Challenges in some situations and circumstances in life are sometimes inevitable, it possibly makes you willing and desperate to achieve that which you desire and on the contrary could also make one forfeit hope. It’s however ridiculous and contradicting that no one ever wishes to face challenges because it is viewed as a though time of one’s life. I urge people to dream big as I have learnt it is absolutely not a crime or an impossibility to dream. Always have that vision and goal which you aim to achieve in life. On every journey in life towards greatness, there are obstacles, barriers, mountains, call it anything, but what makes a successful journey at the end of the day is the ability to be able to see beyond that mountain and take the necessary steps to conquer it and move over to the other side. A friend approached me some time ago and was going through a difficult time of whether or not to partake in a scholarship competition at his school. He was not the determined, serious or motivated type to imagine how difficult it would be to persuade or convince him on the necessary steps to take and how important an opportunity like this can be. A life in the University had already begun for him at an early age studying Law. Basically he had concluded that he would not be able to partake in the recent scholarship event at his school and even if he does, will have no chance of winning. I was really moved by this opportunity because he is an individual who would passionately do something he is interested in but if not interested would simply not just be bothered about it. The topic of the scholarship article involved criminal offences and the law reform on it. I was very much aware that he had an extraordinary passion for this part of the law as he was always on the issue of why he finds it difficult to understand why some individuals are convicted and why in particular they commit those crimes, but the absurd part was that he never really believed in himself for once. The closing date for the final entry was fast approaching and he had already made up his mind about not making an entry. I went back to reflect on this great opportunity that my friend was about to throw away and I came up with a strategy. Growing up, I became more and more conscious of the path I had unknowingly created for myself and I began to see reasons why I wanted to be a mechanical engineer. At an early age I took interest in how the engine of a car works, the whole concept of it was really sophisticated to me and I wanted to have answers to my questions desperately. I addressed the scholarship competition as a mountain and that if he was able to see the goal that he could possibly achieve, that mountain would become his stepping stone because he would now be empowered with a greater zeal and passion to climb that mountain. Although it is not that easy but it’s much better to remain positive in such circumstances. This tactics goes for every situation or circumstance you find yourself as you run the race of life. I went ahead to narrate my dreams and goal in life to him, behold he was astonished that I had such great dreams and became more interested in giving the article writing an attempt. I had to make him understand that it does not actually hurt to attempt something whether great or not, this is because no one knows what the outcome would be. As Charles Kettering said it doesn’t matter if you try and try and try and fail, but what will matter is if you try and fail but fail to try again’. There really is no harm in trying as I have learnt personally that a person cannot be perfected without trials and of all the saddest words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these ‘it might have been’. Winston Church Hill nevertheless also said ‘I’ve never failed at anything in my life; I was simply given another opportunity to get it right. This whole illustration actually made my friend have a turn around and a change of heart concerning how to take opportunities when they come and not consider ever failing at it. He became more determined and focused on what he wanted to become in future and believed that this scholarship competition could be a stepping stone to his success in life. Consequently, he did plan for this article, made relevant researches, conducted significant and consistent surveys and then wrote the article. The result for this scholarship was released and my friend toped as the second best in his school. This news came to him as astonishment; he was very much excited and could not believe what in this world made him to ever doubt himself. He obviously had me to thank as he owed his determination and focus to my words of advice. I was really pleased to have impacted my friend in such a fantastic way because I always see myself as a very motivational person and thinking less of myself or believing I would never make it was never a thought that crossed my mind once. My strategy is to dream, plan, prioritize, take steps and be hopeful because the greatest failure in life is to doubt yourself and stop trying.
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Life As We Know It!!!!
'ONE OF THEM'.
This is a common phrase in life especially in this generation or century of ours. Although I know some people do happen to flare up when they are being told 'you are ow one of them', I also happen to have seen that others are very indifferent about the phrase. How about you?
Hmm the things we do. You never thought it would be this way right? Whatever situation or circumstance you find yourself presently in that you wish you had ever gotten into, how else did you think it was going to turn out. We are being corrupted by the world each day especially the society we live in. There are no feelings attached to what we do anymore which makes matters worse. It becomes a usual phenomenon but abnormal and unusual in the some human minds. We are being degraded to this level of insanity because there is a chance of us going wilder than our slightest imagination which then makes us the bad guys, a tag we dreaded very much and never wanted. So it’s majorly true, they can never be just friends, some things are just better left unsaid, some things are not even meant to happen, sometimes we need to take the road that has been deserted, sometimes we need to be alone in order to figure out and shape our lives and unfortunately these things don’t always work out because we are not in the movies, its reality. No one does care about it anyways, which makes us as guilty as the experts. No, I believe there is still a way out because I do not wish to be part of this mess that people have created for themselves. As much as we all hate to be cheated, we wouldn't want one to feel cheated because of us. Although, your mind is set but trust me this is not the way forward. We still have a conscience and life is what we make of it because shit will always happens and this can be avoided by excellent discernment.
There are something’s that can wait and some others that cannot wait. How ironic is it that we do those things that can wait in replacement of those that cannot wait. Life is just what we know not. I guess the problem lies not in what we see but how we see it. Gosh why do we actually do the things we do? Why is the human mind so crazy? It baffles me because we have no answer whatsoever for it and how pathetic could that be? You try hard not to embody the tag you always dreaded and then when it’s on you it then becomes hard to take off. How do you possibly exempt yourself from the crowd you forced yourself into, when everyone believes each other to be of the same feather. There is no dispute in the fact that majority of us are in need of the spirit of discernment...........So help us God.
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