MY SECRET DESIRE

Do you know that I cannot change some things about myself? As I was growing, my number one request then was always to change my height. I wanted to be tall at all cost. There was a time I wrote in my prayer request that I wanted to be tall like my parish pastor then. Year in, year out, I was expecting a miracle. I even went to back my request with bible verses like this “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”  Luke 2:52 (KJV) and this “And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men. 1 Sam 2:26 (KJV).”

When I looked back critically into those years, I would not blame myself for my request because, while I was growing, families and friends in my neighborhood almost frustrated me as if being short was a disease. As if it is my doing to be short. Statement like “iwo yi o fe ga ni!” (Interpreted like this: Don’t you want to get taller anymore!). Some went further to call me different names. Growing up was painful and getting taller became a dream!

Why am I saying this? I have grown up now to know that the most important feature of a man is not the height nor the physical features though they are equally important. The most essential part of a man is the part that is invisible to the eye, that part that determines his destiny, that part that though intangible yet control 99.9 % of his achievements in life. 

Little wonder did I realize that achievers are not related by their biological DNA sequences, rather, they are related by the state of their MIND.

Thomas Edison, the man that tried over 9000 ways before he could manufacture a light bulb said that “Genius is one per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration.”

What am I driving at? If I cannot change my height because I cannot change my DNA, if I cannot become white when am born black, if I cannot change my parent and their parenting, I can change my mind!

I can remodify it, knowing that my belief and cognition are influenced by my 5 senses. My eyes and my ears are important gateways to my mind. I will rather keep my mind than concentrate on things I cannot change.

I will wake up in the morning and tell myself I can do it. I will dream and be positive in life. If I believe, then will I be able to work towards what I believe I can achieve; better than seeing failure already when I have not tried. I will surround myself with people of like minds, even though others discourage me, I will not be discouraged, even though circumstances discourage me, yet will I not be discouraged. 

Who I am created to be cannot be taller than me. I am created to be who I can be. I am taller than those dreams, I am taller than those examinations, and I am taller than those aspirations. I am taller WITHIN and I will tell myself every day that He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world.

My conclusion will be that of Marshall Foch that said “I have but one merit that of never despairing.”

I am not done yet until am told to quit by the creator! Don’t know about you!