NOT WHERE YOU FELL

‘Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped’

There is a very big difference between someone who falls and someone who slips. We have heard about people who fall from the tree, even recently it was on the news that a man committed suicide by falling from a ten storey building. Whenever someone falls, there is usually a noticeable spot that indicates the fall.

On the other hand, if you could observe closely, you would notice that before a man slips, he would have once fallen at a spot. This explains why you fall on a slippery ground before you slip. So, when you fall, you are most likely to be at the same spot but when you slip, you move to another spot. A man who slips does not only fall, but he falls forward.

In life, we are not expected to focus our attention on our short comings or downfall. We cannot move forward if we keep limiting ourselves by our weaknesses and inabilities. The greatest people in the world today are people who refused to concentrate on where they fell, but focused on their strength and things they can influence in life.

You may not have the best look, you may not have the height you desire, you may not have the nose you admire, you may not have the sonorous voice, you may not have the first class brain, you may not have the shape you adore, you may not have the background you wanted, your education may not be the best that you craved for, you may not study the course that you expected, your grade in school may not be good enough to get you the job that you desire…don’t look where you fell, but where you slipped.

What are the things that push you forward in life? It may be your sense of reasoning, your faith in the creator, it may be your intelligence (not academic strength), it may be your talent, your creative ideas or passion to move on.

The only two presidents (with university degree) that we have had in Nigeria did not study the courses that most students would like to study. They did not study political science or strategic management. The richest man in Africa today did not study Business Administration or Money Management. The country with the most fertile land in the world today is still a developing country. There are many successful people in the world today who had fallen at the same spot you fell, but they refused to remain at the spot. They slip instead of falling.

Today, do you still want to consider where you fell?

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