Directly or indirectly, the chess masters control our lives and everything we do, including the amount of food we eat and the air we breathe. I know someone is already thinking the chess masters are those in government. No, those in government are the bigger chess pieces like knight, king, and queen, their bosses are usually behind the scene. They dictate their movement.

Things would have been utopian, but injustice reigns supreme with people at the helm of affairs using different interpretations for the same rules, depending on who the culprit is. It appears some people have been touted to be above any law that is made.

We can arrogate power, subdue dissenting voices, crush oppositions, and oppress the powerless. However, if genuine peace is what we want in this world, we should be ready to shed blood, even if it requires ours, in order to maintain justice.

But guess what? You are still here. Breathing in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide. Still able to read this digest. Something in you is still alive.I am not a motivational writer, but the fact that you still have your life intact means that your fortune could change. Just one positive outcome, and all other things can fall in place. Will you rather give up?

The chance to publish my thoughts on a platform where no one will ever remove it, by a press of button to a few that genuinely care, is something that primarily drove my 2023 activities on here. What would you say is your motivation for your doggedness on Hive?

But guess what! We are still here, breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide. It means we are still alive. Perhaps if anyone had told us some years back that we will able to withstand the rigors that 2024 will bring, we would have called the person a liar.