Other People's View on Dating Married Men
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My blog today will be talking about **THE PEOPLE'S VIEW** on dating married men.
I don't know about the doctrines practised in your country but here in my country Nigeria, young girls/ladies dating married men is used to be seen as an offense in the sight of people but now...😢😢. I chose to use "used to" because it seems it's been made a general or normal way of life nowadays. The critics that are normally thrown against the lady and the man practicing such acts are no longer there, it's even practiced openly.
Reading the title of my topic again, **"OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEW"** you'd agreed with me that in as much as people are finding it ease with the act, others are still frowning at it. Where are you? You're okay with it or against it? You know what's running in your mind already.
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I have a female co-worker **Deborah by name**, about 25years old that's dating a married man of about 60 years old and she's damn proud of herself. Meanwhile she has a boyfriend somewhere too and the boyfriend doesn't know about her girlfriend having a **"man friend"**
One day, they(co-workers) were seeing a Nollywood movie and the movie was all about a young female student dating a wealthy married pastor for financial favour. At the long run, the pastor passed away after impregnating the young girl and all these while the family of the pastor were not aware. So it was after his death that the main saga came out.
This led to Deborah saying that they shouldn't blame the girl that got impregnated by the pastor bla bla bla. Do you know why she said that? Because she is in same line with the girl.
A big argument came out and Deborah was using her benefits to convince the other ladies to see it that there's nothing wrong in dating married men, that it comes with a lot of financial favour.
Sincerely, Deborah has been living a life of 'no lack' because she's always buying and changing clothes, she doesn't touch her salary. All her expenses are on the man and these her flashy pattern of life got one of the ladies convinced that if she sees a married man, she'd date him so far the wife of the man won't give them problem. When I heard this! I got pained in my ear as if something was choked into my eardrum.
I asked them a simple question; "what if you're eventually married and you found out that your husband is dating a young chic, won't you feel it?" Deborah said she would feel it for a just a moment and let it off.
*Things are happening the world is turning upside down, you see how people see dating married men as no big issue?*
Deborah was able to win three of them over to his side and they surrendered that they dating married men is good, that the young ones(guys) find it difficult to cater for their needs.
This issue is very rampant here, I once had a female friend that her boyfriend was leaving a little bit far from her schoolling environment. She was staying in a house that the landlord later offered to give her free if she agree to date him. She later agreed and that was how she "enjoyed" free accomodations with other plenty offers because her boyfriend was not that buoyant financially. I came to know all these because I became a close friend to her and she let out every actions of her life to me. I asked her why she decided to cheat on her main boyfriend, she said I shouldn't call that cheating because he wasn't married to her boyfriend yet and beside the boyfriend doesn't know what's happening between her and the man.
**It's getting out of hand!**
***Even people that are supposed to frown at those practicing it are loosing their ground. Even People that are supposed to preach against it are gradually practicing it.***
one day a man came to our office and one thing led to another, he said he has stopped fellowshipping in his church because he saw their church leader in an hotel in an odd hour of the night coming out with a young girl from the door opposite his room. Can you imagine that? I am not trying to paint anybody bad but this Current situation of this act is becoming alarming.
OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEW...the men practicing this are taking it as pleasure and covering their eyes from the other side of it.
OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEW...you might as well see it as normal due to the current stage and state of development of our dear environment. But...🧐
OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEW...as a married woman, what if you find yourself sharing your husband with a little girl of 17years?
OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEW...let me drop my keyboard here👩💻.
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I need advice, I'm in love again
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You've ever been crushing on someone that's far and finally you see yourselves getting closer? That's my situation now. I want to pour out my recent experience here and I seek for your experienced advices. **"Experienced advice"?** Yeah because I'm too sure that in one way or the other, you've had experience.
***First of all, I've been there once, I've tasted relationship some times ago but decided to back off due to some attitudes and manners I received.***
***I have transformed my heart to a "rocky nature" that it doesn't feel anything anymore. I love it that way because it has helped me a lot, especially declining some people that've been giving green light.***
***But just this lady....❤️***
Okay, there's this lady I've known from afar, I just have natural likeness on her, not infatuation or so, I just liked her and I've been admiring her from afar. We are in same church together and I often see her every Sunday. Hey! I'm an usher and coincidentally, I've been the one giving her seat for some times now because the other usher at the front door usually direct her to my post/sector.
Each of the day's I've seen her, I've always wished to get to her but the thought of "she's no different from others girls"kept blocking my mind. So I decided to let her go, but the more I try to push off my concentration towards her, the more the attraction increases. *" I can't come and fall for this girl, I don't want to be rubbished again"* these were my thought and decided to let her go finally.
Just like a dream, she appeared one day on my work place to buy food, I couldn't just control my nerves I had to say "hello church member" and she responded with "good day church member". The conversation ended there with just normal pleasantries and she left with her food. I should have given her free food because I was the cashier, right? Lol🤣. It doesn't work for me that way.
All these while, I had no idea of her name cos we were not close or we haven't talked. So each time I see her I call her "church member".
Fast forward, I don't know how she did it, I found myself so obsessed with her thought and that was when I knew that my *"so rocky mind"* has been captured and melted finally by a stranger. How do I get to her? Since I don't know where she lives or her name, the only opportunity I have is church and most times I'm so muchly occupied by the Sunday duties and people are always crowded that it takes time to locate someone unless by chance.
So I decided to locate her by all cost the following Sunday. Luckily for me, that Sunday I was lucky to meet her after closure, she was sitting with her sister under a canopy outside the church auditorium, I approached her, asked for her name and her number which she told me her name **JENNIFER** and also gave me her number. Mehn! I was fulfilled that day. I was on top of the world!..I got home from work that night and called her around 10:00pm and luckily she picked, we had sweet conversation and I found out also that we are from same tribe. This can't be mere coincidence! There's some made! Lol.
Today making it the fourth day we've been communicating and I must say, I've been feeling like I've been with real angel **with wings from heaven**. Though I haven't directed my calls and chats towards asking her out, just normal random talks. From research or studies, they said it's weird/wrong to pop up the relationship talk first without introducing a little bond, so I've been taking my time.
Now, my mind is convinced but I have double thought.
*This is where I need you guys, the experienced ones to step in.*
Yeah, I know the scopes but I don't want to loose her.
I know when and how to make the call but I don't want to loose her.
I know the kind of text to send to her but I don't want to loose her.
I know where to take her to but I don't want to loose her.
I know it's very possible for her to be attached with someone (has a boyfriend) but I want to snatch her.
I've asked Ladies out but it seems this one is different, I don't just want to let her slip away. Maybe I should go and use juju 🤣🤣🤣
***Guys, what do you suggest? What scope do you suggest I use? Do well to help me out on the comment section.***
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She gave up on his bed
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*My article today is all about a scary event that occured during my school days, read and enjoy.*
Back then in school during my final year, I and Joshua were neighbor in a lodge and as well course mate in civil engineering department. Since we are in same Lodge, Joshua normally carry me to school with his motorcycle, it was really a stress free period for me because I hardly trek, he was just there for me when it comes to mobility.
Joshua is this kind of guy that likes women, he changes them like clothes. I came to find out his main reason for his reactions towards women, he said he had suffered countless heartbreak when he was giving his heart out to ladies out of love. So in order to skip heartbreak, he decided to flow with ladies without emotional attachments.
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I was the church guy then and often times I dragged him to church and the funny aspect is that, he always pick a lady on our return. He has his ways when it comes to enchanting women.
Life was moving fine, every night he kept bringing ladies and most times I help him to cover up when one of them is about to find out her position in the line(like if one is coming and another one is around, he usually call me to block the lady or lure her away because my door was very close to the entrance of the lodge). Based on a "guy man" stuff, I was playing along sometimes it's fun🤣.
Then one night...
That awful night, he brought one of the ladies he used to bring and dropped her in the logded with me and left with his motorcycle. The time was around 8pm and he was yet to return, the lady was enjoying my company because I was giving her complete gist🤸.
Joshua returned around 9:30pm, he came back with three litres of fuel in a keg which he later used to switched-on the generator and all of us charged our phones till 12am before we left to our various rooms leaving the two of them to stay and "**work**".
Around 5:00am, I heard a bang in my door and it was Joshua, he said I should come and help him out that the girl has refused to wake up! Haaaa! At first I thought it was a joke but the way he was panting confirmed that it wasn't a joke, so I quickly followed him to his room to confirm and lo and behold, the girl was lying lifeless on the bed half naked. I'm not a medical personnel and had no idea what might have happened. At this point we need not shout in order not the attract attention from other neighbors or the landlord (the landlord lives with us).
