DIE FOR SOMETHING

Living is easy, and dying is easy. What is difficult is when we try to make something out of living. I would say if living is useful, then dying would be useful and that is why If there's any fear I have at all is to have lived and died for nothing. Death is inevitable, but the life we have today is an opportunity to make dying worth living. If you follow up with my posts, it's not hard to realize I'm purpose-driven, and I don't care about anyone's opinion about that part of my life, be it good or bad. I've seen too much of life to just want to live, give birth to children, and die. I don't also care about making a difference, I care mostly about making an impact in people's lives.

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I remember December 2022 when I had a near-death encounter, coupled with another near-death encounter I had in which my life flashed before my eyes, I realized that death doesn't give room to fear, it's only the living that can fear. When death comes, it just comes and goes, nothing more. Was it when I was falling into that crane, or when I fell off a story building? I couldn't have done anything to avert both scenarios if death were to truly take me away through them, that is why when I think of them, I'm motivated to keep pushing on my quest to impact the lives of people. I do not seek any reward whatsoever from my quest only that the history books that would be written years after I've gone, would have my name and works in them never to be forgotten.

This quest of mine has led me to see the worst in people but has taught me to only see the best. If there's one thing I've learned in life, it is that love is not blind, it only chooses what to see. This is why I have come to value people and relationships, and build them even when I've been mistreated and used in the past. My quest has made me open my heart and place myself in a position that gives people an opportunity to hurt me. But then again, I've learned that the offended is usually stronger than the offender. If no one can offend you, then you are weak, you're weak because you have closed your heart from testing its strength, from learning, unlearning, and relearning.

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The man who can turn those hurts into something good is a man who is strong enough to conquer anything life throws at him. Life is too short to do nothing with it. When I see people who just want to live life and are not ready to learn, I only feel pity for them. I pity them because they think life is hard, so they would prefer working hard to make money. They will squander when they can work hard to make a little difference. Do you know that feeling you get when you do good, I think it is the most selfish feeling in the world. Now think about how I would feel alone if someone looked at me and said ”Thank you for coming into my life, if you didn't come I don't know where I would have been”. That's what I love to hear, and the feeling it gives can not be compared to anything.

Talkless when I do more, reach out to more people and when I'm gone my children will not just enjoy the work of my hands, but the rewards of my service in impacting lives positively. I have learned some vital lessons as a human, and applying them day by day has made my life much better. The summary of everything I just said is # LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY.
With this there will be no need for grudges, you will have time in mind to think about how to be more useful. Living with purpose begins with loving humanity because it is when you love humanity, you would want to impact humanity.

THIS IS MY RESPONSE TO HIVE GHANA PROMPT FOR THE WEEK.