BE NICE TO TYRANTS

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Be nice to everyone…everyone is fighting an unseen battle.

Here are some random stories to dispute this saying.

Throughout my stay in Aluu, we lived in a constant state of utopia. That's when I learned to play the guitar. We use to share food, watch movies together…you know? Euphoria shit. Then one of my neighbors started using my pam slippers because his own cut…for weeks this guy dey torture me. I even reasoned buying a new one for him just so I could use my pams whenever I wanted. So, I confronted him about it. I think he stopped for one day. Then the next day he took it till the next day. I got pissed and warned him to stop.
He didn’t stop.
Then one very hot day, he took my towel and spread it on the floor so he could lie on it…. I wish I was making this up. I met him lying on it and he gingered me…as in weitn dey worry me…

I did me as if I was in Big Brother house except nobody dey give me political appointment. Finally, his roommates talked to him and he got off my towel.

I should have stumped on his head thinking in retrospect. But instead, I did some passive-aggressive shit. I went to his room when he wasn't around and took all his shoes and locked them in my room.

After he vexed…he sha stopped messing with me.

That’s just one story of a tyrant that I had to deal with while being nice to everyone…

So let me fix the interpretation of that statement with a bible passage….

Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.

THE MEEK.

I read the Greek translation praus of meek by Aristotle,

The praus person, the meek person, is the one who feels anger on the right grounds, against the right person, in the right manner, at the right moment, for the right amount of time. Notice that he didn't say: A meek person never gets angry.

Another translation says the meek are >those who have swords, and know how to use them, but keep them sheathed,
Jordan Peterson (a Clinical psychologist)

said people should be able to know after the first 3 seconds of interacting with you that harassing you would be a very bad idea. Your Harmlessness and naivety masquerading as virtue is completely insufficient to protect you in the world

Al Capone always said,

asking politely with a gun in your hand is always better than just asking politely.

The Bible describes Moses as MEEK. Moses, the man who stood up to Pharaoh” reign of tyranny. The man who provoked flog that rock that year…

when people notice that they can take advantage of you… it's hard for them not to try, the only person that can stop them is you.

What I am trying to say is…be a good person in general. Be nice to people who aren’t bullies…but be meek to Pharaohs.



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