I asked him what happened, whether he gave her drugs before their "**work"** and he said no, that when they finished they "work" had their bathe and launched into the Dreamland, waking up this morning for another round of "work" and found her lifeless.
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At this point we became confused, not knowing whether to call for help or take her to the hospital. Suddenly I heard Joshua saying I should pray, I didn't heard him properly and he repeated again **"Oboy please pray for this girl to wake up unless I'm in trouble"** and I responded "**this kind of prayer doesn't work because I will be praying without faith"**. Why did I said I'd be praying without faith?......that's because I had it in my mind already that what caused the scene wasn't pleasant to God, even if I want to pray, my would be directing me to another Chanell. So pushed prayer aside and started cooking up ideas on how to go about it.
We were running of out time because the brightness of the day had started coming out, so we decided to carry her to the hospital. Oh! "This was what we supposed to have done since" I uttered. Joshua dressed her up with a big polo size while I went back to my room to put on trouser and shirt, after Joshua had finished dressing her up he went to unchain his motorcycle and bring it nearer to the door and I was left alone with the body, struggling to carry her and suddenly she sneezed. I was shocked, this is a miracle! She jerked back to life and it was as if we just saw a ghost! We quickly gave her water to drink and she stoop up with **"what's happening here?"** We didn't answered her....
Fast forward, she dressed up and left for her house. And that moment Joshua began to praise God, saying he will serve GOD for the rest of his life because God considered to have mercy on him and save him from that big trouble.
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**This is a fictional story**
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***But I've wondered often times, what if a lady you took to your house to spend the night refuse to wake up the next day, what would you do? You'd definitely land yourself in big trouble. Guys, please let's be careful.***
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When I see couples fighting
Hello dear, how you all doing, hope you are good?
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***Read the topic again, when you see a couple fighting, what instantly occur or appear in your mind?***
***You leave them to fight and kill themselves?***
***You watch, video them and leave?***
***You watch, laugh and leave?***
***You separate them?***
You know your answer already and your mind is now pondering whether I'm going to attack your answer or not. Lol. Calm down.
No doubt, domestic violence is now rampant in this era we found ourselves. It happened yesterday, today and it'd happen tomorrow and it continues...
I'll be analysis two aspect on this domestic violence in home with two categories. My reactions when I see couples fighting.
****Legally married couple****: Back then at home (home town/Villa) I used to witness such battles, married man beating his wife, pushing her and the Children away, doing all manners maybe because the woman was at fault or maybe the woman caught him in adulterous acts. Most times this result to temporal divorce because the lady would pack her load and go back to her parents house. The tough ladies would stay and stage the fighting, all in the name of "fighting for her home", she will receive the beating of her life. I once experienced a case where the husband punched the wife to comal where they rushed her to hospitals.
***What do I do when I see legally married couples fighting?***
Just from the way I was cultured, when I see married couples fighting, I would go and separate the fight so there won't be lost of lives. I won't just leave them to kill themselves. I will save life first before seeking to know who is at fault. We all know that misunderstanding is bound to happen in homes, maybe a little misunderstanding transpired and they couldn't control their anger at that point.
Also, if I have the capacity of talk to both of them, I would do that in a **shallow way**. How do I mean by a shallow way? Okay, there's one thing that's prone to most couples, after settling them and maybe you were one sided during the panel judgement, I bet you, there's every tendency that one of them(the one you stood against) would be oozing out hatred on you. Haven't you seen? One time ago when my father settled a couple in our compound that fought, my dad supported the man because he was right and made the woman to beg for forgiveness. After the whole saga within two weeks, the couple started keeping malice and snubbing my dad. What happened? 🤷🤷🤷
During those days at home Villa, this scenario became a serious one that made the leaders of the community to pass a law that any married couple found fighting must be brought the panel of community to be judged and must come with goats, yams, beans etc.🤣
**Above all, please say no domestic violence**!
****The Dating couples:**** I know you understand that I mean by the **dating couple, a lady and a guy in relationship.** This one in particular was what generated this topic. In my work place, there's this handsome young man that's harbouring a lady...yeah, wife to be. They live very close to our office. Yesterday morning while at work, we heard shouts of a lady coming from that direction, we all ran out to see what the problem was, not knowing that this lady was receiving an early morning beating. Immediately I got to know what the shout was all about, I turned back to the office instantly. Why? That wasn't the first, second, third or even the sixth time I've seen the guy beating this lady.
I didn't bothered to separate them. Others went out to rescue her though, her face was swollen up😢.
***Why didn't I go to rescue her?*** **Am I that wicked?** I hate it when someone knows the good and still sticking to the bad, we all know how people have been talking about "stay off from violence home" especially from cases from social medias. Why would she be staying in that toxic relationship? Does it mean that she doesn't know that the relationship is toxic? She knew all these and decided to stay, maybe the ***"love is blind"*** is working on her and she's been totally blindfolded. Wft!
Another one again, you'd be made a fool after they settle back hahaha🤣🤣... Today's afternoon when I went outside to pick something, I found the two of them that fought yesterday doing lovey-dovey on a motorcycle. OMG!🤣🤣🤣 Let me stop here...🚶🚶
**______Conclusion_________**
I don't know how people find it comfortable to live in a home that's toxic. It baffles me! Especially the dating ones, staying and receiving punches as a living.
If the home is too toxic leave there, your life is more important. If you die there, another lady would take over from where you stopped.
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Praise: Unbelievable, unexplainable but undeniable
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In a certain continent of the world that comprises of three countries; Nation A ,B & C. Nation C**(OIL COUNTRY)** was the least in terms of rate of development suddenly started dominating the general market with their oil.
The other countries (A&B) were good in technology and were doing well too in the technology world but the oil market is far more productive and profitable.
The hatred became too much on the **OIL COUNTRY** to the extent that the two nations (A&B) planned a coup against the Oil country. These two nations were good in the technology as well as dangerous weapons. They want to take over the other nation to be in possession of the oil running in their land. They wrote a letter to the **oil nation** to surrender their resources otherwise they would take it by force.
When this news got to the Oil nation, they marvelled and as well became scared because they knew that those nations are powerful when it comes to fight. They almost succumbed to their request but a well known Priest in the land charged them not to give in. He took it upon himself to intercede for the nation on the threat that behold their country. In one of his prayer sections, God appeared to him and gave him an uncommon revelation. God told him to tell the people that they should be calm, they should not be troubled, that he will single-handedly fight the battle for them. That all He(God) needs from them is just **PRAISE**. The priest understood the revelation very well and he related the revelation to the leaders of the country (his own country, the oil country), So when he opened up to the leaders of the country, they agreed and appointed People to oversee the praise organization.
The people in charge of the praise did a very good job, they organized all the top singers of the country and set a date for praise night and that date is the day other countries would be coming to demolished them.
At first;
*When they announced the praise event, a lot of people in the country objected the process, they questioned the authority, "we are to be attacked by two dangerous Countries and instead of us to import weapons of war from other countries, we are importing equipments for dance event." With this effect, alot of People travelled out the country because they were scared to be killed.*
On that faithful day, the people made all preparations, instruments were brought from other countries, the biggest stadium of the country was used.
It got to around 5pm, the event Started, they made sure that everyone available in the country were moved down to the stadium including those people that were not willing to join joined them, infact the emptied the country.
The event became hot and the people that were not ready to follow up suddenly started to feel the vibes from the events because top artists were performing their best tracks.
Around 9pm, they noticed that jets were flying on the air, countless numbers of Aeroplanes and that gave the priest a notice that their enemies were around already and ready to strike.
He quickly stopped the event to give a word of charge, and after his exhortation, they switched into realms of hot praises, everyone forgot their worries about the enemies, they were just enjoying the musicals and dancing away their sorrows, they we high in the Lord. In the sermon of the priest, he told them that God said He will fight the battle and the only means to call God down is by praises. They got the understanding and was praising God down with theri Melody, dance and shouts.
Then suddenly, they Started seeing flashes of fire on the air but they dare not go outside to really trace the destination of the fire from the Jets.
It was recorded that at that time of high praises, those nations turned against themselves started fighting themselves. How it happened? No one knew.
When it was Dawn, they came out of the stadium to see that they were lined up females and children looking shattered seeking to enter in to the stadium. They asked them where they are from and they told said that they were from the other countries that fought against them last night. That at that point when their People moved to the attack the **oil** **country**, a clash between the presidents of the two countries occured and they each gave order to demolish the other country...(I mean country A&B fought against themselves because of the clash between the two presidents) and those females and children were the one that managed to escape.
