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Sir,
Life has many stations and these stations serve to allow us to think and rethink over some things, actions or even certain relationships. Whatever we experienced throughout last year, whether positive or negative, must not be allowed to distort or imprison our potential for success this year.
“Never let yesterday use up too much of today,” someone once said. The image of success is not the same for everybody due to the fact that we are all different and unique in creation, purpose and destiny. Yet the process and principles that govern a truly successful life are the same for everyone.
Many of us want to climb the ladder of success without sacrifice, discipline and commitment to birthing our dreams. Sacrifice is a constant in real life. It is actually an ongoing process of a successful life. Sacrifice is an attitude that all of us who want to continue moving forward in life must embrace and maintain. One of the missing ingredients in today’s generation is discipline and sacrifice. The role of discipline and sacrifice is to remove bad habits in order to substitute them with good ones, especially order, regularity and obedience. Moving forward will require bringing under control various areas of our lives so as to act systematically in any given situation.
Our vision and dreams must always put us on a mission and a mission requires sacrifice and commitment. Every day, we must do something that is connected to the vision of our lives. Vision is always futuristic, and usually inspires priority and creates values. We must develop and cultivate a clear vision for the future, and be willing to pay the price of moving forward in life.
The significance of our existence is measured in how our lives contributed to the betterment of other people and nation. True success usually positively affects the future and impacts on individuals, communities and nation. To move forward, we may need to move back first in order to deal with mistakes of yesterday. Psalms 90:12 says; “So teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
Charles