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Hello fellow steemians, I hope you’re all doing great in the steemit community. I want to open my blog today with the question, “Do you know your next door neighbour?”
The culture of caring for our neighbours is gradually wearing away in today’s world. People now have too much busy lives. Trying to make ends meet and caring for our families gives us little time to know our neighbours, much more have good relationships with them. It'll be so interesting that if I ask you to tell me the names of your next door neighbours, you’d reply me, “I don’t know”. That sounds familiar right? Hahaha. Sometimes you could go for a whole week without knowing how your neighbour is faring.
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I remember 4 years ago here in Nigeria where I had a neighbour in my compound who never associated with anyone in the compound. He was always alone. The only time he is seen outside is when he comes out to do his chores. That’s it. He was always indoors or away to work and hardly talks to anyone. And do you know that this man got sick, didn’t tell anyone and died in his room! I remember not seeing him for about 3 days in a row. All these while, he was already dead. It was the stench of his decaying body that people in the compound got to know that something was wrong. The smell was so bad we had to start tracing where it was coming from. Lo and behold, it was discovered that the smell was emanating from his room. When his window was opened and peered into, he was found dead, already decaying. It was such a sad experience that led to police case for the owner of the house. If he had had good communication with his other neighbours, he would have called on them when his condition got bad.
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So next time you have a new neighbour, ensure you know their names and collect at least their phone number. Make the effort to get to know a little more about them and do well to check on them regularly.
Benefits of a Good You-Your Neighbour Relationship
- Your friendship cycle is increased.
- You could have a sister/brother in your neighbour.
- When you need help, you’ll have someone to call.
- You could be a messiah to them in their time of need.
- You could build a partnership for future benefits.
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So before I drop my pen for today, let me ask you again, “Do you know your next door neighbour?” If not, make the effort to do so.
I remain myself.
