$250 On A Sidewalk
***I think my decisions from the start would have been to figure out the relevance of all these things that I did with the money and placed a priority, just like placing value on them. I had a twisted intention and if eventually I get a next time to this, I will need to be mindful of what I would do with the money that can be beneficial to not just me alone.
One part of me felt satisfied and happy that I achieved a little part of something but literally in my heart I knew I messed up, so let's just say my reality had all the wealth few days back but my overly crazy spending turned them to $0. Crazy right?”.....***
Here is my Flashback!
I will be completely devastated when I look back over the event that took place, me walking past it all.. on a lovely hot afternoon in the streets of Lagos Nigeria, I noticed something quite captivating and literally I didn’t hesitate to know what it was… to my greatest surprise it was some amount half spread lying pale where I stood. There are strange stories that sometimes picking up money that isn’t yours could be very dangerous” well that didn’t bother me, two things struck my mind immediately and it was
“if calling the authorities was the best option or having the best 24 hours of my entire life..”
I stretched down quickly to pick it up, I thought through a thousand needs and you won’t believe how wild I could be with my thoughts.. first things first, straight into a nice restaurant in my currency $250 will be 137,000 Naira. That wouldn’t just be the end of my fun for the day, having more drinks and a luxury time with some friends. Looking at what I have left, a quarter of it is gone.
The reality is I was gonna end up spending it all that same day and I would still be making these same mistakes, I knew I needed something different. Dumped the rest in an investment that was later tagged scam. It was a rough one, although thinking I could get back x5 of what was left which was precisely $120...
And just about three hours from when I made the investment, it disappeared completely, you won’t believe I had only $0 left. The exact moment my eyes got cleared to see my mistakes.
Now the truth was, I never helped anyone. It was the wrong thing to do, that in 2022 I could still be falling for that trap even after telling a lot of people not to. The whole money was disbursed out wrongly, the moments of fun and excitement came to an end so quickly.
The best thing that I should have done with the money if I wasn’t going to return it, was first rendering a little help to someone who dearly needs it and because the money wasn’t mine in the first place my mission could have involved the possible means to make sure I judiciously make good use of it.
I may not have a direct personal need that it could solve completely, why not save it till it becomes useful?”.
I think it will be much better to dedicate it into something else than keep it all, it could turn out to affect one someday.. If nobody watches God does.
It served as a lesson to me, there’s so much power in planning and understanding.. Now you know what I did with mine, can I get to know your own experience if you where in my shoes?… a question from Hive.. Just to make it more fun, this could be an important topic for you to write on too.
Likewise giving back to the authorities is the best thing to do, but not when this same people who hold so much authority are not going to help in any way..
Take care and have a lovely day..
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March 28th, 2022
It Would have solved some problems for the less privileged although the investment wasn't a bad option afterall. You were just unlucky to have invested in the wrong platform.