Steemit Engagement Challenge S3:W2 || Write a letter to your five-year-old self, telling him/her what you have learned so far || burnsteem25

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It is with great pleasure that I write down my participation in the ongoing contest in the steemindia community, I find this contest topic intriguing, reason I plan to start this week's with an entry to this awesome community.

5 years the old version of me might be able to read but understanding the in-depth of this message will be impossible because I tend to instruct and advice on many things I have encountered as an older version of him, which might be a little confusing at that age, so I plan to deliver this letter to him at an age when he has seen life beyond play, toys, and movie. Preferable at the age of 10-12 years, I believe reading this will put you on a path that will secure your future and understanding of life.

The first instruction is to always listen to your parents, you might be tired of the spanks, yeah I know, errands and you want to grow fast and make decisions, boy, I tell you their is more to adulthood than just growing up, when you listen to your parent, they make you see beyond your age, your vision and your thinking, I will advice to you always listen to your parents and make most of all the advice they give to you because at most times their advice will be useful for you as you grow. I am now a better person as a result of adhering to my parent's advice.

Along the line the most common thing among adolescents is friendship, I will not ask you not to have friends but know what kinds of friends you mingle with, it is good to have a circle of friends but good friends are always rare. So I advise you to stay put and make your books your friend until a genuine friendship comes your way.

As a result of bad friends I have been intimidated a lot to doing bad habits which today I am grateful that I am no more part of, with early advice from this message of mine, I prefer you not to have a company of friends but rather love to read books at your leisure time or choose your parents and siblings as friends.

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As you develop more in age, you begin to trust carelessly, I did this and the result wa disheartening, trust will only hurt you since people you tend to trust are just with you for the benefits they see in you.

Once they have gained what they came for, you will realize that you have been used and in the end and dumped which will frustrate you to become more aggressive, furious, paranoid, unforgiven, but I tell you, boy, this isn't the solution, as it will only hurt your personality.

The best is never to trust easily, and if you trust someone don't trust blindly as it will hurt you badly if you realize you are been betrayed.

And lastly, I will tell you to never settle for less, be a goal getter, dream chaser, achiever, set goals beyond yourself and achieve it, as at now I have not been able to do this but I urge you to dream big, bag distinction in your studies, love yourself more than anything and place your self first in things that you do, FYI, this doesn't mean selfishness, but rather put yourself first by doing what makes you happy.

Life will throw a lot at you as you grow older, you might experience some sort of bad emotions such as failure, sadness, sorrow, pain, even you might be depressed because of all that you are facing at that moment, but in those moments never forget the son of who you are and remember to seek forgiveness always thanks God because it could have been worse, in good times always submit your success and acheivements to God and be thankful in every position, or condition you find yourself.

Be kind and helpful to people, be respectful and be time conscious because

time is the most expensive luxury in the world, it's something you spend and you can't have back, but you never know how much you have left

At this point, I will put a stop to this message so as not to scare you about life as there is more fun to life, but is it certain that you will face the ups and downs of life, and how you overcome them will justify you and give you strength to move on and overcome more challenges in your life.

As a friend had said, life is a hard teacher and it often takes test on our patience and honesty.

I drop my pen here I wish you more success than I have achieved, you can choose to walk in my path or rather choose your path, either way, what matters most is that you make the right decisions.

Note that all I have highlighted are lessons that I have learned which have made me what I have become today, if I was privileged to be written to at some years back, I might have made better decisions but still I have learned from my mistake and that is why I am writing to you as an early bird so as not to sink on my mistakes.

I thereby invite my friends to participate in this challenge @josepha @lhorgic @kawsar @josantos

Greetings and blessings
Written by:- @olabillions_