I grew up in a society where the rich get more richer and the poor get poorer, everyone is so concerned about their wellbeing and have little or no time to consider the lacks and wants of others. Very few people can help those in need in the society and these let to so many problems we are having today in the society and country at large.
Photo by Anna Tarazevich & edited by me
It's very difficult to watch others have what you need in excess while you have none of it. While others like myself are enduring the process, most of my neighbors, colleagues and friends have derive other crooked means to get this money. Actually money isn't the root of all evil but the extreme that money can make humans go lies where the problem is. People are bent on getting this money by all cause even if it means endangering others to satisfy their evil desires.
Allot of people I know have decided to look for this money through the wrong means e.g scamming and even going diabolical. One thing I know is that the devil gives and takes back in multiple folds and that has helped me to abstain. It isn't easy to have my friends around me making this money under my watch while I keep abstaining from doing what they are doing to get the money.
The most overwhelming part is the rate of small children around my side doing fraud and making this money, of cause I'm human so I will definitely feel pressured but then I try to control my desires and wants. I know where I'm coming from and I am confident of where I'm going to so I don't need to get involved. The flashy watches, Versace chains, and clothes is enticing actually but I dare not make myself happy at the expense of others happiness.
Photo by Mnz
True happiness is helping people and not being the cause of their problems. I refuse to fall into the pressure of wanting to be rich through illegal means, I won't stop looking for the money but I can't break others down just to lift myself up. Others are comfortable doing that but I've got a working conscience and it won't allow me for real. I believe in myself and I believe that my breakthrough will definitely come as long as I continue to work according to set plans.
It would have been more difficult for me to survive the pressure if I wasn't looking at the future and confident about my plans, but since I know that this isn't the way I will remain forever, I keep on striving to become the kind of person I want to without necessarily involving myself in doing what my friends are doing.
I constantly involve myself in events that promotes my wellbeing and supports my plans, I also try as much as possible to avoid mingling with the type of friends that continue to make me feel inferior about myself, these are the ways I'm managing the pressure because staying around those people will continue to make me feel pressured. Like I said earlier on, it's never easy but I prefer to work hard and wait for my turn. Thank you for reading through my post, this is for Hive Learners weekly contest for week 98 edition 2.
