Warm greetings fellow hivers, welcome to my entry on Hive Learner's week 24 Edition 2 contest.
A wise man once said that "a good man leaves inheritance for his children's children". Sincerely speaking any man who comes into this world and leaves without leaving any inheritance for his next generation is indeed a bad man. Inheritance are foundations, they are what we build upon. We start our lives from what was left for us by our parents. Imagine you came to this world and you had nothing all you ever have is what you bought with your own sweat, Imagine how difficult life would be for such a person. On the other hand, if one has gifts lefts for him by his parents life would be so easy, he would only need to build on what is on ground and get more. You would agree with me that any disciplined man who has assets left for him by his parents would be far wealthier than the man that has nothing left for him but has to struggle to get everything. Except if he is foolish and careless, otherwise anything he gets is just addition to his wealth. There are many things one can leave for his children, they can things that we can see and touch, like land, cars e.t.c. they can also be unseen things like, good name, honor e.t.c.
Since man has an ability to procreate, it is obvious that I will have someone who would one day succeed me and continue from where I stopped. Therefore there is need to leave something for that person so that the journey would be smooth and easy for him/her. There are many things I would love to leave for my next generation, both things that can be seen and also the unseen ones but since it is just three that is required let me pick out the most relevant ones. Here are three things I would love to leave for my next generation:
1 . Land : one asset that is most valued in Africa, precisely Nigeria is land, people can go any extend to secure their lands sometimes even involving blood shed. Land is very vital, it is one of the assets that doesn't depreciate, it can not be destroyed, yet it doesn't have any high cost of maintenance, lands can be left for decades and centuary and yet nothing would happen to them. All the time land appreciates, for now I think land is the only good In Nigeria that one can boldly say that it will never depreciate for the next fifty years and it will be so. Our ancestors understand this and they gathered lands for us. They know that all other assets would one day decay but land would not no matter what, it can reach up to any generation and yet remain intact. This is one of the reasons why, in my journey on Earth, I would gather as many lands as possible for my next generation. So that when I am no more they can have fields to build the kinds of houses they want and do any kind of investment they desire on it. Someone once said that if you see a poor man, it is not that he desires to be poor but his ancestors were wicked, greedy and lazy men who spent all the had now and never thought of the future I wouldn't like my next generation to suffer, I know there are other things that I can keep for them but land is the most important one, not just one land but lands that they can not even be able to finish investing on such that they can pass it to the next generation. You know if I buy many cars and leave for them, with time those cars would be outdated and considered old fashioned. Infact they would feel ashamed to ride on them. Our would is full of latest developments and discoveries. If you want to invest, invest in something that can stand the test of time.
2 . Houses : a child would not just be born and then start building, no matter how much wealthy his parents are, he needs somewhere to rest his head first before he can begin to think on how to build his own. For that reason, I am leaving houses for my next generation, so that no matter what would happen they would have a place to dwell in and not be stranded. Our world is ruled by men who understood the mysteries of investment and plan, their seeds would never suffer even after their parents are gone, not because they are lucky , but because they took advantage of time and opportunities. I know houses would grew old with time, the finest house in our generation can be the most ugliest in the next generation nevertheless our bodies don't mind whether it is gold it is lying on or sand, the most important thing is to have a roof above that can prevent the effect of sunlight, wind and rain. From there the next generation can calm their hearts and then plan other things, knowing that no matter what happens they have houses and if they need to modernize it or build other ones it is entirely left for them.
Therefore I would leave companies and industries for them. Where they would only need to be smart to keep the business running and have money flowing like water. But if they go carelessness it is left for them. I would want them to grow and meet investments on ground such that people would say this ones are lucky but of course you know it is not a luck but it is planning. The clear difference between foolishness and wisdom is that the foolish spends all he has on the things his stomach craves for but they wise spends it on things he would reap in the future. Of a truth it would demand discipline because it is not an easy thing to spend money on what you would not reap immediately. The companies would be there for them to manage, they would have to decide how to they want to live their lives whether to continue with running the companies alone or to pursue what they want, all left for them as for me I will give them a solid foundation that can not be shaken. If they build wisely on it they would have a great edifice.
I really appreciate your effort toward enduring to read until the end, I am very grateful. Do have a wonderful day ahead 馃グ馃グ.
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