Make sure you are not poor. I will explain.
Yesterday I was coming back from the gym, I was by the road waiting to board a keke napep, and beside me was a guy standing.
Two other boys came and begged him for money. He didn't give them anything, and they left.
When we finally got a keke napep, coincidentally, we were going to the same bus stop.
When we got there, I gave the keke napep rider ₦200 and was about to leave, then I noticed the guy had already paid for me. He told me to take my ₦200 back.
I turned, collected my money, said thank you, smiled, and walked away.
While I was trekking home, it dawned on me that I didn't need him to pay for my transport. Why did he?
It was obvious I could afford it comfortably, so why did he choose to pay for me?
And I remembered that he had refused to give the other beggars anything, yet he ended up paying ₦200 for me.
I am sure had he given that ₦200 to them, they would have been far more grateful, because it would have meant so much to them.
Me, who already had more, yet he gave me more.
This is not an emotional post but something you should reflect on. It didn't start today, it has been an old principle.
The Bible says in Matthew 25:29, "For everyone who has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them."
Have you noticed that your rich uncle keeps getting more gifts and blessings from people, even though he seems not to need them?
But look at you, nobody cares to give you anything, because you have nothing.
Here is the simple gist, push to have something. If you are starting out, nobody might help you, nobody might care about you, but the moment you hit a certain level, people will rush to even offer you help.
It is not hypocritical, it is just a natural law. People prefer to pour into a river than to pour into an empty cup.
This is exactly why your friend will prefer to share a celebrity's post than to share yours.
They prefer to comment under a celebrity that won't even notice them, than to drop a nice comment on your post.
So push, nobody is coming to help you.
At the initial stage, you have to do almost everything by yourself, until you have more, and more will be given to you.
It is just a simple principle.
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Las las, we all go dey alright.
-I I MOSES
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