YES, YOU CAN!
We
live in a world’s system where everyone, I mean everybody looks for the next
person to blame for the current happenings around them. A system where everyone
seem to assign the balm to the next neighbor or ‘men in authority’; a system where
almost nobody wants to take responsibility. The children blame the parents for
not providing enough food, money or quality education. The parents in turn
blame the children for not behaving well or performing up to their expectation.
The wives blame the husbands for not providing sufficient resources for the
family, whereas the husband blame the wives for not taking care of the ‘mess’
at home and being responsible for the ill behavior of their kids. Dear,
you can, you can clean up the mess.
A
man of God once said, “Your background
is not the reason why your back should remain on the ground”. We all blame
the government for virtually everything because you feel they are in charge;
correct, they may be physically in charge but you can spiritually in charge of
the affairs. Yes, the spiritual controls
the physical. Daniel in the Holy Scriptures was relevant throughout the
reign of four kings consecutively; none could rule effectively without
consulting the wisdom of Daniel. He was
in charge.
A
man who always complains about almost everything is a man who is mentally
useless and does not know whom he is. Even though money answers all things (Ecc.10:19),
money cannot solve everything. Yes, if not, Powerful kings would not seek for
the “how” to solve a problem and rich men would not die on the bed of the best
and most expensive hospitals in the world. Complains and much arguments about a
thing will not proffer solutions to issues but creative ideas and constructive
criticisms will. The whole world is in chaos and in desperate need of men with
solutions, not men with ‘fat’ bank accounts. The world has seen the rise and
fall of tall men, handsome and beautiful people, pretty and sexy ladies, huge
and muscular men; men with tons of degrees and professional certificates; yet
there is a serious quest for men with insight and solution to problems; Men who
are mentally, spiritually and intellectually in charge.
No
man is born empty, yes; you may be born naked but not empty. You may be born
small in size but does not mean you will remain small. Your parents may be
poor, doesn’t make you a ‘poor man’. Wise men will climb on the shoulders of
their fathers to attain great heights but fools will repeat the same things
their parents did and fall into the same mistake they made. Inside a very small
palm fruit is a very big palm tree; so inside that small you lies the potential
to change the world positively. People who became great are those who refuse to
remain failures but took the risk. You may not have been born great but you can
be made great. Your past may be dark and gloomy, but you create a bright future
for yourself today. What you do today determines how your future would look
like. “Your success lies in your daily routine”. You can create that
mental picture today; what you see is what you possess.
Inside
everyman (mind) is a nation. You create your world inside your mind’s drawing
board, before you can bring it into manifestation. Your “Image-Nation”- Imagination determines the outcome of your future
“nation”. What do you think? What do you imagine? What is your vision? You have
in you what you need to change your world. Yes, you can. You may not be
accountable for your birth place but you are absolutely responsible for your
placement in life. What you see is what you think (ponder on), what you think
is what you do (action), and what you do continually, determines what you will
become.
Until
you accept responsibility, your life will remain at the mercy of people and
circumstances. An old song goes thus:
Everybody says that anybody could do,
All the better things somebody
should do,
Everybody says that anybody should do,
Only good things that nobody
did;
For, I’m too busy, so I’ll tell everybody,
The work needs be done by somebody,
It could be done anybody,
But, nobody, nobody,
did…
Don’t be among the Everybody
that will wait for Anybody, but be the Somebody that would dare what Nobody
would do. Don’t blame Mum… Don’t blame Dad. Accept responsibility. Look
inwards; think deeply, there is something only you can do. Everyone was born to
solve a particular problem… ‘Your passion and the things you hate are a pointer
to what you are born to solve’ (Mike
Murdock). Believe in yourself. You can do it… Yes you can. The world awaits
you!
Elijah I. C
Discover Yourself
Youth Campaign (DYYC)
Restored Heart
Foundation
+234-7030226358
