My eyes gripped a scene
on the screen a while ago when I was watching a televised documentary. The documentary
was about African culture and that episode revealed pictures about African
rites somewhere in the western diaspora. The shot that brought my attention to
this concept was the coverage of a cemetery ground featured in the documentary.
I saw a sign post mounted beside the main entrance of the fenced graveyard and
on it was written “we were once like you; you will also be like us”.
On the spot I became
terrified as if the inscription was written by one of the inmates of those
immovable tombs and was reading it to me in voice saying “we were once like
you; you will also be like us”. It took me few hours to appreciate the
faultlessness of the statement after reality dawned on me. I agreed and
whispered to myself, “It is a fact”. One day soon to come, our fleshes will
also find resting spaces under one of those compacted stony frames although
that will never be our spirit’s home.
I agree will everyone
who believes and affirms “no condition is permanent”. With time, everything
will change.
“For everything that the future
holds, one thing is certain; it will not be the same”- Alan More
In everyone’s life, it
is certain that the future will never be the same! It will definitely change
whether positively or negatively!
Your assignment on
earth is just to envision the future to see its change as positive. A future
well-planned is always bright!
“The quality of persons’ life is in
direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen
field of endeavor”- Vince Lombardi.
As an aspiring
achiever, you have celebrated achievers who were once like you, young and
dreaming big. If you truly dream and stay committed to be a great achiever like
they were, you must first acknowledge this fact that they were once like you!
Once they were once like you, why won’t you also be like them one day? You can,
and will definitely be like them! You can graduate to that peak of excellence
even being more than they were! Always put this on your tongue and affirm it
every day!