I have heard people make comments like; âOne reason why Iâm not successful is because of where I live; in that area no one comes out a success.â âOh, I would have been successful if I wasnât born in the village, the village really affected me.â
Well, people always want to have something to blame when bad things happen. They either blame another person, their environment or their past for the present, forgetting they can still save the future. The truth is, Success is not dependent on where you are, or what you were given; it is dependent on what you have inside of you.
Success isnât identified with the environment, but with a person. It comes from within you, from your spirit. If a person doesnât have success inside of him/her, it doesnât matter what in the world you will give to that person, within a very short period, he/she will still mess things up. Havenât you seen people whose parents have lots of money, cars, and businesses, but yet, all they know how to do is destroy the car and crumble the business if they were ever given the opportunity to handle it? Even in the midst of