In life, it is not every opportunity that presents itself twice. This is why one must focus on whatever presents itself per season and time, and focus on fulfilling the purpose for which it came about. I met a young man five years ago who had the opportunity to travel to Malaysia to study journalism, but he squandered the opportunity and came back with nothing. According to him, the government of Botswana sponsored him as it does other citizens but when he got there, he lost focus and resulted in a lot of drinking which eventually led to missing a lot of classes which led to returning with no qualifications.
HAVING THE EAGLE'S EYE
There is an African proverb that says, “All the fingers are not equal” which means that do not compare yourself with anyone.
By
A quiet number of us find ourselves in a certain
Harry Tawiah Ussher
environment and lose focus as to why we are there
On several occasions, I have found
Meanwhile, we come from poor backgrounds where
myself driving into a ditch, nearly
our successful execution of that chance can take us
hitting a cow or bumping into another
from poverty to the next level of life.
and
begin
to
compare
ourselves
with
others.
car while driving because I was not focused on the road. To focus in life
Do you know that most people have wills written down
is to reach your goals. To focus on
for them already by their parents? So whether they
life is to end well. To focus on life is
pass secondary form or did not have the opportunity
to have victories. The reason why
to go to university, doesn’t determine what will
many people are living in regret is
become of them. Knowing your background should
because they did not focus when
motivate you to take life and opportunities a little
they
more seriously than the next person.
had
the
opportunity
to
do
something meaningful in their lives.
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