When just waiting is not good enough

     John B. Gough said “if you want to succeed in the world, you must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time coming.” Its a pity that a lot of people just sit down and wait for something great to happen to them. They believe in luck/fortune/chance. Well, I don’t believe in all that! Such individuals will probably wait for a lifetime. Thomas Edison once mentioned that “Most people believe that they’ll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually they’ve got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.” Life is not a fairy tale where you just make a wish and some fairy comes and makes your dreams come true.

     Hardwork is a key to the achievement of your goals. Many people want to be great, rich, famous, drive posh cars but are not willing to work. Hence, they look for fast means of getting what they want. You’ve got to burn the candle late at night while others sleep. “Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true”- Leon S. Suenens.

  ” The height by great men reached and kept                                                                                                                                                      Were not attained by sudden flight,                                                                                                                                                                          But they while their companions slept,                                                                                                                                                               Were toiling upward in the night.”–The Ladder of Saint Augustine

     A lot of people celebrate geniuses and erroneously believe they were born that way. They only became genuises as a result of their hardwork and dedication to a particular cause. Thomas Edison said ” Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Apart from being hardworking, you have to be persistent.  When you fail, you try again and again until you succeed.

     Waiting without taking any positive action will not get you anywhere. Edgar W. Howe said “The way to be nothing is to do nothing.” You have to create your own opportunities. You’ve got to ask yourself  questions like “What can I do that has not being achieved before?” “How can I improve on what has already been done before?”

     Have you ever sat down to watch a group of ants before. Well, I have and was greatly amazed at how organized and hardworking they are. The ants work so hard to gather and store food before winter. If mere ants can express such diligence, how much more you?

     It is the the act of hardwork and persistence that makes us to celebrate the Wright brothers as the inventors of the aeroplane. They were ordinary bicycle repairers but they were doubly determined. Do you know that Professor Langley, a well known professor took up the task before the Wright brothers but after several attempts, he quit.

     Take the necessary action needed to achieve your goals today.  Always remember that “Quitters never win and Winners never quit! And your dreams will surely come true!!!