Honestly ehn, how do people without peace of mind really cope? How do they get through their day to get things done? Because the more I think about it, the more impossible it seems that anyone who lacks peace will even be able to sleep a wink. And in this case, it’s not even about being wicked or even a troublemaker. I’ve long since realized that people who choose to be wicked are cut from a different cloth than the rest of us, and as a result, they don’t lose sleep over their actions.
As a matter of fact, it can even be argued that they get more peace after they’ve done something particularly wicked. It can be seen that they sleep more soundly after all is said and done. But no, my post isn’t about them, it’s about the siblings, friends, and loved ones of the troublemakers and the wicked folks. If you’re related to someone who is a troublemaker, I’m telling you right now, peace will most likely be far from you!
This is not a curse, it’s just a statement of fact. This is because almost every time, you’ll have to either bear the consequences of their actions or work extra hard to ensure that things don’t escalate. When your partner is a fighter, fighting everyone at work or in the neighborhood, you’ll be a regular visitor to the police station to bail them out of every arrest. Yeah, money that should be used for the upkeep of the family will be given to the police simply because someone can’t control their temper.
What about when you have a sibling who is a thief? Do you know how embarrassing it can be when the entire neighborhood knows your brother or sister steals? How the hell can you walk in the area with your head up after such a thing? And the same is also the case, because they will always get into trouble with the police, and you’ll always have to bail them out.
People have lost a lot because of their troublesome family members and friends. People have lost contracts, good connections, deals that would have changed their lives, all because they were connected to someone who just liked trouble. And while you’re bearing the brunt of all this, they just live their lives. They do their thing and even dare to accuse you of thinking you’re better than them.
What inspires this post? I was on the bus today, and the lady’s phone beside me began to ring. It was a strange number, but she refused to answer it. Her friend, who was beside her, asked if she knew the caller, but she shook her head. She didn’t know who was calling, but she was scared of answering because it could be yet another person calling to tell her that her young brother was either at the hospital, in lockup, or in another form of trouble.
Somehow, she just started to complain to the friend, and since I was right beside her, I couldn’t help but hear everything. And the more I listened, the more I pitied her. Her brother was putting her through a lot. He was always getting into fights, and all his fights never ended well. If he won, he would get arrested, she would bail him out, and also pay the hospital bill of the person he beat up. If he lost, she would pay his hospital bill because by the time the news got to her, whoever beat him up would be long gone, and he wouldn’t even tell her who they were.
She’s just tired of him. But because she’s his big sister, she has to take care of him, and it’s draining her. She was certain that he had gotten into yet another trouble and needed her to come to his aid yet again, and she said that if she did it, he would only get into more trouble by the time the week ran out. She didn’t have any peace of mind just because she had a brother.
She didn’t answer the call or call the number back until she got off the bus with her friend. I don’t know how the rest of the story played out, but I hope she gets the strength to give her brother some tough love and let him pull himself out of his own messes. I’ve always said that as long as there is a cushion to break a person’s fall, there will always be a reason to keep falling. And in this guy’s case, as long as he believes his sister will be there to bail him out, he will not see the need to clean up his act, regardless of how it’s affecting her.
But then, I doubt she would leave him to his own fate. From her voice and mannerisms, I could tell that she would eventually return the call and fix the issue. Maybe she sees it as a cross she has to bear, I don’t know. I just hope she realizes that letting him learn his lesson will be good for him and everyone else in the long run.
So, as a person, if you don’t have a troublemaker in your family, you have no idea what God has done for you!
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