#GETMOTIVATED With Johnspeak: Who Stole My Life?

There's the story of a man who had a very big mansion. Almost everything about him were either made or plated with gold or decked with diamonds, from his clothes to his cooking utensils. He'd a swimming pool that is as big as a typical Olympic pool. He also had his own football stadium alongside basketball, lawn tennis, volleyball and golf courts all in his compound. His maids were more than 300 who saw to the day to day activities of his 600 rooms mansion. His house was a relaxation center for presidents of nations, PMs, Kings and queens of great kingdoms, top chief executives, world billionaires, military generals, the world top celebrities etc.

He was an authority, and it was also reported that presidents of nations bowed to him in order to get financial assistance for themselves and their countries. His companies were well known all over the world and he also had his own army and police. The ground were he stepped on were highly revered. And above all about him, he was a giver who gave scholarships to millions of youths, financial aids to war torn countries, grants to business women and young entrepreneurs, and cars and private aircrafts to a lot of people.

I know you're already having a glimpse of who I'm writing about.
But on one fateful Saturday, while at his poolside with some of the world top celebrities to celebrate his birthday, he suddenly left them to his room to sleep. He woke up at about 4:00am the next day to discover that everything he'd worked and respected for were gone. His cars, mansion, companies, servants, guests everything Just disappeared. To shorten the story, he woke up with his mom and three younger siblings in a one room "face me, I face you" apartment. He was terrified. What happened? He asked. Who stole My life? He later got the greatest shock of his life when his mom told him that she just woke him up from a 5 hours sleep after he returned from his daily manual job. He'd been having this kind of dreams since he was a Lad but now he's 35 with nothing to prove. He's been dreaming all the while and had just woken up to the harsh reality of life where things doesn't come easily.

Have you forgotten those great dreams and ambitions you had as a child, those imaginary life you always wished you had? Dreams of achieving great feats in your early twenties and now you're 35 or 40 and you've found yourself asking who stole my life? This article isn't meant to mock anyone, God forbid I do that. But it's meant to make us understand that we can live whatever life we'd dreamt of but it requires us to sit up and move.

Those great dreams and ideas can still be achieved if only we'd take small steps for their achievement. Martin Luther King Jr. said "God created the world out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us." If it's part of God's plan and purpose for us, then we can achieve them. According to John Mason " You could be the light of the world, but no one will know unless the switch is turned on." And to turn on the switch requires action and not sit down and wish.
Action is the trigger of our dreams and ideas. It is good to dream, but it's better to wake up and pursue them the circumstances notwithstanding.

Let me end this article with some great words from one of the world's best, John Mason "One thing is certain: what isn't tried won't work."


Succeed You Must.

Johnspeak Uwangue is arguably Africa's fastest rising and most sought after Motivational speaker, Writer, Trainer, and Talentpreneur.

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