The book I read, The Power Of Failure by Charles C. Manz inspired me to put this article together.
Failure is an inevitable and positive phenomenon that is indeed attached to every success story including yours-to-come! Failure only succeeds when you fail to create success from it.
I’ve heard failure speak two messages to me. First, it told me i failed because I was actually doing something (acting) and secondly, I failed because of a mistake I consciously or unconciosly made.
I got to realize that wherever success lurks, failure exists there too and there’s a possibilty that one might fail. A business, businessman or entrepreneur never rules out failure from the possibilities. Every student should acknowledge the fact some day, failure would come knocking and the door must be answered.
A very respected teacher whom I got to know once told me an open secret. She said, ‘Victor, if a dog bites you once, it’s the fool but if twice, you are the fool!’ I then determined that even if I am a fool once, twice or three times, I’ll keep being that fool until I’ll eventually murder that dog! Lol. Look at me using the word “murder” for a dog.
Do these whenever you fail; Be confident in your failure because you tried, understand why you failed, try doing the same thing in a whole new perspective and as Joyce Mayer would say, take your mind and mouth off it!
And as the early morning chill arrived, you rolled to one side of the bed, hugged your pillow tighter, put a smile on your face, drew your legs into the blanket, shut your eyelids closer and drifted deeper into the sleep.
For some reason I felt sad. I won’t be seeing my parents often as I used to. Though I was happy at first on leaving home, still, I’ll surely miss them. Eventually Dad left and it was just me, all alone. Whilst I unpacked my loads, someone entered my room. Well it was a guy, but I expected him to knock. “Hey, what’s up? My name’s John”, he said. “I’m Daniel and……what are you doing here?” “I’m your roommate, bro”, he laughed. “Roommate? What’s a roommate?” “It means we both share the room” The room was small for me, now I get to share it with another person. It was a bunk-room, I stayed down and he stayed up. Sadly, the school doesn’t allow students cook, so we’d go to the cafeteria to get something to eat, afterwards we return to our dorm. It was when I went to cafeteria that I noticed her. She was beautiful and she had long hair. John observed I was looking at her. “Paula”, John said. “Paula? As in?” “That the name of the girl you’re staring at” “I wasn’t staring”, I said. “Oh, trust me, you were definitely staring”. “Was it that obvious?”, I asked He laughed at me and continued eating his meal. I wouldn’t know if I was staring, I was merely looking at her. Anyways, we left the cafeteria for our dorm and it was me and John in the room. He had a loquacious attitude, he could never stop talking. In the one night we spent together, he told me his father’s name, his mother’s and even his life story. I mean, who does that? I couldn’t really sleep that night, though it was comfortable but the thought of my parents being far from me was keeping me awake. I eventually fell asleep and woke up late the next day. John woke me up actually. “Bro, wake up. It’s 7:30am and classes starts 8:00am” As I heard that, I jumped off my bed and rushed straight to the bathroom. John and I went to school that morning, but he was in another department, so we splitted and I walked alone to my department. I saw a bunch of guys playing music and dancing in front of a building, so I was looking at them and didn’t know when I bumped into Paula, letting her books fall from her hands. She seemed furious. “What sort of person are you? Certainly a person who doesn’t look at places he’s going”, she said. I was awed at her statement, ” it was a mistake”, I said. She just walked away hurriedly without looking backwards. ————————————————- On getting to class, lecture was about to start. After scanning the whole class, noticeably the only vacant seat was beside Paula. Can you imagine? Well I sat down anyways, it was either there or I stood up throughout the entire class and that wasn’t a suggestible decision. Surprisingly, she didn’t utter a word to me throughout the class, it was though I sat beside a ghost. I was happy when lecture was about to end, then the lecturer gave us assignments and grouped everyone two-two. Unfortunately, I was left with Paula, neither of us seemed happy about it. Immediately after class, she left hurriedly, I quickly followed her. to be continued.
“You live once, you die once, you love once”, that’s what my mum used to tell me. Though I didn’t understand the meaning, she never ceased saying it. ————————————————- Growing up as the only boy and the only Child of the Fadeyi’s family was quite challenging. I had a lot of expectations to meet up with and everyone wanted me to be 100% focused on my studies. I wasn’t allowed the free time to go play out or hang out with friends like other kids do in our neighborhood. That’s even if my parents let me keep friends. They were too overprotective, always making feel like an apron on two people’s neck- my dad and mum. Finally, I was done with secondary school and it was time to apply to university for admission. ” This is my time to cut loose the hold my parents have over me”, I’d say to myself. I never knew what life had in store for me. Mum wanted me to choose a close by university, probably in Lagos state, ’cause we lived in Lagos, but I decided to pick MacPherson University, Ibadan. Although, it wasn’t far enough, but it was better than being under their watch. Getting admission into Nigerian university isn’t like pouring water into a bucket. You’d first have to pass your WAEC, then JAMB, lastly POSTJAMB. it’s more like breaking a rock with a hammer. However, I got accepted to study “Economics” at MacPherson university, Ibadan. “You’re now a grown up”, Mum said ” I know, mum”, i replied. “There’ll be a lot of distractions in school, mostly girls. Don’t let them decieve you. They’re all the same- after your money and after that they’d leave you directly. Focus on your study, I’ll miss you when you go”. I could see tear rolling down her eyes, I didn’t understand why. I wasn’t getting married and leaving the house forever, I was just going to school. One can not truly understand a mother’s love for her child. Dad, on the other hand was elated about my leaving home to further my education, finish with first class Bsc in Economics and work in a great company and become wealthy. My family wasn’t exactly a rich or wealthy family, we managed whatever we had. Dad worked as a lecturer in one of the polytechnics at Lagos and Mum was a nurse at a teaching hospital. The day I was to leave home for school finally came and I was ecstatic. I’d finally be free to do whatever I wanted, not being watched and pampered by my parents. Dad took me to school, the journey was long and I slept throughout. I haven’t actually travelled for a very long time before. “Hey, wake up. Unbelievably, you slept throughout the journey. Probably because you’ve not travelled far before. There’s always a first time for everything”, Dad said. “You took the words right out of my mouth, Dad”. After dropping me off at my dorm, he crouched and held me. “Now son, you listen to me carefully. Life’s filled with challenges and different situations that’d wanna hinder you from moving forward. Do not let forget the family you’re from and your sole purpose here. I have faith in you son, and undoubtedly, I believe you’ll exceedingly be great”. What an inspirational speech, I said to myself. “I promise not to derail from my sole purpose here. Hopefully, when I come home, you’d notice a difference in me” that was my response to him. TO BE CONTINUED 
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That moment you feel your life has demanded a lot from you and has given you less. You feel like you’ve been going down the wrong path, you realize all you’d efforts has been futile. Well, there’s a saying that life gives you what you deserve not what you desire. Life is filled with hardships. We all Live separate distinct lives. Everyone unique in his own way.
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