What's The Point?

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Trying to understand how some people think.

There are so many things I might not understand in this life and most notably is human character. I can't understand how people think sometimes and as much as I admire them for having their uniqueness to think in a certain way, believe me, I still see it as an insult to intelligence most of the time. It's not because they utter a meaningless statement that matters but the fact that they believe someone would be as dumb as they are to believe it.

Have you ever heard someone remark and you paused, looked at the person and mutter underneath your breath "What a shame"? Most people would utter ludicrous statements because they are trying to cover up and the more they tried the more people see them for who they are. I exchanged some chats under the comment section of @George_Dee in his recent post. I would suggest you check it out here: Infidelity has taken a new height.

This news has been making rounds for a week now after the ex-wife of a popular On-Air Personality/Comedian/Artist came out to dent the image of the man saying he was abusive and she had to keep quiet so he wouldn't lose an endorsement. The man released his version to point everyone to the truth that the first person to report isn't always right. He released videos of his bruised arms due to a deep bite and also how his ex-wife was screaming and about to break the door down despite hiding and locking himself inside the room. The bombshell he exposed was that their first son doesn't belong to him after he conducted a DNA on the child.

The woman came out and said she never told him the boy was his and the man assumed the boy was his. I was taken aback and shocked. They were married and yet she expected the man to have doubted the paternity of his child while being married to her and she dared to say he assumed? Some people deserve a high five on the head with a baseball bat hahahaha. Whattttt?!? 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂. No wonder someone said that the more he found out about humans, the more he has come to admire a dog. Dogs are loyal to a fault and the same cannot be said about some humans.

I understand that as humans we all want control and we want everything to go our way. We want to dominate and have influence while portraying ourselves as being perfect. I understand that each person is unique in his or her way but there are some things we should never negotiate and that's integrity. I can't joke with it no matter what. It has been instilled in me right from when I was young.

The boy in me always scream to come out.

I can remember when I was much younger...I believe around 14 years of age. This game came out then. Not sure if it was the water game or the brick game. I know I saved up for it and then it was around $1. I took a stroll with my friend and we finally got a place where they sell it. I was excited. I got the game and left. It was all the money I had on me so I knew the same way we walked there is the same way we would trek back. The excitement of holding that game made that journey bearable. I wanted to do something for myself and not involve my dad then.

As I was heading back and we were close to being halfway to the house, I noticed the money was still in my pocket, meaning I didn't pay for what I bought. Maybe due to the excitement of holding that game, I forgot but was more shocked the cashier failed to collect the money as well. I begged my friend to let us go back and we did. She saw me and still can't remember until I told her she didn't collect money from me. I dropped it and started our journey all the way again.

A recent incident occurred in my former place of work and that was around December. After leaving their establishment and after paying me my entitlement, a month after, they haven't cleared my name from their system and I received a credit alert of what would be my salary when I was with them. That moment and right there, I knew I cannot keep that money. I messaged one of the team leads later that night and told him to get in touch with the accounting department because they credited me wrongly. He was shocked.

The funny thing is, they made this same mistake for 3 other ex staffs but I was the only one who voiced out. They even spoke with one and he said he didn't see anything and would have to check his mobile app a day or two after. Most people started reaching out to me telling me how proud they were (those in the management) but others that we were colleagues, some of them said they wouldn't have returned the money because they feel it was a "blessing". Nah, I can't live my life like that. I am not a perfect person I am as fallible as every other human but there are certain things I would never negotiate; integrity.

What's the point of getting the money and spending it? I would easily exhaust the money in a month and that's it but what will my conscience say? How would I feel on the inside? Would I like the person I would see staring at me in the mirror? Absolutely not. I like thinking far ahead before making certain decisions and whatever would not make me feel at ease, I shun it.

We are all different and I respect that. Most people are dead to their conscience by the virtue of how life has dealt with them and that's fine too but I won't do things without thinking of the end result. I always ask myself, what's the point?

Thank you for your time.

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Aww..that woman really need no be slap with a bat in the head ..Integrity is everything man ..once you stain it...it can be erased but the impact on that part will be there forever.. You did the right thing there.😊. That's what will I do if I'm the one in that kind of situation..

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2 years ago

Thank you so much for your input and kind words. I really appreciate it 🤗🤗🤗

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2 years ago

There were times that temptations and dishonesty would come to my mind, however I would always think about the consequences. I don't like to have negative integrity and there's the tendency to do these things like "normal".

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2 years ago

Exactly... We need to think about the consequences so we won't grow to start seeing dishonesty as normal. Thanks a lot for this.

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2 years ago

That's great. Hard to do when you are not rooted on your own conscience. It will be favorable to you to do those things if you don't have a right mindset as you will have extra money to buy things you have with the money that was never yours in thr first place.

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2 years ago

Exactly...it was never mine in the first place so there is no need to struggle to hold on to it. Thank you so much, my friend.

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2 years ago

upon reading your article there are two things that comes into my mind, " Loyalty and Honesty". Loyalty for your partner, though I didn't know why many chose to cheat. Do they find it thrilling? cause for me if you don't like something with your partner why not talk to him? Honestly - honest people is hard to find now days. Good thing you are one of those.

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2 years ago

Very true... Honesty and loyalty matters a lot in life and the lack of them is why the world is what it is presently.

Thank you so much and I am delighted to read from you.

