Family Affairs by Muoghalu Dubem (ebook reader browser txt) 📖

Letter 1

 

Dear Son...

 

 

You may have heard much about my youth from your mother but there are some I reserved for you.

I see the way you react when you're spoken to about certain doings of yours.

It is fair to react but don't fail to reminisce the caution.

Please learn from my mistakes.

 

 

I almost learned too late to pay attention to every caution,

Until I learned from one of my wise teachers, that

 

 

One of the counsels of caution is to be very certain that I do not mistake a reactionary turn for a return of common sense.

 

It is never easy to admit mistakes, but I pray for you daily.

Selah!

 

 

 

Letter 2

 

Dear Son...

 

One of my wise teachers said

 “I do not consider the machines which bear my name simply as machines. If that was all there was to it I would do something else. I take them as concrete evidence of the working out of a theory of business, which I hope is something more than a theory of business - a theory that looks toward making this world a better place in which to live.”

– Henry Ford. 

 

Remember this that I tell you today,

I have read of men and my reading of them has satisfied me.

Remember this that I tell you, never take pride in what you do,

Instead take pride in the lives that it impacts, no matter how many.

 

 

 

Don’t be mad at Jesus Christ for doing some of the things He did.

He did it to show us that the fig is of no essence if it cannot quench hunger.

Remember my son, no matter how long you’ve had the Bible in your hands

Or have read from it, you’re of no essence if you do not lift a soul.

Selah!

Letter 3

 

Dear Son...

 

If you desire the plunders of war, you go to war and bring home your desired plunders.

If you love the comfort of peace, you sit home and enjoy peace.

In either circumstance, your choice will prevail.

 

 

Be aware, every war is to someone, a gain and every peace is to someone a gain.

Thus, be careful which you choose because still in either circumstance, 'whatever it takes' may be the cost of your own life. Ask about the four lepers in the Bible if you get confused.

Selah!

Letter 4

 

Dear Son...

 

90% of how life rewards you is dependent on how you work on your mind,

the faculty from which your consciousness emerge.

If you don't train it, you may eventually miss your mark.

 

Like Disreali said "the secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it arrives".

Pray for money to come but more importantly, train your mind on how to use it when it comes.

 

Don't do like I did when I was growing up like you. I deceived myself believing the maxim that money is not the most important thing in life but I grew up to see that money does affect everything that is important.

Selah!

Letter 5

Dear Son...

 

I see in you as I do in others, the heart and mind of a warrior.

It is beautiful.

I see your struggles.

Yes, there are times when you grow weary of normal answers.

 

 

Those are the critical times in our lives when we require more than "a good advice".

Those are the times we need "action".

 

But my Son...as I learnt in my time;

Be careful how you act, opinions are very strong.

They shape whatever goes on in a circle.

Whenever you find yourself in a circle, please maximize your 'understanding'.

That is the only way you can align with others.

 

Bear in mind - Never be a coward.

Letter 6

 

 Dear Son...

 

Your questions about my past often excites me, and I really love your curiosity.

Now here is your answer: I took this picture exactly one year ago. Looking at it, it reminds of the words of a great man

 

- Leo Tolstoy.

He said "Patience is the epitome of strength. It takes fortitude to stand still, just as it is a sign of weakness or cowardice to move when you should not".

 

Dear Son, every warrior must know that bleeding is not negotiable but survival is a must;

Just as pain is inevitable but suffering a choice.

Remember these words always as you fight through life, be always aware that LIFE IS A WAR!

it is a war between the positive and the negative!

God be with you.

Letter 7

 

Dear Son...

 

This is an old picture of me reminding me of when I was young.

It also reminds me of what you're going through right now.

I sense from the way you speak and act most times, you've been sitting with some elders.

It is very good my son but always remember;

that you sit with them or hear all they say does not make you as wise as they are,

wait until you have applied them in your life and have had the same results as they have,

then if you are wise, your results will tell.

 

You see, God put us here for us to make it a meaningful place and to live as mortal men. To do that, we must go through lots of stages. The challenge is, we don't know how each stage looks like and we must have to go through them anyway. But following the steps of those who have completed their cycle, and juxtaposing them with the ones I'm seeing, I've found a profound truth; My son, money doesn't change people. It reveals them. And the humility of a poor man should never be trusted.

Letter 8

 

Dear Son...

 

I do not obey status quo very much. As a result, I'm misunderstood on a very large scale.

But that notwithstanding, I do not think I should stop thinking as I do. 
What if we all become fearless of circumstances?
What if we all stop being selfish?

 

What if we all accept each other