Most of those who live in mansions today were ghetto dwellers. This means that, one's present condition is not a constant but a variable that can change with determination and innovation.
Never underestimate the capacity of a person with a big dream that is backed by unwavering focus and determination to make great things happen. Such a person may encounter great difficulties - lives in shanties, goes several days and even months without decent food, mocked and sometimes badly insulted just for being poor but shall never give up!
Poverty is not a crime except when its victim is not doing anything about it. A poor person must step out everyday with the hope of a hunter who does not keep games in the forest but confident they are there.
As a survival strategy, anyone could start with raw energy being the most basic human asset, then continue with the pursuit of self-development through acquisition of skills and learning to understand how processes or systems work. Knowledge and skills are levelers. They pave great winning ways that one could never think of, or imagine.
In the journey of life, it is not over yet for a person who has not given up on hope. Hope renews strength; recreates capacity and greases the will and wheel of human progress.
Those who cry in ghettos today will smile in mansions tomorrow if they do not give up and step out everyday, making concerted efforts towards making a difference.
Most of us started from ghettos, from a very humble background but God is gradually and steadily changing our narratives. It can only get better despite all the challenges that lay ahead.
I know for sure that where there are challenges; opportunities, also, abound. The eyes that see challenges could see great opportunities as well when strategic thinking is applied!
With strategic engagements,
ghettos become gateways to mansions. Take a step, just one at a time, and keep moving with a definite purpose, due diligence and frugality, and you will be glad you did in time!
Let me conclude by saying that, a mansion person who does not observe investment and growth protocols will retrogress from living in mansion to ghetto status. This calls for caution so that no one retrogresses in the land of the living. Whether one is made rich or become rich by sheer effort, the desire is for all to live decent lives!
*(Modest Thoughts with Ayuba, Yilgak'ha, 3rd November, 2025)*
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