"Inspiration, challenges, and difficulties are the father of motivation, creation, and the bedrock of success." - FOX...
Life is not a bed filled with roses, which means life is full of so many ups and downs. As humans, we were created to rule over the things of this world, so it is highly normal for us to experience some of these challenges and difficulties before achieving breakthroughs...
Not every successful man we have in this world today was born rich. Even though we have so many prominent men who were born with silver spoons in their mouths, there is no disputing the fact that we also have some prominent men who have worked tirelessly day and night to become who they are today, which means they weren't born and brought up in wealth. They created a path for themselves and that path made them the successful person they are today...
In which category do I fall from the options above? That should be the first question. Well, I fall into the second category. I wasn't born with a silver spoon, but one thing I know and believe will be my end is success and greatness. My drive to achieve success and greatness in life was born out of the level of challenges and difficulties I have faced in the last couple of decades...
Growing up, I never had the luxury of excess wealth at my disposal, my parents had to work tirelessly for every penny my siblings and I spent, my dad was an average working-class man and my mum was a full housewife, even though she was a full housewife, she never fails to make us happy by providing us with every little thing we need, she was just the best and that is why I must become successful and great, if not for myself, then I must be for her sake. I need to pay them both back a million fold...
My parents have gone through a lot of hardship and challenges in life just to make sure my siblings and I get the best of everything, I have had to see my mum do the craziest of all jobs just to make sure our school needs is met, I have had to see my dad do different petty jobs in the past just to make sure his family are comfortable and happy...
Whenever I remember what my parents went through, the hardship they faced and endured from different angles, the humiliations and the belittlement they encountered while doing different menial jobs, just to make my siblings and I who we are today. I feel compelled to make them proud, and it's a must for me to achieve success in life, I don't intend for them to suffer in their old age, and for that to happen, I need to strive to do better in life...
All my life I had only one major goal, and that goal was to make my parents proud and to also give them the best in life, as a reward for making me the person I am today. whenever I see a family going through what my family had gone through in the past to make ends meet, I can't help but feel thankful to God for a million reasons. Over the years, I have seen several families who have had it tougher than my family in the past, and because of this, I feel forever grateful...
WHAT INSPIRES ME THE MOST...
Over the years, I have tried to look for inspiration and motivation in the wrong places, I guess I was too young to think big, but the more I grew up the more I knew what I wanted, and whom I was doing it for and what it would take for me to achieve that which I want...
My biggest inspiration to become successful in life remains my parents, oh yeah my parents, they are my biggest inspiration and motivation to make it big in life, thanks to them, their upbringing, and their unending love for my siblings and me, I have decided not to settle for less, and to never stop until I become successful...
Thinking about what my parents had to endure in life, the insults, the humiliations, the pain, and the difficulties from having to run different menial jobs just to make us comfortable, I just can't help but cry secretly sometimes, these people have endured a lot for my siblings and me...
My mum had to work as a washerwoman and a floor sweeper for different rich families for years before getting a better job, and my dad had to work as a driver for many years before finding something better. The humiliations and insults my mum had to endure then remained my motivation till date, i have seen my mum cry secretly sometimes, and whenever I see her cry, I can't help but feel the need to double up my hustle...
Imagine having to endure insults from someone old enough to be your younger younger sister and younger brother, but because of circumstances and hardships, there is other alternative than to endure it, at least for the sake of those it’s’s being done for, which is us, her children…
In summary, my mum's tears and sweats are my all-time motivation and inspiration to become successful, I have made it a point of duty to give them a good life someday in the future, just a little more time and they will be good...
In conclusion, becoming better and great in life is not an option, it is a must, either I become great or I become great, enough is enough, now is the time to give my parents the good life they have always deserved because they are the best...
NB; This is my entry to the IU contest titled YOUR INSPIRATION, this week’s edition is almost over but you can join us again next week…
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