When your body is in a good condition, there's no limit to what you can do at that moment. I took my bath when the light came at 9pm and that was when my body was ready to go on a journey of engaging for two hours and more. I visited Hive and also ended up on read.cash with more than forty articles being attended to. My mind wants me to continue but I diverted into reading my book for the upcoming tests next week. At least I was happy doing more than enough.

Good morning my lovelies. How are you doing today? It's sure a beautiful day and I am sure you are ready for what it unfolds? One thing first, I need to appreciate everyone who have been coming everyday to read and leave beautiful comments even when I am not that active, but I will very soon. It's just a matter of time and for me to say, it's limited and the countdown has began since the beginning of the year. For those who do not know, it's the countdown of graduating from the University by God's grace.

Last week, I answered a question for the Ladies of Hive community contest on Hive which says I should say a nice thing about me. Of course I have nice things about myself but since it's only just one I should go for, I decided I would say more than one here. We all do have that nice thing, if not things about us because I believe there is no bad person on earth without having even an inch of good trait in him or her. There would surely be. In fact a psychopath has one nice thing about him. Lol

One of it is my Smile.

I narrated how I was before in the post. When I was very young and still in Secondary School, I don't give a smiling face, instead a frowning one to every customers who comes around to buy something at my Mom's shop. One of the reasons was that the touts and bad boys around then will take you for granted and take advantage of you if they ever see you giving that smile and allowing them come closer to you. I tried maintaining my value and self worth then and would not allow them move closer to me.

My mom's business allows all kind of customers. She sells alcoholic drinks and dry gins then. This definitely would attract hooligans to her but I never for once allowed them move anywhere around me.

They complained to my mom that I don't smile which she pleaded to at least not send her customers away with how I act or behave. In one way or the other, I found myself always smiling. I don't know how it happened but whatever it is, I am really grateful. It got to a point, people ask me why I keep smiling which my answer was "should I cry instead?" I love smiling to the extent that if I need to jokingly tell a lie and do not want you to catch me doing so, my smile would give way which would make people know I am lying. I don't know how to keep myself from smiling even when I am hurt.

My siblings knows me that even if I get pissed off at them, once they keep staring at me, they would know the smile is about to reveal itself on my face and that's the end of my anger.

This has made me have this second nice thing about me- Being selfless.

I am open handed and I love to give from my heart. Without anyone saying it which I am not bragging, I know I am right and this has been from childhood. My Dad would always call me "Mercy Child" because of my way of caring for others around me. I don't like a situation where I would have and someone around me is suffering, my conscience would definitely judge me and many times I am always afraid not to stop God's blessing in my life.

Though some people are trying to take advantage of that from me but being selfless do not mean I do not know what I am doing. I don't do to all people but those who are in need, as this would bring that value to you. Many people would want to offend or hurt you by saying words behind you because you refused to keep helping them when they come to you always, hoping you would give because of who you are, I do not care about them and one thing about me is that I do what my heart says.

I love blessing people with what I have because I have always been blessed through that. It's not money always but your time, attention and your services could even go a long way than giving out money.

I hope you learnt something from this? Thank you for reading again today. I do appreciate it and your involvement keeps me going.

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[January 12, 2022] (No 12 article for the year)