I randomly just remembered those days when my dad would give my mom some money to go to the grocery store to go buy some foodstuff so that she can cook and take the food to some beggars down the street. I went with her sometimes and trust me it wasn’t an easy task. The moment they notice you’re with food, they will come at you and try to snatch it away from you but somehow mother always knew the right tone of voice to use to let them know that they would be in big trouble if they tried any of that with her.
I asked myself if I would be able to do the same thing, cook and go give it to them and I came up with an answer, no. And this isn’t because I don’t have a good heart like my parents or I can’t use the “mummy tone” to keep them at bay and make sure they don’t stampede me to death, but this is because I’ve heard a lot of stories of bad things happening to people who give things to roadside beggars.
Whether we believe it or not, Nigeria is a country where a lot of spiritual supernatural stuff happens. I haven’t seen any with my own eyes just yet but I think it will be foolish of me to ignore all of the stories I’ve heard and only choose to believe when it happens to me directly. They say a wise man doesn’t learn from his own mistakes, he learns from other peoples mistakes.
Don’t get me wrong, there are probably a lot of “legit” beggars out there but the question is if I’m willing to take any chances. Some of you might be saying my mom did it a lot and nothing happened to her but you guys forget that some people have special luck and I doubt I’m one of them because why does every crypto I buy go down right after I buy them?
So you see, with all of this combined, the urge to want to go out and give to beggars gets lower and lower by the day because I’m scared of disappearing or whatever it is they say happens the moment you hand over something to a beggar.
I might be a little bit superstitious but if there’s a possibility of it saving my life then no problem.