Have you ever been motivated by your circumstances?
Ever walked a 50 km stretch home after a long day at work?
Ever had to bathe with detergent because you didn't have the funds to buy your soap?
I once had to take a driving job to make ends meet, and to make matters worse, I was employed by the most wicked and heartless 70-year-old woman. I've always loved driving, but getting behind the wheel of her beautiful car was the most depressing time of my life. I constantly drove with a heavy heart and couldn't wait to finish for the day. The next morning, it was back with a heavy heart, wondering how I would get through the day.
Have you ever been called a debtor because you didn't have five hundred Naira to pump your tyres?
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I could go on, and on, sharing the circumstances of pain I've had to deal with at some point in my life. Quite frankly, I still face my fair share of unpleasant experiences that I believe continually shape who I am.
Life is not a bed of roses, and if you want to be great and successful, you must be ready to dine with the devil and swim with sharks against all odds. Pain is part of the journey. In fact, it's the main ingredient that fuels love, and I say that with the purest of hearts.
NO PAIN, NO GAIN!!! And like Jeffrey Atkins, popularly known as JARULE, once said in his multi-million dollar album, "PAIN IS LOVE," and I couldn't agree more.
Pain may be the very sauce that changes the taste of life's delicacies dished out to us. It's rare to find a successful person without a story born out of pain and chaos.
Let your pain motivate you to go all out to achieve your dreams.
I've worked as a labourer on a construction site just so I could earn money to buy a few clothes and a phone to start the next session in my early days at university.
Pain motivated me to start King Solomon's Mine while I was detained in a deportation camp in South Africa called LINDELA.
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Pain drove me to double my hustle when my friend mocked me in the presence of others, asking who told me I was entitled to take two pieces of meat while we ate. To this day, I will never forget that evening in Johannesburg. I wished the ground would open and swallow me in shame. I cried my eyes out and vowed I would never be poor. That vow has not yet materialised, but I am working my socks off every day, and I know it will become a reality soon.
I forbid poverty even for my enemies. It's not a place you want to be, and I urge you to use whatever pain or circumstances you're currently facing as a catalyst that propels you to where you ought to be.
Life is a journey, and if it's not working for you just yet, keep moving. Soon, the tides will turn in your favour, and maybe your story will be the next one I narrate to motivate those going through what you're experiencing today.
God bless you.
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Nice one
Chimeyeuma
God bless you for the beautiful article. Keep it up sir
Omoleye