Keep showing up even when no one is clapping. Your future self is watching and will thank you for not quitting.

*She Built a House. Government Brought a Bulldozer.* She sold akara for 22 years to build 4 rooms in Ikorodu. Her plan was simple: tenants will pay, she will never beg to eat. A man in church sold her land. She paid installmentally. She built it block by block. Then one Tuesday, government came. Bulldozer. "This land was sold illegally. It's government land." Her papers were fake. In 3 hours, 22 years disappeared. Today she sleeps under the bridge in Ikeja. *Moral: It can always get worse.* We think we've seen the worst, but life can always dig deeper. So verify before you buy. Don't put your whole life in one building. And if you still have a roof today — be grateful.