **6. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?** I'd choose Dubai. I've always loved that city from day one. **7. What did you eat for breakfast?** I took rice mixed with spaghetti pasta with some boiled chicken. It was a free meal though 😋😋. **8. What food do you dislike?** Snake, dog, toad. People eat these animals as meat in my country but I'm very far off. **9. What kind of vehicle do you drive?** I don't own a vehicle now but I'd love to own a Lemousine. It's not common for a personal ride in my country. Fantasy at its peak. Haha **10. What are your favorite clothes?** Have always love corperate wears; suit, long sleeves, and tie. It's been my most fitted way of dressing. Another one that follows is the '**Yoruba agbada style'.** I love it also cos it displays richness even when the pocket is dry like drought.(no money)🤣🤣 **11. What is your favorite time of the day?** It's always the morning, the freshness that oozes out when going for work and the early morning strength that motivates. **12. What is your favorite sport to watch.** It's football match, and my most enjoyable tournament is WORLD CUP. Qatar 2022 loading...78% **13. What type of articles do you write?** I write more of my experiences and sometimes on research. **14. How do you feel about religion?** I'm an average Christian but not blindfolded by most irregular doctorine of current churches. **15. What are you thinking about right now?** I'm thinking about about how to increase my portfolio. I madly need money. **16. Would you want to live in another planet?** I love planet Earth, i don't want to leave here unless I'm taking my loved ones along. **17. What time are you going to bed?** I closes late from work everyday from Monday to Saturday and I sleep around midnight (12:00am). It has become part of me **18. What's your favorite fast-food restaurant?** Kilimanjaro, I only entered there once and I love it. It's a popular restaurant in Nigeria. **19. Do you like your job?** Nah! I don't like this job, it's time consuming and the pay is not okay. I'm looking for a new job. **20. What are you Listening to right now?** I'm listening to "Looku Looku" by Tems. **21. What's your favorite colour?** I love red so much. It goes smoothly with other colors when mixed or touched. Imagine red tie on a shiny white shirt. ❤️ **22. How many tattoos do you have?** I don't have a tattoo on my body and I don't intend to have it. **22. Coffee?** Bitter and sleepless? Nah, I don't like it. The original content by @Theblackdoll has 50 questions but I concur to my laziness that made me to select just 22 questions. You can participate. Lead image: freepik.com This is the original article https://read.cash/@Theblackdoll/q-a-me-404131e8

