Growing up as a kid, I always had this belief that it was easy to make money so long as you were hardworking, and I wouldn't mind spending a lot of money knowing fully well that I wasn't working for the morning someone else was, and it was their duty to give me any amount of money that I needed even without asking for it.

I had this sense of entitlement to be given an amount of money by any visiting family member, but now I know and I was wrong; I had been viewing things.

These perspectives naturally evolve with time; it's almost as though the more you become an adult with responsibilities to cater for, the more these perspectives will change without even noticing it.

Now I feel the pressure that I placed on others to give me something irrespective of their financial capabilities, and this makes me feel like I had been a burden on them even though they won't say that to me because of the love that they had for me.

• I will share key areas in which my perspective has changed.

Relationship

Yesterday we had a program in church where the youths were given a topic to deliberate and share their experiences on; the topic we had yesterday was relationships (how to make relationships, keep them, and avoid wrong relationships).

I have been an introverted person for parts of my life, hardly relating to people, and even if I did, I was only relating to a close circle.

To me, that was the right thing to do, keeping my distance to avoid troubles that come with relationships, but then when I observed it closely, I found out it was actually a dumb idea that has cost me so much without knowing.

No man is an island on his own; we need people to grow in every aspect of our lives and relationships.

That is what helps to build that relationship; relationships help us build trust, contacts, and connections.

One speaker said something that touched me; he said there are connections that relationships will get you that money can never get you, and these connections help us to develop different parts of our lives.

Realizing this late that we lean on each other to stand and progress in life, without which we might not be able to go places.

I have met so many people in my life, but my contact list looks so small that I felt so sorry for myself when I realized how much I had missed because I was thinking in the wrong perspective.

Health and self-care

The level at which I hardly paid attention to my health was so alarming at some point that I had to learn the hard way, watching my younger brother struggle with bacterial meningitis, an infection that almost took his life, affecting parts of his brain to the level where he couldn't speak.

Just looking at him on the bed made me realize how important my health is and how little practices would have saved him from the level of pain he went through.

Now he is recovering, and he can speak normally, but that has changed my perspective on how important my help is.

These experiences have caused a huge level of personal growth, and this has shaped my values and priorities.

This wouldn't have been possible without these life challenges, experiences, and new knowledge that I had picked up along the way. Change is constant, and I will advise my readers to learn to engage evolving perspectives.

"How has your perspective changed?"

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