Life is a Beautiful Thing Some
people Say,Life is Hard others Scream!,well who am I to shove one's view of
life down the drain, when its quite obvious every one experiences life in a
whole new different way, to one life is filled with a whole lot of
goodies,while to the other life is wicked,biased and not worth living.
Few weeks ago a Man Jumped
from the 8th floor of the Federal Secretariat Building in Port Harcourt,Rivers
State,Nigeria and Died, suicide we all may call it, though the cause of his
action is yet to be ascertained. When I got wind of this unusual event, in
shock I asked myself why will someone who is not disabled,someone who is healthy
decide to end his life in such manner. In sorrow I could hear a voice ask me
"Victor Can You Do This?"..and in a quick rush I answered "Hell
No! I can't"
I decided to write my Never
Give Up,Never Back Down post to save the next person who is thinking of committing
suicide,or thinking of giving up. www.freedictionary.com defines giving up as an
act of admitting defeat, yielding, surrendering and relinquishing
Why do we give up?,why do we
back down?. From life's stories told,movies seen I have come to understand that
people give up for different reasons, a quick question tho,before giving up did
you ask yourself "is this the best option for me right now, did I give
this my all?..well, I'll leave you to answer that.
Here's my story
I was in a terrible situation
some years back,where all hope was lost, having gained admission into a higher
institution after years of JAMBing n POST UMEing, started school only to be
told I couldn't continue because I was deficient in English Language, I was
stunned,shocked,battered,confused,frustrated in a nutshell i was Dead Literally. I
remember going to see my HOD one early morning, explained to him what I was going
through with hope he was going to heed to my cry and extend my result
presentation by a year and sign to that effect to enable me continue with my
studies,but I got a shocking reply from
him, he was like "Son your are still very young, go and write another jamb
and waec and comeback next year" I was astonished at his response, I went
home that morning confused, angry at life and in total sadness. I woke up the
next morning telling myself I will never write Jamb exam again because I saw
myself as a failure, I neva knew that was the worst thing I was doing
"seeing myself as a failure", I gave up. I drew a line, "University
Education" wasn't my thing. Now the Big Bang!, I got a Call from my Big Sister
Chioma Juliet (pinky) one morning and I told her what I have decided to do,she
wasn't happy with my decision,she spoke to me for a while listing why I needed
a University Education and all that,that I should give it one more try,I gave
her a cold answer,told her I was going to try again,and that was it. Few weeks
after her call I came across a Motivational Zig Zigler Book, which I read and discovered
calling myself a failure n giving up was the wrongest of all things to do, I
got to understand that Failure aint a person, failure is a step to achieving
that which I desire, to that effect I decided to pick up my shattered pieces
and try again,I decided to never say never, I called my Big Sis and told her I
was willing to try again,she was happy at my decision, I got a Jamb n WASSCE form,
went for my exams,wrote it amidst fears. Well to cut the long story short, I wrote
my exams and came out successful, out of over five thousand intending students who
sat for Computer Science Department Post UME exams for my school,I was the 8th
person on the merit Admission List. I was speechless, I remembered purchasing
my Form on the Final day of the form sales,I was successful and I was happy.
From my story I almost backed
down, gave up and threw in the towel, which would have been to my own detriment
but for the timely effort of My Family, Ziglar's book, Friends and my openness
to advice. I wasn't perfect but I knew I could make it, I surrounded myself
with the right people who didn't believe in backing down, and it paid off.
My Dearest Friend(s) Reading
this, my story may not be catchy to you but I expect it to give u a rethink
about life, you can't be successful if you fall and never stand up,you can't make
it if you don't try, you can't win the race if you aint in the race,never back
down,never give up, the right time to stop trying is never, life is about
running after your dream and never backing down or giving up,
To My Male Friends - a man
should never back down, a man should stand up to his beliefs or shut up, I believe
in falling and rising up again and not giving up
To the the ladies - Be that
strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that
fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl
who didn't need to rely on anyone but herself to make it, be that girl who
never backed down,that girl who never gave up.
A Big thanks to Pinky
(Chioma) My Family,Chris,Obie Onugha, Natasha, Zig Ziglar and all others who
were part of my success Story
NEVER GIVE UP,NEVER BACK DOWN
(To Be Continued)
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