“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by CONSCIOUS endeavor”

---Henry David Thoreau

I stumbled on this quote earlier today and had a nudge to make mincemeat of it. I had taken stock of happenings in my life, most of which I cannot share here, and found it difficult, if not impossible to disprove it. I actually dint set out to, anyway. The statement is uncontestable.

A few days back, I was watching a documentary on how to get what one wants and get it fast. Its actually a secret (or so they said). The summary of the whole show was that man could consciously call whatever he wants to existence. If you want a copy of the documentary, you can mail me for it but I must warn you it’s a real life changer.

Back to business, man is a product of HIMSELF. You remain the captain of your ship, the CEO of your company, the ultimate decision maker is you. NO-ONE ELSE BUT YOU. The earlier you realize this the better it is for you. Other factors such as the society, friends, spouse etc just come into play to influence you in whatever decisions you make or are about to make. I have learnt within the few years I’ve lived on earth, that whatever a man wants is always a question of how bad he wants it(PASSION). While there are things that are just infatuations (these are temporary), there are others that are ingrained on the mind and the latter, more often than not come into existence. Even the Holy Book says “If you have faith you can move mountains”. Lets do a little mental exercise here. Close your eyes, take a good mental picture of where you are now {I don’t mean the physical building you are in, I mean the “level” you are materially, financially, educationally,……………fill in the blank space urself}.

Now take a walk down memory lane @ events that have led you to where you are. Do you see any correlation??? Okay, I guess you would fit into any of these 3 categories below:

Ø First Category of people are those that I refer to as the “do nothing” group. To them, they are here to watch the gallery. They do not make any conscious effort to elevate their lives. They forget that life is all about decisions and that making no decision is also a decision in itself, that there are no fences to sit on when it comes to the wall of decisions, that they have made no decision means that someone else has made the decision for them (either consciously or unconsciously). These set of people don’t dream of themselves becoming someone of envy to others in the society. They see the wealthy man as cunning. They see wealth as something impossible. Theirs is a very sorry case. For to alter their lives, they must change their mode of thinking. The truth is some people do not even know they fall into such category, that’s the sorriest part of it all.

Ø Second category of people are those who wish their lives were changed. These people see a car and say “how I wish I had that car” and it ends there for them. They just wish and do nothing about their wish. The good thing about this people is not the fact that they have a vision(of course, they don’t) but the fact that at least they can SEE and that’s a plus, it’s a starting point.

Ø The third category of people are those who know “THE SECRET” of getting what one wants. They know that getting to the top is not by accident. They know the value of dreaming and appreciate the fact that dreams do come through by conscious endeavor. They have tried it so many times and it has never for once failed them. Theirs have always been to become obsess with what they want that they don’t even know when it arrives. They are truly the movers and shakers of this world. They dream the impossible and bring it to reality. They are the ones category 1 stare at and category 2 look up to……………the world is their.

The good news, though, is that , no matter the category you fall into (hope you have discovered yours now), there’s always room for improvement (category 3) and room for change (categories 1 & 2). With emphasis on categories 1 & 2, the kind of change we’re talking about is that “only comparable to the whirlwind that swoop America leading to the election of the first black president, Barack Obama……………, like Nelson Mandela had in freeing his people from apartheid…………..those are the kind of change we’re talking about here………………the desire, the passion……….

The truth is as long as we are in this world, we hold the pen of our lives and write whatever we wish (poverty /prosperity…..sickness/health) with it. I would end with my first rule of life, DREAM UNTIL IT BECOMES AN OBSESSION. Go to the extent of having pictures (vivid pictures) of whatever it is you want, daydream about it, talk about it, call it as though they were already yours because WHATEVER THE MIND CAN CONCIEVE IT CAN ACHIEVE. This is the conscious endeavor with which men have over the years elevated their lives.

Keep dreaming until your EUREKA moment arrives.

GOLDENBOI.

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