SEE WHAT FEAR CAN DO: NEVER SAY NEVER MY FRIEND

The fact that you are a verified content creator on opera news hub is a great sign that dreams do come true. Your dream to be able to influence the lives of people positively through creative write-ups has just found expression and will continue to thrive as long as you continue to take advantage of the opportunities that each day presents and learn to avoid side attractions by keeping your eyes on the main attraction because, side attractions will definitely come and chief among which may be discouragement.

No doubt, the voyage to self discovery has upward and downward trends and requires a dogged resolve to stand firm amidst the quagmire, the tempest and the challenges of life. No one would go through life on the flowery beds of ease and maybe, you were born to wealth and fortune but you still had to pass through the normal stages of growth that everybody (low, average or high born) passes through. That is; sitting, crawling, standing, walking, and finally running. Nature didn’t excuse you from these processes and as such you have already experienced a tough time. Maybe, you went to school and constantly cried because, you were maltreated by your older classmates or even seniors (which is a tough time) but in all, you have sailed through all the hurdles and you are getting better and better as the day goes by. Thus, learn to celebrate every little success and always rejoice because your dream is finally materializing (coming alive).

Can I ask you a question? Do you know that in the course of following your dreams; you must meet opposition? There was a story told of the Israelites when they returned from Babylon to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem that had been destroyed by the King of Babylon. We were told that when they started the building project as spare headed by Nehemiah; they met opposition from Sanballat and Tobiah who were exceedingly grieved that Nehemiah had come to seek the welfare of the Israelites by rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. Nehemiah’s goal (dream) was to go help his people to build the wall of Jerusalem (which was a worthy course) but met opposition from these two men. This gives us a mental picture of what happens when a worthy course is being pursued or about to be birthed; that there will be people and things that would seek to stand in the way of your goal (vision). Sometimes, they are your friends, wife, children, parents, television, social media, etc. but what you just need to do is to identify your dream quenchers and deal with them per time. When I say “deal with them,” I don’t mean you should cut away totally from them (even though, it is sometimes necessary) but I mean you should learn to keep a distance or learn to seclude (isolate) yourself at critical times so that that goal may be advanced.  Believe me, you need times of solitude to meditate and check the progress of your vision (dream) and you cannot do this when the opposition is around.

I remember a personal story I experience which I want to share with you. While I was in secondary school, back in the days in my SS 2; I began learning gymnastics from a class mate by name “Emmanuel” and it wasn’t easy to be frank. There were people who came around to discourage me and say things like, “If I didn’t learn how to back flip while I was a child, I can never know it now that my bones have become stiff” but I ignored them and kept on learning. I never allowed their side attraction to sway me from the main attraction. Some came around and laughed and as a result, I became the talk of the school which gradually fizzled out because, they saw that I would not be persuaded. That term finished without much progress and I went for holiday. I immediately travelled to the village to help my grandmother on the farm; it was groundnut season and after I finished threshing the groundnut, I would try some activity on the peals. It is there that I discovered what had kept me from knowing how to back flip all the while and that was fear. I discovered that I could not hit my head on the ground even if I fall (because, this was one of the things I heard my distracters tell me: that I will hit my head on the ground and die instantly thus, fear crept in unawares).  Suddenly, with the unexpectedness of an explosion, I found myself doing some back flip and that was it. I remember doing the back flip at any available space I saw while going home; I must have done it a dozen times over before reaching home. I finally knew how to back flip and when I resumed, those that discouraged me were dumbfounded and it was from that day that I resolved that whatever I want to do or achieve; I would never allow anybody to limit me because, nobody can stop you but you. I proved that even in old age (when the bones have become stiff), someone can still learn how to back flip. My dear, you can do it and don’t allow anyone to tell you that you cannot. Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world thus, come out of your shell and face that fear today.

Talking about facing the fear; do you know that a simple dream like presenting a talk successfully before an audience can be very challenging? But if you can try it, you can do it and always remember to celebrate it (that is a reward for overcoming the stage fright and standing before an audience to present a speech successfully). If you don’t learn to celebrate little things, you may never have opportunity to celebrate big things: for if you are not faithful in that which is little, you will not also be faithful in that which is much. Thus, never despise the days of your little beginning and though your beginning be small; your latter end shall greatly increase. Always remember that the road to success in life always has discomforts, challenges, huddles, struggles, disappointments, etc. but if you don’t quit (cower in the face of opposition), there would always be hope at the end of the tunnel. Hence, life without problems and challenges is an illusion. Never give up and you will definitely smile in the end. May be, you are wondering where and how to start living your dream? Then, this is the way out: an idea acted upon is what breathes life into your dreams (vision). Therefore, act today.

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