The Diary Game:[6/8/2026]The Day I Confirmed That The World Can Be A Dangerous Place.

Hello my fellow steemians around the globe trust you're all good welcome to another episode of the Diary section with yours truly @jay9345 and today I will be sharing with you one my life lesson and experience.

It was sometime in 2023.

I had just secured a promising opportunity with some Turkish investors, so I decided to carry out some millet cultivation on Africa soil trials before writing a journal with my findings. That decision took me to a quiet village in Kogi State called Olichekpe.

While there, I met an elderly man who has sadly passed on. May his soul continue to rest in peace.

He was an amazing man.

After I had given his son a job on our farm, he became very fond of me. Without asking for a kobo, he gave me a piece of fertile land for my experiment. I measured out the portion I needed, and he simply smiled and said, "Use it."

The man was a respected traditional practitioner—what the Igbo people would call a Dibia.

One afternoon, he sent someone to call me urgently.

"Umoru, come and help me interpret English," he said. "I'm not too good with it."

I hurried over.

When I arrived, I saw two young ladies from Edo State. They were well dressed, beautiful, and looked educated.

The first thing that crossed my mind was:

"What brought these ladies all the way to this village?"

After exchanging greetings, one of them brought out a photograph.

It was the picture of another beautiful young lady.

Naturally, I asked,

"What's wrong with her? Is she sick?"

The two ladies looked at each other...

...and burst into laughter.

One of them looked straight at me and said,

"We want her dead."

For about twenty seconds...

I couldn't say a word.

I honestly thought I had misheard her.

Then she said,

"Bros, tell the old man wetin I talk."

I slowly turned to the elderly man and translated into Igala.

The old man looked at me in disbelief.

He asked me to find out why.

So I asked them.

The answer I got remains one of the most shocking things I've ever heard.

One of the ladies said,

"She collected my boyfriend. My guy no dey even look my side again. Abeg make una comot am for road make I see front."

I just stared at her.

No sickness.

No family dispute.

No money issue.

She simply wanted another human being dead because of a man.

The old man looked at me and said something in Igala that I will never forget.

"You see life? Learn from this. That girl whose picture they're holding is probably somewhere laughing with her friends right now, completely unaware that people are here planning her death."

Those words stayed with me.

After thinking for a while, the old man told them he would not kill anyone. Instead, if they insisted on spiritual help, he would only do something that would make the man lose interest in the relationship. His reason was simple: if he completely refused, they might leave and find someone else willing to carry out something far worse.

As I walked home that day, my mind was heavy.

That experience taught me a lesson I'll never forget:

Not everyone smiling with you wishes you well.

Some people carry dangerous envy behind beautiful faces.

Choose your friends carefully.

And if you're in a relationship, be wise and avoid situations that unnecessarily create conflict with others. No relationship is worth hatred or violence.

The world has many good people...

But it also has people who can go to unimaginable lengths over jealousy.

Stay vigilant. Stay prayerful. And never underestimate the power of envy.