Ure Ukefi
2 min readApr 4, 2021

Inheritance: A head start?

As a first-generation looking to establish access to wealth without any inheritance to lean back on, the burden to break into seemingly unattainable grounds legitimately is enormous. In our part of the world, this is not talked about enough because some people prefer to discuss the idea of money. But I digress.
Biblically, Inheritance is a big deal which was why the daughters of Zelophehad asked for theirs in Numbers 27: 1 -4.
Wikipedia says Inheritance is the practice of passing on private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon an individual’s death.
For this writing, I will be eliminating debt.
An inheritance is a lifetime gift. It could sometimes mean that your welfare matters to someone who has passed on.
Inheritance could be treated as a seed and as a harvest. This will depend on what kind of financial values have been taught to beneficiaries.
Treat it as a seed, and it has the potential to be long term. Treat it as a harvest, and it will be a clean-cut "Maga don pay" situation.
I do not doubt that some inheritance could never be treated as a seed. Especially if the beneficiaries have little or nothing when it comes to earning or increasing wealth, an example of this will be teenagers in High school and college losing their parents in a crash and barely navigating life on their parents' pension for the first two years after the tragedy. That Inheritance is for survival. Not as a seed and not as a harvest.
However, as I said earlier, without an inheritance, navigating your way through life is a tedious burden that cannot be left to chance. You have to choose to be wealthy consistently. One day at a time.
There is no Knight in shining armour.
There is no white knight.
Monies will not rain like hailstones, and Strangers may not randomly "dash you N10m" from nowhere.
I do not doubt that miracles and breakthrough happens. I am a person of Faith. I BELIEVE GOD PROVIDES. I am convinced that, more often than not, the miracles are a ripple effect of how committed we may have been to people's needs and care or as a result of God showing us mercy after a long life of suffering. This may be explored in some other writing in the future.

But for today, I am reminding myself and someone out there that every choice matters.
I hope we both make the right one.

XOXO.

Ure Ukefi

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