**This is a biblical story from the book of Chronicles that I reframed.**
**The power in praise is sometimes unbelievable and unexplainable but undeniable**
That nation was faced to battle two dangerous nations, instead of them import weapons of war, they imported instrument of praise because the priest explained it well to them about what God told him. They used the instrument of praise to cause confusion in the other countries camp and it made them to kill themselves.
These same thing could be applicable to your situation too, when a challenge steps in, challenge the challenge by inviting God through Thanksgiving.
It looks unbelievable but I tell you, it's undeniable because it happened. It wasn't a cook up story.
I'd take time to tell us more of benefits of praise.
**Thanks for reading.**
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My referals and I
I've had funny experiences in my little ways of trying to Introduce my friends to this wonderful Community and I want to share these experiences.
The week I joined, I quickly dropped the information on my WhatsApp group chat, the eagerness to make money was just too much for my members, so I led them to register after explaining every bit and steps on the operational system about read.cash. I frequently pleaded with them never to expect quick money, that this platform works Majorly with consistence. That same day, I got some screenshots of people's Earning and gave to them to see as a way of boasting their eagerness.
I was happy when I saw that eleven of them Registered...I'd be benefiting from the Affiliate Earnings. Lol. Have I enjoyed anything till now? Read to the end.
After their Registeration, I took my time to thoroughly explain every in and out. They succeded in publishing their first articles and they did it outside the communities and they gained little or no view.
The next day, seven of them dropped out Instantly because they didn't get anything on their first article. I laughed again! **"You think that's how it works? Where's the patience and consistency I've been preaching"** i asked them. After my words with them, the remaining four considered to continue on the journey. Three days after, three of them gave up again, saying they had posted three Articles and no payment from the admin.
*They were expecting* ***sharp-sharp*** *money.*
They thought this is ponzi with targeted reward in a 100% risk. They didn't even bothered to read and engage with others, it was after the BCH they're after. I gave up on them as they gave up too🤦
***I continued on the referal journey...***
A very special sister of mine(a friend but more like a little sister), **Joy** by name chatted me up asking is there's any platform she could invest money to get huge return.
*Before now, I had helped her to handle some Ponzi platforms which I Introduced her, the site crashed and I refunded half of the money. So since then I made up my mind not to carry her along again. But since this is free I decided to Introduce her.*
The funny conversation followed;
**Joy:** *Is there any business? I really need money badly.*
**Me:** *Yeah there's but it'd demand your time and possibly steal your brain.*
**Joy:** *Please show me, come and take the brain, the brain has not been functioning well for a while. Introduce me let me sell of the brain to the site.*
Funny, she agreed and ready to stress her brain and I was glad because the way she offered her brain out was a good sign that she will do Wonders.
So I began the tutoring job, I showed her every steps and I was glad because she was ready to do anything for the money.
I gave her link to register, she procastinated that she'd do that later because she's engaged with work. I let her be, but curiosity couldn't just allow me. I chatted her up again in the evening to see if she had registerd, I got surprised as she pushed it front again with a capacitated procastination.
That was when I gave up too, I didn't disturbed her again till after five days when she chatted me to say she lost zeal immediately I told her the payment wasn't instant. Imagine! This was the person that said she's ready to stress her brain. I reminded her of her words and we laughed over it.
***I continued my journey to refer...***
A crush of mine approached me approached me to show her the basics because she want to join, i wasn't eager to put her through based on my past experiences. After much disturbance, i decided to let her in, I opened the door of read.cash to her. She registerd yesterday, I told her not to publish because there were things I needed to show her and she agreed. I gave her some little assignments like joining of Communities and some hints to navigate.
Today, I encouraged her with a screenshot of my little Earning and she was charged to start, so I told her to write an introductory Article and draft it, she complained at the minimum words I gave to her but she still agreed to write. She promised to do it at night because she just came back from school and was so tired.
I laughed, that's procastination at work. I told her that she won't be able to write anything before night which she disagreed. Look at it now, the time of writing this is 12:00am she's yet to write. I just hope she hasn't changed her mind also. Hahahaha
@Chic have you changed your mind already?🤣
I must say, I commend the efforts of ladies in this platform, writing to earn. The ladies have met and Introduced are always scared and wanting sharp sharp money. No effort but expecting result.
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Past victory still conquers
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Let me start by telling the story of that young boy called David, a young boy addicted to hunting, it was said that he killed weird animals with his bare hands. Not using knife to slit the throat of these animals but with normal wrestle, rumbling and tearing the mouth of the animals, breaking their hands and legs, disconnecting their heads from the neck thereby giving them painful death. Can you imagine all these? A small boy of 17years! At a time the testimonies were just much for him, they began to see him as an extraordinary human.
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When he heard about the neighboring nation intimidating his country, he was vexed, he took it upon himself to fight them meanwhile the other nation was a tough battalion and it was recorded that is a gaint, Goliath. David so loved his country and was ready to sacrifice himself on a fight with the giant to stop the oppression on his people. He gave the giant an invitation for a one on one fight. When people heard about his plan to stage with the giant, they pleaded that he shouldn't do such a thing, that's he just an ordinary shepherd and he's not better than their trained army.
**Do you know what he thought?**
He recalled that he has fought fierce and dangerous animals one on one and he won, not that he killed the animals with tools but with his bare hands. That's was one things that boosted him... though he acknowledged that God was with him but he just **thought of his conquered battles** and said decided to use the same fate.
He went there, staged him and pulled him down with just a throw. We all know the story...
Sometimes when we are faced with a similar challenge that we had once faced, when you recall on how you conquered the previous one, you'll stand up and face the challenge with a **conquering approach**. Just like it happened to David, he remembered how he fought with lions and beat them handsdown, he concluded that Goliath will be a work over and it happened.
Okay, you know all those tough subject that gave you hard time in high school, right? Do you know that there'll be a time in your University stage when you'll look back to all those subjects, smile and make a boast that if they bring those subjects, you'll pass all with high score and possibly lecture those teachers that taught you then.
During my high school when I was about joining the tertiary institution, WAEC(West Africa Examination Council- the final exam that must be passed in order to be allowed for Universities) gave me a tough time, I had challenges in mathematics and English. I wrote the example multiple times before I got a good score that made a way for me. During the struggling times, I sat down and studied the basic mathematical to the core, and now, no matter how the question appears, if you hand over a a Mathematics WAEC question I'll score 99% or 100%. The confidence is just there.
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**Although they say we should not celebrate past Glory, but I tell you, your past glory has a way of paving way for you.**
Just like this platform, I've read **November doings** of some people, how they set November goal and hit the goal accurately, let's say you posted 25 articles last month, there's this confidence based on previous achievements in you that'll tell you that you can do it again this month and possibly go extra mile. That how it works, your past glory is a booster!
Even in the Christian race also, when you're about to fall to the devil and you remember how you've been there, you quickly rise up.
Often times, I've been challenged with alcoholism and fornications acts by friends, when I want to fall I quickly remember my relationship with God and I wouldn't want to go against my ways with Him.(I didn't say alcoholism is a sin...)
Let me burst your brain a little, just like people in new relationship, a sweet message received at night before going to bed from your lover has a way of sparkling the next day with joy, you'd just be smiling anytime you reflect at the **SMS**. Hey! You can't tell me you've not experienced this.🤸
_______**Conclusion**_______
Keep your positive memories awake, it assures confidence and hence helps to achieve a goal. When you remember you've done it before, you'll have more confidence to do it again.
Before I drop my keyboard, I remember when I was called to deliver a sermon I wasn't prepared for, impromptu... What came to my mind was "**I've done it before, I can do it again"**, and that was it, God backed my confidence up and the sermon was delivered nicely.
To you reading this, face that fear with the confidence that it's not tougher than what you've experienced. Every challenge is conquerable!
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**23days to Christmas 🎄💞🎅**
Worth yourself
*Good day my wonderfull family, hope you're all good? I must admit my Laziness this period regarding to my inactiveness, I've been choked up with work and laziness is playing a big part as well. Before now even in the midst of workload I still create time to engage here but now, the reverse is the case. I've missed reading your sweets Articles and I'll buckle up💪.*
***I'll be talking on being scarce to earn value. Not monetary value or points we earn when we play mobile games, no!***
Like we all know, one of the characteristics of money is **scarcity**, that's what give it more value, permit me to say that **scarcity** the major control room of money, be it local, foreign or crypto currencies. When the supply of money in circulation become excessive, it looses values instantly.
