Be The Change You Anticipate

BE THE CHANGE YOU ANTICIPATE

Brethren, please don’t fear change because your life does not get better by chance; rather it gets better by change. Though you might lose something good in the process, but don’t forget that you may also gain something great. In other words, ‘change’ brings either gain or loss. And it is obvious that we always anticipate gain whenever the issue of change is being raised.

Mind you; you can never boast of gain if you don’t thrive towards it. Thus, look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder. It is only by thriving towards something positive that you would have the chances of embracing ‘gain’.

So if we await a certain kind of change, we are expected to thrive in accordance to the anticipation. For instance; you can’t dream of becoming the President of your country while in each day, you sit and watch the country in question revolves round you. On the contrary, one with such dream is expected to revolve round the country rather than the reverse. You must familiarize with every nook and cranny of the country before you would be able to lead the people in it.

We must endeavour to be the change we anticipate. If you want your immediate family to be the eye of others, then you must act rightly. Of course, you must do the right thing if you want other families to emulate yours. If you are the overall head of the family, then you must act like the leader of the home. Remember that a leader is bound to carry everyone along; therefore, his actions must be fair and just to all concerned regardless of the circumstance. Then by so doing, people from other homes would like to emulate yours.

It beats my psyche each time I see some persons who pray for or anticipate a corrupt-free leadership from their country’s President, whilst in their respective offices or various fields of endeavour, they are the most corrupt officials/staff. The Igbo people would say: ‘Ji Ire gi guo eze gi onu’. This means; count your teeth with your tongue. Yes you must endeavour to painstakingly count your dental arrangement with your noble tongue if you actually want to ascertain the exact number.

Beloved, you can’t continue sitting on the fence if you are really looking forward seeing a certain positive change in any society you belong. If everyone decides to follow suit regarding your attitude, how do you think it would look like? I mean, if every other members of that society decide to join you and sit on the fence, then who would facilitate the change which you earnestly anticipate? You must acknowledge the fact that all hands is expected to be on deck for anything to work. Let’s ride on!

The arithmetic or the procedure is very simple, and it goes like this: if you want something good, then you must be good; if you wish to obtain something great, definitely you must act greatly; if you dream to become a leader, you are expected to comport yourself as a leader because considering the nature of your dream, you are no doubt a potential leader; of course lastly, if you anticipate a complete society as regards the society you belong, then you must try as much as possible to be a complete man or woman in all ramifications, because it’s only a complete being that can create a complete environment. There is no two ways about any of the above facts.

Our paramount plight is remains that, most time we prefer to watch others fight or act on our behalf while we go to bed. Even if you don’t wish to act or be among the acting team, you should be prepared to be among the clapping team. The rule is simple. Invariably courtesy demands that, if one is not in the bidding team, he/she ought to be in the clapping team, because it is only when you cheer others up that they would be more motivated and determined to act in the right direction.

Another predicament we often face is that, we are usually afraid of encountering a negative change. Some of us would prefer to remain silent and dormant instead of embracing failure. Believe me, fear has killed or maimed several of our dreams than failure has ever done. Frankly, fear of the unknown is a canker we all must endeavour to fight squarely before our problem would degenerate into something deadly.

Surely, it is better to act and obtain failure than to be dormant thereby remaining whom you are. Unequivocally, failure is indeed a recipe required to obtain the desired success. If you don’t fail, you will never know the exact route that leads to the success room. This is why sometime those who succeed freely often end-up messing up their golden opportunity. Thus, failure is worthwhile just as success is. Both are needed by mankind while attaining greatness.

At this juncture I repeat; be the change you anticipate. Act positively each day even if some days you have to act a little harder. In a nutshell, if you truly want Nigeria to be better come 2015, then you must also thrive towards becoming a better person. Think about it!

 

FDN NWAOZOR

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