09/04/2024
3 Major Things You Should Never Borrow to Do:
1. Burial: I honestly do not understand why the living should go as far as borrowing or selling off their properties just to raise enough money to give the dead a loud burial.
At the burials of some people who suffered hunger and hardship until they died, their families slaughter fat cows, rent tens of canopies, invite breweries, and feed a community.
All these show, for me, is just for the ego of the living, not for the peace of the dead. We waste so much where it’s highly unnecessary.
2. Weddings: A lot of people have messaged me soliciting for monetary assistance for their weddings. I don’t think twice before declining and advising them to have weddings they can effortlessly afford.
Weddings, without the self-imposed pressures to impress outsiders, are one of the cheapest things to do.
I have seen a man who sold the only piece of land he has just to have a big wedding. I have seen others who struggled to pay the monies they borrowed to throw wedding talk-of-the-town parties.
No sane couple should put themselves under such unnecessary pressure just to impress people who would still go home not satisfied.
Do a little wedding, go home and have your peace. Don’t go about adding strangers to your committee of friends just because you want to raise enough money to feed another set of strangers.
3: Car: I know a lot of people who mortgaged the only assets they have for a loan to buy luxury cars just because they want to feel among.
By day they feel like a king, by night, they can’t sleep because of the amount of monies they owe people. Borrowing to service your liabilities and debts like Uganda. That’s f00lishness.
Instead of living above your means, live below it. Don’t die struggling to impress people who will not hesitate to march on your head and move on when you are down.