Thesame goes with human, when you're being used to or always available, I bet you, your value will drop down. This is seen in every aspect of our lives, in family house, workplace, school, mosque, church etc. In some cases, it appears in different forms.
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****In work places:**** This is your work place, where you earn a leaving, to stay clear here doesn't not mean you should stop the work, no. Let's say you're working in the midst of 10 staffs and it's only you that goes out to buy food for them during lunch because you're often Chanced at that period, a time woul come when you'd been seen and compared to an **errand girl or boy**. I'm not saying you're committing crime when going out to buy food for them, but try and cut it down, otherwise your value will drop**. Scarce yourself!**
Another common example again in the working sector is relationship within staffs, this is the worst, once you exposes yourself on a one time pleasure and it continues to countless times, your value will drop automatically in the eyes of guy/lady or to whole staffs that happens to know, whether you're the CEO or not. If a boss(make) is found on this category and an error occurs and he want to punish all the staffs, he'll find it difficult to do that because a girl in their midst has her weak point. I know it might be pleasure but **scarce yourself** otherwise...
****In a family house setting****, there's a period where you'd be termed as "**not a baby anymore" or stage where you'd be seen as "overstayed"**. This is very common in Nigeria homes that are not that financially bouyant, if you graduate from the University and returned back to your family house, eating from the family pot and your efforts to get a jobs is not yielding positively, there'd be a time that you'll be getting unfriendly attitudes from your parents especially from the dad. At this time they just want you to go out and hustle like your mate, the more you stay, the more your value will be dropping. I love my parents so much but I knew that the only way to trigger them to display their endless Love is when I'm away or scarce. All through my schooling period I never fancied home the way people enjoy traveling every weekend. I'm not saying you stay off for a long time from your parents but when you know your presence is begining to drain down your value, **scares yourself** to earn value.
****In relationship also****, especially the new relationships,if you're too seen or too available, I bet you, your value will drop down. If all you do is calling and chatting him or her not minding he/she is at work, even if he/she is enjoying the company there'd be a time where you'd be seen as jobless and you know the meaning of jobless.🤦
There's this lady I normally talk with, a virtual friend in other states, sure we do enjoy the calls and chats, but I took it to myself that once I notice any sigb of snub or so, that's when I'd pack off without knowing her reason...I hate to be seen as clingy or buggy. One day, I chatted her and she didn't replied that day and the message was delivered, omo! I just let her be for a full week. Within this week, she dropped series of messages but I snubbed....(we got acquainted again but I earned my value).
In general, no matter where you find yourself, try not to make yourself to be too available to entertain rubbish. If your target has not reached to where you're aiming at and that has made you to stay in a spot and as well placed you in a condition where you'll be **"seen finish"**, pray towards it, work hard and you will achieve it very soon.
Late last year, I was staying very close to my boss's wife's shop, where we share some stuffs(like, if my gas get exhausted and I have no money to fill it instantly, I'd take hers first to complete my cooking and return it later and the other hand, she does collect some stuffs in my house that they need in the shop). I was always seen in her shop because the work I was doing then demands me to stay around. I got a lot of attitudes from her, oftentimes I challenged her on her attitudes but...
To cut the Story short, I left that work and moved to another job that takes the whole of my time, I'm Hardly seen at home. Just last week that I stayed home, I decided to pay her a visit in her shop and the way she welcomed me was so surprising. I was like '*is this not that woman that used to see me as trash?"* That's life for you!
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**Just scarce yourself to earn value**
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**24 days to Christmas 🎄🎄🎄**
I thought WHALE is an aquactic animal
Hello everyone!
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In my **region** we have the saying that goes "what you don't know is bigger than you". This statement is shallow and deep at the same time. No matter your standard of knowledge you've acquired, that which you're yet to acquire is bigger than you, no matter how slight the knowledge is.
Let's say a professor in mathematics meets a young boy of 15years that has ardent knowledge of soccer, if the professor fails to admit that he has no knowledge in soccer, he would be disgraced when asked the standard dimension of football pitch...which is 105m by 68m. Isn't that answer simple? Yeah, it's simple and very big to the brain of the professor.
This is how how it looks when a knowledge is lacked, it feels like you're in a strange land.
**Do you know that I've been thinking that WHALE in Crypto means the aquatic animal?**
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Oh! I'm shy already...let me look for somewhere to hide my face.
Before now, I've believed that there's a particular **whale** in the water that has the capacity of influencing the rate of Cryptocurrencies.
I believed that **crypto gurus** are incharge of this big waterworld that the big whale dwells in and have security operators around the vicinity to avoid Intruders.
I pondered on **"how is the whale able to influence the price of coins, how does it do that?"** And I shallowly assumed that when the whale moves faster, the coin increasee, when it goes to the deepest part of the water, it decreases and when it jumps up, above the sea surface, the coins increases sporadically Hahahah🤣🤣🤣 and that makes people to jubilate.
I thought of the longevity of this whale...... **"what if it dies or does it live forever?"** So that means that peradventure the whale dies, that's going to be the end of the Crypto world. Oh! My childish mind, what was I thinking?🤣🤣
I thought also that since this big fish is controlling the world, is it eatable? I Imagined the sweetness that will come out from the flesh of the mighty fishes OMG!
My small mind wondered on all those thoughts and believed shallowly, I never thought of thinking outside the box, because people keep using the whale "slangs" to intimidate me that's not that into Cryptocurrency. They would say words like "whale is about to moon" and I'd think that the whale is just too excited and want to jump up above sea level. Hahah🤣
But thank God for Knowledge
Little did I know that this **WHALE** is being refered to people in possession of large amount of Cryptocurrencies.
I made a Google search while writing this and got a clearer knowledge from okex.com... https://www.okex.com/academy/en/crypto-whale-transaction-analysis-ways-to-monitor#:~:text=Crypto%20whales%20are%20entities%20who,the%20most%20commonly%20used%20figure.
*Crypto whales are entities who hold a large number of coins of a particular cryptocurrency. As mentioned earlier, there is no “official” threshold to be considered a whale, but when it comes to BTC, 1,000 coins is the most commonly used figure. For altcoins, this number is usually much higher, due to the fact that their market capitalizations are significantly lower than that of Bitcoin.* *Read more* https://www.okex.com/academy/en/crypto-whale-transaction-analysis-ways-to-monitor#:~:text=Crypto%20whales%20are%20entities%20who,the%20most%20commonly%20used%20figure.
Though I'm still trying to know more and learn how this WHALE operates with regards to the high increase of Cryptocurrencies at some point and the red deep decreases as some point. I've come to understand that, this varies as when these set of people are holding more or selling out. When they hold more, the price rises, when they sell out, the price decreases and vice versa.
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You're free to laugh out me, I had no knowledge and the dumb mind pushed me to believe so, just like I stated at the beginning of this article, just the slightest unknown knowledge could place someone in a strange land.
By the way, I am very sure I wasn't the only one this floor, do you know the meaning of whale before now? If you knew it long ago, what were your thoughts about it then.
Your comments are well appreciated in the comment section.
**Thanks so much for reading**
**Last day of November 2021**
I'm a full spec, I don't know about you
**Special greetings to everyone🖐️**
I was so occupied yesterday and that blocked my chances of visiting your articles. I'd try my best to cover up today.
I had a chat on WhatsApp with a female friend last week where she was being battled with low self esteem. Just because she's chubby and yet to get a boyfriend, she concluded that her stature is the cause of it. Meanwhile, she's heavily endowed at the **back** and that has only drawn married men to her with lots of disturb and she's be declining and running away, on the other hand also, the young ones that have been coming to her are just after her body and she's been declining. That was what she told me.
She was like, her look is only attracting irresponsible People and she's tired and depressed. I did my best to calm her down and gave her illustrative convictions. I asked her;
***Me:*** *You said it's not only the married men that have been coming for you?*
***She:*** *Yes and no, young guys do come too?*
***Me:*** *Why have you not accepted one?*
***She:*** *Actually, it's not all of them that are after my body at the glance/start, I don't just like the look of the once that appeared serious, talking about the young ones*
***Me:*** *You see? Not all of them are coming because of your body. Some have seen the beauty in your eyes and decided to give chance for bonding but you didn't allowed.*
Low self-esteem was eating her life, she felt depressed because she thought that she's not good looking and hence no guy want to consider as a girlfriend. This is where most of us missed it, you think because of your little glitches in your body system therefore you are a mistake or error, nah! It's never like that.
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God said we are beautifully and wonderfully made, blaming God because of your looking is an insult to God. Yeah, you read it right.
