National Museum of Colonial History Aba

𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓

On this day the Lord blessed my parents with a baby boy and that baby is a man today with his family. Lord I am grateful for all you have been to me and my family (extended inclusive). You have added another landmark year to my age. I cannot thank you enough. I return all the glory, honour and adoration to you and may you equally bless all that were on this day with me in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen.

Staff of Aba and War Museums

Change your mindset and save up.

Going through a post on Facebook about 6yrs ago I saw a similar name in the comments, Mary Williams. The Mary Williams I know was my course rep while in school. I wanted to overlook it since there are thousands of people bearing such name but somehow I clicked on the name and went directly to her profile and behold it was my course rep.

Out of curiosity I sent her a friend request which she accepted almost immediately and we got talking, she was married and blessed with kids just like me, I went to her photos to get a glimpse of what her life presently looks like, looking at her photos alone already explained much to me; she and her husband are doing well averagely, yes they are doing well but they are not in anywhere to be compared to us. U come to dressing? I wear designers!

She told me she is very happy in her marriage but I know for sure that she is lacking money, she dresses well according to her photos but using my own life to compare with hers is not possible. I looked at their sitting room from one of her pictures and I saw that they still use Nigerian made cushions

Now let me tell u about myself, we live where we pay 1.2million per year, very beautiful abode oh my God u need to pay us a visit, friends envy us, our curtains are designers, our cushions are purely made in Italian, we changed the tiles of the house to a very unique tiles design, our house is just heaven on earth even though we are heavily on Debt, yes u heard me well, we took loans from banks to achieve this but it's nothing to worry about, my husband works in a good company and his salary is very fat so within 1-2yrs we will be free from debts and I work too, we have 4 latest cars, I mean latest though two of the cars are still on debts but we are sure to pay up for them soonest.

I wanted to ignore Mary since I saw that she is not my class but when I learnt that she is in a town very close to us I invited her to my home, I felt pity for her too and I've learnt to accommodate people disregarding their circumstances, indeed all fingers are not equal😥

l was even surprise to see her driving in, I couldn't even believe they had a car but nevertheless the car is nowhere compared of ours, she is simply living an average life, she came in and admired our beautiful home, she praised my husband for such a beautiful Paradise,

My hubby asked her what her husband does for a living and she said he is just a business man, she is a nurse by profession, hubby smiled and went inside leaving us to talk, we talked at length and she left , before she left she invited I and hubby for a dinner in her home, hubby refused but I persuaded him.

When we get to her home it was just exactly what I saw in her photos on Facebook, very comfortable home but not much expensive like ours, everyone is moderate, I can see disappointments written over hubby face, no designers in that home, yea it is beautiful and neat but not expensive to boost esteem, hubby suggested they apply for a loan to support their business but the couple were so reluctant about it rather they ask us to go into the dinning room for the dinner we came for, we had a delicious meal and and enjoyed a good time with them

At a time I wanted to use the restroom and as I was heading to the rest room I saw something that shocked me, I saw an award printed with Mary's husband photo indicating that he owns 43% share of GUNIS GOKOP COMPANY, that was exactly the company my husband works, the person I know that owns 14% share of the company is a billionaire I mean very rich, how much more of someone with
43% shares? I ran back to the Sitting room and called hubby, everyone followed me because they saw fear all over me, I showed hubby the award print and he stood starring at it for over 10mins, the couples were just watching us, he suddenly left the scene, he left the compound without taking the car keys to drive home, I know he has gone weird probably because of guilt because he thought we are much better than this couple not knowing that they are even the one paying him his salary, I wanted to leave silently but Mary drew me back, she sat me down while her husband went to the sitting room, she started lecturing me on how to live moderately and comfortably in order to meet a better tomorrow, she told me many things that made realised how much we've wasted good money on unnecessary things, as she was talking I was only nodding like agama lizard, I left and went to meet my husband drunk, thank God he became better the following morning but he was silent at home since I came back,

In the evening Mary and husband visited us, I envy this couple a lot, simple lifestyle is a cure to many problems, they came and we had a deep discussion, they help calmed my husband😥, during our discussion I got to know that they are the owner of the very house we are living in😥😥😥 we rented the house through an agent and we asked to see the owner of the house but the agent assured us that we are in save hands, so I was living in her house and was thinking that I am far better than her? They gave us many tactics of living a good and affordable life, my husband bowed to her husband's simplicity,

They left and we started planing for a way forward, within few weeks hubby sold our 4cars😥 he took some money from it and got just one affordable car, people started talking but we closed our ears, we used the remaining money to pay up our debts, the first night after the debt payment I discovered that I slept more peacefully

We moved into a cheaper apartment, sold off all those experience properties and bought affordable ones, our house looked so beautiful and cool, we realised multiple millions after selling off those properties, we saved up and spend less

This is 6years now and we just launched a magnificent mansion, an estate, a supper market and 8 filling stations , my husband stopped working long time ago because we are now employers of labour💃💃💃 all these were achieved from the same money we always squander few years back and do u know the most beautiful thing? I can confidently afford that big life now in fact I can do more than that without my pocket feeling it , Mary and her husband are Gods' sent in our home as they really changed our mindset that brought a huge change.

THE END
(Credit to the unknown writer)

In 2021 save more, spend less, cut off unnecessary expenses and live a simple life,
A time is coming when u will live big to your satisfaction,
Don't be in competition with anybody.
My own little way of saying HAPPY WEEKEND TO YOU ALL💓💓💓💓

*HOW OFTEN DO YOU CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBORS?*

This is very important as it could save a life.

This story will make you cry because it is a true story that took place in one of the neighborhoods in Sanaa, the capital city of war-torn Yemen.

