BE ANGRY

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BE ANGRY!!!




The amount of pain and pity I feel when I see people who are very old and at the same time very poor is unfathomable. As a reflex, I imagine how depressing it must have been for someone who was born poor, to have lived poor and died poor.

At Abakpa in Enugu state, Nigeria, I saw a poor old man come out of one of the most wretched and dirtiest open restaurants I've seen and he was passionately drooling. Apparently he had eaten the best meal of his life. I felt bad. He probably doesn't know about KFC, Chicken Republic, Mr Biggs, celebrities etc. yet he felt so amazing. After a brief introspection, I realized that he was probably born poor, has poor kids and may soon die poor if care isn't taken. His children may still end up poor and birth poor kids. But what would be his excuse for dying poor? Because he also had poor parents? RUBBISH.


I've spoken to youths in several platforms and when I ask, "how many of you want to end up like your parents?” the answer is the same, none of them wants to end up like their lovely parents. Funny enough, most of our parents never wanted to end up like their own parents. But then I doubt that Bill Gate's children wouldn't want to end up as the richest man in the world like him. But then who were Bill Gate's parents? Nobodies I guess. Why is Bill Gate more than just anybody? It's simple, HE GOT ANGRY. He didn't want to repeat the same errors he was born to correct. He was born poor but he didn't want to die poor. He discovered and explored himself...

Guys;
  1. Stop making excuses for your condition and stop wishful thinking, success pays no man a voluntary visit, you deliberately pursue it (Proverbs 13:4, 20:4).

  1. Get angry with your situation and work your way out of it. Most first class scholars I know came from wretched families, but they were determined to escape it hence hardwork (Proverbs 22:9).

  1. Your parents may not have given you the best but your own kids deserve the best.

  1. The path to success is full of Huddles, it's never fun and may be prolonged but if you persist, you cannot die poor (Galatians 6:9).
    
  1. God has put everything you need to succeed in you or around you. There is something you have; your brain, mouth, hand, looks, pretty face, personality, sense of humour, relationships etc. Every man has a talent or gifting and that's what you need to succeed (Proverbs 18:16, Matthew 25:16).

  1. God gives us gifts, but it's our responsibility to stir and develop it. Who told you that you talk so much to make noise? You are a public speaker, develop it. Who told you draw so much to get an 'A' in biology? You are a potential artist. Develop it, train, learn more, get tutored etc. (2nd Timothy 1:6).

  1. Money is the reward for value added; inform of goods or services. Prayer alone won't get you money. Many prayer warriors are poor. God will bless the works of your hand and not the prayers of your mouth. Give God something to bless (Deuteronomy 28:12).

  1. THERE IS A GOD, DON'T FORGET HIM. He can give you grace, power and speed to make wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18, 2nd Corinthians 8:9).

While people are busy making money, make sure you are not busy crying about the economy. You can get very busy creating your own wealth.

I refuse to be poor, see you at the top!

Ezeme Kingsley Chukwuebuka
kingynelsy@gmail.com

#JesusAddictK

Comments

Unknown said…
🙌🙌🙌this is so inspiring and relatable!. A lot of people spend a lot of time blaming their parents or some uncontrollable factor for their poverty, they invest so much anger in the "what ifs" and fail to channel their anger into productive ideas to actually change their situations!. This post is truly insightful.
#chuchi
1 February 2018 at 23:12
Anonymous said…
There are times when anger become a virtue indeed. I'm inspired.
2 February 2018 at 11:23
Unknown said…
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2 February 2018 at 11:34
Vic said…
Wow.. This is indeed a super article.. For me, it's time to get angry and stop wishing
More grace...
3 February 2018 at 13:38
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