How I Was Raised
Just remembering the past reminds me of how fast the world is revolving at its own pace. That call to action was some unforgettable memory I had in the past while I was still growing up. Indeed, a lot happened, and just now I am already mature. I now have to reflect back to the past just to separate the thread and the needle.
It was actually a reflection to remember some fallacies and scams I have been through during my childhood. I can vividly remember those days when we did have visitors at home, when people do giveaways to children, not now that we are adults😁, and it is always my pleasure to welcome my dad's or my mom's friends with greetings that touches the heart which is meant to be pleasing to the visitor.
Whenever they are about to go, some who are good and have the money do as well to deep into their pockets just to bless me and my siblings with money just to make us happy in place to buy whatever we want, trust African women. Whenever my darling mom sees that, she will always come with a good and convincing smile just to convince us and collect the money with a promise to save it for us when we need it.
And also telling me and my siblings that this money will be reserved for me in the bank to buy "heaven and earth" in the name of a promise, just for her to collect the money from us with me and my siblings without getting offended at that moment. It was actually a memory to remember as I am matured today, which gets me to remember the past when she made all the promises for me which I am still figuring out where the money has been saved for me and my siblings since then.
Even with the "heaven and earth" promised to me, keep me wondering which of the earth she is referring to, or is it something else that she promised me? 🤔😁 Now that I am grow up,up I have come to realize why she has been tactical just for us not to be overwhelmed with money which shows her responsibility as a mother to guide and protect our interests even though the promise she made to me at my tender age was nothing but unfulfilled promises.
Hence, as if that scam is not enough, when I was growing up, I was taught how to read my book well, and I later discovered that all fallacies as such do not exist in any place in the world. As a little child, I was someone who liked to play games and watch black and white television from morning to night.
My mom used to tell me that when I don't read, I won't make it in life and that the only way that I can be successful in life is just by studying my book every day. This was said by her due to the extent of playing and gaming I do engage myself in, and whenever I remember that I wanted to be an engineer, I will go straight to carry my novel and to read. Do engineers study novels? 🤣 this crazy and funny then.
Anytime I remember that if I do not study and will not be successful, and i wouldn't buy my own car, that is what triggers me to try to keep on reading and studying despite burning a full candle while I am asleep with my mom thinking I am studying in my room made for me and my siblings makes me scam her too.
It was actually now that I reflected back in the past, bursting out of laughter just to remember the strategy my mom used on me just for my own good, which I think I pay back when I claim to be studying in my room just to burn a full candle without grabbing anything just because of sleep.
But the truth has to be told that today, I can see a lot of people who do not really go to school but are successful just because of their smarts and hard work, which is accompanied by being persistent and consistent in what they are doing in life. It doesn't matter what you study; what matters is how committed you are.
Not minding the funny moments I had with my mum ever, the scamming is just for my own good. I can still reflect on the impact that those strategies had in my life in order to improve me, especially now that I am no longer a kid and am still thinking maybe I will use the same strategy on my own kids when the time comes.
