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I approached them, knowing fully well that I'm good at conflict resolution, I calmly asked them for an audience and they gave me one. The younger lady said that she didn't see the woman coming when she shouted mad person, she said that to her friend that was already out of sight jokingly. The old woman swore that if she doesn't teach her a lesson, then she should take her name and give it to the dog in the street. 

I tried to settle the case but the older woman walked away without turning back. She repeatedly said she will teach the lady a lesson, that it was time. According to her, the lady got married and thought she has landed. Because her daughters, the same age as the lady are still single, she thinks she can now throw words at her anyhow. 

Just when I thought that the issue has long been buried and forgotten, I met another round of street fights. This time, it was the older woman and the lady's mother. The lady dîed while giving birth. Before her deàth, she kept complaining of attacks whenever she was alone in her room, it usually feels like an invincible person is pressing her tummy and she'd struggle to be free. When she finally gets free, it will look like a dream and she'd be weak for days. And the whole thing started after the fight she had with the woman. 

The last time she complained about the same thing to her husband, it was some days after her delivery date but she realized that her baby wasn't moving as a normal fetus would. Like the baby was deåd in the womb already. She went into forced labor and diéd in the process because she was too weak to even move her body and surgery was not considered.

The lady's mother accused the older woman of k!lling her daughter with w!tchcråft. But, she swóre that it was just mere words, she never meant it. 

Now, I've witnessed cases where people say what they don't mean and it happens, making them prime suspects. 

How would people believe it when she publicly threatened her life?

What are the things you say to people out of anger even when you don't mean it?

How do you respond to issues when you find yourself in a tight corner with someone?

9th February, 2023

© Victor Firedance

Be that as it may, in the event that you dread public talking, you could be getting yourself in a position for stagnation or limit on your work or in your vocation. Not knowing how to speak in a public gathering will lead you on a path of mediocrity.

The most ideal way to guarantee you utilize your public speaking abilities for your potential benefit is to get some margin for a check up. Whether you work with a mentor or make time all alone, you can utilize the accompanying fundamental guidelines to adjust your public speaking/expression abilities:

Illuminate

Plan

Convey

Sum up

Each of these activities will enable you to revamp your presentation abilities. Let us dig deep to see how each of these activities will assist you.

ILLUMINATE 

The main goal even at the start of your presentation is to illuminate your crowd. At the point when you illuminate your crowd, you "convey information to" them. Be sure about the information you are giving out to your crowd. They are there to hear you speak and possibly learn new things from you.

Figure out what you believe that your crowd should be familiar with with your message. Be certain to set up your message with these subtleties.

Structure your message in a coherent manner so your central message illuminate your crowd and impact them.

By planning, it permit you to investigate your topic of discussion and find out about your crowd.

The point on which you will talk expects that you accumulate realities, subtleties, data, and models. You will build your message with these realities, subtleties, data, and models with what your crowd should be aware, need to be aware, and how you maintain that they should manage your message after your show.

As well as exploring your subject, you will get your work done to dive more deeply into your crowd. Having a thought regarding individuals with whom you will share your message will assist you with get-together the suitable realities, subtleties, data, and models. Finding out about your crowd assists you with building affinity and set up the fitting message that will impact them.

A last motivation to get ready is to support your certainty. At the point when you genuinely believe in your subject and subtleties of your message, you increment the possibilities of a sure conveyance.

Certainty is required when you convey your presentation. Meaning, when you get before your crowd to talk your message, you maintain that your nerves should be controlled and your capacities to sparkle.

This will happen in light of the fact that you arranged your message with the particular reason to illuminate your crowd.

This will likewise happen in light of the fact that you arranged your message to be aware to whom you are talking and about the thing you are talking about.

Permit your arrangement to elevate your certainty so you can convey your message easily.

SUM UP

Make certain to recap your directive for your crowd. Help them to remember the central issues or the main points you educated them about in your message. Contingent on how long you talk, your recap will be a decent sign of the central issues you maintain that your crowd should keep in mind long after you're done with your presentation.

