Hello Nairalanders,

What lesson has life taught you?

Is it what you've thought it is?

Is where you are today were you thought you would be by now?

" I remember growing up as a child, i thought life is just six years in primary school, six in secondary, the following year for jamb, next is to gain admission into the universty, spend another 4 or 5 years in the universty, look for job, get the money, build my house and buy the latest car in town, and then look for a wife.

But while growing up, i find out that life is not what i thought it is. Six years in secondary turned 8 years rather.

I know of my childhood friend who told me he would become a lawyer, but haven repeatedly written jamb for 5 times without a break through, he was force to start learning a mechanic work.

Sometimes, i ask myself; what is the purpose of living, why is living a life so difficult..

At this point in time, my lesson is that nothing good comes easy; and to be happy, you have to make others happy too.

Have a nice day

stay away from drugs, it ruins
say away from gambling, it kills
stay away from fornication

Don't depend on anybody, they will only make empty promises.


Life is competition, they'll ask you "how are you" not because they care but wanna know if you're doing better than them....... Avoid fake friends/family members like plague.

Life has taught me so many things.
* that there is no shortcut to a palm tree.
* that bet 9ja will only collect the one's you've saved.
* that every man for himself
* that those you call your love ones will run away from you in times of trouble and when u need them.
- i cant say it all...
lalasticlala, come and say your own!

Life taught me that the hardest thing to do in life is 'living a life'

Life taught me that all men are useless, that men are hypocrites, that men are not important to the world.

To cut my coat according to my size.

Recently, I realised men don't want feminist or an independent successful woman who earns more than them. I also realised that rich guys give money and buy stuffs for a lady whom they like without complaining.

A rich man in love will always spend on his woman.

God bless all the legit rich guys, especially those in tech, professionals and owners of big companies, may their pocket never run dry.

Ladymogana:
Life taught me that all men are useless, that men are hypocrites, that men are not important to the world.

zombie like you

Infact, i don't know what to say. Life is the greatest teacher of all time. It has taught me so many things..

To stay away from gambling.

Thestormisover:
Life taught me that the hardest thing to do in life is 'living a life'

very simple comment.

Some were born to follow.. Follow follow group

Wait for God's time
Favour, grace don't require energy or skills
Pray to God, he listens
Secret not to go broke... always give the needy
Don't trust anyone

Your parents can only try to set you on the right path, taking the right path is solely your responsibility.

You are solely responsible for yourself. Everyman for himself and God for us all

Good health and wellness , riches and healthy relationships make life beautiful

Nothing is promised in this life, not even the air we breath. Anything can happen to disrupt our usual pace. So appreciate today and live right so you dont regret things tomorrow

Be kind to people the best you can manage but dont forget you come first!

Time is the most elusive resource, no one is able to own it. Just do what you can in preparation for tomorrow. Check out all your idols and superstars from yesterday, they are mostly oldies now....eg, Denzel Washington, Al Pacino, Halle Berry, Julia Robert, Grandma....just mentioning those easy to remember. Micheal Jackson, Witney Houston etc. They are either old or gone. They were the hottie hotie highly sort after....they were...

life has taught me never to indulge in any form of gambling.

life has taught me never to borrow anyone money that I cannot let go of.

Animegirl:


Recently, I realised men don't want feminist or an independent successful woman who earns more than them. I also realised that rich guys give money and buy stuffs for a lady whom they like without complaining.

A rich man in love will always spend on his woman.

God bless all the legit rich guys, especially those in tech, professionals and owners of big companies, may their pocket never run dry.

Amen o o . .

Not to mock anyone, no matter their condition

Life has taught me dat if u are self-contend, you can't b a victim of scam.
Life is a bit simple if we all mind our bixnex
As a man if u are able to control your third leg, you hv solve %50 of your problems.
There is no subtitude for hard-working
There are many things life has taught me, but make I stop here.
Love you all

Life has taught me to be happy in every situation, depression is real

Your parents are hoping that you rescue them from chaos. They won't tell you because it will signify failure on their own part and impose a tremendous burden on you.

Their most desired wishes would be for you to take care of them as they've done to you at the very least, but it far transcends that.

It is to build upon what they've built and carry the responsibility to resurrect the family from struggles that they couldn't defeat.

The more successful a person you become, the happier they will be since their fulfillment is tied to your success. Don't disappoint them.

pansophist:
Your parents are desperately hoping that you rescue them from chaos. They won't tell you directly because it will signify failure on their own part since they probably failed to rescue their own parents as well. As they grow older, their most desired wishes would be for you to take care of them as they've done to you at the very least, but it far transcends that. It is to build upon what they've built and carry the responsibility to strengthen the family and resurrect them from struggles that they couldn't defeat. The more successful and sophisticated a person you become, the happier they will be since their fulfillment is tied to your success. Don't disappoint them.

I really do not subscribe to this idea of not disappointing one's parents by being successful. Our parents had their own lives, and it's not my fault some of them failed to make something out of their life. But I can't live with the expectation of making my parents happy. Let me live my life how I can, and if I'm successful with the way I lived; then so be it. This is just my own perspective sha.

The5DME:
I really do not subscribe to this idea of not disappointing one's parents by being successful. Our parents had their own lives, and it's not my fault some of them failed to make something out of their life. But I can't live with the expectation of making my parents happy. Let me live my life how I can, and if I'm successful with the way I lived; then so be it. This is just my own perspective sha.

Dont be selfish. Hence I said you should be able to take care of them at the very least, thats the most basic. Even if your parents does not need your sustenance, it still doesn't release you from the obligation to rescue them from chaos.

It's a noble decision everyone must come in term with. Of course one can choose not to, it simply means they do not understand life. It's where the saying that "a wise man builds a tree he won't harvest from" originates from.

