I am a Nigerian woman who’s lived here in America for over 45 years. I am a born-again Christian minister and am incredibly grateful for God’s Holy Spirit, who gives me guidance and brings about natural (and holy) responses in/through me these days. It’s a good thing He does because I clearly remember how different I was before getting born again.
I can recall how I operated with money. I was nice-ish, a bit charitable, and concerned mainly for the preservation of me and mine. The people I grew up around were similar; focused mostly on self-protection and not feeling any responsibility to be concerned for the needs of others. In fact, generosity was actually frowned upon as a weakness, and I did not want to seem weak.