One Man's Food... Contributed by @Olawalium
I am very sure we are familiar with that popular phrase: One man’s food is another man’s poison. What many strive to have, others have it on a platter of gold and either they don’t know what to do with it or they mess it up. It is always painful sometimes, to see another person having what you desire and this person really doesn’t appreciate it or place appropriate value on it.
When a value of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable.
When you don’t know the value of a thing, it is normal you treat it anyhow. I heard a story about a man that picked up a small rock and he took it home. He kept it on the shelf and it was just there. He didn’t know what drove him to pick the stone in the first place but he still wouldn’t throw it away.
A friend of his happened to visit at one point and saw the stone on the shelf. The friend knew all about gold and had to tell his friend the stone he has been keeping all these while is actually diamond in its raw form. The moment his friend told him about that, his attitude and approach towards this little piece of stone/rock changed. He started caring more for it. Woke up every morning to check if it is still where he kept it overnight. He kept it secured and placed the right value on it.
This is how we humans are. When we don’t understand how valuable something is, we treat it anyhow and this also creeps into our relationships. You see a man hitting his wife, you see a wife, blessed with a good man, go around cheating. You see parents blessed with a bright child, yet they try to force him or her to be what she doesn’t want to. And you see a guy (for instance) having a feeling his girlfriend is bothering him too much. They have missed a vital point and which is:
The man hitting his wife seems to have forgotten that she chose him when others wanted her hand in marriage.
The woman cheating seems to have forgotten that he could have had another lady outside but chose to stay.
The parents blessed with a bright child don’t understand there are a lot of parents hoping to have at least one and they would have done whatever the child wants.
The guy thinking his girlfriend is bothering him doesn’t understand the power of her choice. She has the ability to leave and do better and as humans, we mostly understand the value of a thing in the hindsight.
...to be continued...
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Nice work @communitycoin
Gracias.
There are different types of people living in this world. The behavior of one's behavior is different from one person to another, one thing is very different.Almost every person can take a different example from one another to eat in our house, for example, if a cook is made in our home, then these two or three are those who love it and eat well, but 2/3 I can not say that one of the things is painful to another person, it is very difficult to someone else who is suffering others It is very good and it gives praise to him.
One man's trash is another man's treasure. I have found some of my favorite possessions in the trash. In terms of human relationships, I think we can all benefit from treating each other better. I lost a few relationships recently that made me realize the importance of letting people know how amazing they are while they're still around. Thanks for sharing and I'm looking forward to the next part :)
Wow!. I am really sorry about that and we are all guilty of that because we always appreciate things in the hindsight. We live and learn and i am sure another opportunity will present itself and you will do it better.
Thanks a lot for sharing this, really appreciate it.
One man's food another's poison is one of the oldest irony in Life's existence.While one always looks at what's in another man's possession as against cherishing his, another is dying to have his.
While many have had the rare opportunity to place value on theirs much later, others have lost theirs totally without remedy.
NB: If you don't value what you have, nobody will place a High price tag on it.
Thanks for sharing @olawalium.
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Absolutely. Some don't have the second chance to redo the mistakes they have done and others do. The bottom line as you have rightly mentioned is, we should always place value on what comes to us. We might not understand why now, but later we would.
Thanks as always bro.
One man's food is another man's poison!!!!!. That's so much about life.
I really like this post. So far we are still human being, we can never have common goal, though it do affect us but it's in the nature of human beings. Diversity, ethnicity, norms and believe are root cause of this kind of a thing.
A friend of mine named Simon really like doing business. Right from secondary school he as been making some money, his parents wants him to go to school. Saying "his brother finished his masters degree before thinking of doing anything or settled down " you no that kind of mentality?
They threatening him they will disown him if he didn't do what they want. That they will withdraw all the support they were given him. That no body in their family did not have their first degree.
They disown him as they said because he doesn't see it the way they are seing it. Now he is a millionaire and he is doing perfectly fine than his brothers.
One man's food is another man's poison! Your favourite is another person's hate.
It's life and there is nothing will can do about it.
Thank you so much for sharing @communitycoin and @olawalium
Wow!. Our parents need to understand that we are not all the same and everyone need to leverage on their gifting to make a headway in life. I am sure they would see him doing well for himself now. Education is really good and it would have helped him to stay ahead but not everyone would tow the line of education just to work for someone. I am glad he found his purpose on time.
Yes I also understand the effect of education on individual. But his parents can tailored him to that direction since that's what he likes. Then he will gladly go for course related to that feed. Well, the parents put more value on education.
You are right, like you said, they should let him go and learn a business related course or certification. Since he is making money, he can willingly go and add more knowledge, so he can always stay ahead. He shouldn't be too relaxed too though.
That is it brother, I'm very sure he will like to. Thanks so much for the feedback, I'm really excited. I learned almost everytime I read about @communitycoin post. Thanks
Such a huge honour and your words humbled me. Thanks a lot.
You welcome sir, always!!
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