Life has taught me principally to mind my business & to take my job seriously.

Life has taught me several things:
1. Determination with passion in any thing you are doing
2. Be happy no matter what- depression can't withstand such mood.

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*Always make your decisions yourself cause las las na you go live ya lyf
*Hunger na the best motivational speaker
*Follow your passion and forget what people say as long as you are on the right part
*Have money oo(legally)
*Don't give up


Cc: Pansophist Good evening. How are you doing?

Some comment here changed my view about life. Depression is real. More comment from this thread will give me all the advice i needed about living a life. Life is so difficult. I think this thread deserve front page.
seun, lalasticlala, mynd44.

Animegirl:


Recently, I realised men don't want feminist or an independent successful woman who earns more than them. I also realised that rich guys give money and buy stuffs for a lady whom they like without complaining.

A rich man in love will always spend on his woman.

God bless all the legit rich guys, especially those in tech, professionals and owners of big companies, may their pocket never run dry.

I would have thrown you jabs now, but let me just simp on your boobs for now

1. Women will do anything for money.

Lazarus's case and that of the rich man is even better, women will eat both the crumbs that falls from the table and allow the rich man's dog eat them too.

2. Men fear power + physical dominance. If you got one or both, your respect will heighten. And true on a large scale.

3. Children only keep shut when you stand by your decision and accompany it with a rod. Like women, they love going against boundaries assigned to them.

4. How far you will go in life is dependent on the available knowledge or information you have or able to access.

5. Nobody cares about you, but you still end up thinking about how others see you. Human evolutionary instinct wants to ensure that you're not going against the rules of the tribe.

6. Everyone desires to help and show love, but when the burden is placed upon them they run away. These are weak people, the spectators and critics that lacks good sense of judgement. They are accusers and mere talkers.

7. Born into a poor family, a poor nation and a poor background sets you up for monumental failure. Hence, religion becomes a comforter and escape mechanism because chances of success are ultra slim. So, anything you do in such situation to at least upgrade yourself should be seen as success even though it can't be categorized as the norm. You tried my friend.

8. With wealth, influence and power, you not only break the rules, you make the rules and break it as it pleases you.

9. There are no morally wealthy + powerful people. Every powerful and wealthy man plays unsuspicious immoral game behind closed doors. When caught they rationalize it to mean a virtuous act. Or, pretend nothing happened.

10. The poor desires to be rich, and when he is unable, he castigates the rich and calls wealth vanity. Refer to 7 above.

11. Nobody is coming to help you, the few that will do will only point the route to you, you must do the work for yourself, don't expect anybody to do it for you.

12. People are selfish with knowledge because they think once it goes viral they will lose their power. And this is true. It is then left for you as an individual to go down the rabbit hole and and pursue knowledge. Refer to 4 above.

13. Life is not guaranteed in the next hour, assume you'll die sooner and that may help you come up with productive ideas and walk towards it.

14. No big deal being happy or sad, life will definitely take different turns on you, just be prepared and conscious about it.

15. Family is key. Your friends cannot be compared to your genetic line. Though, some friends has proven to be brothers.

16. Respect everyone. Don't view anyone ignominously, as they might know what you don't and can help when you don't expect.

17. Be kind, but always make sure you pay everyone with their own coins. This will ensure they know that in life, nobody has the monopoly of being kind, frugal, arrogant or prideful. Only the wealthy has such opportunity. Refer to 8 above.

18. Stay focus, continue to try and progress. You may experience a breakthrough, but in the case that you didn't made a significant breakthrough, just know you tried.

19. Majority of humans has died and many will die without achieving their dreams. Take heart.

20. Use your money to take good care of yourself. But also know that being selfish is for a short time, when you die another will inherit all your possessions, and he may possibly be your enemy.

21. Do what makes you happy is an escape mechanism to please your indulgence and never makes you want to feel guilty about your reckless behaviors.

22. If there's a process follow it. If it is long be patient and follow, and same if short. The more you try to short circuit the process, the longer you stay there correcting what you ought to have done in the past.

22. Life doesn't go as planned, always ensure you have alternatives and fallback. Don't depend on mere hope, faith, wishful thinking and prayer. You are not different from other beings. So, don't think your case is special.

23. Respect is only given to the wealthy, high status and powerful because humans are myopic, they judge you by your cover. A poor wise man is an object of mockery to the masses. Refer to 1 above.

24. Suffering is part of every process, make
good use of it.

25. The majority of people that are announcing their helps are only trying to exploit you.

26. If there's something to lose or gain people will comply. Better to use incentives than appeal to emotion or force.

27. Only outliers help genuinely from their hearts. The majority will not help if they have nothing to gain from you. Refer to 26 above.

28. You are not in control, independence or democracy are words to make you feel in control. The government and the wealthy men are the people in control. Refer to 8 above.

29. The wrong side about religion is that its adherents take every allegories and metaphors as facts. Meanwhile, when lessons are extrapolated from these religious tales you will find out that man truly needs religion. Refer to 7 above.

30. You don't know yourself until you suffer lack or have abundance.

31. Experience is the best teacher; if you are advice against an act you'll continually regret not taking action. However, some experiences comes with painful scars. Be careful.

32. Everything you say or know is true. However, truth is what has proven itself repeatedly and not void of empiricism and reality.

33. If you are extremely valuable, people will be attracted to you, but the majority will like to parasitize on you rather than become good as you.

Thanks.

1. That honesty take you far in life...
2. That you're on your own
3. That to hustle smart
4. That to trust nobody
5. That never to compare others with myself
6. That to leave within my means
7. That luck is part of life
8. That to fully utilise any opportunities
9. That to worry less about success and life its
10. That to accept challenges is part of life
11. That to free my mind, soul and any burden... my G life is too short make we leave it to the fullest...