We were enjoying a bottle of whiskey in a bar (something we usually do on weekends). We were fet to talk about what happened - though we both knew sooner than later the topic will be brought up. So I decided to start up;
"What happened?" I asked.
John looked at me and gulped down one shot of the drink.
"The truth man, is that most times I iiii don't know if I can do this..."
"Do what?" I intrude still thinking when my friend became a stammerer.
"Do what am doing now - being a project man or even becoming a manager, I seriously don't know" he concluded.
I sat patiently watching my friend as he was drinking more. This was the same John who would want to take on all the projects when we were on campus. This was the same John that wanted nothing than a project manager...
Present...
What happened that night ended well for both John and I (I did like to keep it between us). But same has gotten hold of some of us, to our friends too - low self esteem. At a point, like John, we tend to believe we are no longer capable of doing what we knew we could do before. But I stand to tell you that this belief is not true and has never been true!
If you have been ridiculed or you have been trying and yet no success even when you used to succeed, now is not the time to quit (no time is). The stories of Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, Thomas Edison and a lot more proves that failure isn't failure until you approves it, until you stop trying.
Like I told John, "you can because truthfully, you can!" No one can do it better than you. Whatever it is, never lose that inward strength because every other strength (motivation) are tiny matters compared to it.
I believe in the person you are and in the one you want to become. So IF YOU COULD TURN AROUND, YOU CAN!...keep SHIINE'ing'...
Oops! I need you to know there are a lot of John around us, we need to make them belief in themselves too...
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