When Opportunity Meets Preparation

The biblical David was a young, handsome and healthy man who was faithful in taking care of his father’s flocks. Although his elder brothers may have seen it as a menial job he used the opportunity to master a skill which went a long way to announce him. He kept on building capacity until a certain day he had the opportunity to go to the battle line to see his brothers. There he saw the giant called Goliath who challenged the Israelite army every morning and evening for 40 days to bring forth a person to fight him. He was confident that none of the Israelites could defeat him but unknown to him, David the son of Jesse had built capacity while taking care of his father’s animals.

Sometimes what we see as a disadvantage, menial job, or even as a waste of time if only we can look critically at that thing, we would see an opportunity in it. For instance, a story is told of a man who came to a community to sell shoes but on reaching there, he discovered that the people there didn’t wear shoes. He went back to were he came from without making any sales. But another man came there to sell shoes, when he saw everyone barefooted, he saw it as an opportunity to sell a lot of shoes to them there.

Going back to my point, David had killed many wild animals while taking care of his father’s animals. He had mastered that skill to the point that when he saw the giant, he knew within him that he could defeat him. There was strong confidence within him.

He took advantage of the opportunity, then he mastered his craft, so when the opportunity came for him to deliver the Israelite from their enemies, he was prepared to execute well.

Opportunities to learn different skills come to us many times but we fail to see it because they don’t present themselves the way we expect, like the biblical David, it is necessary to see/read in between the lines when opportunities present themselves before us. As a result when the time for us to execute what we have mastered comes, we would be prepared to execute correctly.

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To your innermost growth,

Antonza Calvin Karim

YOU ARE ENOUGH

 Talk to your self like you would to the person you love, life is not all about being gloomy and sad because people have ignored your amazing presence. You came into the world all alone, even if you came as two (twin) one came out before another. Why the sadness just because ordinary man refused to accept you the way you are, if people reject the original you it simply means they are fake and want you to end up in their class.., when they demand for the fake you simply tell them " Feel free to find your way out love, my life isn't an option " all that matters is your cute smile and not their attitude toward you! Cheer up your very self is much more enough to keep you moving. One thing remain sure and perfect, it's never vanity to love your beautiful self, when you practice self love it is called sanity! The first secret of true happiness still remain falling in love with one's self, you don't need anyone's permission to smile, you don't need anyone's presence to feel comfortable, your wonderful self is capable of getting that job done! Listen dear.., when you feel sad and gloomy you tend to talk to your self, please let the words you speak to your self be very positive and impacting because to every single word you say your intelligent mind is widely listening. Each time you feel rejected and ignored, walk to the mirror look carefully to the image on the mirror, smile as never before and look at the image once more and say " Rejection simply means I am more than ENOUGH " you get all it takes to be happy, you're the driver of your happiness and to any direction you face, it goes... Never stand for any who wants to take over your happiness stirring, don't give any room to keep you moody, the worst harm you can do to yourself is to hate hate yourself and allow strangers control your happiness, stop living to please people because doing so creates no change in you and no sense is found in such!

Live to plant a seed of happiness and smile so that those who will come visiting your garden someday will come for harvest and not hurting, living transformed and influenced. Always modify the love you have for yourself who have been through so much but still standing. Of a true time will come when the risk to remain tight the bud will be more painful than the risk it took to blossom, in this phase of life, remain calm, think twice, take yourself out and be happiness

Never chase people, never try fitting in, never try talking people into staying with you and never allow anyone's feeling over who you are hurt you, who you are is much more able to keep the ball rolling, build your self confidence, develop your self love, know your worth, yield not to side talks for they are steps to your greatness. You don't need to force any to know you're important.

Yourself love is enough

Your smiles counts

You are much more ENOUGH !!!

Let Your Light Shine

After formulating strategies, creating plans, spending sleepless nights and making decisions to do certain things, sometimes, they do not work as expected. But then, it’s necessary not to lose hope in such moments.

What is expected might not work out but the lessons learnt in such period are priceless.

The knowledge/experience obtained at such times is priceless.
Peradventure you keep trying and you eventually succeed with your plans, you can use the lessons learnt to encourage and inspire those that are passing through the same or similar tragedy.

But if you get frustrated and stop trying, you and those people whom you could have encouraged lose.

Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

You can become a ray of light to someone Today.

THE STEADFAST PURSUIT

 

Have you seen athletes run at any point in time? There is every reason for them to feel worn-out because they are using up energy but they don't stop, until they have crossed the finish line and until then, the race has not ended. 

Have you ever seen a tree growing? Let’s say, for an instance a mango tree. It doesn't stop growing being a seedling, but it keeps growing unto maturity – matured enough to produce its fruits in its season.

The system of life requires that you keep on moving, as long as the clock keeps ticking, it only stops when the battery is completely dead. So, when next you look at your watch, be reminded that you've got to keep moving. You have dreams you want to see come true for you, we all do. You have to be determined that even through the thick and thin you can still stand by to see that you achieve your dreams and you will not be discouraged.

Erstwhile, I decided to join some friends to jog every morning. The very first day i jogged with them, I stopped and walked like twice and continued till I got to the destination. It wasn't even a far distance, just about two kilometers but i was tired and panting like i jogged round the world, but that was more like a welcoming feeling of stretching my body. The second day, we went to another location which is a bit farther than the first, but guess what! I got tired and stopped half way, then I continued. 

On the third day, we got back to the first location of about two kilometers. Now guess what! I didn't have to stop half way and that was really amazing to me, as we usually call it an achievement. But it didn't stop there, every Fridays we go on a longer distance but this time I don't go beyond the distance I'm used to, I turn back and let them go the long distance. One day, I decided to follow but here is what I did, from the beginning, I saw the end. Okay, I'm not God, but this is what I mean, when we were about to start, I picture where we were going to stop, in my mind, I have gone beyond my limit. So, when I got to where I usually stop, I did assume it doesn't exist and I told myself – this is not my destination, so I kept on moving.

Now, the distance is twice the first and every time I see a particular landmark, I will tell myself – when I get there, I'm going to stop, but when I'm there, I don't stop. And that repeats itself again, with my hurting legs, dried throat, i keep moving because I am determined to get to my destination without having to fall from any distraction, because I am focused and until I get there I don't have to stop. You see that i started to win in my mind, I won the race in my mind and it was translated in the physical. Maybe what you need right now is to tell yourself you can do it. Sometimes when jogging, I get so tired but I really don't want to stop because the goal is not to stop. You know what I do? I keep saying and singing in my mind this phrase "you can do it" that is my motivation. Don’t wait for people to motivate you in achieving your own dreams.

"Be your number one fan." Like I said in one of my articles that, “you can't love your neighbor if you don't love you.” Determination can birth the result you want to see, I have seen this work for me. 

On a fateful day in my SS3, we had an assignment in further mathematics and I was so determined to pass this assignment and had to spend time studying. On the day we were to submit, I got to school and you know the usual, everyone was cross checking each other's work, and I found out my answer wasn't corresponding with the answers of the best guys but I didn't change it anyways. Guess what! When the result came out I was the only one who got it right. 

What happened? 

I was determined, I was sure, I was expectant of the result and I got. Do you have a life, does your life have a purpose, and are you determined to live it fully, are you even sure about it? Then, don't stop taking steps and you will see the result. When you are sure, then you will not be intimidated about others, they are only doing well because they found their place, you will also do well when you are fixed in your place.

Keep moving!