There was a man who lived in a two-room house with his wife and three children. Before the war he was gainfully employed, working on a daily paid job with stable conditions of service. His family lived relatively well. But when war broke out in Yemen, it created a lot of difficulties and problems that changed everything for this family.

The man lost his job as his employers went under. He could no longer provide for his family but he went out daily with the hope of finding work to support his family. Most days he returned empty handed. So, most nights his pregnant wife and kids went to bed hungry.

One night, he came back and found his wife in severe labor pain. He rushed her to the Emergency Room at Al-Khazzan Hospital in Sanaa. But before leaving the house for the hospital, since it was late at night and he did not want to disturb the neighbors, he locked the children in from the outside as they slept peacefully.

At the hospital, the doctors, after examining his wife, informed him that his wife needed immediate Cesarean Section if mother and baby are to be saved. The complication was very bad.

He was told to pay fifty thousand Yemeni Rials (about 40 US dollars) to the accounts office. He did not have the money, so he begged the Medical Director to authorize the operation to save his wife and baby, promising to go raise the money and pay afterwards. The Director agreed, on compassionate grounds, to perform the C-Section, but insisted that the mother and baby would not be released afterwards until he paid the money. He accepted the terms and so the operation was authorized.

The man left the hospital to search for money, not knowing from who, or where he will get such huge amount of money. The country was in deep straits and everyone, including the high and mighty, was in a bad shape financially. Besides he did not know or have access to many rich people. His social circle was small and mainly plebs.

His mind was preoccupied with his bad state and how he could raise money to offset the hospital bill so much so that he was completely distracted and so failed to pay attention as he crossed a busy road. Right at that moment, a young man driving a car reckless knocked him down, killing him instantly. The driver sped off to evade justice.

Some passers-by gathered and, not knowing who he was and who to contact about the accident, took the body to the morgue at Al-Khazzan Hospital, (same Hospital where the wife was).
The mortuary section did not know who he was or who to contact and, therefore, tagged the body as "unknown".

After seven days at Al-Khazzan Hospital, the Director of the hospital concluded that the man had absconded, abandoning the woman and her child. He told the woman that her husband was a cheat. Not knowing why her husband did not return, the wife could not defend him. The woman wept as she expressed the hope that her husband would show up and pay up.

The story began to spread about a man who brought his wife to the hospital and abandoned her, leaving a huge bill unpaid. People whispered among themselves how irresponsible the man was. At the same time, the story of a man who was crushed to death by a hit-and-run driver as he came out of the hospital and attempted to cross the road, began to emerge.

Could the death man be the one who was thought to have absconded?

The hospital authorities investigated and established that the time of the accident tallied with the time the woman's husband stepped out of the hospital. So, the Director took the women to go and do an identification check. The dead man was indeed her missing husband. The woman was deeply shocked and completely devastated. The load was too heavy to bear. People spoke of how unfortunate she was.

Meanwhile, nobody had heard anything about the children since their father locked them in and rushed their mother to the hospital exactly a week ago. Neighbours had not seen them and nobody bothered to check on them. The house stood silent, with no sound or movement.

Back in the hospital, the woman was discharged and released unconditionally. The hospital authorities were so generous that they even gave her some medical and food supplies and asked the ambulance crew to take her home. When they got to the house, the door was still locked. The ambulance crew helped her to break the door. When they entered, they were greeted by three decomposing bodies. The children, unable to break the door open and with no food to eat, had struggled and died painfully of starvation. For seven days, no neighbour had checked on them.

The woman collapsed and died instantly. Her heart failed due to debilitating shock and monstrous grief. Her newly born baby was thus left fatherless, motherless and siblingless. It was a touching and unfortunate situation; an avoidable tragedy if only the neighbours had been a bit more neighbourly.

Please, always check on your neighbors and loved ones who are vulnerable in times of crisis and hardship. Do not be so self-centered that you never check on your neighbours.

Tell such stories to your children and family so that they know the amount of blessings they are living in and truly appreciate its worth. Train them to be friendly and neighbourly.

*A very painful story. I hope you share this story to others so that a neighbor checks on his neighbor more often*

May we be caring friends and neighbours. May we have friends and neighbours who truly care for us too.

Good evening.

VALUE RELATIONSHIP

*Don't be too quick to shut the door against anyone.*

*Don't be too quick to conclude that someone can not add value to your life again.*

*Don't be too quick to end friendship.*

*Don't be too quick to hold and sustain grudges and more importantly*

*Don't be too quick to draw a battle line with someone for you can never know how battle will end and you might end up fighting your helper.*

*And you know what? The bridge you burn now might be the one you need to climb to your destination.*

*The ladder you break now out of anger might be the one you need to climb to that your desired height just as the friendship that you yanked off from because of small offence can make you stranded for the rest of your life.*

*Even if you need to back out from an organization or friendship, it should be done politely not aggressively as if you will never need the person again.*

*No one knows tomorrow and no one can exist alone except God.*

*We need ourselves so let's all tread with caution that we may not be fighting unnecessary battle.*

*Have a nice day

1. The most selfish one letter word.
*" I "*
Avoid it.
2. The most satisfying two letter word.
*"We"*
Use it.
3. The most poisonous three letter word.
*"Ego"*
Kill it.
4. The most used four letter word.
*"LOVE"*
Value it.
5. The most pleasing five letter word.
*"Smile"*
Keep it .
6. The fastest spreading six letter word.
*"Rumour"*
Ignore it.
7. The hard working seven letter word.
*"Success"*
Achieve it.
8. The most enviable eight letter word.
*"Jealousy"*
Distance it.
9. The most powerful nine letter word.
*"Knowledge"*
Acquire it.
10. The most divine ten letter word.
*"Friendship".*
Maintain it.