Also, your recap will act as reiteration for your message. It's been said that reiteration sires maintenance. Meaning, a recap of your message assists your crowd with holding and recall the significance of your message.

Sum up the central issues of your message to finish your presentation.

These are four (4) essential standards you can observe to adjust your presentation abilities. Be mindful so as not to permit your presentation abilities to turn into a hindrance to you on your work or in your vocation. All things considered, utilize your presentation abilities as a venturing stone for your work and profession that have potential to open doors.

Whilst you invest the time required to revamp your presentation abilities, you will be rest assured that you won't be kept away from opportunities in your chosen field or profession that you actually merit.

     How do I got to know about this? my parents left the country after my secondary school and due to my versa had been delayed,I was asked to spend sometime at my Aunty's place, if I can't keep up staying alone at home. I made up my mind to stay with my aunty until my own versa is ready. She lives in a big mansion all by herself,Just down our estate. She would be wedding soon as she had made everyone believe.

      The very first night I came in, around 1:35am, I heard her pounding with a pestle up in her room. I over looked it saying it's her house, I mean she's free to do her thing anytime she wishes. But this trend continues every three days. I summoned courage and asked her about it. She jokingly told me am not ready to Know and it's nothing to worry about and that,if I should want to know,that she pounds her fertility shru which she takes every three days. I got a great relief from her answer and blamed my self for worrying about it.

      On one of the days during my exclusive Clean up,I found out that she had a secret door in her room. It's not just the normal type you see ,but you would have to push the wall to discover. Finding out wasn't that easy,but due to my dad is a professional architecture, I had a little knowledge of it. I searched through the room for the key,was almost giving up when I found it. I inserted the key into the door and pushed through. In there was a gas cooker,a pot,a bowl full of pieces of papers and her mortar and pestle.But I can't find her said shrubs . It now occurred to me that it was more serious than I thought. I sought for a means to see what she uses all this stuff for but concluded to implant a camera.

       When the results came out,my eyes can't behold her diabolic act. My aunty undresses herself once it is 8pm,walks round the room murmuring words that are not understandable to humans. No wonder her room has sound proofs . Once it is 1:35 am,she brings out the mortar and pestle, disposing all the pieces of paper containing names of people into it, and begins the pounding.

I was so desperate to leave in a big mansion but this one in particular, I was never a part of it and never budgeted for the outcome. If I had known, I wouldn't have pressured my husband to get one so soon. I Know I was really pressing hard on him due to the fact,the money was there. It's just a year and do you know? It's just as if ,I have been living in my wildest dreams. I know my background isn't churchy,but to this,my family and villagers cannot relate to this. It's now my house,is either I take over or I abandon it. My husband had been tricked into buying this popular hunted house but thanks to fate I belong to somewhere. I wish he was around, other than buying a hunted house, without discussing it with me and living the country to hustle for the kids. Am so sure, that he would have a taste of the the repercussions.

       I don't know how this spirit works but it seems there come around whenever my kids are all gone to school and am the only one at home. They knew they can't torment me but there carry out activities that spites me up. Just imagine, two weeks ago after I had finished cooking, this little spirit of sacred order, carried my pot all the way into the toilet. Not just that the pot was displaced,there turned on my gas . I hard warned them to keep off , instead, it seemed like I have given hem more energy to carry on. My kids are back for the terms vacation. There had begun to notice this strange activities. Evidence my last daughter asked, Mom, while we're you singing baby songs last night, I had to cover up before my kids start feeling unsafe. This little brats are loosing it all. I endured waited for my kids to travel back to school,so I could deal with this once and for all. It's either I use my powers or the fifth cycle of spells. I summoned my fellow colleagues including one off the regional heads. There would be holding a merry vacation in my place,and this is the only opportunity I have to deal with those brats. There time is up and I had to do something before I become ruined.