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2 years ago

What a good boy. If it happens to me about forgetting to pay, my conscience will kill me. It happened to me many times, like receiving extra change.. But also gave it back coz I can't stand holding money which isn't mine.

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2 years ago

I know you have a sweet heart, Janey. Absolutely, that conscience would be killing. There is no point holding on to something that wasn't meant for us at all.

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2 years ago

Integrity is not negotiable one bit. If you make a mistake to compromise, you lose your self-worth. Not many people will return that money. In fact, in my place of work, before it was detected, a lady collected salary for four months, after she had been paid her entitlements. By so doing, you have redeemed your self worth. You kind is rare, in this generation of selfish people.

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2 years ago

Wow. She received for four whole months and she felt it was a blessing? Wow. How did her conscience allow that? Shocking. Thank you so much brother. Very true, we have so many selfish souls. They don't even consider that someone would be the one to pay for the mistake of receiving that money for 4 whole months.

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2 years ago

You're one beautiful soul Ola. Hats off to you. Reading this reminded me of cab drivers who always return belongings left by their passengers, some amounting to large sums of money. Integrity goes a long way.

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2 years ago

Thank you so much, my friend. What a gem those can drivers are. That's the world we should be living in...

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2 years ago

Yes, there are still many good people around us :)

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2 years ago

Absolutely... We still have them.

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2 years ago

The only reason why we suffer in life is when integrity has been bashed on the wall. It is the bedrock of human existence and once we ignore it, life becomes meaningless.

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2 years ago

God bless you. Spot on.

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2 years ago

The main point is that some people lack conscience, maybe they are not born with it I never can tell.

Me too I saw the the post made by @George_Dee, I was like ..."and this woman is even bold to say it!" You can imagine that kind of a thing, they don't even care anymore, they see it as a normal thing!!! I don't even Know what the world is turning into, that's always thought when I listen to this kind of a thing.

Majority lack integrity that they don't tend to know if what they are doing is right or wrong.... Take a look at the incident that happened at your places of work, Left aside the one that happened when you were much younger.....they say it a blessing, let me hammer the facts.. It's not a blessing but a course, because it doesn't belong to us. How will the company feel if they find out that they are paying into wrong hand? Are we going to be comfortable within ourselves??

These are the questions we should ask ourselves before doing anything , what will it profit us if we get those things and we end up tarnishing our image... It's an everlasting scar.

Just my thoughts ✍️

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2 years ago

Wonderful thoughts Mary... You are right. We all have conscience but most people choose to ignore theirs and the more they ignore it the more the master the act of not listening to it and the more the conscience die. It's sad.

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2 years ago

It's sad indeed, it and only if (iff) we can do things with our conscience, everything will be done in the right way without being told.

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2 years ago

I believe so too, dear.

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2 years ago

I believe a lot of people are going about with their consciences buried and it is the reason why we hear some crazy things happening out there.

I am always running away from things that can tarnish my name because I believe I still have a future out there. Imagine those who didn't return the money, are they still spending it.

I hear the news of a cabman that returns goods and money worth millions to the customer who forgot them in his vehicle, he could have just taken it away but the things we don't work for would not stay with us.

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2 years ago

Your words are so true, brother. The things we don't work for can't stay with us and that's true. What a man that cab man is. I am sure a lot of people would call him a fool for not seizing the opportunity but that's a conscience burying opportunity and I am so glad he did the right thing.

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2 years ago

People would definitely say shit about him because of what he did but I believe that he would reap his good deed someday.

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2 years ago

Absolutely. He will reap the fruit of that good behaviour. That's why we need to stay consistent in doing good and be known for it.

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2 years ago

You did good returning that money, 98% of Nigerians wouldn't even dare. They will tell you "in this Buhari regime, you want me to return this money? This is my palliative". Honestly we need more upright people in this life

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2 years ago

Hahaha in this Buhari regime. That's so true. I know a lot of people who told me why would they return it especially because they didn't ask for it. I told them that isn't an excuse because it was obvious that it was a mistake.

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2 years ago

It's actually not easy to return it, especially when the person thinks about the whole thing he can do with the money. Returning it shows the level of a person's humanity, it takes strongwill to do something like that

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2 years ago

Absolutely...it takes a lot to do so and I believe it's a product of the virtue we have uphold ourselves to as well.

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2 years ago

Exactly sir

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2 years ago

Wow… Let me start by saying sometimes people just think or say things without give it a good thought which Is scary and can scar someone. As for nedu I was so shocked when I saw the post makes me wonder if anybody loves for real . In conclusion thank you for being a good person as a kid and as a grown up . Most people you said my you are dumb for doing what you did but the satisfaction from doing the right thing is always the best feeling . Cheers

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2 years ago

Exactly. The satisfaction that comes with knowing you did the right thing is just too priceless. Thanks a lot.

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2 years ago

There was a woman where I was staying before anytime she see someone doing what she doesn't like she will say that person is a devil meanwhile she herself is a devil in the making because she always take someone else's things and she will say she doesn't sees it

But the day she did it for me I just asked her if she has seen devil before and she said no then I told her devil is just like human being as well if not some people won't be as worse as they are now

Sometimes women are the perfect picture for a devil because our mind is too deep

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2 years ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣 your comment cracked me up big time. Sure, we have males and females acting the devil because they have killed their conscience. It's sad.

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2 years ago

Don't mind me jare I hate people that pretend to be holy meanwhile they are devil in the making

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2 years ago

Hahahaha I feel you. Totally understandable and that's humans for you.

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