If I could have the chance to go down memory lane and relive a moment with my younger self, I'd take a walk with my self and pounder on these key issues that I have come to realize over the course of my life, its something that is prevalent in the human race and somehow we all must have fallen victim of this and so it will be a worthwhile 10-minute walk with my younger self to since I now know better
TRUST
this will be my first talked about start off point, cause it's a key determining factor in life weather we rise or fall will be anchor on this single phenomenon call trust...
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While I grew up and up until now I still have this mindset with me, I easily trust people, I often feel this genuine concern towards people, so I always look out for the feelings of others, care for them even to the extend of going against my will to do a thing or offer whatever help I can to others, this has continued till in 2023 when I fell for the ploy of human character, little did I know that all humans all have superior motives to whatever there is they do, I always think the way I feel towards another is the same way the other person feel towards me....
I will strongly advise my younger self to trust people discreetly, trust should be something that is earned and genuinely, I found out in the Bible that the heart of a man is desperately wicked, this is something no body can easily decern the thoughts of a man, cause there is always something behind the facial expression of anyone, so I will strongly warn myself to not easily trust anyone but carefully think things through before going all out to anyone for whatever reasons...
Put Self First
I know you might want to think this is somewhere close to being selfish...no its obviously not, putting yourself first is building a defensive wall around yourself, setting up a parameter to protect yourself, I think I got this after so many hurt from people I trusted, so I realise them that the world is a battle field and every human is up for his or her own self first, so to win this battle put yourself first, no matter what you do think of what or how it will comeback to you, of what benefit or of what good weather kind or whatever means will it have on you, its just a means to set up certain measures so as not to be manipulated, or used as a fool in most aspect.
Everyone is on this, don't ever be loosed to anyone deceit,l cause its such a dark world we live in were the human heart has turned cold, people can changed in a blink of an eye, in many instance I have been left wandering what really went wrong, so in order not to fall victim of whatever circumstances I'd advise my younger self to always put self first in whatever actions that is to be taken.
Be Kind, Be Humane, Share Kindness & Let Love lead
In as much as my older self have experienced some heart breaks and disappointment along life's path ways in there also I have received help, kindness, good deeds from people I never knew, I remember someone who housed me for the whole of my first year in the university , trusting a total stranger like me with the keys to his apartment and traveled the next day, ..several other good and awesome show of kindness from total strangers and also those who knew me, the way the world works is that one good turn deserves another,.most times we have been disappointed by doing good to someone and receiving quite the opposite from them...
I have lived both lives, but however my strong advise to my younger self and to everyone reading this is that, never stop doing good, show love, share Kindness, and be humane in all you do to people, the world is mixed with the good, the bad and the ugly, you will definitely come across all of this kind of people in your life, so it all the good you do today will come back to you in some other form, through someone else you never know.
My friend always say a parable that we humans are like the water in the stream, we flow anywhere, so we can find ourselves anywhere tomorrow and some good we did sometime ago can come through someone else to our rescue, ...no good deed is a waste its there in nature records for you...
With this few points as I talk to my younger self I get Inspired myself too as I continue the journey of life incorporating all this into plan as I go forward in life