My pride is someone i cherish so much, he never let any situation brings him down, he smiles even in his worst moment, he is able to comfort others because he knows how they feel as he is just like them without them knowing because he knows how to hid his pain better....My pride is myself......Hmmm you must be wondering why i love myself to that extent, let us go down the memory lane...
I am a survivor, i have survived the worst in life and i like the man i have become, i fought a lot of battle in the past to get to the position where i am today and my hope for a better tomorrow gives me the super strength needed to keep hustling hard....
I am an aquarius and was born into a polygamous family, my father is a good man but has more responsibilities to handle so i got less from him, i was satisfied with the lifestyle we were living right from when i know the right from wrong, i was okay with the hunger that strikes me every day as there was always little for me to eat, it never bothers me as i thought that is the way of life, you can't miss the life you never live nor miss the thing you never had, it never occurred to me i was suffering till i finished school and visited my cousin in another state.....
Even tho her house is not a mansion of some sort, it is a flat house with gadget and things that makes life comfortable for the inhabitant, it was in her place that i knew how good it felt to be in a crib with air conditioner, i had a guest room for myself with a big bed just for me alone which was not so in my home, the bathroom and toilet and more stuffs i see in the house seems so new to me because we don't have this thing! there was more than enough food to eat as well...
To be honest i forgot about home for days with the wealthy life style i was living in my cousin place and she was so nice to me, best cousin ever, she will always ask if i am hungry, i was so obsessed with the things in side that i didn't stroll out, she had to ask me if i want to go for a stroll as i have been stuck inside for many days, is that my lifestyle and am i okay staying indoor always, if only she knew i found her place like a paradise, who will wanna leave a paradise
I was black and ugly, you must be wondering how i knew that, it is because people do tell me that! but my visit to my cousin made me realize that is not me, it is lack of care and money that made me so, within one week, the black and ugly boy have changed to a fair and handsome boy, there is nothing money can't trully achieve, i was enjoying my life there, i was supposed to spend one month with her but something happened after two weeks of staying with her, it was in the night and was about to sleep when something struck my heart and i suddenly remembered my home and everyone i left behind, since that night i started feeling uncomfortable and told my cousin two days after that i want to go home, a decision i later regret! she asked if i do not enjoy my stay in her place but i told her i miss home and wanna go back and she didn't argue and i was set to depart the next day, she gave me money and other stuffs......
I got home and i was happy i can see my family again for a while but the joy didn't last long because that same night i regret my decision of coming back so fast when bugs and mosquitoes won't let me sleep, i couldn't also stretch my body because we were four sharing a small bed unlike my cousin place where i had a big bed to myself, i feel bittered! that moment i realized how poor we are and how happy i have been amidst the suffering...
I can't go back to my cousin place but i can't stay at home either because i am feeling so miserable! after tasting a good life, i feel like i am going to go crazy if i keep staying at home, so the following day i said i wanna visit my sister in another town and yea i packed all my belongings and said goodbye to home! My sister places ain't as good as my cousin place but it was better than home and that was were the real hustle began...
Who/what inspired me? during one of the days with my cousin, she asked me a question... do you think me and my husband are rich? i didn't even think twice before i replied that they are very rich, she smiled and said no, they are not very rich as i think but they are just comfortable, she gave me an example of a rich man they had as a friend who used to travel out of the country every week and she added that i should face my studies and work hard if i want to be successful like them or even more than them, i didn't use her words to eat, i kept it tight in my left hand..
When i arrived at my sister place, i worked in a factory for good six months, i go to work by 7a.m and return home by 7p.m, i had no time for myself nor for people because i am always at work but the pay is very small, it is true that only hardwork doesn't make one rich, after wasting 6 months of my life to do hard labour i left the work and decided to try something new, i wrote an application to a school and was given a test which i passed very well and was offered to take their highest class which is basic 6. that was how my teaching profession story started and i taught for seven years.....
The salary was small but as time goes on, i started gaining connections, the parent of my pupils started to demand for my service to teach their children home lesson at home which i gladly took to increase my monthly pay and yea it really elevated me in the teaching profession, i was able to take care of myself but it was never enough until 2017 that i found the blockchain, i found the steemit blockchain which was introduced to me by a friend i made online on 2go social media in the year 2012!
I found the online world and the changes i want and dream of started to happen, it was not easy at the beginning and i had my worst moment online too but as time goes on, and everything becomes better when i found the city of neoxian, smoothly it all becomes to achieve my dreams and goals!
If i had to say all what happened, i am not sure i would finish the write up today, all i can say is i love the man i have become, i love my hustling spirit, i like my present and i love what the future holds for me... All thanks to my precious self for not giving up on me!! During the darkest day i strive hard to make it to the light and during the saddest moment, i shake it off to continue with my quest ...... I can imagine my life in 7 years time and i hope my wishes got fulfilled.. Thanks to my humble self for not giving up!!