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A Nigerian man has shared the profound advice his father gave to a fellow man who was concerned that he has only daughters but no son.
The X user, Joseph Brendan@Joe_brendan_ said the concerned man expressed fears that his name would die after him since there was no son to carry on his legacy.
However, Joseph said his father told the man that the only person who can keep a man’s name alive is the man himself. He then explained how he can achieve it.
Read his full post below…
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“My dad was advising a man that was complaining about his wife not giving birth to a boy because the man said how will his name ‘survive’
“And my dad said something that made me go crazy with my goals
“He said, If you want your name to live and not die, make a name for yourself. your kids cannot keep your name alive.
“If you want your name to survive, give your name life by doing things that people will talk about when you die.
“He asked the guy ‘who remembers the kids of Abraham Lincoln or the kids of Thomas Edison or even Nnamdi Azikiwe?’ ‘Who even cares about the kids of anyone great in history?’ we don’t.
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“So if you want your name to not die, make a name for yourself by being a great person or else, your name will die when you die and there is nothing you can do about it.
“Every lineage comes to an end. But the great names in every dead lineage do not die. They outlive generations.”
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