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I grew up in a society where stress is mostly synonymous to normalcy. Money is seen as a speedster and hence you'll have to be a sort of "Usain Bolt" because there was no chance to be dull, no time to be a brainy, there was no platform to showcase wits. It's either you eat or be eaten, and most people would prefer the later.
Needless to say people ran before they question the reason for their running, it was a mad frenzy. Being born under such circumstance would change you. As an 8-year old, my school was behind my house, I was up before 6, by 7, I was out in the next street in a queue of more than 40 liitle children holding up my plate to buy food, I needed to meet up a dealine and if I don't hustle to be the first to buy food i'll miss 8 0'Clock as time for school which means i'll be beaten for coming late to school.
Most times I never met these timeline. It was totally unfair to me, I was tiny sickly child who had to negate my nature to alway meet standards set by stronger people. The population was too much to handle it was unfair to compete with stronger people, I was more of brain and wit more than muscle and brute there was nothing serene, calm or composed.
Ours was a society in disarray. Being raised in one of the most brutal places in the world exposed to hunger, poverty and prejudice, made people stiff, it became a survival of the fittest, orderliness was probably something we only see, never experienced it, never saw it. Have you ever had to fight to collect money that supposed to be given to you? That was the state of my society as far back as the early 2000's.
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Sometimes you see competition so stiff, you lose the will to even compete, making money was definite, you either make it legally or you take from someone who was making it legally. Perhaps a solicited and formal form of thievery. But then things have evolved; when you talk about a state of equanimity, I think Nigeria my country has grown from that state and it's more calmer.
When people begin to compete on their own level or yardstick of excellence, they'll definitely excel. For a person to attain an accord within the mind, soul and spirit, it must firstly come from without. This means that if you're not fulfilled from without you cannot find the strength to keep your emotions in alignment or reach a certain state of equilibrium, which of course gives you the level of control you have over other external factors.
Things have changed overtime because people no longer have to compete as before. The advent of the internet came and people began to find various ways to channel their energy. Take a look at the world currently; power is shifting: people are beginning to follow their passion, becoming freer.
I grew up as an angry kid, confused and undisciplined in thoughts and manner but moving forward as an adult I discovered my place, this is because the world currently gives you a choice more than it would in the past. Inasmuch we still have chaos and war all around beginning are beginning to question the reasons for it rather than blatantly following the orgy and engaging in a murderous gore.
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Need I say the world is attaining a stage of equanimity? Yes, its a process. Let me bring this down: Contentment is a virtue that would ensure complete equanimity. This is because when people are contented, there will be reduced competition. Most wealthy people are seeking to be wealthier, making it difficult to open up a platform for others to compete, when we eradicate astute greed, the urge to make life a competition will cease.
In all fairness, let us consider ourselves as well. Take a look at the crypto market and how people has responded rather hastily to the dip, the ability for one to stay peaceful and calm in compromising times is rather rewarding but then this isn't the case currently. While the world has changed, the change would individually need to reflect in us in totality.
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My name is @Josediccus, a young Nigerian student who is a Vlogger, A Psychologist, Poet And Sports Writer/Analyst. I'm using my contents as a process to create shared meaning as well as create expressions through which people on/off hive can relate. I believe content is a process to be enjoyed and relished and I'm up for any collaborations in my field stated above. Cheers
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