If there is one thing that you should always wish against in this life, it is for you not to have anything to do with dream killers. This is a very important thing one should wish against. If possible, make it a daily prayer point, it is that serious.

You may wonder why I'm saying this. Well it's because some people are living in regrets today because they listened to the suggestions, contributions or advice of dream killers and as such couldn't pursue their dreams.
I am not saying that one shouldn't seek advice from people or even ask for their contributions in a matter, but be sure that such actions won't mar you.

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Dream killers are people who are out to discourage or talk you out of your ideas, from pursuing your dreams, carrying out your plans etc. They are always about negativity and won't believe that a good thing can actually come out of Nazareth. They are always quick to say;

Your idea or dream is so unrealistic, infact it can't work, so don't waste your time and resources pursuing it.

Or

Didn't you see that A, B or C did it and failed, so how do you think yours will be any different?.

They can even say that your dream is too risky, not sustainable, or even twist it to say that it's a selfish, and will not benefit anyone, or just anything to make you think otherwise.

One notable thing about these set of people is that they are full of pretence. They present themselves as agents of help while in actual fact, they are agents of doom, and out to run down your dreams. Sometimes they will even convince you to venture into other areas, business, skills, which at the long run will not augur well with you.

Dream killers can be found anywhere, and can be anybody - a family member, spouse, a friend, colleague, course mate church member, neighbor at home or at market, just about anyone.

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I was inspired to write this post due to something that happened sometime ago, I had gone to the Judiciary, High Court of Justice, Aba, around Pound road to see someone. While I was waiting for the person to come out, I told the driver that took me there that I loved how natural the environment is with all the trees planted there and they now serve as shades.. He said he liked it too but that it would have been much better if they had planted economic trees like fruit trees.

While we were talking, a man who came to pick something from his car joined in the conversation.

He said that he loves natural environment with trees, flowers and other plants and that years ago, one of his dreams was to own an *amazon forest where he will plant economic trees, crops, and other plants in his village. And his plan was to buy the plots of land close to their compound in the village for the venture.
So on one of the days he traveled to his hometown, he shared this idea with his elder brother, who was residing in the there but his elder brother discouraged him saying that it was not a good venture. His reasons were since he was staying far away in Lagos and working there too, it will be difficult for him to manage except he was planning to come back to the village and stay, including other reasons which he didn't divulge. He continued that after his discussion with the brother, he canceled the project and used the money he had mapped out for it to do another thing, which he didn't say. And that today, he's regretting ever sharing his idea with his brother and even listening to him.

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What he did after talking further showed that our discussion brought back memories which he might have been fighting to forget all these years;

he shook his head, sighed deeply, and quickly excused himself.

As he walked away, he was still shaking his head.

This is one too many of what a dream killer can do to someone. Although I felt empathy for him, I was also angry that he couldn't detect that his brother had no good intentions for him, a damned dream killer. Well I wouldn't blame him much, I guess he trusted him so much since he was the brother.

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But come to think of it, what on earth would have made the elder brother advise him against carrying out the project if not for jealousy and fear that he may end up being richer and influential than him because he has seen that the project will grow to the extent that the brother will become an employer of labor in the village. In his myopic mind, he forgot that this project will also benefit him as his brother might probably be in charge of it since he was staying in the village.

Or could it be that he thought his brother might ask for a portion of their father's lands, if any. But no, he was going to buy his own land so that was out of it.
All he was asking for was support from the brother and not money nor even a portion of their father's lands, but what did he get, misleading advice and discouraging words which has brought pain and regret to him.

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This is one of the reasons we shouldn't take in every advice, suggestion that comes our way hook, line and sinker. We should be able to think and look at them critically before making decisions, based on our inner prompting or what our spirit or mind tells us.

Just like we say here, "advice no be curse", but it can actually be a curse if it causes one pain and regret.

Dream killers are everywhere, be wary of them. Guard Your Dreams!

Thank you for reading...

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