Evil

You have had the word EVIL but maybe you do not know what it is all about. Now let me show you what EVIL looks like and what it is all about, and why is not good to be an EVIL person. Look at this picture, this is EVIL in the first degree. What this police officer did was not only EVIL, it was also brutal.

Seeing the life of a human being been squeezed out of him by a police officer’s knee on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds was systematic racism and it has brought to the forefront the ugly reality of racial injustice and inequalities in our society.

To see someone’s life in real time been taken from him with that kind of excruciating deliberation, the police officer looked at us (the camera), knew that he was been recorded and does not care, showed the kind of systematic racism we have in our society

The nonchalant attitude with which the police officer put his knee on the neck of George Floyd with his sunglass over his head, his hand on his pocket as if to say I do not care and was not afraid of been videotaped. Then when he played deaf to the sound of his suffering and cries, showed you the kind of systematic racism we have in our societies. He was not trying to hide what he was doing. If he was not afraid of what he was doing when videotaped, imagine how many people they have killed without videos. Do not get me wrong, some police officers are good people and they do their work diligently. However, the officer in that picture is just EVIL.

Then you have the police officer that shot a man who was running away with their Taser. If he was running away, why not shoot him in the legs to stop him from running instead of killing him. That is again systematic racism because the police officer thought that he would do that and get away with it. Some of the police officers do not care about black people's lives. If they care about black lives matter, do not shoot to kill the person.

We have seen some videos of police brutalities on black people before and many times the police officers get away with murder. The murder of George Floyd struck us differently and spark a worldwide protest and movement of black lives matter because the cruelty of the time was long and it happened in real time.

Also because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, people were at home and many distractions in our daily lives were removed, many people reflected on what happened and said enough is enough. Many people risk their lives in the middle of the pandemic to match and protest because of the systematic racism against black people for centuries.

We hope that the murder of George Floyd will dismantle the systematic racism against black people. If God created us equal, then listen to the black and poor people’s sufferings and cries, desperation, victims of many social inequalities in jobs, housing, health insurance, and lowest wage workers as shown by the disproportionate from the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, let us love and treat each other the way we should like to be treated, and then make this world a better place to live.

by Chibike I. Nwabude

Envy

                           

People love your neighbor as yourself but never use envy to the point that it is bad for your health.

Both jealousy and envy are natural emotions. When either of these emotions consumes you and you react unreasonably instead of consciously, then the emotions can lead to bad results. People do harmful things when in a jealous rage. They end important relationships with those they envy.

Envy is the tendency to perceive with displeasure the good of others while jealousy is the fear that something you have (be it a person or a possession) will be taken away from you by someone else. Envy gives you a bad attitude. Envy can bog you down with crippling negativity. It can turn someone who was once a go getter into someone who constantly complains and looks on the downside. It is not a positive emotion.

It is no fun to feel envy or jealous because both make you feel inadequate. Envy is when you want what someone else has and resent them for it. However, jealousy is when you are worried about someone trying to take what you have. If someone dates who you are dating you feel jealousy.

Envious people tend to feel hostile, resentful, angry and irritable.

Envy harms you.

Taking up your time.

Consuming your thoughts.

Ruining your personal and professional relationships.

Have bad effect on your personality.

Creating negativity.

Envy is caused by dissatisfaction with your self image, your perception of your actual stature. This dissatisfaction is also called low self-esteem, a poor self appraisal of your actual stature.

Envy might lead someone to avoid, dislike, and make others hate who they are envious of through lies, manipulation and deception.

Not all envies are created equal, while some envy leaves nothing but a bad aftertaste, others may inspire you to reach new heights of achievements. The right kind of envy can serve an important personal and social function, which can encourage someone to try harder in order to succeed. Instead of using envy as self destruction of yourself, use it in a positive way that encourages you to achieve higher stature.

by Chibike I. Nwabude

Kindness

Sometimes small, seemingly insignificant gestures can be defining moments that brighten someone else’s day. Daily acts of kindness can be as simple as greeting a stranger with a genuine “good morning” “Hello” or letting your close friends and family members know you love them. Benevolent actions may only take a minute of your time, but the impact of each deliberate act is tremendous. Every act of kindness you do sets an example for others around you and puts an entire community of giving in motion. A little compassion, a selfless act, or a few thoughtful words can propagate an engaging, generous, and kind-hearted community one random act of kindness at a time.

Let us make this world a better place to live. Treat each other the way we should like to be treated and with compassion. Bullying is cruelty.

by Chibike I. Nwabude