They say there is always a starting point, a place where you have or gather experience for a better living and also teaching...
I could remember those gone days when a family member will visit the house, and after all saids and done, there will still be one thing that I will be waiting for, I'd be like, oya night is coming, you people have tried here, you can start preparing to go home (in my mind tho) lol... The real fact was that I already had an expectation and on top of that I am a Christian and I believe it when the Bible said the expectations of the righteous sha not be cut short, and so, the period where the visitors are supposed to leave, there is already an expectation...
Oh, you want to hear what the expectations were? Okay, as of those days, when a visitor is about to leave after visiting us, he gives we the children money, not minding wether the visitors have my parent or not, for all I care, I just wanted to have the cash at hand for the next 15 minutes, yeah, you read well, 15 minutes, because just after the visitors leaves, my mother will demand for it, and if i refuse, I'd then hear something like are you not going to eat? and in my mind, I'd be like so if these visitors didn't show up, wouldn't we have eaten? and then, my expectations had been fulfilled but was cut short, lol..
And even the times when my parent will not collect the expected gift from the visitors, what else did I use my money for than to get the junks I'd eat for tomorrow's break time in the school...
All is not the same now that the manness in a man is already coming up, and then I had to go and work at a factory for some months. It's been a while, but I guess the first thing I used my money for was to get food stuffs for my family and I, yeah, I think that's it, through out those periods, I'm not even sure I got anything for myself, other than a crocks footwear, that was the only thing I got myself, the rest were gotten for me by either my boss or parent, and tht was how my life was...
Why did I get food stuffs for the family instead of getting myself anything that might be of benefits for me? There was no special reasons tho, but yeah, first of all, my dad likes communication, and then so I had to tell him that I had collected my first salary and then look at what I used it to get...
He was happy and proud of me, and so prayed for me and blessed my hand works...
Another thing I can say is that I did it because I wanted to see how it was to feed a family, I was using style to practice how to be a family man, and guess what, I was a but young then, I was about my 15 - 16 years of age as of that time, and I know I wasn't supposed to be thinking about that, but I just seized that opportunity to see how it works, can salary be enough to take care of yourself and your family after removing your expenses? I tried the math and saw that our parents are really trying, they are doing a lot than we think, and we are grateful to them for their hardworks of the upbringing and training...
So that was how I spent my first salary...
Thank you all for taking your time to read through, I love you all, remain blessed...
PS: this post is dedicated to the Hivelearners Weekly Featured Contents, Week 48 edition 01
