Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week131: Dealing With An Ingrate
Hello steemians and fellow members of steem4nigeria community welcome to my blog, greetings to everyone. I'm here to share my views on this topic for this week. I want to thank @steem4nigeria for organizing this wonderful contest. this will give me the opportunity to express all that was kept inside of me concerning this topic. I love this topic. I just hope you enjoy reading my contribution.
In your own understanding, define who an ingrate is.
The word ingrate is ambiguous. However, in this context it is talking about ungratefulness, so in a very clear language I will say an ingrate is an ungrateful person. A person who's not grateful for what is given to them or what they literally own.
Have you ever dealt with one in the past? if yes, kindly share your experience.
Sincerely speaking you can't just please everyone. I remember years ago when one of my student messed with me. He literally wanted to learn how to draw like a pro. After seeking from friends who could be the best artist in the neighborhood, they finally brought him to me as the best in the neighborhood. I honestly trained him with all my experience and secrets. After so many years of learning he became a professional in the field.
Along the line he met another professional who was also good in the field. He left me and got affiliated to the new guy. However, that was not the issues. After a couple of months he started singing praises of his new found artist. I was bittered. I was forced to ask myself if the was the same person I singlehandedly trained? He never sang my glory. Is this how he behaves? If all my students acted this way then I wouldn't be open to training another person again. However, I still have students who appreciate me for who I am. And that tells me that an ingrate is always an ingrate. A lion will always be a lion even if you try to tame it. I stopped feeling bad because I had other students who respected and sang my praises.
What lessons did you learn from your experience with that ingrate?
That whatever you do you can't please everyone. I l learned that you shouldn't overplay your role in other people's lives because if anything negative happens to you they will still move on with their lives without you in the picture.
I also learned that you can never be a good person to everyone no matter how good you are. People will still complain that you're not flat enough for them to walk on your body even if you lie down for them to walk on your back. It's a phenomenon. However, that shouldn't stop you from being yourself. Keep doing the things that make you who you are.
Would you do good to others regardless in spite of your past experience with an ingrate?
My experience with one person who was ungrateful shouldn't stop me from being who I am. The ungrateful person is who he or she is, I can't let that determine how I treat other people. We still have good fellows out there and they won't be ungrateful too.
People will still be who they want to be. I won't let other people's attitude or character decides how I treat others whom I don't know who they truly are.
I like to use this opportunity to invite my friends just to participate in the contest.
They are :
@josepha
@thaizmaita
@mercybliss
@bossj23 and
@m-princess
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