@lichthauch This hits so hard! But the irony is the 3 year old kid would never comprehend the beauty hidden in the raw life experiences he’s currently living until it’s a bit too late. And the rich may never understand the desperate desires burning in the hearts of the kids to be like him.
You should be a lot more suspicious of an easy life, and a lot kinder to yourself when a difficult one seems not to let you go. Because when it eventually does, for it will, you’ll carry an uncommon advantage, having tasted abyss and heaven.
Every country has an energy. And that energy rewires you whether you notice it or not. People move to Japan and become minimal. People move to Mexico and their entire relationship with time softens. People move to New York and suddenly they can't sit still. Your personality is far more malleable than you think. We treat it like something fixed, but new surroundings give you new defaults. New pace. New habits. New values absorbed through proximity instead of effort. You're not just the average of the 5 people closest to you. You're the average of the 5 places, the 5 routines, and the 5 inputs you're exposed to most. Your commute shapes you. The weather shapes you. Every space you occupy is voting on who you become. That's why I believe choosing where you live is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make. More important than your job title. Maybe more important than your five-year plan. Because the place shapes the plan. The place shapes your energy, your habits, your relationships, your default state. Get the place right and half of the other decisions start making themselves. Get it wrong and you'll fight yourself every day.
@DavidHundeyin Our people should ask the Cubans and the Iranians. Perhaps the best path to Nigeria's and Africa's industrialisation lies in serious economic sanctions that we peel off the illusion of 'civilisation' we have...
@OtitoNosike Inversely, are there some ordeals that bring unexpected fulfillments? Despite not having any significant prior expectations? And how does that also shape our subsequent pursuit of happiness?
I look at your eyes and see what you will become before you become it. The future is not hidden, it lives in how you look at things now, what you notice, what you ignore, where your attention dies and where it comes alive. Show me what makes your eyes widen and I will show you your destiny. The man who looks at beauty will create beauty. The man who looks for enemies will find them everywhere until he becomes what he hunted. Your eyes are not windows, they are architects - they build the world you will inhabit tomorrow from the materials you study today
Never insult another man's mother because she's the last thing holding most men back from complete nihilism. she's the final proof that unconditional love exists, that someone gave a shit before you earned it, and when you attack that you're not just being rude you're cutting the last rope connecting him to humanity, which is why every culture on earth treats it as the unforgivable insult
You’re not asking for too much. And yes, they’ve got what you demand for. It’s just a daring uncertainty whether you’re worth giving it or not. Sad but true.
People will naturally gift items of value, extend hands of help & offer job opportunities to whoever they deem deserving