@FirstCity 30 September 2021

Famous Dream *We don’t always feel comfortable admitting it to our friends; it is embarrassing. But, secretly, the idea of being famous has great appeal.* **What's your take on being famous?** Fame is deeply attractive because it seems to offer very significant benefits. The fantasies go like this: when you are famous, wherever you go, your good reputation will precede you. People will think well of you, because your merits have been impressively explained in advance. You will get warm smiles from admiring strangers. You won’t need to make your own case laboriously on each occasion. When you are famous, you will be safe from rejection. You won’t have to win over every new person. Fame will mean other people will be flattered and delighted even if you are only slightly interested in them. They will be amazed to see you in the flesh. They’ll ask to take a photo with you. They’ll sometimes laugh nervously with excitement. Furthermore, no one will be able to afford to upset you. When you’re not pleased with something, it will become a big problem for others. If you say your hotel room isn’t up to scratch, the management will panic. Your complaints will be taken very seriously. Your happiness will become the focus of everyone’s efforts. You will make or break other people’s reputations. You’ll be boss. **Desire for famous** The desire for fame has its roots in the experience of neglect, in injury. No one would want to be famous who hadn’t also, somewhere in the past, been made to feel extremely insignificant. We sense the need for a great deal of admiring attention when we have been painfully exposed to earlier deprivation. Perhaps one’s parents were hard to impress. They never noticed one much, they were so busy on other things, focusing on other famous people, unable to have or express kind feelings, or just working too hard. There were no bedtime stories and one’s school reports weren’t the subject of praise and admiration. That’s why one dreams that one day the world will pay attention. When we’re famous, our parents will have to admire us too (which throws up an insight into one of the great signs of good parenting: that your child has no desire to be famous). But even if our parents were warm and full of praise, there might still be a problem. It might be that it was the buffeting and indifference of the wider world (starting with the schoolyard) that was intolerable after all the early years of adulation at home. One might have emerged from familial warmth and been mortally hurt that strangers were not as kind and understanding as one had come to expect. The crushing experience of humiliation might even have been vicarious: one’s mother being rudely dismissed by a waiter; one’s father standing awkwardly alone. **Remain Famous** For those who are already famous, the only way to stay sane is to stop listening to what the wider world is saying. This applies to the good things as much as to the bad. It is best not to know. The wise person knows that their products need attention. But they make a clear distinction between the purely practical needs of marketing and advocacy and the intimate desire to be liked and treated with justice and kindness by people they don’t know. At a collective, political level we should pay great attention to the fact that, today, so many people (particularly young ones) want to be famous – and even see fame as a necessary condition for a successful life. Rather than dismiss this wish, we should grasp its underlying worrying meaning: they want to be famous because they are not being respected, because citizens have forgotten how to accord one another the degree of civility, appreciation and decency that everyone craves and deserves. The desire for fame is a sign that an ordinary life has ceased to be good enough. **You can do it.** The solution is not to encourage ever more people to become famous, but to put massive efforts into encouraging a greater level of politeness and consideration for everyone, in families and communities, in workplaces, in politics, in the media, at all income levels, especially modest ones. A healthy society will give up on the understandable but erroneous belief that fame might guarantee the kindness of strangers. **Thanks for reading**

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@FirstCity 29 September 2021

From the scratch Often times we are faced with the issue of starting afresh from the very first step after series of trials. There's a **powerful force** behind starting afresh and usually beat the already-made records. We've heard stories of individuals that tried multiple times to succeed and they failed whofully but when never gave up, kept trying and sometimes surrenders to the **foundation**, pick it from the foundation and ambrace success at last. You've heard of Michael Faraday? The father of electricity. He tried multiple times to generate electricity but failed all through, he never gave up, he kept trying till he caught the it red-handed. Hahah🤣. Let me tell you some scenarios I have witnessed. He started from year one again I passed through a polytechnic School in Delta(southern part of Nigeria). In case you don't know the process, passes through three stages, first **two years**, another **two years**, and one year year in between, which is more like a break, use for Industrial Training (I.T). So altogether is 5years. I met this guy in my very first year, we became friends and he told me all he went through *(he had passed through the first year and was advised to quit during the middle of the second year due to poor result)*. The guy didn't looked dull, he was so smart, he helped me with most of the difficult course *(engineering courses are full with tough calculations🤣).* I asked him how come he had low grades, he smiled said he really tried his best but it wasn't good enough to pave his way, he had no options than to restart. Too much courage 💪. Mehn! This guy stayed focused and paved way and got all the lecturers amazed. He graduated with first class. Kudos💪. *The cost of starting from the scratch again maybe be very high and difficult to climb but the end result is always profitable.* He went back to learn a trade. I know of a young man that graduated for a very long time, he sorted for job and it availed not. As day passes by he increased in age, lol. He became 31years and nothing to write home about. He was adviced to acquire a skill and he picked the advice. He played low and got into tailoring. You know that kinda feeling, to be in the midst of unlearned and be answering "yes sir". Hahah. He did it for two years and today he's proud of the decision he took. ***Anybody can pick it from the scratch again.*** What about Bible? from the life of 100% pleasure, then go back to starve yourself with things you used to love all in the name of **Repentance**. Lol. But the truth is, God gave us assurance of good life when we go back to His standard. ***Why I brought this topic?*** I got interrupted with my former Account *(I'm yet to really find out what happened)* and I know I can do better starting afresh. Yeah, I can do better and I'm ready to pick the BCH from the scratch💪. **New beginning👍** **Thanks for reading🙏**