Let me surprise you... do you know that often times the **"ugly ones"** marry first and marry the finest too? Lol. Yeah, that **beauty** the world consider as the **beauty** is fine but God's beauty is the best. You'd see the prettiest ones still maintaining beauty and declining men while the semi pretty are getting married and settling down...(let me not go into deep). I'm not saying that "ugly ones" are the best, no! I mean your creator knows what h did.
****Someone somewhere want to be like you****
Okay, we know that human needs are insatiable, we keep wanting more or want to be like someone. I told that girl that, "*do you know that ladies are praying to be like you? They want to* ***big backside*** *to suffocate men and show them pepper*?"🤣
I know of a guy that wanted to grow beards by all means but the processes kept disappointing him. He had so much admired guys with beards and wanted to fall to line but it didn't worked, and to the other guys with beards they're wishing it's possible for them to turn to beardless because the cost of maintenance is too much. This is life we live in, ***one man's food is another man's poison.***
This has to do with every aspect of our lives, not just **the look** but in our way of living. Someone once told me that he want to be like me, not the look but by the thirst for God, and the ugly truth then was that I was about to give up in panting after God because it seemed nothing was working. But after I heard that, my soul was ignited.
****Are you suffering from low self esteem and depressed because you think no one likes you Maybe because of your look?****
No matter what, no matter how you look, there's someone somewhere in that your environment (yeah, within) that just like you, if you look clearly enough you'd see him or her.
This point got my attention the more yesterday, there's this lady I've been cutting heart for in our church, I've been observing her for a while, the way she smile, walk and dance. She's been stealing my concentration in church recently. In all these, she's yet to notice my fall for her because I've been admiring her codedly...shhh🤫. In the other way round, don't you think she might be suffering from this low self esteem of "no one wants me"? But she don't know that someone have been catching thoughts on her.
No matter what, don't put yourself in a low self esteem zone, God said we were all beautifully and wonderfully made, he didn't make any mistakes. Even the points we think we are deformed or not fine as we ought to, are usually our killing points.
Sometimes ago when I was in secondary school, they used to come be big head and i used to fight and cry alot on that. But now, now when I look myself in the picture I don't see the big head anymore, I've turned to a full spec. I'd snap photos now and start throwing accolades to God for creating me this way. **I be full spec!**
**Don't downgrade your look for any reason!**
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**29th November 2021**
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Pregnancy Before or After Marriage
My lovely family, hope you are all doing fine?
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Today, I'd be talking on what people believe on pregnancy before or after marriage/wedding.
First of all, sometimes I baffle on how God made the will of choice to be free to humans, we have freedom to decide totally for ourselves, whether good or bad. Don't you think it would have been better if God has a control room at His place to program our thoughts and choice? But who am I to question God. He created man the way he wants it.
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The point of going with pregnancy first before wedding or wedding first before marriage, is all channeled to our different beliefs of individuals or tradition of a country, region or religion.
****Pregnancy Before Marriage.****
A lot of individuals, countries, traditions and religion fancy this fact of getting pregnant first before proceeding to marriage or wedding.
Just like I said earlier, these people have their freewill to choice, belief and decision.
🔹Some people adopt this method when childbearing is difficult in the family of either the man or the woman involved. When a guy sees a lady he likes and want to marry, he would first of all make enquiries about the Lady's background (most times with the help of his family People), if the family of the girl is found wanting(difficult to childbearing), he would suggest for pregnancy first before proceeding to wedding. To them, this is a preventive measure to avoid being caged in the marriage of childlessness. Should we question this attitude? Well, it doesn't look nice to me, even if the family of the lady had issues with childbearing, destinies are not the same, even hereditary diseases are destroyable. **Miracles are real!**
🔹On this fact again, during the early stages of ladies, alot had done countless abortions and have made them wombless(no capacity to get pregnant), if a guy come across such lady and want to marry her, his conscience will push him to practice pregnancy first before marriage to confirm what he had seen, heard or noticed about the lady. This is very common in my country, even the Christian's are confidently practising this and I must say it's alarming because it's against the Christ like doctrine*(yeah, it's against the doctrine I was trained to believe because some Christian doctrines believe the other way)*
This happend to a someone I know very well in our church, he is to marry a girl he has been courting for years, then suddenly a news came out that he's not going to marry the girl again because he heard the lady had done multiple abortions and so she's not been able to conceive. But miraculously, she got pregnant and the wedding was done traditionally only, and church wedding was cancelled because the church is against that.
🔹Desperate Ladies and guys also have their contributions to this, a lot of people in relationship use pregnancy to lure the opposite gender into marriage. They believe once a pregnancy enters, that's the quickest way to get married to their dreamlover. This is wrong too, if the marriage is tied to a pregnancy and not on a solid marriage agreement, what if after marriage the lady has miscarriage or the lady give birth and the baby dies? It would definitely result to another thing.
🔹Boyfriends and girlfriends that the lady mistakingly gets pregnant along the line(yeah, mistakingly) is also another form that leads to pregnancy before marriage.
🔹What about religions that supports pregnancy before marriage? If you haven't seen, I have seen. I've seen and heard religious heads preaching to encourage people to give in to pregnancy first before marriage, they believe the era we are have broadened and a lot of the things of old are to be laid off. They believe it's better to prevent than to cure🙈.
Just like how I started my article on how God gave us freewill to our decisions, even the body of God have different beliefs on what **HE HAS SAID**.
****Marriage Before Pregnancy****
Sorry to bug you but this is where I stand. The Christian faith I was brought up with is even against the idea of s*x before marriage, not to talk of going as far as getting pregnant. Apart from the church angle of it, its equally very risky for the people involved. What if the guy doesn't fulfil his promise or the lady get to realise that the guy has also impregnated two other girls after impregnating her? what will be her fate?.
But on a general note, marriage should not be attached to any other thing but love. Haven't you heard that love conquers all? Love should lead to the marriage, even when childbearing complications steps in, with two genuine hearts meeting God, pregnancy is possible.
I've heard series of testimonies about deadwomb giving birth to multiple of twins after waiting for years.
***I know it takes God to take such decision, to but if your heart it genuinely trusting God, miracles are bound to happen...***
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Although some mistakes and circumstances are not controllable by mere human, maybe **pregnancy before marriage** led to your marriage, there's no cause for alarm, it's just a message I'm passing across.
But the beauty in having a baby or getting pregnant after marriage is immeasurable. It won't be seen to you as a condition.
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**27th November 2021**
We met a mermaid at the river
We grew up to believe some of the beliefs about the river...
They told us that mermaids are in the river because of the deity and these mermaids come out to the shore of the river when nobody is around or when it's night. We heard a lot of people testify to this fact
Just like the major believes of some part of Nigeria, that mermaids possess supernatural powers, people come around from different states to pay homage to the river and drop sacrifices. These sacrifices are not only done in the main **source(source of the river)** but also its extentions, which flows at the back of our street.
I've met outsiders(foreigners) coming to kill goat, fowl, drop cash and minerals to the river. One funny thing that happen is that, If the ***non scary people****(those indigenes that are not scared of the gods)* are around, they dive in to the river to collect the materials used as sacrifices and replenish themselves with the food items because they believed that spirits don't drink consume those food and drinsk Lol🤣.
Also, they told us that indigenes are not allowed to kill or eat fishes from the river because those fishes are the little children of the goddess or simply regarded as little mermaids. Hahah🤣. Truthfully, the river is blessed with fishes and they are seen in the river/water when nobody is on the water.
Though non indigenes do set fish traps and they catch a lot of fishes. These people are not allowed to sell the fish in the market, it's either they eat it or go to other Communities to sell.
How we met a mermaid in the river around 5:30am🧜🧜🧜
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Just like I said earlier, the river was our major source of easy water, as it's free of charge and you can fetch as often as you want. It doesn't get dried.
Fetching of water from the river was our early morning routine before setting off for school. We usually go there around 5:30am to 6:30am when the day is trying to form for brightness(day break).
That day, I and Ikechukwu set off to the river to fetch water, we were with two 50litres kegs and a bicycle. I can't totally recall the actual time we got to the river but it was still dark.
We go there and met a young lady. We got surprised because a lady is not supposed to be seen in that part of the river (the men's river).
`For privacy reasons, we have different sections of the river, one for the male and the other is for female. The guys are not expected to visit the females section unless you are looking for trouble. The only time a lady visits the male's section is maybe there is emergency and permission is to be taken first. Why all these? N*k*dness is allowed in the river, except for general ones.`
The lady was inside the river with buckets washing clothes, the clothes where packed on a stationed log of wood on the water.. We did the face cos it was dark and besides, her head was bent because she was washing. She was putting a white singlet and had rapper tied around her waist...we saw these from afar though.
