When it comes to some basic things that can increase and help us, it tends to be scarce. Some find it, some don’t. A lot of us must struggle to survive otherwise there will be increases in sickness and deaths. It’s just sad to hear people say that they are hungry; no food to eat, no clothes to wear, no roof over their heads etc. There is a lot of hardship around us, and it gets harder and harder. There seems to be an ongoing war around us which makes us reflect on why we are still here, on this earth; it’s a struggle, it’s a disaster.
A significant number of rich people do not understand what the less privileged go through. The less privileged don’t just cry out for hunger, they cry out for a breakthrough. Their “houses” are merely pieces of cloth covering their heads, they live on the streets with no security, no provisions; sometimes fortunate enough to find uncompleted buildings where they go to find rest. Alas what happens then? Robbery and rape, women are forced out of their will to the unbearable and unthinkable demands of men hungry for the flesh. Would you blame the ladies when they get pregnant or resort to prostitution? Would you blame the men who have no choice but to become robbers, hired assassins, cultists, rapists, thugs, and all sorts just to survive?
Some men can’t beat the hustle, so they join the bad gangs, become yahoo-boys, use their loved ones for rituals to live and not die. At best these folks eat just one “meal” a day, and only God knows the type of food they eat – maybe uncooked, undercooked, food prepared from unhygienic means – it’s an understatement. It’s sacrilege to go to bed hungry. Parents sends their kids to go and sell anything on the streets, they hawk on the street from morning till night to make sure they go back with some money. If not, they stay hungry, get beaten up, or sleep outside and terrible things happens to them. The simplest things like food, clothes, education are not being provided because of the way life has turned out to be.
Those working in a well-organized companies are also complaining about how low their standard of living is. So many complaints here and there, the level of survival now is low. They live in places riddled with bad roads, no electricity, no security, no hope for tomorrow, no proper education systems, no jobs, no money. Nothing! How does one cope in such an environment?
It’s the things that don’t matter that people spend and waste money on. It’s good to live large, but some people – indeed a lot of them are out there – are simply trying to feed. It’s choking, it’s a struggle out there. Some lose their minds, go crazy, drawn to drugs and alcohol just to take some pain away; drawn to suicides because they can’t bear it anymore. Swindling and 4-1-9 is the order of the day. No one cares anymore how you survive; it’s your business. Fathers and mothers, uncle and aunties sell their kids, their beautiful bodies for food, for the clothes to wear. They are forced to do and allow their kids to do unspeakable things not caring if mentally, socially, spiritually, economically, they remain scarred for life. All they know is that they must eat!
Its crazy (laughing), it’s nonsense to do this. Hearts are broken at an early stage. Forces early marriage happen because the man has money; young boys have sugar mummies because the women can pay their bills and can provide everything they need. The tears flow but no one wants to see it anymore. No one cares about your pain and struggle. The word is “GO OUT THERE AND BRING ME MONEY”! Survival is of the day. Futures are brought to an end because of so many impossibilities. Dreams are tarnished, light turned to darkness, happiness turned to gloom.
I AM HUNGRY. We need to live and live healthy lives. We need a solution to the basic needs of the people. Let’s try and help the people we can help. Love others. Let’s pray for a blessing to those trying to just survive. No one knows tomorrow. I pray we all survive.
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