“The wealth of the
greedy ultimately goes to the community” (Ghanaian proverb)
Greed is a selfish or excessive desire for more than
what is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food or other
possessions.
Our ancestors believe that a greedy person does not
really recognise the imaginary line that differentiates between adequacy and
excess. Greedy people will always not be satisfied or contended with their
abundant resources until they foolishly lose everything they have earned or acquired.
As from today, always learn to control your selfish
or excessive desire to get fame, money, food and material possessions. Whenever
the passion becomes excessive, it becomes abnormal. Instead of disturbing
yourself by thinking how much you need more, think about those who don’t have anything;
think about those who are in debt. Appreciate your creator for what you have
now or for where you are now and try to help other people who are not yet
there. By helping others, you would eventually learn how to control yourself
from diving helplessly into the pool of greed.
Remember that at the end of your journey in life,
your name will not be engraved with hot chisel in the anal of history because
of the wealth, fame or property that you had greedily acquired but for the
people you have inspired, lifted, helped and directly influenced because of
your benevolent heart. May you not labour in vain.
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