We shouted at her and questioned her on what she was doing in the men's river. We weren't scared because it's our right and duty to chase away any lady found in the men's river. She kept mute and continued washing her clothe as if she didn't heard.
We dropped our bicycle and approached her a little bit.
***Me:*** *Are you new in this Community, don't you know that women are not allowed to step ?*
***She:*** *Why? All I know it that river is meant for everyone.*
***Ikechukwu:*** *Seems you are stubborn, don't allow us to insult you, you better pack your load and go away before people start coming or we are going to push you out!*
***She:*** *I'm not going anywhere untill I'm through with my washing.*
`All these were said in our dialect`
"The lady looked stubborn, how do we now bathe since we are supposed to pull off our wears?" We talked to ourselves.
We decided to get closer with the intention to make her see that we have capable of chasing her away.
We moved close to see that her legs inside water has a **fish like nature(mermaid).** We screamed and ran away leaving our bicycle and kegs.
The day had brightened up a bit. We ran to where people lives and tell them what we saw but no one believed. Some guys followed us back to see if it's true but when we got there, it was only the clothes on the log of woor in the water, no bucket and no lady.
They concluded that it was a false alarm, that we didn't see any mermaid. We asked them what about the clothes on the log of wood, at least those were still there and they saw the clothes, they said maybe they were clothes Someone forgot last nigt.
We gave many narrations but they Didn't believe.
And that's the end of this article.
`Wondering if it's true life story or fiction? Well, the fiction part came in from the point of meeting a mermaid at the Early hour of the day. The other examples I gave about the river are 100% accurate.`
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**26th November 2021**
Source of River Ethiope: Let's go on a tour
**Hey my good people🖐️**
**Hope you're all good?**
I'd be taking you all on a tour and you're going to enjoy it. Please fasten your seatbelt.
Okay, before I start, have you ever seen the source of any river or ocean? You haven't, right?
I grew up in a rural area in calm Community in Delta State of Nigeria, we are beautifully endowed with natural bush(is there even an artificial bush? Lol), oil and rivers.
At the back of the street of my house has this wide flow of river, and our parents never allowed us to swim there because of some dangerous occurances. Although, it was a preventive measures to them because this river often times swallow children.
***How do I mean by swallow?*** Yeah, we came to understand that the river has a spiritual back up and when the spirits are hungry, they come out and take anybody to their kingdom to please themselves. Isn't that weird?
So with those beliefs, they always caution us on the danger of the river. They only give a warrant to go to the river when we are being accompanied by an elderly or more matured person....we were very tender then.
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Hey! If you grew up in the rural areas, you'd understand those bravery acts displayed. If your mates are doing something and you are not among, they'll make you look like a coward. I want to be among the brave, I and some other children in my compound Started sneaking out to river to swim. If our parents find out, that day will be a sorrowful day for us because of merciless beating. And the funny thing is that, after the beating we'll still find ourselves disobeying the strong warning against river.
As of then, there's no three months without the river taking either two or three children. When it becomes so rampant, the community would go and appease the gods of the river with some foods and materials.
****This brings us to the source of this water, where the sacrifices are made.****
For my Nigerian People, you must have heard about the river Ethiope, the deepest river in Africa. The source is located at a neighbouring Community called **UMUAJA** in Ukwuani Local Government in **Delta State.**
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The source is from a big iroko tree, the water runs out from a shallow depth of the tree.
From vanguardngr.com; https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/river-ethiope-wonders-river-sprang-cotton-tree/amp/
*The main lure of River Ethiope is the uniqueness of its source and the secrecy the river is said to possess. Considered as a sacred location, the river sprouts out from four different locations with two of these locations directly underneath the tree, while the other two from around the tree.Owing to the spiritual affiliation attached, some areas of the groove surrounding the river source are restricted to visitors with a footpath leading to the grove, which is covered by thick bushes and finally opens into the Onoku shrine. Less than two meters away stands the giant silk-cotton tree wrapped with yards of white and red clothes while different sacrificial objects brought by suppliants are seen around the tree. Read more* *here* https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/river-ethiope-wonders-river-sprang-cotton-tree/amp/
Back then in teen age, I and my colleagues normally sneaks out of school to visit rivers and enjoy the coolness, Since at home we are not allowed to swim in rivers, we always take the advantage of school freedom to visit rivers.
One day, we decided to sneak out to pay the source of the river a visit. We knew it wasn't the way my parents described it with fear, People do visit there. We were on school uniform, when we got to the entrance, we met the shrines attendant, he pursued us back because we looked tender and that's because we were on school uniform. After running away, we decided to go back and beg him again. When we approached him again, he demanded for **$10** as gate fee. *"Where are we going to get the money from?"* We questioned ourselves. We pleaded that he should give us a task/assignment to perform which would serve as a replacement to the $10 he called, and he later agreed after much begging.
He offered us long brooms 🧹 to sweep some certain areas of the premises, a little bit far from the tree.
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Mehn! We entered the premises and fear gripped us. The big tree they said is very long and big, its branches covered the whole place and making it look a bit scary.
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After sweeping, he pointed a direction we would take and he gave us just 5mins to view and return.
We saw the Source, just as they described, the water was flowing out from a the shallow depth from the root sections. It so amazing was amazing.
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We looked around and source sacrifices that people dropped, sacrifices with small pots, head of chicken inside, coke Fanta, tubbers of yam etc. We dare not touch anything.
On our way coming out, we met the main chief priest, we greeted him in our dialect three times and he didn't answered, and we left him.
That was how we fulfilled the thirst of seeing the source of river Ethiope.
Back to home, when we started advancing in age, we were given freedom to visit the river and that became a normal routine because that's where we get our water from.
Rives were our major and simplest source of water then, we usually go there to fetch water before school. Sometimes we go there around 6:00am where the weather is still dark and often times, we've met **mermaids. If you go to those rivers at night or early hours of the morning, you'd meet mermaids playing**
You've heard of water mermaid?
Let me keep the story about that to the next Article.
**Thank you for reading**
**25th November 2021**
A big thanks to @Freedom007 for sponsorship, I really appreciate it. Your pocket no go run dry. Say a big AMEN!
`The images are not mine, I picked them from those Sources. When I visited I was tender and not having a phone. Maybe when I go for Christmas, I'll snap and dispay here`
I just saw the future | BCH
**Hey People!**
**Special greetings to you all.**
I enjoyed reading the comments of you guys on my previous Article (what if cryptocurrency is a sin?). I found out that even those Crypto gurus here(in read.cash) once doubted cryptocurrency or believed it's fr*udulent act and that made them not to involved in it untill their eyes were open. https://read.cash/@Kiingsley/what-if-cryptocurrency-is-a-sin-03c4a40c
Everything on Earth answers to time and season, there was a time that the world never fancied paper money, even when paper money was introduced, some people still considered it as tearable money and they prefer the coin. They believe that coin can last more when it's saved in the box but the paper is prone to termites, insects or rats. But as time goes own, they began to see the easiness of paper money, when put in pocket it's not heavy. So they dumped coin and stayed with paper money.
I remember also when polymer paper money was introduced in my country, a lot of people objected, my parents where among the lots of people. They believe the polymer money is more prone to damage, just a little cut on the edge it's gone. My mum always chase us back to return it when such money is given as change to us when we purchase a product.
But where are we now?
Those things they once neglected and rejected are now seen as the best. They never thought of how they tried to kill the idea when they were Introduced.
Same thing with Cryptocurrency/BCH
*I would be using our main currency here to tag along as I continue...*
For now, cryptocurrencies are still seen as not advisable to some individuals, groups, states and countries. Infact some countries are yet to Accept the usage of Cryptocurrencies in their world. Some countries that allowed it at first are fighting against it, this is seen in my country, Nigeria. I just read some stuffs on Facebook that India also is trying to shut down Cryptocurrency in their country.
The truth is that, the understanding is still far from those government officials, I know they're trying to curb some illegal Activities associated with it but, the real beneficial knowledge is very far from them. We can't blame them, all they need is an eye opener and a little Time.
Just like I said in the above mentioned previous Article, during some early stage of some churches, they battled against using live broadcasting means(satellite) in their church, infact a TV set is seen as a sin in church, not to talk of using it to watch live programs. But now, these churches have customized channels on DStv. How did it happened? It was time and knowledge. I believe nobody preached to them to divert, their eyes were opened and they saw the usefulness. That's how Cryptocurrency is going to be.
