We HIDE to LIVE.

I was in a retreat basically a gathering where we pray, fast and study the scriptures but the minister which was Pastor Lawrence Oyor was ministering and telling us about how his mother had contributed to his success in his walk with God and his entire life at large. It was in that meeting/gathering he shared a statement made by his mum that tucked in his soul since the time he heard it and it also got tucked in my soul since I heard it from him.
Trust me, there are one billion interpretations to this quote and I can only give it my own interpretation which has been a life guiding principle for me and has helped me over the years. I never believed i could be someone that can make tremendous progress in the secret and not make it known to the public because the in thing in the society is making yourself known and not even minding if it will have negative effect.

We are in a society where everyone posts everything on the internet even those things that shouldn't be posted had been made available to the public and we have seen the repercussion over time which had caused lives being ruined, relationships broken, marriages damaged beyond repair all in the name of showing to the world what could have been kept and funny enough, the internet does not forget things which is one of the disadvantages of the of the internet.

The reason is not far fetched, majority want to trend thinking it will make them popular not knowing that the popularity is to negativity, majority want to belong thinking it will help them to achieve more not knowing that the achievement will only lead to what they wont be proud of by the time there unborn children get to see or know when they come, majority did it out of ignorance which has brought about a mistake they would have wished not to have made. I wish people come to know that the more you do things in the secret the more you become more valuable and more respected. W have seen cases where people captured some sacred moments only to find it in the public which made them loose value, cost them there lives, influence etc.

...how it may have affected your life?

So, with the quote in view, i have decided not to make anything about me public no matter how mouth watering it is except maybe business that people need to be aware of or a profession but when it comes to something sensitive about my life or partner or family, the public does not get to know nor see it/them.

This same quote was shared with a friend (@Emrysjobber) of mine and he really loved it too and started living by it which had protected him in many ways.

This simple quote made me more valuable that i could ever imagined.
This simple quote changed my view about how things should be done.
This simple quote kept me from unnecessary misfit in terms of wrong trend.

This is my response to Hive Naija Weekly Prompts.
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