There is no painless growth. If the
cells and organs in our bodies could talk, they would probably express they
pain they feel as they stretch and grow. Those who try to keep fit can
understand this as they experience pain during workouts. Nothing good comes easy.
If you want to be in constant comfort, forget about growth. Unfortunately,
remaining in constant comfort is not possible either because everything not in
use depreciates. Whether we like it or not we must face life and face it
squarely. Life demands that only through unpleasant circumstances can we enjoy
its pleasures. When we are confronted by unpleasant situations, most of us
especially in Africa, always have excuses why we cannot do anything about them
and most of these are genuine. However, like I have often said from my own
experience, we will die regretting if we wait for the right conditions for us
to do whatever we can to make the situation better, even if it is just to make
it slightly better. Unpleasant circumstances should be allowed to do what they
are meant to do; bring out the best in us. There should be no feeling as good
as putting in your best to make someone or something better even if your
contribution does not completely accomplish the desired change. No effort is
wasted, if the change does not occur physically, your actions might help to, at
least, change people’s perspective which is inevitable for change to occur.
Being an agent of change does not make you a magician, it just means that you
can add value to situations in a way that can make the crooked paths become
totally or partially straight. Many think that if you cannot effect immediate
and complete change, you should not bother. The good news is that no one living
under the sun has the power to effect that kind of change. The most important
thing in life is to always live with the perspective that you have the ability
to add value to anyone or any situation at any given time irrespective of our
ever present human limitations. With that kind of attitude, you will always
find opportunities where others are seeing only excuses. You do not have to
wait for someone to play their part before you do something that you can about
an issue. You just do what you can and you will always look back no matter how
it turns out and say "at least ...I tried". This the only way to
avoid the regrets of "I should have", "I could have" and
"I would have" Enjoy a great day!AFRICA IS A CONTINENT ON THE MOVE AND HER YOUTHS ARE HER GREATEST RESOURCE."We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future."Franklin D. Roosevelt. MentorAfrica looks to help youths, through various life transition mentoring topics, to prepare youths for development and leadership that will help them change the African narrative whenever the opportunity arises.
Thursday, 6 February 2020
AGENTS OF CHANGE ARE NOT MAGICIANS. - LES AGENTS DE CHANGEMENT NE SONT PAS DES MAGICIENS.
There is no painless growth. If the
cells and organs in our bodies could talk, they would probably express they
pain they feel as they stretch and grow. Those who try to keep fit can
understand this as they experience pain during workouts. Nothing good comes easy.
If you want to be in constant comfort, forget about growth. Unfortunately,
remaining in constant comfort is not possible either because everything not in
use depreciates. Whether we like it or not we must face life and face it
squarely. Life demands that only through unpleasant circumstances can we enjoy
its pleasures. When we are confronted by unpleasant situations, most of us
especially in Africa, always have excuses why we cannot do anything about them
and most of these are genuine. However, like I have often said from my own
experience, we will die regretting if we wait for the right conditions for us
to do whatever we can to make the situation better, even if it is just to make
it slightly better. Unpleasant circumstances should be allowed to do what they
are meant to do; bring out the best in us. There should be no feeling as good
as putting in your best to make someone or something better even if your
contribution does not completely accomplish the desired change. No effort is
wasted, if the change does not occur physically, your actions might help to, at
least, change people’s perspective which is inevitable for change to occur.
Being an agent of change does not make you a magician, it just means that you
can add value to situations in a way that can make the crooked paths become
totally or partially straight. Many think that if you cannot effect immediate
and complete change, you should not bother. The good news is that no one living
under the sun has the power to effect that kind of change. The most important
thing in life is to always live with the perspective that you have the ability
to add value to anyone or any situation at any given time irrespective of our
ever present human limitations. With that kind of attitude, you will always
find opportunities where others are seeing only excuses. You do not have to
wait for someone to play their part before you do something that you can about
an issue. You just do what you can and you will always look back no matter how
it turns out and say "at least ...I tried". This the only way to
avoid the regrets of "I should have", "I could have" and
"I would have" Enjoy a great day!
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