**Have you imagined these?**
***There will be time where BCH would be used to pay offerings and tithes in Church.***
Yeah, the time is fast approaching, it's just some ticks away🧭
Currently, there are some churches that allows ***virtual*** cash as offering such as transferring from your account to Church account using their account details. Infact some have deviced a means to do it without using their account details, all you need to do is just a **USSD CODE**. My church did that during the **sit at home** pandemic time. That's just a little bit close to Crypto transaction. Using BCH as example, you don't even need to send to address, you can drop a **gift link** for them to claim. Awwwnn so easy!
***There will be time where BCH would be used in point of purchase instead of cash transfer.***
I know some countries are practising this already, kudos to them.
Once Cryptocurrencies are allowed to be used in payment for goods, Bitcoin (the most kown) will be there but I bet you people would prefer to go for the one that has the slightest charges and BCH is the best option for that. With BCH app, $0.1 is transferable with little or no charges.
**Conclusion**
This is my write up to promote the community. I know BTC is still leading but BCH can do more.
I know a little about Cryptocurrency but from what I've read, it's costlier to transact BTC to BCH especially using the Bitcoin.cash app.
When people know of this fact, people will venture into BCH the more and the bigger the Community.
**Corrections are welcomed**
**Thanks for reading**
**24th November 2021**
`Lead image designed by me via canva app`
Show your madness sometimes
***Good day my good people.***
***How are you doing?***
***Are you feeling okay?***
***Hahaha. Just be fine.***
I was finding a hard time earlier this morning thinking on what topic to write on, I decided to drop a question in a my WhatsApp group to see if they could help out.
Then a young lady took it to herself and suggested Series of topics and I picked one.
**"Whether complete peace is good for everyone or we all need an element of madness here and there"**
`The above is one of the topics she suggested and I'm okay writing on this.`
`I'd be digressing a little bit from this literal line of this topic.`
Okay, before I entered into the higher institution, I had a cousin that was far older that I, he was Schooling in a college of Education in my state, Delta State(Nigeria). He used to tell us how c*ltism operates in school, that no one survives in higher institution without joining a c*lt, you need to belong to one or you'd get killed or finds it hard to graduate.
I asked him if he belong to any c*lt Group, he said no that he has his way of maneuvering them when they come knocking at the door.
The Nollywood Industry contributed to his stories that made me to believe his *story****-you must belong to a c*lt to survive in school***. For my Nigerian people, you remember those Jim Iyke's campus movies, yeah. Those were typical examples🤣
He went further to say that if you want to survive and don't want to join a c*lt, you must be acting like a gangster. You must dress rugged with face cap to the back and big trousers so you won't be intimidated. Aside the dressing, he said if by any chance you face intimidation/bully by c*lt members in school, you must counter back, drop your ***peaceful habit*** and put on the ***madness part*** of you to scare them away.
Honestly, I believed so much on what he said because I had a little percentage of Sense then, to the extent that I made up my mind to be a radical gangster when I eventually enter higher institution🤣.
When I entered school, I found out that schooling wasn't how he explained it. If you stay peaceful without too much friends, you wouldn't enter troubles that involve cultism that'd lead to bullying and fight, but some areas too, you just need to be radical sometimes to pave through, yeah it's like that. Even if you are not looking for trouble would come and look for you.
On a more clear note, calmness doesn't solve all problems. We need to be mad at some times.
I'm a very quiet person, I hardly display anger because I know how to control it at some point. But I tell you, if you are too quiet, you'd be intimidated and oppressed. Sometimes you need to bring out your **red color😡** and chase away thier troubles.
I remember in Secondary school, there was a guy we call **"GIANT"** because of his stature, he's hug and tall. No one fights with him because he beats anyone and everyone.🤣🤣
Image source https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/closeup-black-hand-fist_3213035.htm#page=1&query=Anger&position=0&from_view=search
One day in the classroom, a quarrel came out between us, he got so angry and landed a slap on my face. The slap wasn't that firece though because it only got the attention of few people. The people held him because he was about to release another slap. My "**other side"** came out and I landed back a very loud slap on his face and it got everybody's attention.*(remember they were holding him when I dropped the slap...but it didn't mattered to me though because I was ready to face him whether he beat me or not🤣🤦).*
So when everyone turned back to see what would happen. Instead of the guy(giant) to come with a full warrior-like scene to fight me back. He just came and hugged me. He was surprised I slapped him back and that was when we became the coolest friend.
**Sometimes they need to see your other side to Accord you your deserved respect.**
Last two years, I was leading a fellowship group of "intelligent group" (they know something well well), I was calm and jovial to portray a good leadership example. Even when insult comes, I swallow and let it go...that's the sacrifice of the position.
Just about to leave the tenure, we handed over but were still around to give orientation. One of the new executives started misbehaving, spreading all manners of fake news, causing troubles. OMG! He almost spoilt everything we built.
One night, it was so late when I received another report of this bad manners. I became too angry and couldn't hold it anymore. I went to his house the next morning and gave him a lifetime warning with a with a hot slap.. yeah I don't supposed to do that but I did it. Since then, his attitude got tamed and lowered.
***Don't be quiet always, sometimes correct People with your madness.***
***Sorry for my bugging explanations.***
***Thanks for reading.***
***23rd November 2021***
What if Cryptocurrency is a sin?
**Hello good people🖐️**
How are you all? Hope you're doing good?
I decided to stroll(trekk) down to work this morning and I extracted enough Vitamin D from the sun. I'm fond of that, I love that early morning ray of sun.
From my Yesterday's topic, when I talked about those that went to heaven and returned back with some shocking revelations, I'd be talking on a thought I've been wondering and pondering on. https://read.cash/@Kiingsley/they-died-got-to-heaven-and-returned-back-to-earth-dd766a51
****Just what if cryptocurreny is a sin?****
Let me start with some illustrations, I have a very good friend, John by name, he's a core Christian and likes the God's Principles to heart. Not that he's the Chronic religious type, he's flexible and don't often goes with some of the caging beliefs of some Christians(such as, you must not wear this or that). We are very good friends and we share things in common.
But there's one of his beliefs that baffles me till today, he doesn't use ***cheats(VPN, free bonuses from telecommunication etc.)*** There was one time one of our telecommunication companies were giving bonuses upon downloading and registering on their app. I offered to register his number on my phone (I cloned the app) so he would be given the bonus but he bluntly refused, that since it's a cheat or bonus he would not be a part of it. I got shocked, *this is not even a cheat like VPN stuff but a legal bonus from the company, why would he be thinking like this?* I wondered and let it pass by.
But I couldn't just hold my curiosity, I had to ask him why he refused to get the bonus offer, he said he considered it as a sin. Maddd ooo!
That's the world we find ourselves, People with different and logical religious beliefs.
**Cryptocurrency and People's thought**
What if Cryptocurrency is a sin?
Have you ever wondered about this question? I know you wouldn't want to give it a thought at all.
Just the same way my friend rejected my bonus offer, there are people out there too not engaging in Cryptocurreny because they considered it as sin. If you haven't seen, I have seen a lot
Two years ago when I was in the Eastern part of Nigeria, Imo State, I met some group of people as friends that never concurred with Cryptocurreny because they believe it's against the law of God. They quoted book of the law to back it up(I've forgotten the part of the scripture). I couldn't stand the argument because I easily get pissed off by dumb arguments, so I left them.
Also, I know of people that have considered cryptocurreny as big sin because of the recent engagement of fraud via it. They said since it's fascinating fraud, therefore it's against God and God is against it.
Okay, the car we are driving, isn't it fascinating accidents and rubbery? Why is God not yet against it? Lol. Food for thought to them.
One of my bosses once told me about this, I just laughed and kept mute so it wouldn't be like I'm trying to challenge him or question his intelligence.
............................................................................
**The main one🤦**
You must have seen cryptocurrencies that have a ***devil-like pictures*** on logo, na that one they burst their brain pass🤣🤣.
I don't know if you heard of illuminati occultic saga, yeah, those times that illuminati trended, People accused most churches as part of illuminati cult because of logo and the doctrine of some churches. With same view, they considered cryptocurrencies as devilish because of their logos. Yeah, you must have seen coins with such logos.
