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Hello guys, it's another interesting hive learners edition, week 68, edition 2, even though with my very busy offline schedule, I can't skip this edition. I hope we are all well and doing great in our different locations.
There is a common saying that "not all that glitters is gold", true as I've come across numerous individuals who claim to be wealthy, no thanks to the social media platform especially Instagram, we have seen people go to extra miles, like taking pictures in an exquisite hotel room, in front of strangers car, rent expensive designer wears just to show off a fake wealth, sometimes I wonder why someone would go through all that stress and even end up missing their destiny helpers who might have helped them but since fake life got the best of them, they end up impoverished for a long time, some even life-long, say no to fake life, be proud of your little earnings, you worked for it, its better to work, earn and manage your finances than to stay Idle, or spend your little earnings extravagantly,Even go in deeply in debt just to live a fake life.
Now let's look at the other way round, wealthy people that you hardly know they are rich except they tell you or an unexpected event unfolds, sometimes, you can't blame a wealthy man for concealing his wealth as it may be due to some personal belief and reasons, do you know that ***a rich man in the middle of poor people is a poor man, **🤣🤣 let me explain, because he is rich, he will end up being the ATM of those around him, so instead of him growing his wealth, he will either remain same or come down, don't get me wrong, giving is a good thing but too much of a thing is bad.
Have I met someone like this?
Yes I have, there is this friend of mine who lives as same area as mine, at our first meeting, he didn't strike me as someone that has even a hundred thousand in his account, not that I looked down on him, we've been friends for a while, even spend most evening at my mum's shop gisting and enjoying the cool evening breeze, this has been going on for some couple of years, when he is bored after a stressful work day, as usual, he comes around with his trade mark three-quarter trouser and a shirt on, nothing about him strikes being rich, I asked him what he does, he just replies he sells iron scrabs, he is humble, also generous though but never extravagant.
How I discovered he was freaking rich
Another odd thing was that he was not educated but was a wise man. One day, he asked me for help to install some basic applications to his android device, after plenty of disturbance from me for him to get a browsing phone instead of the button phone he uses, so I helped him install and did transfer of important contacts and messages to his new phone, his account balance was shocking, I asked him where he got that huge amount from, he just laughed and said its his, he eventually opened up to me of his plans to invest and the investment he had already already implemented, with proofs, I was shock to say the least, and according to him, his reason for laying low was because of a lot of bad people around who are always envious of others wealth, also people/beggars that take advantage if they know you are wealthy,, another reason he cited was because he wanted true love from his future wife because he is very short, but wants a tall wife, funny reason,but that is his choice. The reason he became close to me,was because he is not close to any other person in the environment from my observation, is because he saw how independent and hardworking I am as a lady according to his words, and he admired women like that.
Did our friendship get affected*
No, it didn't but we are not that close anymore because of relocation in my end, but we still talk from time to time and he had even on many occasions randomly send me money to support my brand, and I'm happy to have a friend like that, rich, but very humble to the core.