There are times that it may look like nature is against you and every effort you make may seem futile and you may even think that nothing is working for you, but the truth is that you should not give up. More often than not, when things seem so difficult, it is only an indication that you are already at the edge of your breakthrough. Tough and difficult times do not always last, so keep going.
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When you are enroute to your destination, the presence of traffic should not deter you from proceeding, it should only strengthen your resolution to get to the destination.
One of the things to know is that the presence of the darkness of the night does not remove the possibility of the dawn of a new day. As a matter of fact, the darker the night has become, the closer the morning will be. If you will not quit during the nighttime, then you will witness the glorious morning. Life is worth living and you should not give up on it, irrespective of what is happening. The truth is that you may not be able to determine the events of life, but you have a choice of how to respond to them.
During the last Champions League tournament, I discovered something adorable about tenacity. When the league started, a lot of teams were just playing slightly above average, of course there was still a very long way down the line. However, when it got to the knockout stage, you could see determination and resilience. When it got to the finals, the opposition from each side was so massive that you could literally feel them playing out their hearts. The height of the opposition was during the final moments of the tournament. This is because the trophy was already in view and many things were at stake.
When I applied this to other aspects of life, I discovered that, just as the Champions League finals, in life, the stronger the opposition that you are facing, the closer you are to your "catch-up" moment. This is why you do not need to recede on your attempts towards your dreams. It might just be the last step that you will take that will bring the long-awaited glory that you desire. It is worthy to note that if you give up in the last minute, your whole efforts will be futile. In a marathon race, maybe the one that requires the competitors to run around the field 10 times, if you run around 9 times and give up, even if you were leading in those 9 times, you will not receive the prize. Of course, you need to complete the race to receive the prize.
When life brings at you the reason why you need to quit, then respond by showing it countless reasons why you should continue. You should note that life will not deliver any good thing to you simply because you desire it, but because you are determined to get it and will not give up until you have gotten it. However, one thing to know is that in order to face the opposition that will come to challenge you, you have to build up yourself and your capacity, and continously do so, so as to be able to challenge the opposition. A lot of people crack at the sight of opposition, not because it was too difficult, but because they were not prepared for it. You have to stay prepared and anticipate challenges, so that it will not sweep you off your feet. There is an adage by the Igbo tribe of Southeastern part of Nigeria that says:
Mbelede k'aji amara Dike.
Which simply means that a true warlord is only determined in the event of emergency.
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I remember when I was much younger, I decided to learn how to ride the bicycle on my own because I was able to lay my hands on a bicycle. At the first time of attempting to ride it, I fell off the bicycle and bruised my leg. I almost felt discouraged about bicycles but I talked to a friend of mine that was a good rider. He simply encouraged me by explaining to me that I fell off because I stopped moving. So I came to understand that in order to maintain balance, I would need to be going. When I grew up, I tried to appropriate those words to the issues of life and I also arrived at the same conclusion: in life, to avoid falling off, then you should keep going irrespective of how rough the issues of life become.
How good you sail through the billows of life is a result of how you have built up yourself to withstand the billows. A good sailor is tested by the waves of the sea. So each time you have the opportunity to acquire knowledge, learn new skills, improve on yourself, update your ability, etc, you have to see it as the things that are necessary to keep surviving through the heavy demands of the world.
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