I read some articles on the internet about Bitcoin being associated with the mark of the beats and its chip being implanted on human beings bla bla bla. I didn't take it serious because I didn't believed such and also, I'm not a fan of arguing religious stuffs.
https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoins-relationship-with-the-mark-of-the-beast-theories/
*A particular tale is tied to a religious belief based on the Christian’s book of Revelations where bitcoin could be considered the “Mark of the Beast.” Yes, there are a couple of random people on this earth who believe that the digital protocol may be the tool of the Antichrist that allows you to purchase food and survive under the Devil’s rule. The Illuminati has many tricks up their sleeve, and this one is fantastically clever...**READ MORE* *IF INTERESTED.* https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoins-relationship-with-the-mark-of-the-beast-theories/
______**My thoughts**_____
The things happening in this era is so crazy with different people with their thinking and findings. What would ever make people to ever think technology is of the devil in this modern age?
I was made to know that some religious settings, in their early stage never believed in the usage of technical appliances to ease of the work of God because they considered it as a sin and against God, but now they're using every bit of appliances now. Why? Their eyes have been opened.
If people are still considering Cryptocurreny as sin, it's because their eyes are yet to be opened and just a matter of time of time it'll happen.
**Thank you for reading my piece today.**
**22nd November 2021**
They died, got to heaven and returned back to earth
**Hello my good people.**
It's Sunday here and I supposed to go to church but a little bit of laziness came up and held me hostage on bed. The fact that my church clothe was not ready contributed to the winning of the Laziness. How about you? Hope you are good?
I'd be talking about some funny stories of people that claimed they once died and went to heaven but God sent them back to planet Earth. You haven't heard about it?
Lead image source https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/path-heaven_943843.htm#page=1&query=Heaven&position=18&from_view=search
Countless times I've watched videos of confession of those that claimed they've been to heaven and God told them to return back to earth and warn the masses against the end time and also **terms** out the things he hate. Such stuffs are rampant in my country and it's always funny listening to them.
From the ones I have heard, they claim they died in a fatal accident and because it was sudden and it was ***not yet their time***, God sent them back to earth to fulfill their destiny. Some claimed they just slept off to the land of death without sickness.
*There was a woman that died, from her story, she was lucky to meet God one on one. She described God as we've always heard. She said God told her that* ***ear rings*** *are from the devil. That anyone putting on ear rings on Earth won't make heaven. She didn't stopped there, she included ladies putting on trousers as agent of the devil or the devil is manipulating them via the trousers. That trousers are meant for guys only.*
After we listened to such confession, a lady in our compound totally quitted ear rings and trousers. She burnt her wears and stopped going to her former church. Sorry to say but her look became so awkward.
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/yellow-slide-fluffy-clouds_6904836.htm#page=1&query=Heaven&position=4&from_view=search
*Another one Again, a young guy if about 25years was admitted to the hospital after a severe chest pain which he gave up the ghost. He said he got to the road leading to hell and heaven, and luckily for Him, a hand took him to the heaven's side. He said he was expecting to see people in heaven putting on those biblical wears such as sandals and gowns but what he saw got him shocked. They were putting on normal simple modern days wears such as Jean trousers and polo shirt s. He met with Jesus(I don't know who's always directing them to meet Jesus🙄). He said he got shocked the more when they told pointed Jesus to him. He said he saw Jesus on white* ***canvas with black airpod on his ears.*** *He asked him how come he's using these fancy materials, and he answered that technology is everywhere. From what he narrated, he said the kingdom is not against these technology on Earth that people have said so many wrong about.*
https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/young-stylish-man-modern-street-style-outfit-isolated-white-shot-from-bottom_20268440.htm#page=1&query=Man%20on%20white%20sneakers&position=13&from_view=search
This story trended on the internet and got people talking.
*A woman that claimed she went to heaven too and God sent her back to earth to give a crucial warning to the people about some acts we neglect as not a sin before God's eye. In her confession, she said those little things we consider as not sin are the ones that God is more furious about. She gave a narration that even if you collect* ***$0.00001*** *from* ***$1.1*** *of your spouse's money without their consent, that you're going to hell fire straight. It looks insignificant but God has every record. She said also that enjoying bonuses from a company is a sin and that's a ticket to hell fire.*
After I heard this Lady's confession, I pondered for a while. If it's so real about what she said, that means no one would make heaven because in one way or the other we've all enjoyed bonuses either from workplace or our individual homes. That's to say, all those bonuses we enjoyed from telecommunication would lead us to hell. Those Giveaway we enjoy from friend will push us to hell. Haaa! This is so funny. What about those that really enjoy telecommunication surfing via VPN (known as cheat)?🤣🤣🤣
*I heard of one again that claimed that God told her that most practices in church are uncalled for. That if care is not taken, almost every member of the church would be pushed to hell. She mentioned names of Nigeria churches that God showed her.*
Names undisclosed 🤐
*Another one again that said she died, got to heaven and was sent back by God, that God told her the* ***day the would be ending****, She should go and preach repentance and make sure people are freed from the captivity of the devil before the said date. Omo!*
When I heard this one, I laughed uncontrollably. The news was everywhere. We all waited for the date, the date came, peeped and passed. Hahahah what a mockery 🤣🤣🤣
______**My thought**__________
***I think those were ways they cooked up to earn a living.***
The world is going harder on a daily basis and people are finding it hard to cope with standard of survival.
I concluded that those videos and tapes were means to extract money from the masses, hence earn a living.
But it's very bad using a deceitful means to earn a living, to the extent of using God and death.
But what do I know, maybe some of them were true, I haven't died or been to hell or heaven once.
Please if you have such experience, feel free to drop on the comments section.
**Thanks for reading**
**21st November 2021**
Welcome Me
***Greetings to everyone here🖐️***
I'm happy to be among this large and great virtual family. I've heard so much about about the happenings here and I finally decided to be among you guys. From what I've heard, this platform has been existing for years and it's serving as one of the biggest blogging sites with EARNINGS...no Registeration fee. This baffles me alot because the highest I've seen stayed for just few months and backed off. This is amazing. I want to make money with my time and little skills of writing 😍
**Enough of that, let me give a quick Introduction about myself.**
I'm **KINGSLEY** by name, I loved to be called by my name because I love the pronunciation especially from a lady. If you are lady, pronounce it and see how lovely it sounds😍.
I'm from one of the countries in the western part of African, a place I love so much because my friends and family dwell there and beside that, we have ways of crushing down hard times especially the ***cruise*** from the celebrity and sport sections. Quickly go to Twitter and get info about ***Nigeria*** and you'd definitely laugh out so loud.
My look✓✓✓
I feel like dropping my photo here but I'm scared that ladies here would start tripping and hence might cause trouble in their current relationships(hahahah just joking).
I think it's best for me to drop photo in order to save me the stress of description. But... No, let's get to know each other first. I'm very cute, trust me✌️
I'm a sport lover✓✓✓
I'm a sport lover and the major sport is football. I can't play but I somuch enjoy watching and talking about it. Let me surprise you, I'm not the league type(premier, Champions Leagues...). Not that I don't enjoy watching those leagues, I do but not with so much interest. But when it comes to countries leagues such as in FIFA world cup, or Olympic tournaments, hey reserve my seat there! #RoadToQatar2022 is on!
But I'm enjoying the current Leagues though, laughing at the massive failures of some clubs. Hahah🤣. I didn't mention name....🤫
Religious and beliefs✓✓✓
Somehow I'm a bit religious because I was brought up in religious standard but that doesn't mean I'm blindedfolded by many uncalled doctrines. Did I just said I was brought up? Nah! I wasn't brought up but rather, I placed myself in that situation. My parents weren't the religious type. I just found myself loving God. I'm currently an usher in my church.
Ever been in love?
Ever since I found out that ***"breakfast is for everybody"*** I decided to stay off for the now. I was fell in love but....(story for another day). ***Breakfast*** is commonly used to explain ***heartbreak*** in my country. If breakfast is not common in the virtual, I might give a virtual relationship a trial. I'm ready ✌️.
Favorite Food✓✓✓
I'm a Nigerian guy and here we love food down to culture. It's only the ladies and 2% of guys that go with foreign food are favorite. I love to eat '**swallow'** to any type of food. It's gives me strength and stamina to withstand any task.
The picture below shows the a typical example of the kinda food I'm talking about;
Image source https://mummidele.com/menu/egusi-soup/
Writing genres✓✓✓
I'm a big fan of writing experiences and a little bit fictional especially the creepy ones. Fasten your seatbelt to enjoy more from me. I promise you won't be disappointed.
As I drop my keyboard, once again I'm very excited to be among you guys. I wish to make nice friends and as well accumulate lots of BCH. **1BCH** isn't bad for the first month 🤦🤦
***Thanks for reading and the warm welcome❤️***
***20the November 2021***
@Kiingsley
