Greetings!
This life is a mystery and at times, our decision in life can spur us into greatness and at times, it can drag us down, but one thing that's very important is our self belief which I believe if properly managed would help us to get to our destination in life. We should not be weary even if things are not going our way just because of our decision as one day that our decision that seems not working would surely pay off.
Having talked extensively on life and decisions, I would like to delve into the topic of the prompt before us in the Hive learners community which is all about, “Just being stubborn.”
One thing that I have got to know about life is that, there's some decision we have to take with stubbornness and this is because if such decision is not taking that way, we might be discouraged to taking such a decision and who knows, if such a decision would be the one decision to set us free from the bondage of life, now let's imagine if we just let go of that or such decision without taking it, it would mean that such a person destiny would be aborted.
One decision of mine that I so much love to have taken was that of me going to the university when my late mum would even prefer me going to the college of education just because she has a relative that has promised me admission after I had sat for post jamb exam and passed but not given admission on several occasions by my desired school of choice.
I could remember her trying to persuade me to choose the said college of education which I would not like to mention here, but because of my stubbornness, I told her NO and the next thing she would tell me was, “ Sam, you are too proud and stubborn.” However, I was not moved by his word as I insisted on going for what I think would best suit me and my future and after so many trials , I was admitted to study my desired course which is agricultural science and that's what I'm still doing till today and I'm proud of feeding the nation and at the same time fulfilling my dreams.
However, there's another decision of mine that out of my stubbornness had caused me my energy and capital. After I had ventured and invested in what I had passion for and was even doing well at it, a friend of mine introduced a foodstuff business to me and I saw it as a venture that's good and profitable, however, after this my friend had told me this, I decided to inform my father who happened to be my confidence and asked him if it's something I can venture into, but when he heard this, he asked me not to as he narrated his ordeals about the with me, but since I had already made up my mind, I shunned his advice out of my stubbornness of heart and ventured into the business and that's how I lost everything I had invested into the business and this is not just because of anything else but because I had no idea about the business, although it was very painful, but I learnt my lesson by the way.
So, being stubborn at times can be so dangerous and at times, it can pay off in the end, all we should know is that there are two ways to do it.
This is my entry to week 232, episode 02 of the weekly featured contest in the Hive learners community.
Thanks for reading.
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