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SixSeven:
I feel you. Now this is my MO

NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU.

It sounds evil but it's the reality. Take care of yourself first, accept responsibility for yourself and do not depend on anyone. I've been around old people since I was a child. The ones that depend on people always grumble about it. It's one of the humiliation of life. May we not experience this humiliation ritual because we cannot predict life no matter how perfect we plan for it. We often forget that we came to this world alone and will still go alone. No matter how much a mother loves her son, she won't go to the grave with him. It's important to plan. I agree with you on that but maybe I'm rapping too much. I came across this quote recently and it stayed with me not because of miserliness but the reminder of how life is 👇

"DO NOT BE LIKE A MISER WHO SAVES FOR THOSE WHO WILL BURY HIM"
- African Proverb

The world is a funny place to be which is why I posted some of those things before. We come without anything, we fight for everything, then when we have these things, especially money, we worry about how to keep it, maintain it and protect it and even provide for the future, then when we leave, we hope it is used the way we want it but by that time, no matter how powerful we are, we can't come from the grave to enforce it. We are just useless. We are so powerless. We are so irrelevant and even if, in the world beyond, we can see our enemy taking what we fought for, we still can't do anything. They are playing a video recording of our will and the child we thought would obey is the one saying "daddy, no na, I cannot accept that, we will challenge this will". I've seen too many things in this world that nothing surprises me anymore, therefore, instead of being disappointed in anyone else or bothered by these things that pretend to belong to me, I flow with the ocean waves. Betrayal only comes from expectations. Maybe it reminds us of what we can control and I take delight in the way the birds live. Not angry birds 🐦😂

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This theme 👆 is common in religions and non-religious groups. Some of them call it a spirit of abundance but it takes an understanding mind to acknowledge what favor he has on earth but worries so much about the extra.


I think you mean/t scarcity. Here is another thing of the rich. By the time you acquire so much, it becomes a burden. In fact, there are two things. One, you start to worry. Two, you either want more or you start to give. Being rich is not bad and I hope you do not think I am preaching against having more. I am just saying that when you recognize it, do what gives you peace. Many at times, you find out that after having more, they (the normal ones who still have a conscience) want to give from what they have. They find happiness in what they give away. They now realize that happiness was never in acquisition, it was more in disposal. What an irony We enjoy the process more than the end result, that's why we keep going for more and it becomes like an addiction. If money was enough to put a stop for us, Elon would have stopped, Dangote won't bother and some men won't go underwater to find the Titanic shipwreck. That is another thing about money. It funds a certain type of lifestyle but if you take a seat back and observe, you will just observe that it is PACKAGING. A resort is built in an island but guess what is there? Nature! The same nature we escaped from in the villages to go and acquire riches in the cities
The food we are served is packaged but someone else is eating it for free in another village. The house we live in has extra features, there is a house under water, there is a house near a zoo etc. These are just extra things but if you come to the basics of life, it remains that all human beings want SHELTER, FOOD and CLOTHING.

So enjoy getting more, but don't let getting more get into your head, don't let it control who you are. Don't let it determine what makes you happy. Give things out and there is a spiritual thing about letting things go so new things can come into your life😂
There is a show they used to have on CNN with that Ghanaian presenter. My worst day or something like that. The rich people on her show, when they talk about their losses, it is always big. I don't think a lot of people are willing to embrace loss. That all what you have can leave in an instant. And when you recognize your mortality and non-invincibility, you can live normal and be humble with life. This same Femi Otedola was once on that show too

i actually read and understand everything better

That's a good explanation from you,
Thank you very much for this

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I believe we just need to save and plan for our generations to come, life should be easier for our offsprings
That doesn't mean they won't have to go fishing themselves anyway because regardless of how much they meet on ground, they must be taught never to be lazy with even what will make life easier for them

Northsouth:
i actually read and understand everything better

That's a good explanation from you,
Thank you very much for this

Also

I believe we just need to save and plan for our generations to come, life should be easier for our offsprings
That doesn't mean they won't have to go fishing themselves anyway because regardless of how much they meet on ground, they must be taught never to be lazy with even what will make life easier for them

Money is good o but let me humor you a bit. You are planning for your children in Naira but they decide to pursue their future in Dhiram or Australia pound or let's say in 2065, the Sudanese pound is more than the British pound and your child goes there. Your child will not value all your hard work. What about children who do well than anyone in their generation has ever done?

The greatest gift to inherit from parents is not financial, but emotional and intangible, including unconditional love, presence, wisdom, and strong values. These lasting legacies shape a child's confidence and character, often considered more valuable than material wealth. Other key inheritances include a good reputation and a well-planned estate. Your plan is in estate but know that anything can happen to it.

Give your children intangible assets when you are available. During the Nigerian Civil War, the government made millionaires poor with a policy they passed. Some people have fled a country as rich people only to start their lives in a new country as refugees.

We tend to plan for life in the current image we have of it without realizing that we do not control the future we have a vision of


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Nobody serves a local dog with a golden plate, it will end up messing up the plate. I remember someone once said if you have children and none of them can say "my father used to say, my father said this, my father used to do this", then you have not lived yet.

Don't think I am a pessimist because generational wealth exists but I just want you to look at the larger picture. What are you living for?

SixSeven:
Money is good o but let me humor you a bit. You are planning for your children in Naira but they decide to pursue their future in Dhiram or Australia pound or let's say in 2065, the Sudanese pound is more than the British pound and your child goes there. Your child will not value all your hard work. What about children who do well than anyone in their generation has ever done?

The greatest gift to inherit from parents is not financial, but emotional and intangible, including unconditional love, presence, wisdom, and strong values. These lasting legacies shape a child's confidence and character, often considered more valuable than material wealth. Other key inheritances include a good reputation and a well-planned estate. Your plan is in estate but know that anything can happen to it.

Give your children intangible assets when you are available. During the Nigerian Civil War, the government made millionaires poor with a policy they passed. Some people have fled a country as rich people only to start their lives in a new country as refugees.

We tend to plan for life in the current image we have of it without realizing that we do not control the future we have a vision of


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7509956901187194118

Nobody serves a local dog with a golden plate, it will end up messing up the plate. I remember someone once said if you have children and none of them can say "my father used to say, my father said this, my father used to do this", then you have not lived yet.

Don't think I am a pessimist because generational wealth exists but I just want you to look at the larger picture. What are you living for?

there's no manual to life or how it should be lived, everyone's got their own ideas and wishes.
It's normal and must all be respected under the law of government and nature

Only God knows why each person was born, even each person must do something,
I asked a young lady some years ago about what is life, I can't forget it.
She gave me a very rare answer, she said
Life is everything.
So there are different individual and different taste in life, I may agree with u, everybody has a natural mind to choose what he or she wants.
That's my conclusion

Me that rode a bike on the moon I didn't post.