We all have dreams and aspirations. You want to
start your own successful business, become a famous artist, an expert in your
field or give your children the best possible life and it’s not easy. Life has
a way of pushing our dreams down. It has a way of frustrating us to the point
that you feel that nothing will ever work out and it’s pointless to try one
more time.
You see a successful person and think that they were born like
that, some were, but most of them had to struggle through the frustrations to
make their dreams come true.
Most of the time we only see the glory but you really don’t know
the story. The hard times they had to endure, the failure and rejection. We
just don’t see it but the bottom line is the fact that every successful person
had to believe in the beauty of their dreams, they had to raise whenever they fall
and they had to keep on going in the face of criticism. For instance:
Abraham Lincoln
He went to war a captain and returned a private. he failed as a businessman, as a lawyer in Springfield.
He then turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the
legislature, was also defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for
congress, in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office, in
the senatorial election, in his efforts for the vice-presidency, and in the
senatorial election. He in fact wrote in a letter to a friend, "I am now
the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the
whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth." He
still did not Quit; he eventually became the 16th president of USA.
Winston Churchill
He repeated a grade during elementary school and, was placed
in the lowest division of the lowest class when he entered Harrow. He Later failed
the entrance exam to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst twice. He was
defeated in his first effort to serve in Parliament but became Prime Minister
at the age of 62. He later wrote, “Never, Never, Never, never give up."
Thomas Edison
His teachers Claimed he was too stupid to learn anything. He
was fired from his first two jobs for not perfoming.AS an inventor Edison
failed 1,000 attempts at times before he got it right, and when he was asked He
said that he now knew 1000 ways in which a light bulb can fail to work.
Tips on staying true
to your Dreams
#1. Don’t compare yourself
to others
The only person you should compete with is the person you
were yesterday and like I said you shouldn’t think that someone’s life is
better than yours just because they have something that you don’t. You don’t know
the story. So just follow your dreams without being frustrated by just how
successful others have become.
#2. Change what you don’t
like or accept what you can’t change
When you fail to achieve your dreams at first, accept it but
don’t give up. Try and try again until you get it right. Don’t make excuses
just do it, you might make it at the 3rd or 20th attempt
but that will be your story.
#3. Know your
identity and understand your goals in life
Have clear predefined goals, high but realistic ones the
ones that will give you a purpose and the strength to keep trying no matter the
frustrations
#4. Speak positively
to yourself and stay optimistic
Speak life unto yourself, don’t put yourself down because
your confession is your possession. Instead of think that you are a failure,
think that you are strong and you are still holding on even when you have every
reason to give up.
Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison all had
one thing in common. They had every reason to give up on their dreams, because they
were frustrated in the most humanly way possible but they chose to keep going.
So which one do you choose? I choose not to give up, so should you.
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