All Waiting For You

I was walking past one of the halls of residence in a top Nigerian university and I heard a male student saying to his friends " When I go make am ehn, I go first go my village go build house there, buy motor for my papa make the man dey proud of me." Its not the first time I heard something like that and in fact I must have spoken in a similar way in times past. There's absolutely nothing wrong about having such aspirations to make your family proud of the man or woman you'll become. Its indeed a good way to start out.  By thinking you can get there alone makes you a good candidate for the journey of excellence ahead. But take note, fantasy alone won't take you there. And that's where the challenge is: What do you do to take yourself there?

What you must put in your mind is that people who live 'average' lives today had the same dreams when they were growing up, but somehow, they just found themselves where they are today. And the truth is this, you can't keep doing the same thing all over and expect a different result. You must break out of conventionality and do something differently.

And now, I think I should remind you that as a young person, and perhaps a student, people who have invested in you are waiting for you to bring returns. In fact, you'll desperately not know how much they need you to do until you finally make it.
In a parable of the servants Jesus told, the master entrusted his wealth to his servants without stating expressly that they should go into business and make more money and bring him returns. But that was what he expected from them by default!

So you should know that in every way someone invests in you, whether by aiding you financially, giving you their time, advice, tolerance and so on, they expect returns, or better still, they deserve returns. The world is waiting for you to make it. Your family anticipates that moment you'll be presented with an award of excellence whether in your academics or otherwise and then dedicate it to them. Many nations await your resounding financial exploits that you may give to them in their hard times. And I believe you wont let them all down.

So you see, you just can't sit down there doing the same thing others did all over again. You need to ignite your dream. And you know what? A plan becomes a goal when you take practical steps towards its accomplishment.

So whatever you do, dream big but the reality of the dream is in the steps you take after the dreaming.



                                                                    ~Mayowa Williams