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You, your thoughts versus the world

The thought of not giving up, how we can jump-start on our goals and not worry about the voices in the market, that fervent need to prove that we are somewhat relevant, that our lives is not totally defined by what they see. THEY in context mean people. In the words of Beyonce Knowles “not just a spec in the universe “. But you are beyond, you see more than what they’ve created and so in that moment of turbulence you just want to scream out and get all attention, so their gaze can be on you.
Allowing your tears roll down, taking a deep breath like it’s the last of it and only ONLY! say “i got this” your best defense as of why you drew so much attention, now you’re starring, breathing heavily as if you had to gather them at one place. You could see beyond their thoughts, in their eyes are different stories of regrets, passion, lies, evil, death and all of life’s beauty and sin yet they stare so sternly waiting for your script hoping character would fall so they could be chastise for not joining life’s train. This time you could see clearly for who they really are and what they only had to spear. Now you breathe at ease, you no longer hear the non stop beat but feel, FEEL! how the breathe in you resonate you. Now you can hear that silent voice for the first time saying “it was never supposed to be about them”. Hoped you enjoyed part of my thoughts. You see the many voices in my head was never mine till i said “hell no” to all odds and began to live. Like I said, those voices are what we gave heed to, what we decided to listen to or we probably choose to listen to it, either from ;foes, friends, family, radio, TV, social media platforms, even mentors and role models. I had to ask my self if all these were supposed to define or deter me. I couldn’t point straight what it was, all i knew was #they were never wrong # but the real question was what defined me, what was the law of attraction taking me away from and bringing me to.

And so in an upsurge generation where perfection is deemed as factual evidence of good living, we forget who we are in a rather irrelevant need of becoming a person to be pictured, admiring solely the blueprints of generations lived and forgetting NOW!! IT’S PURPOSE! And so you look into the stars wandering “when, how ” you could possibly get there. A question that quickens the death of still stars that couldn’t wait it’s turn or probably refused to assist and began to fall too easily. How have you forgotten so easily, how it is live and shine were you can. How about making so much impact in the lives of that nobody close to you. How about contributing your bit and move on. Tell you something, you might burn it all, dream all day watch all day, hope all day to only end up in between. So why not try the ACT OF LIVING cause that’s all we got.

My life as a trader has brought me to the front juggle where trying to live was just over my head, I stopped trying or try to put in so much effort, but LIVED knowing that each day was a gift and i had to enjoy it.
As i watched this women laughed  so deeply under the scorching sun i appreciated a statement which was very particular with them “this life nothing dey o” in pidgin (it’s an English-based pidgin and creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria, which translates to the importance of being happy, grateful, being at peace and most of all being in the present with what life offers. According to this context). The Hausas (they are people found chiefly in northwestern Nigeria and adjacent southern Niger) would say Abun da ya fi kaŕfin ka à bàri which means whatever that is stronger or bigger than you, let go.

While cute motivations elude you, you tend to let go the true essence of living. So why not work accordingly and in the process of time “BREATHE”..

BREATHE
I kinda like how breath looks here…

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A traders language

My chronicles as a trader has taught me the well being of life, yeah!! I get the idea of taking a break, get as much rest as possible, eat good food, easy does it. It’s good and all stuff cause our body actually need a required rest. So as a trader I hear people say things like: Market no too dey like dat, I say make i rest( sales has been slow recently so i decided to take a day off). But also telling a trader to take a day off or rest is like saying #Don’t eat. You might even get response like :my children no go go school, lol a rhetorical question that you might wanna hold your peace.. I have seen men and women work tirelessly to meet end needs. Traders for all i know are the heart beat of countries GDP growth. Most of this traders are out there for the penny, turn over is our language. In Nigeria especially, you hear traders say things like “my gain is only 20naira” trust me 99% is the truth. When my mom and i started this trade thing, we got a lot of assistance from the market traders, they taught us how to sell, what to sell, how to display goods to attract customers, well the list goes on and of course it was a great feeling that there was this oneness that kept us together which was our pride as market traders. Though one thing made me feel a lil bit off, it was like I could feel blood rushing through my veins during the whole process which was “you don’t have to make profit from everything you sell, sometimes just give it out on the same rate you bought it ” these things set me off most times, I get mad at customer for even pricing goods at the same rate we bought it. All i could think about was how inconsiderate people could actually be. But i guess i was wrong, perhaps because everything didn’t seem realistic to me.

So somehow i knew i had to stop being mad at customers for being inconsiderate and sell, I realized in time that it was their right to bargain and all i had to do was to agree on the least price. It could be tiring, but in all this i have come to enjoy what i do and how i do it.

Madam how much last 😁damn it feels like, don’t you guys ever get tired of asking? I also remember when my mom use to say “you are a Nigerian, you need to learn at least 6 languages” it sounded crazy at first but I only got to realize the importance as a trader. Still, the basics was still all that matters #how much last 😂in WAZOBIA (The three major ethnic group in Nigeria) sometimes the craziest part is when you respond, they just keep talking in their dialect, like its OK!! THO, It’s interesting when you can relate a little and sometimes it could be exhausting 😥..

I guess there’s is nothing as important as a win win situation, who says the scale couldn’t be balanced sometimes. 😏CRAZY!! 😂THO it could be in very few modifying condition. Sometimes when i see my mom try to get a customer to buy goods, i marvel at the convincing power of a market trader at the end she could be like “why don’t you buy? This is the least and the best price you can get, so you and i can be happy ” Yippee!!how about that for a win win situation huh! sometimes i feel takes advantage of her old age figure to get customers 🤔.. Plus it could be fun when you get advice from a rather old lady in the market and sometimes you might just feel unease .(I can’t wait to fill you guys on how the market play a major role in training the society too) .

I want you to know the secret life of a market trader. I want people to not only see a market place but see individuals and what they have to put through to survive, they only need your penny, they depend on turn over to pull through, sometimes on nothing. On a blessed day i saw this movement that supports leaving your change for a trader rather giving a beggar. It is blessed to give beggars, but don’t forget people who need your money to grow, you are making an investment in so doing you are changing lives, reducing the poverty rate. There are situations where shop owners become tenants some move from a resident place to using a wheelbarrow to sell their goods, because they couldn’t keep up. A market trader can’t sell with the minimum interest rate, because they might loose customers in the process. So as a person, today i ask you, have you ever thought of how this individuals keep up with over head cost or meet up with their personal needs. Make an impact today #give change to traders, improve a life.

Yours sincerely, the traders daughter 😍

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ALAS!!

But then again who is the world, does it matter if the #WORLD (LITERALLY) hear you. What if it’s just that one person, to me that’s the world, when you help a life that one to grow positively! You are gradually and consciously making the world a better place, to every word spoken or preached, to every act of love, to every wise words, to every tale told, mostly to every bit of knowledge passed on is an actual yet very amazing step for the next generation, it helps us fight lurking demons from the past and prepares us to fight the devil tomorrow. This is my #kobo 😎

I guess finding topics for a post and the right text can be quite exhausting, it’s like they all in your head but you don’t know the right way to dispense it, so I’d say we all story tellers!! Somehow the voices in our head wants to be heard. Why does translation has to be a big deal.

“How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world!

_ANNE FRANK

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The Journey Begins

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Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

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