Your Life, Your Choice

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So something happened some few weeks back that has refused to leave my mind and though I didn't want to talk about it at first, I guess I have to since someone might be able to leave a thing or two from it, also I've sort of been experiencing some writers block recently and need new contents.

A neighbor of mine who knew I'm involved in crypto trading had come to me to help set up his binance account. He had some cash with him that he wanted to invest in cryptocurrency to avoid lavishing the money on unnecessary stuff. Well I agreed to help but along he way, I realized that he didn't have the necessary documents to verify his account and due to Binance new verification rules, I told him it would be foolish to open an account where you literally can do nothing on it.

After explaining everything to him, he left only to come back later in the evening to ask me for a favor that surprised me. My neighbor had pleaded with me to please permit him to send the money to my Binance account instead and when he was done getting the necessary documents needed to verify his account, I will transfer it to him.

I was surprised because we both aren't that close friends and considering the amount of money he was talking about, I felt it was too much of a risk so I started recommending his friends that I knew were also crypto traders but what he said next surprised me more.

He said "No, I don't trust those guys, they might cheat me knowing fully well that I'm new to all of this."

When he left, I started to think, what made him think that I who was almost a complete stranger to him was to be trusted more than the people he sits and laughs with almost everyday and that was when I remembered what my dad use to say to us, he will say "In all you do, remember that there is someone somewhere watching, so don't bring shame to our family's name" and that was when I realized that my neighbor has been watching me and due to the fact that I've always tried to live a respectable life, he has seen a man he can trust in me and that was why he had the courage to leave such a huge amount of money with me.

It's been weeks now and though his documents was suppose to be ready by now, he encountered some problems during the whole document registration process and they are taking a little longer than usual so I still have his money sitting comfortably in my binance account. And the funny thing is he doesn't even ask me about it, it's as if his mind is at ease with where his money is that he's sure nothing bad would happen to it.

So in a nutshell, all I'm just trying to say is that we might think that no one is watching but there definitely is someone somewhere and though it's never a good idea to live our lives a particular way because we feel someone is watching so we're just trying to put up a show, I'm just saying that we should always have it at the back of our minds that most people will treat us based on what they perceive about us. No one would allow someone they feel is a criminal into their home even if that person isn't a criminal. But then again, you have to remember, your life, your choice.
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remember that there is someone somewhere watching,

This got me! One thing in this life is our every movement is being watched by someone somewhere without our notice.

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That's how it should be. But we get forced out by so many things.

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