    Who knew that the mantle would rest on me. Am now the " The ordained African queen of coast", the controller of the seven great rivers. My powers have been multiplied. The power to bound and rebound. Using the fifth cycle of spells,is a waist of time and spells. A strand of my power can handle this. They have arrived as usual with there ignorance ,my tell tale signals is now at a high frequency. I won't let them go freely,this time around,there will depart and never to come back ,I thought to myself. I rushed to my kitchen,lighted my gas and dropped my biggest frying pan. Emptied my 10 litres of oil into it. Invited them to the kitchen and renewed there flesh. Involking them into the hot oil bath wasn't a big deal. I really enjoyed the scenes of pleading

      After a month we parked into this street,my mom had this friend of hers that's always comes around. She was the one that did the agent work for our apartment and also the one that helped us getting the kiosk downstairs. She had the ladies gist and I don't like leaving the house anytime she comes around. I don't really know how to stop eaves dropping but I think this particular woman strengthened that habit in me. One thing I really love about her is the dramatic expression that comes along with her story.

      I remember the story she once told my mom about the woman that once lived in our street before she died. Every one believed she's mad but she wasn't. she would work up and down the street in a quiet manner, speaking into her stomach at specific hours. Due to her condition, people would dad her money,but instead of using the money,she would dump them in a big bowl filled with fowl. Sometimes she seems to become a seer and that was the main reason she was respected so much. But the actual truth was discovered after she died.she couldn't met up with the rituals,she died because she unable to complete the last one. The night she died the whole street couldn't sleep,it was from one weird sound to another coming from her own apartment. Every one prayed had for morning to come but by then,her corpse has been mysteriously stolen. It was. now discovered, from her room , that she belongs to a high class confraternity.

         Anytime I remember this story, our neighbor is the next that comes to my head. She always acts like she's insane but I know she's intentional about this stuffs. she would mutter words and sing songs that are not understandable to us that live around and yet, my parents never takes this things serious,their reason being that, Nigerian has many ethnic groups therefore she might come from one of the weird ones. I knew she belonged but I won't rest till I Know her mission. Not like am making up stories,but I think I saw her bathing outside around After one .I wanted to call my parents but decided to hold my piece. I don't want a situation where my parents would believe am turning into a mini market woman but deep down,I don't really care about what there will believe

       I've overheard Samuel and friends, the day ,that his friend was hosting them with stories. From there, I learnt his father was a member of the ancient mystic kingdom and also operates in realms other than the physical. I Know where my dad keeps his books of mystic orders. My father can invoke all kinds of spirit, ranging from earth Messengers, to the earth tormentors, down to the protector of treasures ,and also dead humans. I have actually seen him perform this, and no one can convince me less about this things. The very one I actually experienced while at home was that of a troublesome dead man. Our house was really disarranged by him. This particular man, my dad had actually refused to do the job of invoking his spirit, but after all pleading and promises attached to it , my father accepted the offer. My father don't like us been at home to experience such,but he taught I had earlier left for the match. After a six rounds of chanting the recitation, it took the man a bit time to arrive. After he had answered all the questions on the main reason he was summoned,he shattered all our glass windows before leaving. It was very terrible. Am used to this stuffs because, I've secretly monitored my dad do it, I've mastered the hours of recitation and I believe ,me too can summon a messenger.

        I Know of a particular verse you can recite at 3am,and the messenger of wealth will appear to us. The day my dad summoned him, he came with two full bags of money. If we can actually team up and do this,we might turn out to be rich and actually the big boys of our set. You guys should not worry about it, I Know this would work out,it's tested and trusted and my father won't find out about this. 

    Samuel would not listen to me or anything I have to say,his mind is already made up. I've tried all I could to stop ,but it didn't just work out . I can see him already gathering his belongings for the sleepover. I had to stop troubling him, Once beaten,twice shine,My English scholars would say. I believe have seen a lot in this life more than my elder brother. I have been opportune to attend a school where mystical cult groups exit and still in it. You don't try out there stuffs anyhow cause it works, and sometimes it's not favourable to first timers both spiritually and emotionally