One of man's greatest needs is the need for clothing, shelter etc and these things can be achieved with this mouth watering cash price. Even though the scripture says money "answereth" all things, there is still a long list of things I won't do if I'm offered a million dollars and they are explained below.

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Join a cult
If I'm offered a million dollars, I won't join a cult. I cannot risk selling my soul to the devil in exchange for a huge amount of money when I won't even have peace of mind. I want to be able to sleep well, walk without looking over my shoulder, move around and not be the reason for whispers, stretch my hands to a lovely little child and not have the mother turn her away from me, be a symbol of respect and not terror. So please! Take your million dollar and leave me in peace.

Sleep with a man for such an amount.
I've been in situations where I've needed money and I've asked for help but people who were supposed to be my friends gave me insane options inorder to get helped by them. Well, I learned and I moved on. It's now a principle for me that if I really need money and the only criteria to get it is to sleep with a man, I'll decline. Even if it's a million dollar.

Sell my academic certificate.
Nigerian universities are no playgrounds. I know just how much I've suffered in this academic pursuit so if I finally make it out of here with a great result which I know I will, I won't exchange it for a million dollars. The greatest satisfaction I can receive is my certificate. It's gold to me. Yes, a million dollars can do a lot for me but I want to be looking at my certificate. I want to teach the younger ones to study because I did. I want to show them the evidence of the stress I went through. I want to tell them about the days I had nowhere to sleep and no food to eat. I want to tell my story and have my reward to show for it. That certificate is worth more than a million dollars, I wouldn't add a price tag to it.

Sign a contract I don't fully understand.
This world is not a funny place at all. If I'm given a million dollars, it won't be a reason enough to sign a contract that I don't understand. What if there are demands I won't be able to meet? Please, allow me to review the contract with five other lawyers of mine before signing.

Poison someone
I cannot afford to kill anyone. I can't! Together with your million dollars, please go and poison the person yourself. I won't kill anyone for a good amount of money. I'll loose my sanity. What if the person's ghost haunts me in the dream? In the middle of the road, at my office? While in an examination hall? Please! I don't like rough play. Money is sweet, I want this money but if it will take away my peace of mind, please take it. Let me be here with my 2HBD. Life is just once!

And yeah, this is just a prompt so I'm really hoping that if we're given a million dollars we won't compromise our standards which we've written about for it. Blessed day y'all!

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