What do you understand by Poison?

"You cry and you scream and you stomp your feet and you shout. You say, 'You know what? I'm giving up, I don't care.' And then you go to bed and you wake up and it's a brand new day, and you pick yourself back up again."

-Nicole Scherzinger

You know what? If you haven't been in this situation before, I mean relating to the above quote, then you should experience it someday. Many people including me have tried giving up somehow and we are frustrated when things are not moving the way we expect it, we try to stop, give up but do you know there's a magic when you sleep and wakes up, it's as if nothing happened the previous day. You see a new hope in you and then boom, you pick yourself up to continue the journey.

It's normal that way and always remember in every new day, there are chances, there are opportunities. You just have to key into them and take something out of it. Good morning lovelies ♥️♥️

If you were asked "what do you know about poison?" What will you say? Do you have a big word to drop? I mean, can you ever think outside the box to explain the meaning of poison? Keep reading because you are about to learn something just the way I learned yesterday.

The word poison literally means a substance likely to harm you. Something you inject into your body that causes you to give up and stop breathing. Though in most cases, some poisons are easily neutralized when noticed immediately. We have seen many cases of people taking their lives by consuming poisons because they are tired of life, depression and so on. On the other hand, we see people who get jealous and envious of another person especially a close friend poisoning another person. No one is to be trusted again because people would do anything to destroy your life. You need to be careful.

My mom has been taking excessive drugs that it was one of the things that made her gave up. We were told she had taken much substances that has deteriorated things in her body and that alone weakens and destroys her system. So, this means taking drugs beyond the normal prescription is a poison to your body system.

Apart from all of these, do you know you can also poison yourself in ways you don't expect?

I saw a post on YouTube and the write up describes poison as "anything beyond what you need."

This then means we need something and we do not need them. When you go beyond things, it is a poison because you will be affected badly in the end. It's just like someone taking excessively without stopping, such a person would definitely say something that would put him or her in trouble. It's a poison.

ANGER

We are bound to get angry. Yes, we need to be angry in some cases as this would help you clear some argument and make your stand, thereby making people understand your principle but getting angry beyond limit is a poison to yourself. You need to control yourself in anger so you don't ruin things in the end. Getting angry too much harms.

POWER

Many people in the quest of getting power has gone beyond their boundaries, thereby misusing it in a bad way to cheat people or override them. Everyone wants power but going extra mile to have it is a poison that would even destroy you in the end. Your power should be used in a good way and not taking advantage of other people. Such power would end up becoming a poison to you that would harm you later. This is done when things go wrong where you never expected it.

FOOD

Yes, you read that right. Food can also be a poison to you when you consume them in excess. Apart from some foods that are already contaminated, food can be a poison to you when you do not control yourself in eating. Whatever you see, you eat which we call "Gluttony". It will harm your body system if you do not have control over it. You need food but going beyond eating what you can't finish is insane.

LAZINESS

I once read that laziness doesn't mean you are procrastinating but you just need rest at that moment. I agree to this but there is a form of laziness that has eaten deep into some people that all they ever want is for people to help them lift things, do things etc. At least there is a difference when you are lazy but soon, you will do what you need to do, the time might just not be in your favor then. But we have people who are already addicted to laziness and do not want to do anything.

I once talked about one of my Uncles that is so lazy and would want me to wash his pants, socks and even pack his plates without doing anything. He just want to sit in one place and keep ordering things to be brought where he is. We have people like that and they aren't ready to take risks or opportunities in their lives. You don't know it's a poison that will later harm you.

In Conclusion

It is not until a poison takes your life before you know it's one. These are poisons that could make you miss out on great opportunities in life. These are poisons that could take things out of your body slowly without realizing until it starts eating you up. We need to control ourselves and adjust if we have been in these categories. I am not exempted either because it opened my eyes to know where I am failing which I need to make an adjustment if I want the best for my life.

I hope you take something from this? Thanks for reading

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[January 24, 2022] (No 24 article for the year)