I have three friends: Mac, John and Steve. Mac realized he could write excellently well while in the University years and was employed as freelancer by a print Media and money streamed; Mac was envied by others, who wished they could realize they had potentials and use it to earn a living. There are many youths who are confused and are yet to discover their great gifts.
According to Thomas Elva Edison, ‘few of us know what we are capable of doing; we have never pushed ourselves hard enough to find out.' The journey of self-discovery is the first stepping stones to greatness and happiness in life. In this piece, one is sure to discover oneself and unlock one's potentials.
The first step towards self-discovery is self-knowledge. How many of us can simply and sincerely answer the question: WHO AM I? Not many of us know who they are. WE are not our names, our professions.
We may say that one is one's mind, body and soul, one's abilities, and talents, qualities, virtues, defects, character, ambition, effort, past, present, future. We are beings ever becoming, meaning that one is always in the processes of self-discovery. Hence, for us to be great, we have to constantly be in the process of self-knowledge and discovery.
To discover ourselves, we have to know what we want to become. In answering this question, we have to answer sincerely: What am I doing? What cause moves me to action? What is my purpose? How does where I am affect what I aspire to be? Life is a gift. It must be lived to the fullest and must not be wasted.
You must be able to tell yourself: I want to grow in wisdom, reach full stature of my personality, develop my abilities and talents to the fullest; I want to be honest to myself and sincere in dealing with people. However, you must understand that what happens to me seldom depends on me.
What I do depends on what I am. What others do to me is not in my control. How I respond to what they do to me depends on who I am. It is simple: You must be tolerant, but do not allow people to discourage you- always look for those who have interest in what you do.
‘The real art of living', says Martin Vanbee, ‘is beginning where you are.' To grow to full stature, I must get in touch with my real, inner self. I should know what I am made of and what is within me. Then, I can cultivate the best in me and bring it to full flowing and fruitfulness.
Everyone has a piece of good news: that you don't know great you can be, what you can accomplish, how powerful your potential is. Listen to genuine promptings of your heart and follow it with uttermost sincerity.
