Good evening Nairalanders and welcome to the beautiful month of August.

I was amongst the 2014 Batch B corpers who completed their service year on 2nd of July (exactly one month today). I served in Abuja.
Towards the tail-end of my service year, after my usual Friday CDS meeting, I was on my way to the house. I flagged down a taxi going my way. I had just N500 on me, and was deeply thinking what life will look for me that weekend with only the balance I was to get from the taxi guy. When I got to where I was to drop, I gave the young, ebony black, slim Hausa guy in his early 20s the only cash on me (N500). There were two other passengers on board the taxi.

To my generational surprise, the guy handed N900 (500+200+100+100) to me as my balance. I gave him back the entire money and alerted him that I was overpaid. He smiled at me faintly, collected the money from me, sent his hand towards the driver's door, brought it out and handed yet another N900 to me (500+200+200). I counted the money again and sensing that he may not be doing the repeated mistake with his sense of self-worth (common sense), I smiled at him, but this time, with a mild irritation! I gave him back N500 from the N900 he handed to me. I was now left with my due balance of N400 (200+200) since my route's fare was N100.

Lesson
There are a number of lessons from my encounter with this young driver. But one significant thing I learnt is that "Not everybody has the opportunity you have". That this guy didn't go through formal education (like I had the privilege to) was never enough reason for me to path away with his money.

On daily basis as I think, we encounter various opportunities that present themselves as veritable platforms for us to make a life worth living. What we choose to do with these opportunities is better left at the judgment of our consciences. I will stop with the Golden Rule which posits that "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them To Do To You"

if na 9mil nko

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Its a wise thing to do since some people are on this planet and sold their conscience to another planet. God will multiply for you over and over again.


INTROVERT: why do u always act in contrary to your moniker? From today onward, I declare you EXTROVERT..

chocolateme:
Its a wise thing to do since some people are on this planet and sold their conscience to another planet. God will multiply for you over and over again.


INTROVERT: why do u always act in contrary to your moniker? From today onward, I declare you EXTROVERT..

You did the right thing. The excess change is not even worth the regret

Baba 4get formal or informal edu.. D fact is d guy didnt knw d amount u gave 2 him! All this iya alata dem go sch abi..if u buy smtn worth of ₦85 nd u gv dem ₦1015 dem go gv u ur change complete without calculator

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INTROVERT:

kiss kiss dear muah!!

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