HELP UNSEEN

I'm not very good with emotions, and if I'm to be sincere I hate it when I have to become emotional. I usually have a strong suit that shields my emotions, however there are rare occasions when people tend to bypass those shields and when they do, I find myself moving heaven and earth for them not minding who they are. I usually render help as a form of responsibility and giving a little from what God has blessed me with, however there are times when it becomes an obligation that weighs down on my ego and forces me to pull off every string within my disposal just to see a need met. This doesn't happen all the time, maybe once in two or three years, but whenever it happens I feel fulfilled.

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I'm not saying I do not render help, I do it in whatever way I can, but the help I'm talking about is the one that inconveniences me so bad that I take it as important as a job I'm being paid to do. On a normal day I would only help within my power, but on rare occasions like this, I go more than the extra mile which makes me wonder what made me pull off such stunts as though I was instigated by forces unseen. In Fact the first time I tried such a thing, my mother was shocked as I was still living with my parents then, knowing how disciplined I could be with my finances and spending. One thing I hate doing is eating tomorrow's money today without a plan of how to survive tomorrow. If I got no plans, I stay put and let the storm pass and no one can pressure me into doing otherwise.

The last time I did this was in one of the online classes I taught, after the whole thing one of my students who happened to be a very young lady but had just given birth messaged me and asked if I could help her in anyway, according to her, she wasn't even asking for money for herself but for her baby who had not eaten since morning. I had to call her to make sure she was the one who sent the message and then I heard the baby crying non stop in the background. My heart immediately skipped knowing she's a single mother with no help from anywhere. I was not having any money on me at that moment, but I felt obligated to do something ASAP.

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I imagined that being my child, how would I turn a blind eye on this. She's a breastfeeding mother that had not eaten in two days and now there's nothing for the baby to eat. I started calling everyone I knew to send me money, including people I hardly talk to. I was able to raise a good amount of money for her and the baby and afterwards felt fulfilled that I had done something good. I wasn't expecting anything from her at the end of the day, but the fulfillment I felt after the whole thing was more than what money could buy.

THIS IS MY RESPONSE TO HIVE NAIJA'S PROMPT FOR THE WEEK