Beware



Beware

Pessimists rarely achieve great things; on the other hand blind optimists happen to commit suicide more often. I’m not saying live your life without hope; you cannot live life without hope. When you set your alarm for the next morning without even knowing if you will be alive to wake up to that alarm, you are unconsciously nurturing the flames of hope that light the fire of most human beings. I just wanted to share some lessons that life has taught me, lessons that I had to learn the hard way, so beware.

Beware of giving so much of yourself to other people, they take all they can for themselves and leave nothing for you.

Beware of listening to people’s problems, they will tell you of all their problems, heartaches and nonsense and leave when you finally have one little problem that you need them to listen to.

Beware of always rescuing people, they get used to it and when you need rescuing they will tell you “it’s ok, you are strong, and you will be fine”.

Beware of getting attached to people, like Namene Timoteus says “people die and when they die, you’d want to die with them”.

Beware of falling in love with people with beautiful eyes, when they fall out of love with you, the memories of those eyes will be impossible to erase and they will haunt you deep into the depths of your dreams.

Beware of sleeping with people you don’t love, although you can let them go because you have no emotional attachment to them, they take physical intimacy as an unbreakable bond.

Beware of neglecting yourself; no one can damage you more than you can. Self inflicted damage is the worst; the effects will break you down and take your will to live.

Beware of running from your problems; even Usain Bolt can’t outrun his problems, the challenges of life are to be faced head on. 

Beware of being afraid to try, nothing great has ever been achieved by cowards who lack backbone and courage.

Beware of cooperate juggernauts that never keep their promises, when it comes to a choice between an individual human being and profit, profit has never lost and never will, 

Beware of trying to hide under your bed and spending your days in the shadows, darkness has no mercy. Darkness is like the grim reaper: it just cares about collecting its souls, it does not care about who still needs that soul, so beware.
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