CONSCIENCE ALERT: Awakening Your Mind to Realities – By: Chukwuebuka C. Oguocha

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Situations of life, has put a lot of us in a state of rash decision making, without engaging our conscience as rational creatures, to ascertain the after effect of what ever decision we intend to make.

It is certain that no body is a repository of all knowledge, it is also true that length of time experiences has made some people repositories, and can provide compendiums of specific knowledge; therefore, the act of asking questions for directions, especially from potential superiors in certain areas, is an act worth considering before getting involve in some deals for safe, and smooth results.

“No body is a repository of all knowledge, length of time experiences has made some people repositories, and can provide compendiums of specific knowledge”

Brenda had the intention of venturing into similar business her sister was into, but lack the technical know-how to run the business. Tessie, Brenda’s elder sister was exceptionally successful in the business, and of course was in the position to guide her sister through, but unfortunately Brenda would not subscribe.
Brenda, a university graduate, could not imagine herself descending low, with all her qualifications, for her sister Tessie, a school drop out to teach her the necessary skills needed towards achieving, in her dream business after years of experience.

Brenda Eventually ventured into the business, with high hopes of becoming successful as a smart graduate, few months later, her expectations, and dream of becoming a successful business woman were defeated; and so was not coming to fulfilment as her business suffered lots of loss due to unskillful approaches, resulting from wrong decision made before inception.

The illustration above is just a tip of an iceberg, as there are other ways people lose a great deal, as a result of making senseless decisions in various aspect of their life endeavors.

This article piece is to awaken your consciousness to some important areas of our lives that requires; prudence from proper thinking, as well as guidance from superiors, when making decisions to avoid severe consequences.

  1. You are on your own:
    As untrue as this may sound to most us; this is a logical truth of life. Though, we are surrounded by numerous friends, and families… yet how we relate with them is our decision to make. Our decision towards our relationship with them, determines their perception, and attitude towards us.

“Our decision towards our relationship with our loved ones, determines their perception, and attitude towards us.”

Brenda would have achieved her dream of becoming a successful business woman, but her (personal) decision of not involving her sister; who was somewhat a pro in the line of business, in her life, reaped her off the dream.

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It’s also not a mistake to deduce that; little children to some extent take responsibilities of their affairs, even though it’s not put in to consideration. For instance if a mother of a hungry crawling baby rushed out of a room, with the intention to briefly attend to something else, leaving the baby in the room, with his feeding bottle by his side, as a smart baby, who is familiar with his bottle, and what it’s meant for; he would pick it up, and satisfy his desire by himself. By so doing, he has made a personal reasonable decision, that brought a positive result to him.

Funny enough, many adults fail to make reasonable decisions, for positive achievements, but rather they rely solely on joining multitude, forgetting they are on their own, and what ever the outcome may be, would be personal.

No doubt we can always seek for advice, help, and assistance from one another; even at that, it’s still the decision we make afterwards that will determine the outcome. Also, it’s important to note; everyone has his or her personal life issues to deal with, therefore, people will not always be available when you need them, because life is a personal race.

  1. You are made a tool for others success when you are unconscious:
    This doesn’t mean it’s wrong helping one achieve his dream, or lending a helping hand when you can, for others to attain certain heights in life; Also, it doesn’t mean that assistance to others in their quest to achieve, has, or would make you appear lesser, as to be considered a tool to be used for their success; after all, part of existence is to help one another grow in life, even though it’s a hard thing for many to accept.

There is a fulfilling sensation, and joy one gets, when his efforts towards another’s success yields a positive result, which in one way or the other he stands a chance to reap the good fruit of being significant.

It’s quite appalling that some sets of individuals are out, and bent to cause chaos, havoc, and pain in their quest to make that enviable achievements, while some other sects in their imprudence, and senselessness, make themselves absolute tools, to instigate what ever negative vices, after being bought over with some worthless stipends.

Just as the fowl had displayed it’s foolishness; after it’s feathers had been ripped off, and was subjected to severe pain, yet it sheepishly followed it’s inflictor where ever he goes, without thinking of worst harm that may come after, as he eats the grains, the inflictor drops on the way as he walked.

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This have been the life of many, who are making the rash or unreasonable decisions of making themselves tools in the hands of some politicians who are mindless of the chaos, and pains their evil intentions would cause, after being fed with promises, and receiving some stipends that would make no lasting or worthwhile effect in their lives.

Unfortunately, when these desperate power seekers fail in their quest, in some cases, even after acquiring their desired offices, abandon those people they’ve made tool in their quest for power, mindless of the fact that some of them lose their lives in the process; Some youths are labeled cultists, when they make further efforts to confront their users for their pay, or unfulfilled promises.

It is therefore pertinent that we consider the possible effect or outcome of a thing, through reasoning before getting involved, to avoid making regrettable decisions.

  1. You Make Your Work Mater More than Your Health:
    The assertion, that health is wealth is an undisputable fact. Even in the quest to make wealth, health is of utmost importance, because it is only when one is sound, and healthy, that he will be able to cope with the challenges of making health.

A lot of persons look down, or neglect the little health issue they have, as they strive to make more income, forgetting that if their health issue deteriorates due to lack of attention, it can lead to unprepared abstention from their source of income; which could even take a longer time before resuming.

It is said that prevention is better than cure, but as popular, and true as that is, a lot of persons still partake in things considered to be unhealthy, and hazardous to their health, without precautions, or considering their potential effect to their health.

It is wise to always pay attention to the changes in our health, and subscribe to necessary solution on time, before things become worse. It is better to stay away from work for few days, than being off for a very long time, or even permanently.

Some how, we’ve heard of people who suddenly slumped, and died at the spot, or similar stories; this no doubt could be due to some health problems, they had refused to give proper attention to, and had neglected till it could not be managed anymore.

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That one is living a healthy life, is when you make the right decisions of participating in the right things that promote your health status positively, such as: Eating right, drinking right, taking a break to rest from work, lots of sleep, involving in exercises, consuming more of fruits, vegetables, and drinking lots of water, etc. Observing the aforementioned, sets you in the position of wealthy ones, for wealth, begins with good health.

  1. Are You Wasting Time on Frivolities?:
    The truth is, most people are. To further clarify us on this question; are there things you do at an inappropriate time, even in an inappropriate manner?

Only you know the answers to this, based on personal discretion. We all know what we engage ourselves in, and the time we do so; The time you spend in certain activities, on daily basis, can it be considered a wise choice?

As important as time is considered to be, it has been metaphorically said to be money; I guess that’s the reason core business men, don’t joke with any programmed time for business transactions, or meetings against any other thing.

It’s unfortunate, that a lot of people, spend much time gossiping, than making proper judicious use of it to achieve. A good example is the fact that a lot of youths, in the morning hours sits at some corners of their areas to feed themselves with some pointless discussions, that add nothing, but rather make them look irresponsible.

Time management is also a key to achieving success; so doing the right things at the right times, is considered reasonable, and wise decision for better achievements.

Of course, pondering on the above discussion, should set your mind towards making the right decisions, for better results, even when applied in other areas of life.

Chukwuebuka C. Oguocha is a proficient creative writer, with an interest in affecting lives, through his fictional works, which cut across all literary genres. He is also a screenwriter, motivational, and inspirational content writer. He is the author of the book, “Happy At Last”, an educative children’s literary fiction, about proper child upbringing, and he’s an author with ,odogwublog.com.

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