Lost identity : Living under someone's shadow

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I was in a church service when the pastor was preaching, and he made a statement that many will understand in different ways.

If your parents are known and have achieved greatness, and someone refers to you as the son of that great person (i.e either your father or mother), that means you are useless.

This could be interpreted the way you understand it.

One could interpret it as him saying nonsense, and that for someone to refer to you as this person's son means you are recognised by the person, and your parent's legacy still stands.

The other could understand it according to what he was explaining.

He made that statement to encourage one to, find himself, work hard for himself, and make a name for himself as well.

So,that people can identify you for what you have worked hard to establish not seen in the shadow of other people's achievements.

He now talked about some people who depend solely on their parents' wealth without thinking about how to establish their own affairs.

I expanded my knowledge through the teaching to every aspect of life.

Most women feel reluctant to do something for themselves and depend solely on their husband's wealth.
They feel there is no need to establish something for themselves since the husband is there and provides everything.

When things suddenly go south, depression sets and might lead to death.

As long as one is alive and breathing, we need to do something for ourselves.
We need to contribute positively and impact income to society.
The drive for this makes one vibrant as well.

I watched a reality show "Real Housewives of lagos" that featured a lady who is well known in the society, but I didn't know of these things.
Because I never saw her that way, the companies she owns and the things she accomplished never gave me the opportunity to know her underlying factors.

I never knew she was a popular wealthy Nigerian musician, baby mama.

I smiled to myself when I later found out about that.
And I quickly related to what the pastor was preaching about.

I love the fact that she didn't cob herself to the baby's daddy wealth but also work hard for herself.

That's the kind of drive and lifestyle I love.

Most people don't do that,they just confine themselves in the comfort of someone's riches.

And when it's not yours, you won't make decisions nor work hard because your brain and thinking is altered, failing to function.

Which is totally a problem you might not see nor understand.

I draw the talk write-up curtain here.

As usual, I would really appreciate your input, opinions, and views on this.

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