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i believe i was born for a reason, i am a fighter and right from when i was born i have been in a battle for survival, life ain't a bed of rose for me and my family, it has always been a tough battle against hunger and all other necessity of life, i for once never think i was suffering, i actually believed everything was normal, i had no dream, no fantasy infact no wish, i was happy being with my family and also having my friends around, happiness really doesn't cost a thing! iwas so used with poverty that i even love the life i was living but everything changed when i visited a cousin of mine in another state after i graduated from college..

The visit to this strange land changed everything, my cousin was living large, her husband was a banker and a rich one, they were living comfortably, their home indeed look like a paradise to me, i saw different gadgets and other things that are so new to me, and during my days there, food was in abundance, i ate three square meals and even snacks during the day there unlike at home when we normally do 1 0 1( means eat in the morning, nothing in the afternoon and eat in the night) there was enough to eat at my cousin's place..

Her husband's car is posh as well, that would be my first time entering a car with ac inside it, i compared my appearance to when i was at home and it was there i realised no one is ugly, money makes people look beautiful as you would be able to afford things to take care of yourself.. i kinda live an extroverted life when i was home with my family, always going out but i was surprised that i didn't feel like going out or take a stroll in my cousin place even when she advised me to do so, i just love it indoor, i was really enjoying my life there until one day we were gisting and she asked me a question...It was as if she was reading my mind.

Do you think we are rich? i said yes! you are very rich and she smiled and said no, that they ain't rich but not poor as well that they are just living an average life, a kinda life where they can afford things they need and that there are people richer than them, she said it was because i wasn't exposed that is why i feel they are very rich.. she gave me examples of her friends in the neighborhood who are richer than them, even tho i was surprised to hear her say they ain't rich but then with her examples, i understood her theory and she also advised me to keep up with my study and i would be able to live a life like her or even a better one...

I kept her advice in my left hand never to use it to eat, i spent few more days with her and finally left for home, when i got home, the first night was unbearable because of heat and bite of mosquitoes,they won't let me sleep in peace and i started feeling bitter! if only i didn't visit my cousin, i won't be having this problem, but i was glad i visited, it changed my mentality and that same midnight amidst the heat and mosquito sound, i started wishing for a better life, i started fantasizing and right there i became a dreamer!

I left home again after three days as i was not used to the poor life anymore and i really don't want to continue my life that way, i left home but not to my cousin's place but somewhere different entirely, i started from scratch there, work day and night, made no friends, all in my mind was to be like my cousin or even better but man proposes and God disposes, it wasn't easy.. The money earned was never enough to take care of expenses talkless of saving but i never gave up and my hustle finally paid when i was introduced to the crypto world...

My today is now better than yesterday and i can afford the things i want or need but this is not the end, i am still far from my dreams and i believe i am going to achieve my aim if i keep hoping and believing... what keeps me going is me believing in myself that no mountain is too high to climb, my dream of great things won't make me tired until i get to the top and my hope is my greatest strength knowing i will get there someday as long as i keep moving forward

GOD BLESS