Totally,if ones not not even careful could end up with a bad sickness or health issues leading to death,all bustling and hustling wasted.
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5 hrs agoIn Nigeria, struggle has become a badge of honor. If you’re not constantly stressed, broke, or burning out, people assume you’re unserious. Somehow, suffering has been mistaken for virtue — as if pain automatically proves character.
From childhood, we’re taught that if it doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t count. Rest feels like laziness. Peace feels suspicious. We’ve grown up believing that the more we suffer, the more valid our success becomes.
That’s why people don’t just share their success stories — they dramatize their suffering: “I used to trek miles to school,” “I drank garri every day for five years.” These stories aren’t told to inspire — they’re told to prove worth. As if enduring pain is more important than the progress made.
So when someone finds a smarter path — maybe tech, content creation, or even privilege — the reaction is never admiration. It’s doubt. They’re judged, mocked, or labeled as frauds. Because in a culture addicted to pain, ease is suspicious.
The truth is: our culture praises endurance more than results. We clap harder for the person who struggled for 20 years than the one who found a way in five — even if the latter made more impact.
This mindset didn’t start by accident. Our broken system — with bad governance, unemployment, poor infrastructure — conditions us to see survival as an achievement. If you make it out, people call you a hero, not because you built anything… but because you didn’t die.
But let’s be clear: hard work is not the same as suffering. Yes, work hard. Yes, sacrifice. But don’t glorify pain for pain’s sake. There is no dignity in needless suffering
You don’t have to prove anything by struggling longer than others. You’re allowed to win early. You’re allowed to live soft. You’re allowed to rest.
If your dream demands that you destroy yourself to succeed, maybe you need a better dream.
— #MindOfLucky
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