Let Go
Imagine with me for a moment that the sun only sets in your climes while other places never experienced sunset. How would you feel? I am sure you would not be happy.
Imagine with me for a moment that the sun only sets in your climes while other places never experienced sunset. How would you feel? I am sure you would not be happy.
God uses the honesty of friends and loved ones to keep us on track, and great friends will never allow empty, ego-stroking compliments to keep you mediocre but will always in love, honestly show you how you can improve.
Everything you ever needed or will ever need is within you. Now, that does not mean you should sit back and say Que Sera, Sera …
I will begin with the conclusion to that question: no; however, to understand the No and make sure it is interpreted in its proper context, read the article to the end. There is no right age attached to the level of success and achievements you are aiming for.
If you have any task or assignment, never allow the vigour and gosh of ideas that come at that moment go to waste. Get right on the task and keep improving on it irrespective of the “so much” time you think you have.
Unlike plants in the real sense that has a calendar for annual yields, the harvest of life – good or bad – has no set timetable. Sometimes the harvest is quick other times it takes a long time but, do not be deceived harvest season will come and when it does come, I hope you planted the right seeds for the dividends you desire.
When you reach the next level of your goals or that which, you have defined for yourself as a success, remember that you were helped. You have been helped to help others.
Moving forward let’s have a better lens to look through things and with a heart of service and empathy make decisions that make Nigeria work for us all. It is time for our generation to experience the good old days where, with a Nigerian passport you are respected globally and no red flag comes up, where our educational curriculum and institutions can compete with global standards, where politicians are driven by a service mindset and the Nigeria dream of a nation where excellences is unparalleled is achieved.
Stop wasting time trading the things that are not important to you rather allocate this scarce resource in a way that gets you what you want. As Seneca once said: “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it”.
There is a stage beyond conception and staying in conception more than necessary will make your doubt yourself and your ideas to a point that you may shelve them thinking they are bad. It will never be good enough if you remain at conception.