The boundaries I set when it comes to rendering Financial assistance to others

Money is the root of all evil, it is too much love for it that makes people engage in bad things, and it is also the lack of it that makes people suffer, it is important and has been turned into something that if we do not have it, we can never leave a comfortable life because comfort is luxury.

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Technology makes life easier but it is not cheap, if you want to enjoy what it has to offer, you must be willing to spend on it, life is not balanced, some people have money in excess while some people have to toil day and night just to earn penny to eat.

One thing I hate the most is seeing people around me hungry because I have been in that position and I know how bad it is to be hungry and not have money to eat, this is why if someone comes to me for money to eat, I do not have the mind to turn down such request unless I have nothing on me too and it would still hurt that I could not help.

Sometime in 2016, it was a weekend, Saturday precisely. I was hungry and had nothing but 50 Naira on me, I starved myself from morning till evening with the mindset that I would use the money to buy biscuits and pure water when am done with taking my student extra lessons at their home and I also pray their parent can pay me the money they owe me but that is likely to happen because it was not the end of the month.

I left home hungry that evening and on my way to the place, this young boy approached me and told me he was hungry and that I should help him with money to eat, I looked into his eyes and I could see the hunger and pleading eyes and I was moved that I gave him the last 50 Naira with me, he was so happy and thanked me.

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Did I just give out my last card? well, I was a bit glad that I could help the young boy, I taught the lesson with a hungry stomach and the parents didn't say anything about the money they owed me, I was disappointed...

On my way home, when I got to that same spot where I gave the boy my last 50 Naira, something miraculous happened. I received an alert of 15 000 Naira on my phone and the miraculous part of this was that it was not from my family or people who owed me money, it was from MMM a Ponzi scheme that I was into that crashed and people were already aware and have stopped paying, I gh [ get help] few weeks but nobody paid because they know it has crashed so I was shocked when the person paid the money, it must be an angel in disguise, that was how I used 50 Naira to get 15 000 Naira, I was so happy and fed well that day and I later ponder on the boy I helped that day, maybe that was God that testing my Faith.

When it comes to financial help regarding food, I have no boundaries but I set some boundaries in certain situations, A friend of mine[a lady] came to me that she wanted me to borrow her money and when I asked how much she wants to borrow, she said 200 000 Naira.

I said No, The reason why I turned her down was because she is a student and she does not have any work she is doing, borrowing her money is not the problem but how will she pay it back, I just knew she wouldn't be able to pay back cos why would someone not working be able to pay back 200k! even the working class find it difficult to pay that.

I prefer to lend the money I would be able to forget easily because one of the most common things that ruin friendships and relationships is money, there is this spirit that makes me not want to return the money they borrow and in the end, start avoiding the person that borrows them the money.

So I rarely borrow people money above 100k and before I can borrow money such an amount, I will confirm if he/she would be able to refund.

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Awww
That’s so cute
E go dey do you like say make you dey dash the boy money everyday😅😅

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That was the first and last day I saw the boy

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At the age of 28, I have learned a lot of things that the respect of a person is only with money and if we all earn good money, then the family and the rest of the world also respect us. Without money, there is no respect anywhere. It is better that we should not waste this time and earn money by working hard day and night.

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To be honest, I never suffered for hunger for the lack of money. But I don't give money to anyone directly even if anyone hungry. It's because if I give them money, they buy drugs or similar things. I offer them food directly. I think in my entire life I helped only few people in that way. I have a iron heart and I didn't move for such a thing. I did it because, I felt it's was my responsibility as I was capable to help them. That's all. I don't know if I get anything in return like you but I have no regret for it.

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oh yeah, we also have those who are addicted to drugs here and beg for money without revealing what they want to use it for..

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With friends and family, One of the rules I like to make is borrowing them money that I can afford to lose, I will be quite okay if I don't get it back. It's similar to investing, never invest what you can't afford to lose lol.

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that is the best thing to do because anything concerning those 2 and lending them money is risking xd

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For sure, both of them can change drastically(like day and night) towards you when money is involved.

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Wooow, what an amazing experience you had, I also lost some money to MMM. Helping people is not a problem especially when it has to do with food...but the student that came for 200k was is a funny one because if you thinking we of what she wants to do with it it may be rediculious.

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