The future
is for only those who have the courage and ability to forge ahead not minding
the pleasures or present troubles. You cannot have the gains of tomorrow if you
failed to move ahead with your present life.
Indeed, the
future only belong to those who have the ability to foresee it and are able to
forgo all the pleasures and trials of today for the sake of it.
My friend,
you have greater and better days ahead of you. And until you are able to cross
successfully into the future; you can never be what God planned for your life.
Destiny is never achieved when the race is just started. No runner wins until
the race is ended. If you must run the race of life as a man or woman; husband
or wife; spinsters or couples; student or worker; parent or guardian; you must
be fully prepared to see the end of whatever assignment you have decided to
pursue.
Life may
appear difficult at present. Tough times never last, but tough people do!
Your
troubles at the moment, although tough, but cannot justify the return when the
storm will be over. Therefore, force ahead until you are able to reach the
mark. No winner of a race at the mid-point. Only those who are able to endure
to the end can smile heartily when kissing the trophy or when wearing the crown
of victory.
Here is a
pathetic story concerning one of the co-founders of Apple by name, Ronald
Wayne. This man co-founded Apple Computers [Now Apple Inc.] With Steeve Jobs
and Steve Woznaik. He drew the first draft Apple logo drafted the first
original agreement between the founders and wrote the first manual for their
first computer. He held a 10% share in the company but it was quiet
unfortunate, Ronald Wayne could not peel into the future of the idea behind
Apple
Computers formation. He lacked the foresight or ability to foresee the
greatness that lies ahead of the project. He got it wrong totally and missed a
good fortune of a business whose financial asset value and strength has entered
the trillion dollars status today.
After
drafting the first manual for Apple Computers, Ronald Wayne decided to quit. He
left the project for a cash exchange of $800 and was given additional $1500 to
forfeit all rights of ownership two weeks after the company was officially
registered in 1976. His reason for the decision was that the company was
financially demanding. Today if Ronald Wayne had kept his 10% share, he would
have been worth over a billion dollars. That would have made him the richest or
second richest man on earth.
Unfortunately,
the total value of what Ronald Wayne collected in 1976 stands at $9,498 in
2017.
Today,
Ronald Wayne is worth $300,000 less than the million dollars after he left the
Apple Project. Imagine the first Apple product he ever owned was iPad2 given to
him in 2011.
Years back,
Ronald Wayne said it was demanding on him financially. If only he saw today,
his decision of 1976 would have been so different.
Really,
nothing lasting comes easily in life! If you must succeed, you will experience
something that will prove you worthy of a new status.
Nobody is
wiser without an experience. Something somewhere somehow will teach you a great
lesson that will make you wiser in life. You can claim to be a wise person
without having some odd experience in life.
In fact,
everything of lasting value is highly demanding. Although, tough times never
last but tough people do.
Success that
will last must be endured at first; it takes time for a tree to grow. Only
plants grow in weeks or months. Plants do grow to become trees after several
years of storming the weather in rain and sunshine. Get it right and clear, no
greatness in life is a product of convenience. You have to face something and
overcome before you can be declared the winner!
Indeed, the
greatness of tomorrow begins with the sacrifice of today.
My brother,
delay the gratitude till tomorrow. Preserve today for the greatness of
tomorrow. No success without a sacrifice! A price must be paid if status must
change in the real sense of it. You have to deny yourself of some pleasures so
as to enjoy the pleasure that awaits the Successful.
Every crown
has its own thorn. If you have to live in one room apartment now to own estates
tomorrow. Please do!
If you need
to ride tricycle today in order to own a Royce Rolls tomorrow, please do! And
it will be well with you.
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